Samsung Electronics Company has decided to invest $20 million for setting up a state-of-the-art colour display monitor (CDM) manufacturing facility at its existing plant at Noida. "We're planning a seperate manufacturing facility with an initial investment of $20 million for colour display monitors at Noida," managing director of Samsung Electronics KS Kim told PTI.

D-Link unveils DP-601m server

D-Link (India) Ltd has launched a new DP-601M internet server with in-built modem for small workgroups or SOHO networks. The in-built 56Kbps modem eliminates the cost of purchasing and installing a separate modem. Through this single internet server with built-in modem, multiple users on a network can simultaneously access the internet. It is priced at Rs 25,000.

IBM to launch standardised Unix-based server next year

IBM plans to globally launch a new standardised, Unix-based computer operating system (server) on AIX platform next year, a seniorcompany official on Wednesday said. "IBM, which is working with other three software majors -- Intel, SCO and Sequent, will introduce a 64-bit server, in the third quarter of 2000," general manager, AIX IBM server group, Rajiv B Samant, told newsmen in Mumbai.

BJP Goa launches website

The Goa unit of BJP became the first political party in Goa to use the World Wide Web when Union home minister LK Advani launched the official website of the party in Panaji on Wednesday. In his message on the web site, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said, "India has the potential of being a world leader in the field of computers. It is thus pleasing to note that the Goa unit of the BJP has used information technology as part of its campaign in the assembly elections." The site will provide easy access and information on the Goan election campaign as well as activities of the BJP in Goa.

AKS offers free Y2K upgrades of Munimji, Nazarji

India's first-ever user-friendly accounting software Munim-ji andStores Accounting and Inventory Control software package Naazar-ji are now Y2K compliant and are available free of cost to all users. Munimji from AKS Software was the first easy to use, inexpensive accounting software launched in India. It won PC World's best Indian Software Products award for three consecutive years from 1988-1991.

STG to offer the Oracle education career programme

Oracle Software India and Software Technology Group announced an alliance opening avenues to a well structured programme in Oracle technology. The Oracle education career program is titled Oracle Application Developer and Web Deployment. Software Technology Group will start delivering the career program at New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Calcutta and Mumbai from the third week of June.