Microsoft official inks plan for digital nervous system
Microsoft group vide-president Jeff Raikes on Friday outlined a six-point action plan involving three basic and three advanced steps for making an organisation's "digital nervous system" a reality.

Richardson & Cruddas in pact with 2 US firms
Richardson & Cruddas Ltd, a subsidiary of the Bharat Yantra Nigam Ltd (BYNL), has entered into a strategic alliance with two American companies--Baily Corporation and Walter Chiang Inc--to bid jointly for large BoT and multilateral funded projects.

Vodafone advances plan to bid for Mannesmann, Orange
Vodafone AirTouch PLC is moving ahead with plans to mount a hostile takeover bid for Germany's Mannesmann AG and Britain's Orange PLC valued at more than $100 billion, say people familiar with the situation.


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