Briefs

TCS opens ODC in Hungary

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) inaugurated its 24th global Offshore Development Center in Budapest, Hungary, to cater to the development work for customers in Europe. Certified by the GE assessment team as a trusted GE Global Development Center (GDC), TCS' Hungary center would house 100 software professionals by this year end, 80 percent of which would be local hires and the company intends to appoint 100 persons each year until 2005.

Opening of the TCS center at Budapest is expected to give a fillip to the Hungarian Government's efforts to bring in foreign investment. The work and quality practices and project management capabilities that will brought in by TCS will be TCS's major contribution to the local economy.

The center had received certification from the GE assessment team as a trusted GE Global Development Center (GDC) earlier this month. As the first TCS development center based in Europe, the Hungary GDC will target TCS European customers.

Nexus Computers is IBM's Best Authorized Service Provider

Nexus Computers has been named Best Authorized Service Provider by IBM. This was announced at IBM's Biz and Fiz celebrations held in Bangalore. The award is in recognition of the company's customer centric approach to warranty and maintenance requests. With a wide pool of skilled personnel and countrywide network of 34 offices and service centers, Nexus Computers is ideally suited to serving multi-location enterprises.

Pondicherry-based Nexus Computers, which employs over 350 people, has established direct sales channels to the SME and large enterprise markets and serves a broad spectrum of clients in banking, education, finance, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, media, travel and transportation, and manufacturing industries.

Ramco ties up with US firm

Ramco Systems has entered into a strategic alliance with US-based webMethods Inc, provider of integration software, to meet the growing demand among companies for enterprise application integration (EAI) services. The combination of Ramco's development and implementation expertise with webMethods integration platform will give customers powerful, integrated solutions that meet organizational needs and drive business efficiencies.

Tom Roberts, Vice President of platform alliances for webMethods Inc said, "Ramco helps customers identify and build the types of applications needed to successfully run a business. By partnering with webMethods, Ramco will also make it possible to tie those applications into an integrated technology infrastructure, increasing the ROI on the solutions they construct."

"We continue to build our expertise in developing and implementing complex enterprise solutions. Inclusion of webMethods integration platform in our solutions will provide customers with a means to further enhance their business performance", said Satish Gore, Vice President, e-Business solutions division of Ramco Systems.

Midas gets ELCINA Award for R&D

Chennai-based Midas Communication Technologies, a telephony and Internet network product development company, has been awarded the ELCINA Award for Research & Development for the year 2000-01 by Electronic Component Industries Association (ELCINA). The Award will be given away at a special function to be held in New Delhi on 22 September, 2001 at the ELCINA House, New Delhi.

The ELCINA awards are instituted to recognize the achievements of electronics and IT manufacturing companies in India. These are given annually for outstanding achievements in the field of exports, research & development, quality and indigenous development of capital goods. Entries received every year are scrutinized by a panel of judges, comprising senior government officials, senior members of ELCINA and other industry leaders. The winners receive the awards at a special function coinciding with the Annual General Meeting of the Association.