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SOFTWARE: In 2009, one-in-three offshore centres set up in India
Country gets top marks for talent pool, low cost structure. India will continue to dominate the offshore outsourcing landscape in the foreseeable future, despite some tough competition from aspirants such as Brazil, the Philippines or even ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Cognizant beats own guidance with 24% rise in net income
Revenue up 16%; year's workforce addition at 16,700. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation managed to beat its own guidance by reporting a 16 per cent increase in revenue to $3.279 billion for the fiscal ended December 31, 2009, against ...

PEOPLE: BSNL goes without a head of finance for over one year
Procedural delays keep the post vacant. Even as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is battling declining profits, the public sector unit has gone without a finance head for more than a year due to delays in the ...

EVENTS: IT, e-governance spend may touch $4 b next fiscal
Govt makes it mandatory for States to spend on technology. India's spend on information technology and e-governance may touch about $4 billion next fiscal, according to a top ...

OUTLOOK: 18-20% growth rate possible in coming years, says industry
With anticipated recovery in IT spends and a positive outlook putting the sector on a high, Indian IT honchos said that achieving growth rates of 18-20 per cent in the coming years would be ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Land acquisition completed for Technocity project
Rehabilitation package finalised for the evictees. The Department of IT has completed the formalities pertaining to acquisition of land admeasuring to 245.89 acres for the development of the Technocity project, the next phase of development of ...

EVENTS: Indian IT industry to touch $285 b by 2020: KPMG
KPMG and Asia Oceanic Computing Industry Organisation, which represents 15,000 companies in Asia and Australian continents, has projected that the Indian IT and ITES sector could become a $285-billion industry by 2020 from $71.6 billion ...

OUTSOURCING: Pak IT/BPO sector keen to engage Indian biz
ALL WORK, NO PLAY. The recent snub to Pakistani cricketers at Indian Premier League (IPL) auction may have snowballed into a full-blown controversy but the standoff between the two nations has not deterred the $2.5-billion Pakistani ICT ...

OUTLOOK: Is France finally opening up to Indian IT cos?
Analyst firms are divided on this. Are Indian IT companies finally getting their bearings right in the traditionally unfriendly offshoring market ...

SOFTWARE: Subex promoter to up stake thru pref allotment
Subex Ltd, a global provider of operations and business support systems, has announced that it will raise up to Rs 48 crore through a preferential placement with an investment company of the promoter, Mr Subash Menon. Following the ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: NIIT Tech forms alliances to offer cloud computing services
NIIT Technologies will launch its bundled cloud computing offerings from the first quarter of the next ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Turnaround signal
The banking sector and North American geography are headed for recovery, going by the recent results announcements of the top tech players.. First down, first up, seems to be the law of economic downturns. The banking sector, and the North ...

HARDWARE: Confident of clearing the bar
Indian semiconductor and electronics sector targets growth of $400 billion by 2020.. The Indian semi-conductor and electronics industry admits that its estimate that the demand in the Indian market would reach $400 billion by 2020 (from $45 ...

INTERVIEW: Ringing times ahead
Tata Teleservices (M) says its investments are set to pay off.. The Indian telecom industry is not for the weak-hearted. Given the capital-intensive nature of the business, companies will land in trouble if they are not well-funded, says Dr ...

SECURITY: How secure is the iPad?
Alongside all the excitement, spare some time to study its features.. Gizmo buffs are greatly excited about the arrival of yet another Apple product in the market, one that is set to revolutionise online reading of books. Despite the fact that ...

INTERNET: Local flavour on global Net
Coimbatore home-maker puts city highlights on online map to help visitors.. Your friend visits your town/city and asks you where one can get reasonably priced, quality, cotton material. If you are one of those that freak out frequently, you ...

INTERVIEW: Converting data into something meaningful
That is the challenge most enterprises face despite being aware of the information hidden within their systems.. Most enterprises are very much aware of the information hidden within their systems, but what perplexes them is the process of ...

BOOKS: Well-mixed teams can develop new products faster
Real-life examples drive home the point.. How do you establish trust in international projects? Sample this, from International Project Management by Kathrin K”ster (www.sagepublications.com): "A US-American project manager invited his Asian ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. A hand-held computing device, built in 2002 by a Japanese company, complete with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and VoIP support, is now in the news. Name the company and ...

LETTERS: Dark side of business
The dark side of the IT industry is the lack of integrity and transparency as pointed out by PWC Davidar, IT Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government. The seller of technology knows that the purchaser is ignorant of the finer points and hence ...

LETTERS: Excellent read
‘Where has the trust gone' by K. Bharat Kumar in eWorld dated February1, 2010, is an excellent article at the start of the month. Keep reporting on the difficulties faced by IT customers and the impact ...






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