Monday, March 22, 2004		Companyspeak

Sapient, a leading business consulting and technology services firm, has announced it is leveraging its globally distributed delivery model in helping Rock-Tenn, a prominent North American manufacturer of packaged goods, implement Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2004 integration platform. This solution marks the latest implementation of Microsoft BizTalk Server by Sapient.

NIIT has introduced a special program in .Net technologies for students seeking a career as .Net developers. The new postgraduate diploma in .NET Technologies equips graduates with the required skills to become masters in .NET Developer jobs. The .NET technologies program, specially designed for science and engineering graduates and final year students, aims at helping the students gain an edge over contemporaries.

STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor manufacturer, announced details of its leadership role in PolyApply, a new, four-year research project launched by the European commission under its sixth research, technological development, and demonstration framework programme. The aim of the PolyApply project is to lay the foundations of a scalable and ubiquitously applicable communication technology that will make 'ambient intelligence' commercially viable through the use of low-cost, polymer-based electronic circuits.