IMS buys out Excelatexams.com , promoter joins ITSpace.com
The Internet companies particularly B2C and B2B companies which have been witnessing talk of a downturn for some time now, have just begun to see what is possibly the beginnings of a shake-out.

Finally -- Sharma to take over as CMD of MTNL
Two months after Mr S Rajagopalan, retired as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of MTNL, Mr Narendra Sharma's name has finally been cleared to take over as the CMD.

Openlearningworld ties up with 13 institutes for online courses
Delhi based-e-learning portal Openlearningworld.com has tied up with 13 institutes, including National Institute of Fashion Technology.

Quality qualms -- US Software to train to Kerala engineering students
Piqued by the low quality of recruits from engineering colleges in Kerala, Technopark-based US Software will explore the possibility of training engineering college students in high technology areas.

New Seagate disc to target consumer electronics industry
Seagate Technology launched the U Series 5 family of hard disc drives in India to address growing demand of the consumer electronics market.

`CE segment set to become major storage device user'
Interesting things are happening at the hard disc drive major Seagate. The Scotts Valley company has discovered that the market in consumer appliances could be as big as personal computers over the next few years.


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