Sun Microsystems, CDFD set up medical bioinformatics centre
The $12-billion US technology company, Sun Microsystems Inc, and the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), have joined to establish a medical bioinformatics centre, the first such facility in the country, with an initial investment of about $5 million.

This centre is expected to serve as a national node for Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) to promote bioinformatics education and have connectivity with similar centres of excellence across the globe while focussing on drug discovery, gene therapy-related research using a network of computers in a grid system.

Earlier Sun had established a competency centre for Java in India at CMC Ltd, partnering with the Department of Electronics, the National Association of Software and Services Companies and CMC.
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Sun Microsystems, ICRISAT set up centre of excellence to promote e-learning
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) entered into memorandum of understanding with Sun Microsystems Inc to pave the wave for creation of a centre of excellence to promote e-learning under VASAT (Virtual Academy for the Semi-Arid Tropics).

The collaboration will bring together the expertise of the two institutions to deploy e-learning services to anyone, anytime, anywhere and on any device. The centre of excellence would also help Sun to use the fruits of its technology to alleviate poverty in the semi arid tropics.

As per the terms of the MoU, ICRISAT and Sun will work together to promote ICRISAT's e-learning services to other international agricultural research institutes under the umbrella of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. They will work to build a network of learning portals with other institutions in the country aimed at facilitating mutual exchange of contents and services through an open architecture, leading towards the development of an e-learning hub here.

Together, the two institutions will explore projects on the convergence of e-learning with the digital library, where even the re-usage technologies would be leveraged to reach out content through various delivery channels.
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Domino's on look out for new ad agency
Following the opening of 50 new restaurants in the UK and the appointment of Roger Auld as brand controller, Domino's Pizza is now looking to change its advertising strategy. The Domino's account was previously handled on a project basis by London-based Arcwright.
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