The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 09, 2008

TRENDS: Notebook sales double
MNCs improve market share; Internet subscriptions up. New Delhi, July 8 India’s total PC sales – desktops and notebooks combine – rose 16 per cent during 2007-08 fiscal to 7.34 million units, propelled by a significant 114 ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: OnMobile's ad service

PEOPLE: IEEE sets up Bangalore chapter

PEOPLE: YOU Telecom: Velankar is HR head
Citigroup-owned triple play service provider YOU Telecom has roped in Mr Kishore Velankar as the national head of human resources. Prior to joining YOU Telecom, Mr Velankar was Global Senior Vice-President (Human Capital Management) with KPO firm ...

HARDWARE: Samsung to focus on printer biz
Bangalore, July 8 Digital technology products maker Samsung India Electronics has announced a separate sales and marketing division for the printer business unit, and said it is the next growth engine for the ...

INSIGHT: IT’s all about re-training
Last week, at the Nasscom Human Resources Summit in New Delhi, Mr Som Mittal, President of the industry body, told media-persons that the top five players in the IT industry could together save $450-500 million a year if the effort they put into ...

OUTSOURCING: Value Labs in expansion mode
Hyderabad, July 8 Outsourcing services provider Value Labs is on an expansion drive. It is setting up offices in West Asia, Australia and Europe even as it strengthens its India resource ...

INTERNET: Networking site for BPO employees
Mumbai, July 8 BPO employees can now claim to have a dedicated social networking site for themselves. ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: HCL Tech partners VMware
New Delhi, July 8 HCL Technologies has announced the signing of a global system integration contract with VMware, a provider of ‘virtualisation’ ...

INSIGHT: IT consulting: Five opportunity areas in retail
The Indian economy has been on a high growth trajectory the last few years. Indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, per capita income levels, consumer awareness levels and the regulatory environment present a positive outlook for ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MobileStore to step up presence, market share
Chennai, July 8 The MobileStore, the multi-service, multi-brand mobile retail brand of Essar Telecom Retail, is looking to increase its share in the estimated Rs 30,000-crore market from the present 4 per cent to 6 per cent, by the end of ...

HARDWARE: New Moschip CFO
Moschip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has appointed Mr Sathya Kalyanasundaram as the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to joining Moschip, Mr Kalyanasundaram was CFO of Alliance India and Vice- President of its global operations, ...