World Online, Softpro may be brought under single umbrella
The promoters of World Online Inc of the US and the Hyderabad-based Softpro Systems Ltd are considering the viability of the two firms coming together under a single umbrella.

SKumars.com to go online in Q3
The Skumars.com e-commerce initiative is well on track and will go online by the third quarter of 2000, Vikas Kasliwal, chairman of the group said on Tuesday.

Hackers beware! Shields and firewalls could be standing guard on servers
Concerned about the security of your computer's connection to the Internet? You ought to be. The recent denial of service attacks has proved that not only is it possible for an unauthorised person to gain access to your data but also to use your computer to carry out these attacks.


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