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Tata Infotech ltd. bags 2-yr world book inc. contract The Asian age - May 12, 2001

World Book Inc., Chicago, USA, of the encyclopaedia and publishing industry have engaged Tata Infotech Ltd., to enhance and maintain its mission-critical, revenue-earning web-site, World Book Online.

A statement issued by the company said that this contract with Tata Infotech is initially for two years. Tata Infotech will offer critical support to WBOL 24-hours a day, seven days' a week, which will include immediate trouble-shooting in existing application whenever required, content updates, enhancements and introduction of new features, and consultancy for technological upgrades. The statement further added that the project will be executed offshore at the Tata Infotech Software Development centre dedicated to e-business, in Bangalore, India, with close monitoring from the company's customer-proximity centre in Chicago, USA, via the data communication and IT infrastructure.

WBOL is a subscription-based service for schools and libraries in the US, Canada, Ireland, UK and Australia. WBOL features all articles from the world book encyclopedia plus content from an exclusive archive of annuals and articles.