The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 12, 2005

Rain forces rethink on expansion plans of BPOs in Mumbai
THE July rains in the city may have led some BPOs and call centre outfits to plan moving part of their operations out of the city. But scarcity of land and the investments they have already sunk in will ensure that most of the other corporates ... More

Raman Roy plans to tap underserved BPO areas
BARELY three months after he bid adieu to Wipro Spectramind, Mr Raman Roy is back on the drawing board finalising the blueprint of an ambitious BPO venture. The new venture would tap the high-value but underserved areas in domains, including ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Kochi Smart City: DIC plans study for prospective firms
FOLLOWING the signing of the MoU with the Kerala Government on Friday to develop Smart City, a hi-tech business campus for information technology companies in Kochi, the Dubai Internet City (DIC) will now conduct a detailed market study to ... More

MoU signed for Kochi Smart City
THE Kerala Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai-based TECOM (Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone), promoters of the Dubai Internet City (DIC), to set up a `Smart City' on the outskirts of ... More

SOFTWARE

XMINDS develops new software
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: XMINDS, a city-based software company, has developed an automation software for human resources and accounting applications. Called eASE (effective automation of service establishment), the software has been ... More

SECURITY

'Most firms see need for info secuity policy'
EIGHTY six per cent respondents to a recently conducted survey have expressed the need for an information security policy, citing sensitivity and vulnerability of information stored in databases. The survey, conducted by the Confederation of ... More

TRENDS

Playing on a new court
The Indian IT industry has a new court to play on — Legal BPO. But as global firms outsource work to India, domestic players will have to address concerns of data security and service quality to score in the game. More

US visas tough to get, finds survey — `Cos want Govt to take up the issue at WTO negotiations'
INDIAN IT and BPO professionals find the US the most difficult country to get visas for, while China and Japan grant them the most friendly entry, an Assocham Business Barometer (ABB) Survey has revealed. Leading countries in Western Europe ... More