Cisco And Satyam To Create Health Services Network In India

[OhioChick]

Source: Information Week

Cisco also announced that it was providing an additional $100 million in its Indian innovation program, bringing its total there to $1.1 billion.
October 30, 2007 05:00 PM


Cisco Systems (NSDQ: CSCO) and Indian-based IT services provider Satyam are launching a new venture to create an integrated health services infrastructure to connect individuals in emerging countries to emergency and other medical help.

Cisco is providing a minority investment of about $10 million toward the venture. The announcement on Tuesday in Bangalore was part of celebrations for the inauguration of Cisco development center there. Cisco also announced that it was providing an additional $100 million in its Indian innovation program. To date, the company has invested more than $1.1 billion in Indian ventures, a Cisco spokesman said.

The new collaboration with Satyam aims to provide Indians with a 911-like emergency management system, the spokesman said. There is no national emergency response system in the country -- there are only limited services in some areas, he said.

The integrated platform also would offer nonemergency health-related resources, such as helping individuals to connect with other local medical providers, he said.



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[villager]

1. What the fuck about here?

n/t

[CatholicEdHead]

2. Well, if things keep going, we will be an "emerging country" soon

:(