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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL staff union open to discussing IPO plans
Opposed to idea of listing. New Delhi, June 4 In what could be a softening of stance, the employees union of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said that it was prepared to discuss the company’s proposal for an Initial Public ...

SOFTWARE: Patni solution for healthcare payers
Patni Computer Systems Ltd has launched ‘Claims as a ServiceTM’ (CaaS),’ a solution specifically designed for the healthcare payer market. According to a Patni release, the offering would support the complete claims life cycle ...

PEOPLE: Indus Towers gets new CEO
Indus Towers Ltd, mobile tower company, announced the appointment of Mr B.S. Shantharaju as the new Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this assignment, Mr Shantharaju worked with Delhi International Airports (P) Ltd as the Chief Executive ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Top-level exits erode key strengths at Satyam
Trouble looms at high-profile auto centre in Chennai. Hyderabad, June 4 After the Rs 7,136-crore financial fraud, it’s now the erosion of key competencies at Satyam Computer Services. In addition to important professionals quitting, a ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: TRAI plans online consumer grievance redress mechanism
Focus to be on sustaining growth in the sector: Sarma. New Delhi, June 4 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is working on an online consumer grievance redress platform that will enable subscribers to lodge their complaints against any ...

SOFTWARE: US travel advisory may delay client visits
Tech industry sees short-term impact. Bangalore/Mumbai, June 4 Reeling under the impact of the economic downturn, the Indian IT industry now faces a new short-term concern as client visits could get postponed with the US issuing travel advisory ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT looks for new auditor for Tata Tele
New Delhi, June 4 The Department of Telecom has decided to change the auditor appointed to examine the account books of Tata ...

SECURITY: ‘India becoming a base to generate malicious codes’
Chennai, June 4 The potent mix of an economic slowdown, the easy availability of tool-kits to build malicious code for cyber attacks, and the sizeable number of techies without jobs in both developing and developed economies has led to a ...

From eWorld

HEALTH: Alive and clicking
The healthcare space is ticking with promise for technology players battling spending cuts by clients.. When was the last time you actually celebrated a fever? Years ago when it helped you escape a dreaded Hindi or Maths test? For grownups too, ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Be your own phone exchange
Google Voice calls up with its offer of a single number for your many different phone needs.. The much-awaited Google Voice service is expected to change the way telephone services are managed traditionally. In 2007, Google acquired ...

SECURITY: Caught in a data storm
The leak of information concerning British MPs and other happenings throw focus on electronic information and its handling.. We in India often complain about the aggression of our media and the questionable tactics that they allegedly use ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Reading, unlimited
Reading is fun and the best of unlimited access to the Internet is that you read as much as you want. Today your favourite classics might be out of print but if you can log onto Project Gutenberg ( ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Tailored to fit SME needs’
Big Blue on its initiative for the small and medium player.. The millions of small and medium businesses in India need the backing of technology to support their plans to get into the big league. However, the current economic downturn has ...

INTERVIEW: Tech is still buzzword…
…for entrepreneurs, asserts this player, which deploys IT in the real-estate segment.. It is not easy to find many who are cheerful during the current downturn. But Challa Sumedh Reddy is different, despite being in the real-estate ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. According to a recent survey, which Asian country has been judged to have the worst ...

BOOKS: Caution on Cyburbia
More on how the online space is tapped to promote the growth of radical outfits.. From fewer than a hundred jihadi sites that existed prior to September 11, 2001, there are now nearly five thousand, observes James Harkin in Cyburbia: The ...

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