Monday, June 11, 2001		Lens on IT

Michael Rawding, President Asia at Microsoft Corp speaks during the launch of Office XP in Kuala Lumpur. US software giant Microsoft Corp said that consumer affluence and rapid market growth will spur its Asian sales to jump by 27 per cent by the end of this financial year .

Ed Zander, president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc., waves to over 20,000 conference attendees during his keynote address at the opening of Sun's JavaOne 2001 Developer Conference in San Francisco. The annual five-day conference showcases more than 350 companies demonstrating the current uses of Java technology including business applications, mobile phones, communications, smart cards and appliances.

Union Home Minister L.K. Advani inaugurating the viewing kiosk fitted with touch-screen computers attached to the wireless telerobotic cameras installed on top of historical Qutub Minar, in New Delhi 

NCP president Sharad Pawar with Pramod Mahajan, Information Technology Minister, launching multimedia- rendered CD on Bhagavadagita at the international workshop “Achieving connectivity for the rural poor” in Baramati 

A saleswoman for Taiwan compact disc maker CMC Magnetics introduces the firm's products to a potential buyer at Taipei's Computex 2001, the world's third largest computer trade show. The one-week trade show comes as companies wait for consumers to resume buying after sales of computers and mobile phones slumped last year. 

— Reuters photos