Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, August 30, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio
Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, August 30, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
|
|
|
|
|
INFO-TECH POLITICS: Obama’s anti-outsourcing rhetoric puts IT industry in wait-and-watch mode New Delhi/Chennai, Aug. 29 Stung by the apparent anti-outsourcing overtone of Senator Barack Obama’s acceptance speech where the Democrats’ Presidential nominee pledged to halt tax sops to companies that ship jobs outside the US, ... OUTSOURCING: IT firms see something to cheer in Obama speech ‘Lack of reference to defence spending good news’. Despite anti-outsourcing overtones in the acceptance speech of Mr Barack Obama, the Democrats’ US presidential nominee, Indian IT services companies can take some heart from ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Satyam pursuing four acquisition opportunities All deals are in the $50-million plus range. Mumbai, Aug. 29 The country’s fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computer Services is on the prowl again. ... OUTLOOK: IT services market to hit $8 b in 2011: Study New Delhi, Aug. 29 The domestic IT services market is estimated to grow from $4.1 billion in 2007 to $8.1 billion in 2011, representing a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.6 per cent during the period, according to the latest research ... IT TRAINING: NIIT opens Community Learning Centre in Delhi New Delhi, Aug 29 In its bid to bridge the education-employability gap and harness the latent talent pool in urban slums, The NIIT Institute (TNI) - a not-for-profit society by NIIT promoters – has set up of the first-of-its-kind ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Number portability: DoT not for fee on subscribers GSM players against proposal. Mumbai, Aug. 29 Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is not in favour of imposing a fee on mobile subscribers who want to retain their telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network operator to ... HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Expat assignments: Challenges galore for cos of Indian origin’ Competitiveness of expat compensation packages, issues with different tax structures and of cost containment are some of the most common challenges faced by companies with international assignees. ... STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: TRAI free to enforce quality of service: Tribunal New Delhi, Aug. 29 The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal has said that it has not imposed any stay on the telecom regulator for ensuring that operators adhere to the quality of service norms. ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Shyam gets CDMA spectrum New Delhi, Aug 29 The Department of Telecom has released spectrum to Shyam Telecom to offer CDMA-based mobile services across the country. Shyam had earlier partnered with Russian conglomerate Sistema for rolling out telecom services. ... ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING: Valgen’s ERP tool for SMEs Chennai, Aug 29 The Chennai-based IT solutions provider Valgen Business Solutions (VBS) on Friday introduced ‘eSas’, an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution based on software as a service. ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Tata Indicom cuts prepaid tariffs SOFTWARE: New California Soft facility
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 ... CARTOON: Cartoon Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
|
The Hindu Group:
Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line |
RSS Feeds