The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 07, 2007

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
IBM research lab to work on services innovation
Bangalore, Nov. 6 IBM India Research Laboratory has expanded its Bangalore campus to research on “service innovation”. The new facility will be open to clients, connecting its researchers with difficult, real-world problems ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DoT may look into tariff cartel among operators
New Delhi, Nov. 6 Department of Telecom is likely to examine allegations against large GSM companies of forming a cartel in fixing tariffs. Consumer groups have urged DoT to look into instances where operators including Bharti Airtel and ... More

Spice withdraws support for COAI’s dual tech legal petition
New Delhi, Nov. 6 B K Modi Group promoted Spice Telecom on Tuesday said it has dissociated from the legal petition filed by the Cellular Operators Association of India against Government’s decision to allow dual technology to Reliance ... More

SOFTWARE
RBC Dexia to use TCS financial tool
TCS’s BaNCS financial software has been selected by RBC Dexia to handle anticipated growth in business volumes. TCS Financial Solutions, a strategic business unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was selected to develop a series of ... More

IT TRAINING
NIIT, NComputing team up for low-cost education in schools
Every user can simultaneously work on different applications More

HUMAN RESOURCES
IT cos give seed capital, support for aspiring entrepreneurs to retain staff
Mumbai, Nov 6 An entrepreneur within the organisation seems to be the new mantra of employers to retain the young employees who change jobs . “Attrition is a fact of life, but we have to learn to tackle it,” said Ms Anu Aga, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Symantec to buy Vontu
Symantec Corp on Tuesday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vontu, player in data loss prevention solutions, for $350 million, which will be paid in cash and assumed options. The acquisition is expected to close in the ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Medical education in digital form soon
Hyderabad, Nov. 6 Medical students in India could soon have the benefit of learning course content at their own pace through lectures that would be offered in a digital format. Over 7,500 multimedia enhanced digital lectures ... More

OUTLOOK
Panel on spectrum allocation norm set up
New Delhi, Nov. 6 In a bid to arrive at a compromise formula with agitated GSM operators, the Communication Ministry has formed a new committee to review the subscriber linked spectrum allocation criteria specified by the Telecom Engineering ... More

PEOPLE
Top-level changes in SAP Labs; Clas Neumann is new President
Bangalore, Nov. 6 SAP Labs India announced management changes on Tuesday. Mr Clas Neumann has been appointed President of SAP Labs India in addition to his responsibility as Senior Vice-President for SAP’s latest product, SAP Business ... More

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