INFO-TECH
OUTSOURCING
24/7 Customer expands Chennai operations
24/7 Customer, a provider of outsourced contact centre and BPO services to global 1,000 companies, announced the expansion of its operations in Chennai on Monday. 24/7 Customer will add 1,000 new jobs in Chennai, over the next 6 to 9 months, ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Maran targets 200 m phones by `07
THE Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has set a target of at least 200 million telephones by 2007 for which the country would require equipment worth Rs 1 lakh crore. Speaking at the Round Table ...
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POLICY
AP plans IT policy with thrust on HR, infrastructure
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has announced plans to unveil a new IT policy that would help it garner about 30 per cent of the country's overall exports by 2008-09 by laying special emphasis on infrastructure and human resource capital ...
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TAXATION
Nasscom raps Karnataka for hiking sales tax
THE National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), the grouping for software firms, has criticised the Karnataka Government's move to hike sales tax on IT products from seven to 12 per cent, earlier announced in the State ...
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HARDWARE
Microsoft launches range of hardware devices — Password is passé; fingerprint is in-thing
MICROSOFT on Monday announced a range of hardware input devices including mouse and keyboards in India, and said it was looking at doubling the current growth rate of 100 per cent in the hardware space. The company has also initiated a research ...
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IBM bags Hutchison deal
HUMAN RESOURCES
Brisk hiring all around as cos expand
IF it was retrenchment and pink slips a few summers ago after the tech bubble burst and 9/11 attacks impacting investments and recruitment in the technology sector, it is a different story now. Companies are hiring rapidly to induct more ...
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OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
`US presence vital for offshoring success'
AN offshoring company with sales, marketing and support team in the US has the best chance of succeeding, winning and keeping customers, according to Norwest Venture Partners managing partner, Mr Promod Haque. Billed the top VC by Forbes ...
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Telelogic opens centre in Bangalore
TELELOGIC, the Sweden-based software company providing solutions for advanced systems and software development, has upgraded its presence in India from sales and technology representatives to a full-fledged product development centre. The ...
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