INFO-TECH
OUTSOURCING
Belgium keen on outsourcing to India
Belgium, which is keen to tap the Indian IT industry, is looking to outsource work in the e-governance sphere including digitisation of government records. According to a senior Belgian trade official, the Government of Belgium is impressed ...
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Wipro bags HR awards
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies said on Thursday that it has won the Mid Day Big Break and DAKS awards for HR Excellence. The Mid Day and DAKS awards for HR excellence in association with Indira Group of Institutes recognise excellence in HR ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rly booking thru RIM
RELIANCE Infocomm, in association with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), has launched Railway Ticket Booking service through Reliance India Mobile (RIM) in 120 cities across all 28 states and union territories of India. ...
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Reliance Info contests DoT penalty
RELIANCE Infocomm has contested the penalty imposed by the Department of Telecom for alleged violation of the international long-distance licence conditions. The company has sent its reply to the DoT notice pleading compliance to all licence ...
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DoT told to ensure compliance of security norms by BSNL
THE Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to ensure that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) complies with the security norms for offering mobile services. The agency has told ...
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J&K, N-E States go fully mobile
FOLLOWING the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's assurances to the people during his visit to Jammu & Kashmir and the North-Eastern States last month, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has made mobile services fully operational in these States ...
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BSNL's fixed line user base down by 3.2 m
BSNL has lost 3.2 million fixed line subscribers in 2003-04. The state-owned company had lost 1.7 million subscribers the previous year. Another 1.7 million consumers are waiting to get new connections from the state-owned telecom company as on ...
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SOFTWARE
Encore Software to open up simputer source code
ENCORE Software, the creators of the Encore Simputer, have now decided to open the source code of all applications and tools that it has developed for the Simputer. Additionally, the company will make public the complete hardware design for the ...
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Talisma launches NetAgent 6.6
BANGALORE: Talisma announced the launch of NetAgent 6.6, a comprehensive multi-channel interaction management solution for contact centres on Thursday. NetAgent 6.6 makes it easier for contact centre and customer service agents to ...
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Visual Basic .Net tour
BANGALORE: Microsoft India Corporation Pvt Ltd said on Thursday that it has commenced a five-city Visual Basic .Net tour in India as a part of its world Tour. The tour is aimed at familiarising developers and students with the advanced ...
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IT TRAINING
HP reaches out to people with IT project
HEWLETT Packard through its i-Community initiative in Kuppam has brought together about 10,000 people, building awareness about information technology that has been touching their lives over the last two and a half years. This is part of HP ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Cognizant Tech, PSG pact for in-campus training of recruits
THE industry-academia collaboration between Cognizant Technology Solutions and the PSG College of Technology is explicit revolving around Cognizant recruits. The company has picked 250 students off three premier institutions — Government ...
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Satyam pact with G-Log for supply chain solutions
SATYAM Computer and G-Log, a global transportation and logistics solutions provider, have formed a service and technology partnership to offer supply chain management and supply chain execution solutions to customers around the world. The ...
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SECURITY
Nasscom draft to amend IT Act to tackle cyber crime
NASSCOM, in partnership with the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and in association with a group of lawyers, is working on amendments that would be needed to be incorporated in the IT Act to effectively address the ...
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ISPS
Reliance Infocomm to invest Rs 300 cr in Karnataka
RELIANCE Infocomm said on Thursday that it would invest Rs 300 crore to expand its network to 253 new towns in Karnataka. Reliance Infocomm Chief Executive Officer for Karnataka circle, Mr Vinay Singh, told newspersons on Thursday that over the ...
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EVENTS
Technical writers' meet begins today
THE Society for Technical Communication (India Chapter) said its sixth annual conference would be held at Taj Connemara, Chennai on December 3 and 4. The conference is expected to attract about 250 technical writers and communicators from all ...
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IT-ENABLED SERVICES
H-P arm's back office in Chennai
HEWLETT-Packard's Global e-Business Operations Pvt. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hewlett-Packard Europe BV, has set up a large back office facility in Chennai. The subsidiary, which is H-P's captive back office in India, now employs ...
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OUTLOOK
`Retail, manufacturing to spur growth in RFID-related biz'
THE global RFID (radio frequency identification)-related business, estimated at about $1.3 billion (around Rs 5,759 crore) in the year 2003, is projected to grow to about $3-10 billion in the next three to five years, driven by growth of the ...
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