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OUTLOOK: CA banks on Indian demand for growth
India strategy: More engagements with partners, new verticals. Las Vegas, Nov. 18 CA, the IT management and security solutions vendor, is betting on strong demand in India and Japan to drive growth even as it seeks to increase revenues from the ...

EVENTS: IT quiz competition at Badruka College
Bankatlal Badruka College for Information Technology will be organising a State-level annual inter-collegiate IT quiz – Abacus 2008 – on November 28 at its premises in Kachiguda here. The competition is open to all undergraduate ...

PEOPLE: Mastek head for India
IT solutions firm Mastek Ltd has appointed Mr Vilas Kanyal as the Head for India and Asia-Pacific business. Mr Kanyal’s last assignment was with Satyam Computer Services Ltd, where he was the Regional Director for emerging markets. In ...

PEOPLE: Hexaware Tech appoints CIO
Hexaware Technologies has appointed Mr N. Nataraj as Chief Information Officer (CIO). As a member of the executive management team Mr Nataraj will be responsible for managing and strengthening the company’s global information technology ...

OUTLOOK: Sprint’s Xohm in talks with telcos
Plans to offer managed services for WiMax networks. Virginia, Nov. 18 In a bid to kick-start the launch of WiMax-based broadband services in India, Sprint Nextel’s Internet business unit – Xohm – is planning to offer managed ...

SOFTWARE: Fujitsu Consulting India to expand
Pune, Nov. 18 IT consulting and services provider Fujitsu Consulting has said it will invest $10 million in expanding operations at its Indian arm Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt ...

OUTLOOK: Infosys to shift focus from Europe, US
Hopes to grow revenue share of other regions to 20%. New Delhi, Nov. 18 Infosys Technologies has said it intends to increase the proportion of non-US and non-Europe revenues to 20 per cent in the next 4-5 ...

NEW PROJECTS: BEL to set up unit at Kinfra Hi-tech Park
Kochi, Nov. 18 Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is planning to set up a unit at Kinfra Hi-tech Industrial Park, Kalamassery, ...

IT TRAINING: Free software training centre of C-DIT soon
The Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), a State Government institution, in collaboration with Kerala State IT Mission, is setting up a Centre for Advanced Training in Free and Open Source Software (CATFOSS) at ITes ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Blanket lay-offs no good: Welch
Las Vegas, Nov. 18 Management guru and former CEO of General Electric, Mr Jack Welch, is optimistic that the financial crisis will get over by end ...

OUTLOOK: Nuance in talks with carmakers to provide speech tech
Mumbai, Nov. 18 Nuance, the US-based speech and image solutions provider, is initiating talks with automobile manufacturers Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Hyundai and Renault to provide speech-enabled navigations systems in their ...

SOFTWARE: IBM unveils ‘Smart Business’ for SMEs
Pune, Nov.18 IBM has announced the availability of ‘IBM Smart Business’, applications for small and medium ...

SOFTWARE: Wipro, Oracle launch lab
Bangalore, Nov.18 Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Ltd, and Oracle on Tuesday announced the launch of the innovative solutions lab (OZONE) at Wipro’s ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Intel’s Core i7 launched here
Mumbai, Nov. 18 Intel India on Tuesday launched the new the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, which it said was ‘the fastest desktop processor on Earth’. The Core i7 processor speeds video editing, immersive games and ...

SOFTWARE: BPA Tech opens centre in Vizag
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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 ...

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