Monday, June 16, 2003		Companyspeak

Citrix award

CITRIX Systems Inc., an access infrastructure solutions company, has awarded NIIT the ‘Best Citrix Authorised Learning CentreT (CALC) of the Year 2002’ for Asia, at the Citrix iForumT held recently at Sydney, Australia. The award recognises NIIT’s performance in providing education and certification services to Indian IT professionals on Citrix technology.

$ 2,50,000 grant

International Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, has announced it has received a grant of $ 2,50,000 from Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. to aid research in the area of Information Technology. This grant will be used to set up a Microsoft Chair at IIIT, and is an important deliverable of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Microsoft India and IIIT earlier.

IndiaMart’s TrustSeal

Indiamart.com, one of the India’s online B2B marketplace, has launched ‘TrustSeal’ - an indicator of trustworthiness of a company displayed online based upon its verified documents pertaining to existence, legal status, statutory approvals, affiliations and quality certifications. Companies participating at Indiamart.com can apply to obtain TrustSeal, which will be granted if the documents presented by the company comply with the minimum requirements as laid down by IndiaMart. Buyers dealing with a certified company may even seek access to copies of documents as mentioned in the respective TrustSeal. This would enable buyers to deal with companies online with a higher level of confidence.