Indiamarkets.com to invest $10 mn brick-and-mortar infrastructure
Indiamarkets.com, the B2B online exchange which covers 26 vertical industry segments has entered into a revenue sharing arrangement with global rating agency Dun & Bradstreet to avail of the latter's rating services for the SME segment which the portal addresses.

Tata Elxsi to focus on ASP model for future growth
Following the wireless services boom, the ASP (application service provider) model, providing users access to a whole gamut of software will gain prominence, according to Tata Elxsi managing director and CEO S Devarajan.

Modi Entertainment Network to police cable operators for DD
Doordarshan has appointed Modi Entertainment Network to monitor whether cable operators are carrying at least two of its channels via satellite on the prime band.

Vicious virus attack? Call HCL Commnet's cyber ambulance
HCL Commnet Systems Limited is planning to start round the clock-emergency cyber ambulance services by end of August in seven cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Calcutta, and Bangalore.

Philips to roll out Web TV Box
The Rs 1,668-crore consumer electronics major Philips India Ltd is all set to launch its set-top box model "Web TV Box" for Internet access in the Indian market.

Coimbatore to be promoted as ideal IT destination
The textile city of Coimbatore could easily become the next big destination for information technology (IT) investments, if the push being given by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) -- southern region, bears fruit.


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