Since 2004, there has been an upswing in the global economy driving several end-user segments such as backup power and telecommunication. This, in turn, has created a surge in capital spending, positively impacting the stationary lead acid (SLA) battery market. Read more

Coruscant Tec, a mobile content developer and aggregator and a recipient of the prestigious Red Herring Asia 100 awards, has collaborated with Soundbuzz to offer its database of images to Soundbuzz partners. Read more

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) announced the pricing of its sponsored secondary offering of 30,000,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), representing 30,000,000 equity shares (one equity share represents one ADS) at a price of US$53.50 per ADS excluding underwriting discounts and commissions. The aggregate size of the offering exceeds US$1.6 billion. Read more

Mobile gaming in Asia/Pacific has been successfully established, with revenues reaching US$1.56 billion in 2005, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Japan and South Korea have been largely responsible for the revenue thus far, accounting for around half of the region's total in 2005, the high-tech market research firm says. Future growth drivers, however, will be the large, growing mobile markets of China and India. Read more

Encouraging growth in process industries in China, especially chemicals, petrochemicals oil, gas and nuclear power generation segments, is essentially enhancing the demand for industrial valves and actuators. Read more

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), announced today that it has formed an alliance with a leading supply chain solutions provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. The alliance complements Wipro's strategy of partnering with leaders of best-of-breed solution providers to deliver technology-driven business value that meets the strategic objectives of its clients. Read more

A growing domestic demand for wood furniture along with the spurt in wood furniture exports are likely to positively impact the growth of the Chinese wood coatings markets. The Chinese furniture association estimates furniture exports at $13 billion for 2005, with a year-on-year growth rate of 37 percent, and a closer examination of Chinese furniture exports reveals wood furniture to be dominant. Similarly, wood furniture accounts for a significant proportion of a rapidly expanding domestic market, promising healthy demand for wood coatings. Read more

IRMC, a premier provider of global call center services, has announced that it will deploy a VoIP-based application suite to fulfill its pledge to reach "Zero-Defect Compliance" at every level of customer compliance. This includes the ability to record, monitor, and analyze customer interactions within its Centers of Excellence worldwide. The solution will provide supervisors and IRMC clients immediate access to mission critical customer interactions, management reports, and analysis. Read more

Technology is adding a new dimension to music releases. MSN India returns with its latest International music artist featured on MSN Control Room, Snoop Dogg. MSN India users can watch the entire concert free and enjoy the live beats of Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg will be performing songs from his latest album ‘The Blue Carpet Treatment’ which is releasing simultaneously on November 21, 2006. The concert is scheduled to happen at 9 pm (IST) on November 21, 2006 on MSN Control Room. MSN India users can access the concert here. In the recent past other concerts have been featured on MSN Control Room, Beyonce Knowles being the most recent, others have been Rod Stewart, John Legend and John Mayer.
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Amadeus, the global leader in travel technology today announced the inking of a special agreement with the national carrier ‘Indian.’ Effective today, Indian’s pure domestic flights will now be bookable and ticketable on Amadeus in India. Read more