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OUTLOOK: IT sector growth rate to slow down: Nilekani
‘Industry resilient enough to deal with challenges’. Admitting that the country’s IT sector cannot be immune to the global crisis, Bangalore-headquartered Infosys Technologies Co-Chairman, Mr Nandan M. Nilekani, said on Sunday ...

SOFTWARE: IT majors get more fixed price contracts
Trend helps improve efficiency, save on staff cost. New Delhi/Chennai, Nov. 16 Three of the top five IT service providers - Infosys Technologies, Wipro and HCL Technologies - have posted a year-on-year as well as a sequential rise in the ...

TRENDS: Mastek closing down BPO practice
No ‘scope for desired increase in average revenues per employee’. Mumbai, Nov. 16 Mid-size IT solutions firm Mastek Ltd is in the process of closing down its business process outsourcing ...

TRENDS: Unified rivalry
When you are battling for the global unified communications market, what is more likely to swing it for you — voice or email?. They have been fighting a pitched battle for a larger share of the global unified communications market for over ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: A tale of two strangers…
… who found a home, and opportunities, in India. It is not uncommon to see Americans, and people from other countries as well, attending IT conferences in India. But Joseph Cairns and Erhardt Christopher Otto were a surprise duo. The two ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BT sees Asia-Pacific revenue at $2 b by 2011
Says India is a key growth driver. New Delhi, Nov. 16 Terming India as one of the key growth contributor in the region, global communications solution and service provider BT today said it expects revenue from the Asia-Pacific market to nearly ...

DIVERSIFICATION: DQ Entertainment to diversify
To enter into film distribution, publishing graphic novels. Hyderabad, Nov. 16 DQ Entertainment, an animation and gaming content developer, has decided to enter film production, distribution and book publishing activities to open up new streams ...

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: Web-based screening of employees launched
Bangalore, Nov. 16 Background screening company, First Advantage, has announced the launch of VerifyDirect, a database-driven online screening service. VerifyDirect will cover all sectors across all levels of employees and aims to be the ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: What change do you expect DoCoMo to bring into Indian telecom?
Send in responses, along with your hi-res photo to: ...

From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Unified rivalry
When you are battling for the global unified communications market, what is more likely to swing it for you — voice or email?. They have been fighting a pitched battle for a larger share of the global unified communications market for over ...

INTERVIEW: In animated discussion
Is a downturn good for entertainment business? If yes, is the industry up and ready for this?. Wikipedia tells us that the Golden Age of movie animation is said to be the period 1930-1940. Coincidentally, that decade was preceded by economic ...

PEOPLE: A tale of two strangers…
… who found a home, and opportunities, in India. It is not uncommon to see Americans, and people from other countries as well, attending IT conferences in India. But Joseph Cairns and Erhardt Christopher Otto were a surprise duo. The two ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Learning to build fantasy worlds
A peek inside an animation school. You get this surreal feeling in the green room. We are led in there quietly, and then the lights come on. Here, the ‘green’ room is not backstage where actors put on their pancake, away from public ...

SOFTWARE: Game for more art
His work involves adding excitement to your game. eWorld draws him out to dwell on his career highs, past and present.. This software writer developed his first ever game while still in high school because, as he puts it, “Well, I ...

INTERVIEW: The silver lining
More growth opportunities for IT-BPO sector. A search for ‘outsourcing’ in Google News predictably yields many sob tales. Sample these: ‘Hiring slows for Indian IT services and call centres,’ announces PC World. ...

E-MAIL: What’s the connection?
About ten years ago, I’d get calls from friends, colleagues in other cities and well-wishers if I hadn’t sent them an email, service message or letters in a week or two. You know, the usual I-was-wondering-what-happened-to-you ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. The largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history was worth $6 billion. Which company ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Internet through TV cable
I want to access the Internet through TV cable. How do I go about doing it? Do I need any particular channel, interface cards or special ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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