ISP '99 is designed to enable potential Indian ISP players to understand and assess services and technology influencing their business. "The deregulation of internet services sector and its acceptance as a strong commerce enabler by Indian businesses has set the stage for private providers to compete on value-added services," said Balmohan Tarakad, CEO, TFCI. According to him, the first two chapters of ISP '99 series, held at Mumbai in January and in Bangalore in March, had a overwhelming response.

The ISP '99 conference is divided into two separate tracks. The Management Track on March 15 will cover macro industry issues such as legal and regulatory structures and the financial implications for the prospective ISPs. The Technology Track on March 16 and 17 will feature paneldiscussions on enabling technologies and e-commerce.

A trade fair will be held concurrently with the conference where vendors such as VSNL, Compaq, Intel and Tata IBM will exhibit hardware, software and services that will help internet service providers stay at the cutting edge of technology.

CMC in talks with insurance subsidiaries for Genisys

Three of General Insurance Corporation's subsidiaries are in talks with CMC Ltd, for adopting Genisys, the general insurance software system developed by it.

While new India Assurance Company Ltd was the first among the four insurance subsidiaries to adopt and apply the system in its offices, CMC officials said the other three subsidiaries had recently shown interest in the product.