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INFO-TECH
PERFORMANCE:
Phone subscriber base crosses 500-m mark
New Delhi, Nov. 4 The number of telephone subscribers in India has increased to 509.03 million at the end of September with nearly 15 million subscribers being added in the month. This beats the Government’s target of 500 million users ...
OUTLOOK:
IBM to set up new business analytics centre in Bangalore
New York, Nov. 4 In a move to strengthen its capabilities in business analytics and optimisation segment of the IT industry, the $104-billion IBM Corporation today announced the creation of a new Business Analytics Centre of Competency ...
IT TRAINING:
LG forays into education segment with new line of IT solutions
Chennai, Nov. 4 Targeting schools, colleges and other institutions, consumer electronics major LG Electronics India has forayed into ‘education segment’ with a range of products such as network monitors, digital signage ...
OUTSOURCING:
Aditya Birla Minacs plans rural BPOs
To cater to growing domestic market business. Bangalore, Nov. 4 Aditya Birla Minacs, the BPO subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, is planning to set up rural delivery centres to cater to its growing business in the domestic ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
American Tower buys Transcend Infra
American Tower Corp (ATC) has announced that it has acquired 100 per cent shares of Transcend Infrastructure from Insight Infrastructure Ltd of Singapore for about Rs 95 crore. Transcend owns and operates approximately 325 towers in Bihar, ...
ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES:
Sybase, Wipro Infotech extend tie-up
Sybase Software, the Indian subsidiary of Sybase, and Wipro Infotech have announced the extension of their partnership towards promoting Sybase Technologies for business continuity (disaster recovery assurance services, database surveillance ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
RCom extends new tariff plan
Reliance Communications has extended its Simply Reliance Initiative, with two new tariff variants, effective November 5. The variants include 1 paise per second for short duration calls and Rs 1 for 3 minutes call rate for long duration calls ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Panel on telecom manufacturing
The Communication and IT Minister, Mr A. Raja, has constituted a committee under the Secretary, Department of Telecom, to suggest ways to boost local manufacturing. The panel has been asked to submitits report within three weeks. During a ...
PEOPLE:
EXL appoints head of outsourcing
Nasdaq-listed BPO firm ExlService Holdings Inc on Tuesday announced the appointment of Mr Vikas Bhalla as head of outsourcing. He will lead outsourcing operations for all EXL delivery centres, globally, and oversee outsourcing businesses in ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
IT sector is a major contributor to quality of life in Kerala: Study
The information technology sector has contributed to the quality of life across all sections of society in Kerala with its huge employment potential for the educated ...
IT TRAINING:
Dell to connect classrooms digitally
In talks with schools, universities. Pune, Nov.4 Technology and services provider Dell India is set to launch a service to digitally connect classrooms across the country and enable the use of technology to deliver quality ...
OUTLOOK:
IT vendors see volume growth coming from Europe
Bangalore, Nov. 4 Europe continued to be muted during the September quarter even as the large Indian IT vendors reported better-than-expected numbers for the period, largely due to the ‘lag effect’ of the ...
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:
BPO firm WNS posts 16% rise in net income
Mumbai, Nov. 4 Back-office firm WNS Holdings Ltd on Wednesday reported a 15.6 per cent rise in quarterly adjusted net income for the period ended September ...
SOFTWARE:
Nucleus in channel partnership with Senior Solution in Brazil
Nucleus Software Exports Ltd on Wednesday announced that it has entered into an alliance with Senior Solution as its channel partner in ...
SOFTWARE:
No major change in clients’ IT spends, says Cognizant
Chennai, Nov. 4 Cognizant Technology Solutions does not expect any significant change in its clients’ IT ...
OUTLOOK:
Mahindra Satyam’s deal certifies revenue visibility
Co can tap burgeoning opportunities in Defence. BL Research Bureau Mahindra Satyam’s deal with defence and security solutions company Saab brings in long-term revenue visibility for the ...
PEOPLE:
Mahindra Satyam names Japan biz head
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
Fishing for small deals
The tech M&A scene is stirring to life again but vendors are looking for a modest catch.. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” posed the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The oft-quoted line underlines humanity’s ...
SECURITY:
An eye for security
How Microsoft keeps a protective eye on its employees and premises.. It was a Friday evening and it being the last working day of the week all but one employee had left the Colombo office of Microsoft Corporation. The woman staffer had to ...
SECURITY:
eLife after death
Suppose I kick the bucket now, what happens to my data in all the social networks, e-mail sites and photo and video sharing sites? How will the sites know I am dead? How long will they keep my data? What if some hacker gets access to my ...
SECURITY:
Positive step forward
The IT Amendment Act 2008 will fill many lacunae in the law as it stood.. Close observers of the cyber crime scene in India had, for long, carried on a strident campaign in favour of making penalties under the IT Act 2000 very stringent. The ...
STORAGE:
Efficiency in store
A feel of the action at the automated distribution centre of Redington.. A warehouse is no longer a dumping place with large volumes of goods scattered all over. It is now an efficient storage place with technology at the core ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Wrong technology can mean poor ROI’
Sybase explains why databases need to support superior performance.. Currently, the absence of a 3G/4G next generation network within India has slowed down the process of adopting mobile applications, feels Sunil Jose, Managing Director, India ...
INTERVIEW:
Services Computing in spotlight
IBM’s research official explains why it is key for future growth.. Services Computing is gaining importance in the Indian IT sector as the country increases its share in the global services sector. IEEE, the world’s leading ...
BOOKS:
Transforming data into insight, profitable decisions
That is the challenge where IT will be a critical contributor to success.. As principles-based enforcement takes hold, senior management in capital market firms will have to develop the capability to demonstrate accountability over the outcomes ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
It’s for ‘ME’
HCL Infosystems Ltd has launched its new series of Notebooks and Netbooks under the brand name ‘ME’ i.e. ‘Mobile Excitement’. HCL’s new range comes with features such as ‘Split Me’ where one can ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
Wireless router
Netgear has announced the availability of its “RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNDR3700.” The latest wireless router has features such as “ReadyShare for high-speed access to a USB hard drive from any device on ...
CYBER QUEST:
Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Which European nation has become the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a ...
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Cartoon
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