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Compaq India and IIT-Mumbai launch e-commerce lab

Compaq India on Friday announced the launching of an e-commerce expertise lab at the IIT Mumbai campus to architect cutting edge solutions on Compaq technologies.

It would also offer proof-of-concept and benchmarking facilities for Compaq customers and partner community.

Announcing the launch of the lab, Compaq India in a release in Bangalore said the lab would enable further exploration of internet and e-commerce related technologies, research and business opportunities.

It would also be used jointly by IIT and Compaq to research and develop cutting edge applications in the Alpha Unix environment for the e-commerce industry. The IT infrastructure for the lab had been completely provided by Compaq.

Dr Phatak, Head, Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology at IIT, Mumbai, commenting on the strategic alliance, said that the lab intended to leverage Compaq's technology expertise and the applied R&D focus for research, innovation and delivery of new technologies and solutions to the e-commerce industry.

Compaq India sales and Enterprise Business Group Director Neelam Dhawan said Compaq would evaluate select technologies and products that result from research at the lab and help customers in their deployment.

UNI

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