The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 30, 2007

OUTSOURCING
Indian IT cos increase focus on domestic outsourcing
It might not be a cakewalk anymore for the large MNC players in the Indian IT outsourcing market. As large deals begin to emerge from the Indian market, homegrown IT services firms are seen upping the ante in their own backyard. The top-tier ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Reliance Comm provides 7.37 lakh lines in rural areas
As part of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Reliance Communications has provided telephone connections to over 7.37 lakh new subscribers in 203 short distance charging areas covering over 40,000 villages as on March 31, 2007, ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
UAE company plans Rs 20,000-cr investments in TN
Projects in Coimbatore, Kanchipuram More

HARDWARE
Dot Matrix Printer launched
TVS Electronics Ltd has launched PRO VX 3810, the next generation Dot Matrix Printer in the Kerala market. Launched under the `Printing simplified' campaign, the new printer is easy to install, easy to use, easy to maintain and ... More

SOFTWARE
Mix `n match talent
Satyam tells eWorld what it is doing differently. More

USER WATCH
Making room for IT
Club Mahindra Holidays tells eWorld how Talisma has helped bring more efficiency into its hospitality business. More

INTERNET
Update your contacts - the easy way
Do you remember the time you spent sleepless nights after losing your mobile and wondering which mobile to buy? And when you bought one, you spent sleepless nights again wondering what to do with the contact list (some 300?) you had so ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
`The road to the top, should take a turn on the way'
Polaris Software uses formal training to groom employees for higher roles More

`Make BPO jobs available for rural youth'
Corporate social responsibility initiatives should ensure that rural youth is not deprived of the emerging job opportunities in the BPO and ITES sector, said Ms Sudha Pillai, Secretary, Labour and Employment. While speaking at ... More

INTERVIEW
`On cusp of change'
Talk to technology companies and they paint a futuristic scenario. What is the situation at the ground level - at the banks? What is possible for their customers to do now? And what is next on their agenda? eWorld posed these questions to ... More

SECURITY
Chennai cos most hit by phishing attacks: Survey
Chennai firms are the worst hit by phishing attacks, followed by firms in Bangalore and Mumbai, according to a study by security firm, Websense. Phishing is a scam that uses e-mail or a fake Web site to trick users into divulging important ... More

`Cyber security practices need improvement'
If cybersecurity has become a major issue in recent years because of the risk associated with attacks, the problem "stems primarily from lack of proper engineering focus in the design, development and operation of the cyber systems in use," ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Net phones from Globe7
The Hyderabad-based Northgate Technologies has announced that its subsidiary Globe7 (HK) Ltd, that offers Internet portal-based global communications, has launched two new USB phones into the global VoIPmarket. These phones are packaged with an ... More

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