INFO-TECH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Now, mobiles the size of credit cards
Samsung targets premium segment
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Vertu mobiles studded with diamonds
Vertu has launched a diamond-studded mobile styled "Signature Cobra" costing Rs 1.6 crore per piece. The new collection showcases handcrafted models made of ceramic and sapphire. A specially designed button on all Vertu handsets connects one to ...
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HelloSoft solution for Wistron
Wistron NeWeb Corp, a mobile phone manufacturer, has announced the introduction of a dual mode phone wherein the users can choose to make a call from a WiFi environment with HelloSoft Voice Over Internet Protocol or GSM network areas for mobile ...
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RIM Blackberry on Hutch network too
Users will have wireless access to e-mail, phone, text messaging
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Philippines is `SMS capital of the world'
250 million text messages a day on an average: Study
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Aircel service in Himachal, Bihar
Aircel Cellular Ltd is in the process of rolling out its service in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar as part of its plan to establish a national presence, according to Mr K.V.P. Bhaskar, Chief Executive Officer, Aircel. Addressing a ...
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SOFTWARE
Plan to introduce IT among SMEs
Public-pvt partnership to involve CII and Microsoft
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IT stocks upbeat on Q2 no hopes
Expectations that the second quarter results of the Indian IT services sector would be healthy and that top-tier Indian software companies would continue to report strong volume growth, have been driving interest in software company stocks on the ...
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Sankhya Info plans buyback
Sankhya Infotech Ltd, a technology provider for aviation and oil and gas companies, has announced plans to buy back shares from the Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange. The company would soon finalise the appointment of a merchant banker for buyback of ...
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GENDER
IT's a woman's world
Women are a major force in the country's booming outsourcing sector, which makes extra efforts to woo and retain them.
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Subex ties up with HitachiSoft
Subex Azure forayed into the Japanese market by entering into a strategic partnership with HitachiSoft, an IT software development firm there. HitachiSoft will have the exclusive sale rights in Japan for the Subex Azure ...
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SECURITY
BPO sector says fraud numbers are negligible
In response to the sting operation conducted by UK's Channel 4 on data theft occurring in Indian call centres, the President of the Call Centre Association of India, Mr Sam Chopra, said, "Frauds in the Indian BPO industry account for a fraction ...
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`Home PCs, target of cyber attacks'
Would you leave your front door open for a month? That's exactly what many individual Internet users are doing with their personal computers over the Net. Internet criminals are increasingly targeting home users for identity theft, fraud and ...
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REPORTER'S DIARY
Data steal media glare
The media is in a bit of a dilemma on how to report the alleged data theft from Indian BPOs. The industry association, Nasscom, cautions against excessive publicity as such incidents take place in other countries too but are not played up by ...
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VIRUSES
New jargons
Polymorphism - an evasion technique used by viruses (especially inWin32 ones). The virus changes itself to a new flavour (by changing its byte pattern) and avoids detection by simple string-scanning anti-virus techniques. Fuzzers - ...
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BUSINESS MODELS
A 3-level proactive business continuity plan
Recently Satyam Computer Services staged a mock outage, to test its disaster-preparedness. A dramatic drill that was, involving the upping of systems in less than 24 hours by flying a commando group of engineers to a different country. Satyam's ...
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DIVERSIFICATION
Cos look beyond core, enter new verticals
See good revenues in the long term
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OUTLOOK
Dell to expand Gurgaon facility
Dell's fourth customer contact centre located in Gurgaon is set for rapid expansion to 2,500 employees with the inauguration of its new facility in the near future. Dell has customer contact centres in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Mohali ...
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PEOPLE
Tavant Tech Vice-President
Tavant Technologies announced the appointment of long-time industry veteran, Mr Amit Sircar, as Vice-President, Marketing. Based in Bangalore, Mr Sircar would lead Tavant's global marketing efforts. He previously worked at ...
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Xerox launches consulting service
Xerox India Ltd has announced the launch of Document Outsourcing and Communication Service (DOCS), a new consulting service from Xerox Global Services division. The service is aimed at optimising costs from documents, ...
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