Rediff.com bags Best Indian Website award
The Hindu, (Special Correspondent), December 14, 1999

Rediff.com has walked away with the award for the Best Indian Website at the "PC World Reader's Choice" awards for the third time in a row. The final selection for the awards was based on a readers' poll, conducted by the magazine for over three months. Started in 1996, Rediff.com, currently records 33-million web page views per month, and provides a free e-mail service, RediffMail.


Cisco-IBM Global alliance

An agreement between Cisco Systems Inc, a leader in networking for the Internet and IBM, to form a global alliance has been approved by the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Cisco has its offices in Bangalore and other major cities in India.

The global alliance will enable the two companies jointly meet the needs of business customers as they adopt Internet-based technology. While Cisco will acquire the router and switching patents of IBM, the latter will sell and service Cisco products worldwide.


International Rectifier enters India

International Rectifier Corporation of US, the world's oldest semi-conductor company, has established a wholly owned subsidiary, IR Infotech Pvt. Ltd.