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HUMAN RESOURCES: High bench strength strained Satyam finances: CBI
Hyderabad, April 16 The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the Rs 7,136-crore Satyam Computer Services financial fraud, has alleged that the bench strength at Satyam was as high as 40 per cent in offshore (people working in ...

INSIGHT: Satyam: Unfinished work
So, Satyam Computer, the institution, has been saved and handed over to a credible buyer who can take it forward. The government-nominated Board deserves praise for extricating the company from the mess that it found itself in, stabilising it ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Karnik sees no merit in ICAI poser on Satyam stake sale timing
New Delhi, April 16 The Satyam Chairman, Mr Kiran Karnik, has told Business Line that he is “really surprised and shocked” at the remarks made by the ICAI President, Mr Uttam Prakash Agarwal. On Wednesday ...

SOFTWARE: Satyam buy may hasten BT’s exit from Tech Mahindra
UK co has been looking to sell 31% stake for a year. Mumbai/New Delhi, April 16 Tech Mahindra’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services may speed up BT’s exit from the telecom solutions company, it is ...

IT TRAINING: Arena Animation ties up with Manonmaniam Sundaranar varsity
To offer degree course in multimedia, animation. Chennai, April 16 Arena Animation, the animation and multimedia training business of Aptech Ltd, will offer a B.Sc degree course in multimedia and animation programme in association with the ...

SOFTWARE: CLB clears Satyam sale to Tech Mahindra; payment by April 21
New Delhi, April 16 Terming it as the ‘adoption of orphan Satyam’, the Company Law Board (CLB) on Thursday gave its nod to the highest bidder Tech Mahindra Ltd for acquiring the scam-hit IT firm, through its subsidiary, ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: IBM signs deal with STAR India
IBM on Wednesday announced an agreement with STAR India, a wholly owned subsidiary of STAR, to implement SAP ECC 6.0 application encompassing all major business processes. The deal is aimed at increasing process efficiency, and enabling STAR ...

SOFTWARE: Tech Mahindra nominees brace for Satyam challenge
Mumbai, April 16 The four Tech Mahindra nominees tipped to be on the board of Satyam Computer Services will have to dip into every chapter of their 115 years of collective experience as they begin their ...

SOFTWARE: Tech Mahindra nominees to attend Satyam board meet on April 20
New Delhi, April 16 Tech Mahindra officials are expected to attend the Board meeting of Satyam scheduled on April 20 and 21 in Hyderabad. According to sources, Mr Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Tech Mahindra (which emerged as the highest bidder ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti Airtel for uniform fee for all telecom services
Blames vested interest for being under DoT scanner. New Delhi, April 16 With integrated players coming under the Government scanner for allegedly loading up higher revenues on licences with lower revenue share, Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT rejects CDMA players' claim
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: IBM signs deal with STAR India
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Idea Cellular partners with Mumbai Indians
New Delhi, April 16 Telecom players are increasingly cashing in on the popularity of the Indian Premier League. Idea Cellular is the latest to join the bandwagon by partnering with one of the IPL teams. The cellular company has struck a ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti Telesoft is now Comviva
New Delhi, April 16 Bharti Telesoft, value-added services solutions provider for mobile operators, on Thursday announced the launch of its new name – Comviva Technologies ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Satyam freshers request Mahindra to ensure jobs
Hyderabad, April 16 The Satyam Freshers Union, the union set up by those who received offer letters from Satyam Computer Services, has appealed to Mr Anand G. Mahindra, Chairman of Tech Mahindra, to consider their candidature and ensure jobs ...

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: RM Solutions gets ISO tag
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BROADBAND: RCom wireless broadband service
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From eWorld

PHOTOGRAPHIC & ALLIED PRODUCTS: ‘Snapping’ at each other’s heels?
Is the camera phone eating into the digital camera market, or vice versa? eWorld talked to industry players for a clearer picture.. Eight megapixels, face detection, smile detection, image stabilisation, advanced shake reduction, variable ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Keep IT going with e-gov’
AMD says it makes sense to look to the Government’s needs during tough times.. If Dickens were around today, he surely would describe the slowdown context as “the worst of all times.” The word ‘recession’ is now ...

TECHNOLOGY: Just tag it
RFID can make a difference in many segments, says this player.. Prasad was restless. He had been waiting for over an hour to collect his baggage at the Chennai International Airport, only to learn that the carrier in which he flew into India ...

INTERNET: Sample these!
I just have to write about this year’s fool’s day pranks on the Web. It so happens the best ones are from Google, as so often before. (See: And you thought big companies don’t have a sense of humour? ...

SECURITY: Armed with information
In the civilian sector, a network failure may cause inconvenience and monetary loss in most cases. In the case of the military and defence corps, the slightest system downtime may translate into a national security threat - an intolerable ...

INTERVIEW: ‘IT opportunities outweigh challenges’
There is going to be a surge of innovative ideas and services during the slowdown, sys e4e India.. On the last day of the bygone fiscal, March 31, 2009, I had an interesting guest, Narasingarao Dataram, President, e4e India (
WEBSITE REVIEW: What’s the good word?
This service aims to help the user build vocabulary through the mobile phone.. Are you finding yourself at a loss for words? Then, it’s time to fight the Limited Vocabulary syndrome. The problem can be chronic but if you have a mobile ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V.Ramanan. 1. With which American giant has Intel announced an alliance to develop and market home-based health technologies to ...

BOOKS: `We are what we click'
... as we continue to become more interactive with the information on our screens and at our fingertips, the way we live our lives will change.. If you want an example of how the Internet is changing the way we experience, look no further than ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: As cool as it can be
One For All says its Aircon Universal Remote will allow the user to control up to three air-conditioners and that it works across leading brands, however obsolete or recent the model ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Getting better at the game
ASUS has unveiled the ASUS EAH4890 Series — “the world’s first graphics cards to utilise Voltage Tweak ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“No school from today! I’ve started a Web site that all my teachers ...






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