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HUMAN RESOURCES: Cos willing to pay more to hire for transformational services
Costs offset by higher values, larger deals they bring in. Bangalore, Aug. 24 A skilled workforce, essential for transformational services that is now the new mantra, is pushing up costs for the Indian IT vendors. But the companies ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Ringing in change
Innovation, leadership, team work... frequently used terms in people management. A look at their implementation on the Nokia shopfloor.. There is a constant hum on the shopfloor at mobile phone maker Nokia’s only manufacturing facility in ...

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: Hello… it’s your call
The Government’s move to allow agents of ‘Other Service Providers’ to work from home throws open the ITES employment scene to more people, young and old.. Talk of good news coming down the line! In a move that will, doubtless, ...

TRENDS: Europe beckons
With Europe eager more than ever to walk the India path, opportunities to get business out of the continent are growing for Indian IT ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ‘A name that evokes trust’
Karpagajotheeswari, all of 22, sits across the table at a meeting room within the Nokia plant, a picture of calm confidence. The daughter of a small-time grocery vendor, she joined Nokia fresh out of school at the age of 18. Growing up in ...

SOFTWARE: NetMagic to ramp up operations
Coimbatore, Aug. 24 Managed IT service provider NetMagic Solutions, which specialises in Internet data centres, managed hosting, network operations and remote infrastructure management (RIM), finds the present trend for such services ...

SOFTWARE: Skyway, Cypress keen on holding IT contests
Hyderabad, Aug. 24 Software companies have taken to organising various international contests with attractive prizes in an effort to woo India’s IT developer community, encouraging them to stretch their skills. ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Accenture plans HR academies in other Asian countries
Bangalore, Aug. 24 Accenture, which launched its HR Academy in India in partnership with XLRI (Jamshedpur), is all set to replicate the effort in other parts of Asia. ...

PIRACY: Adobe steps up anti-piracy activity


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OUTSOURCING: Hello… it’s your call
The Government’s move to allow agents of ‘Other Service Providers’ to work from home throws open the ITES employment scene to more people, young and old.. Talk of good news coming down the line! In a move that will, doubtless, ...

SECURITY: A classic cyber war?
The Russia-Georgia clashes bring cyberspace issues to the fore.. It is again eventful times in cyberspace. It all started earlier this month with the entry of Russian troops into neighbouring Georgia’s South Ossetia, a region not ...

INTERVIEW: The transforming BPO landscape
Infosys BPO is bullish on growth prospects, never mind the US slowdown.. The last few years have seen the Indian BPO (business process outsourcing) industry ride the offshore wave to its advantage, both in terms of business as well as employment ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Europe beckons
With Europe eager more than ever to walk the India path, opportunities to get business out of the continent are growing for Indian IT ...

BOOKS: On convergence track
The four aspects of software quality are converging into one quality definition.. Four aspects of software quality are converging, and these are business excellence, service excellence, security, and information integrity, say Kamna Malik and ...

INTERNET: Lazy again, or lazy still?
Till about a year ago, my son would bring his large lego blocks and ask me to build something, usually a train, sometimes a car or an aeroplane. He’d be pretty happy with the results, as I used to spend a long time building whatever he ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Which iconic computer celebrated the 10th anniversary of its launch on August ...

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