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OUTLOOK: ‘Financial sector IT spend may be down up to 20%’
No clarity yet on other sectors, says Cognizant. Bangalore, Dec. 8 Cognizant Technology Solutions said though clients have clearly delayed their budget cycles, the first industry to get serious about their technology budgets is the financial ...

SECURITY: The 30-second password for security
VERISIGN TOKEN. Hyderabad, Dec. 8 If you don’t feel secure with one password, better to have another in order to keep off the gate-crashers into your mail accounts and ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: NSE responds to legal notice from Financial Tech
Exchange puts co’s trading solution on ‘watch-list’. Mumbai, Dec. 8 NSE has informed its members that the exchange has responded to the legal notice from Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) challenging the exchange’s ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MPs’ panel asks DoT to explain spectrum allocation
34 questions sent focussing on procedures followed. New Delhi, Dec. 8 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT has asked the Department of Telecom to explain its various decisions relating to spectrum allocation to new players, merger and ...

POLICY: 7-year term for cyber threats to children
Talks on for code of conduct for Internet. Hyderabad, Dec. 8 The Union Government in its proposed Amendment Bill 2006 to the Information Technology Act 2000 is considering incorporating exemplary punishments for cyber crimes, especially ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Satyam ties up with K2
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PEOPLE: MphasiS CEO quits
MphasiS, an EDS company, said its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jeya Kumar, has resigned to pursue external career opportunities. Mr Kumar was the CEO from February 2008 and will continue in his present position till a new appointment is ...

PEOPLE: New eInfochips global sales head
Product development services company eInfochips today announced the appointment of Mr Sarbpreet Singh as President and Head (Global Sales).With over 20 years of experience in diverse industries such as microelectronics, ...

SOFTWARE: RM ‘slowly and steadily’ getting ready to enter Indian market
ICT systems’ developer bets on education to ride out crisis. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 8 Slow and steady seems to be the guiding principle at ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Tata Tele picks Nokia Siemens for GSM rollout
Deal valued in excess of $1 b. New Delhi, Dec. 8 Tata Teleservices Ltd has selected Nokia Siemens Networks for its pan-India GSM network roll-out. While the exact deal size is not known, Tata Tele had earlier announced that it will invest close ...

HARDWARE: PC, laptop prices may see a slide
New Delhi, Dec. 8 Desktop computers and laptops are set to become marginally cheaper with PC maker HCL Infosystems saying it plans to cut product prices by 2-4 per cent, while Mumbai-based Zenith has indicated a price reduction of about one ...

OUTLOOK: Quatrro to complete at least 1 buy-out
New Delhi, Dec. 8 Quatrro said it is scouting for acquisitions in Europe and the US to expand its product line. The company is looking at about half a ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: ICICI Securities online trading platform adds new feature
Mumbai, Dec. 8 ICICI Securities has added a new feature to its online trading platform to aid traders in the stock market operating through a laptop or phone while on ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: DLF seeks de-notification of Delhi IT SEZ
New Delhi, Dec. 8 Real estate company DLF Ltd has approached the Government seeking de-notification of its yet-to-be-constructed IT SEZ in ...

From eWorld

HARDWARE: Not power hungry
Semiconductor designs power ahead with reduced energy consumption.. Energy efficiency, an integral part of green IT initiatives, is perhaps today synonymous with technology itself, and it would be difficult to spot stakeholders who have no ...

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: Wired for wellness
Integrated IT networks for healthcare providers.. In a bid to improve information flow, many healthcare providers have begun to invest in technologies such as online registration, electronic medical records, picture archiving, and communication ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Clients will focus on new initiatives’
Mastek’s Sudhakar Ram says the solutions approach has immense scope.. Mastek’s Chairman and Managing Director Sudhakar Ram relocated to India this month after about three years in the US. Isn’t it a rather surprising time for a ...

INTERNET: Enabling assistance
A portal that assists with job search for the disabled. Punarbhava.in is an interactive portal designed specially for people with disabilities who seek career avenues. As the homepage suggests, “Punarbhava means ‘renewed being’ ...

BOOKS: Innovate with tech edge
For the enterprise that plans well. A major reason behind many an ERP (enterprise resource planning) failure is the underestimating of the complexity — be it in planning, development, or training, says Sanjiva Shankar Dubey in Innovation ...

INTERVIEW: Not on paper
Paperless offices — the promise of business process management. IBM buying FileNet, AptSoft and ILOG; Oracle acquiring BEA Systems; and SAP purchasing Yasu Technologies… Yes, we are talking about BPM, or business process management, ...

E-MAIL: Three quick ones
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CARTOON: Cartoon
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CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Which browser tags itself as ‘World’s First Triple-Engine ...






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