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Juniper Networks Master of IT, Paul Schopis: OARnet

Paul Lancour — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:07:49 +0000

Eighty-eight colleges and universities. Two-and-a-half million downstream users. Paul Schopis is associate director of OARnet, based at The Ohio State University, and as such he oversees an expansive network for users with a wide range of needs. In this podcast Paul discusses the challenges he faces in building and maintaining such a network, shares some knowledge learned in his ten years at OARnet, and explains the fish problem.

This Juniper Networks podcast is part of the Juniper Networks Master of IT program.

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Weekly Tech News RoundUp from India

Kamla Bhatt — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:36:33 +0000

Media- and entertainment-related funding appears to be the trend with angel investors. Recently, MadHouse Media, a movie rental start-up, received their first round of investment from angel investors. The investors included the Band of Angels, Mumbai Angels and some private investors.

Dr. Kumar Shiralagi joined NEA IndoUS Fund which is yet to launch its operations. Previously Dr. Shiralagi was with Intel Capital India.

Educational institutions are also looking to raise money for their incubators. The Indian Institute of Technology, better known by their acronym IIT, is looking to start a venture fund. IIT Mumbai is already in talks with Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to start a venture fund.

In merger and acquisition news, the dominant topic of conversation continues to be about Hutch Essar, India’s fourth largest mobile provider. Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa wants to exit out of Hutch Essar and there’s a queue of bidders who want to pick up the Hutchison stake. In the last few days, UK-based Vodafone has emerged as a strong contender and has already begun its due diligence process of Hutch Essar.

Bangalore based i-flex Solutions has acquired the Singapore subsidiary of Capco, The Capital Markets Company. While there has been no official confirmation, The Economic Times reports that Bangalore-based Onmobile has acquired ITFinity, a specialist mobile software company, for $15-20 million.

Blogging is catching on as a marketing tool with many Indian companies. Recently, Naukri, the online job portal and Cleartrip, a travel portal launched their blog sites.

Tags: MadHouse Media, angel investors, Band of Angels, Mumbai Angels, Kumar Shiralagi, NEA IndoUS Fund, Intel Capital, IIT, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Hutch Essar, Hutchison Whampoa, Vodafone, i-flex, Capco, Onmobile, ITFinity, Naukri, Cleartrip

The Kamla Bhatt Show: Exclusive Interview with Web18 CEO plus Weekly News Update

Kamla Bhatt — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:23:10 +0000

Our top story is from Mumbai where Web18 Software Services Ltd, which is part of the TV18 Group in India received $10 million in funding from Tracer Capital. We have an exclusive interview with Surya Mantha, who recently joined Web18 as its new CEO. (more…)

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