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TECHNOLOGY: 3G, WiMax auctions to be held simultaneously
Move aimed at curbing chances of manipulation by operators. New Delhi, Sept. 25 In a bid to cut out the possibility of any manipulation by operators, the Department of Telecom has decided to conduct simultaneous auction for third generation ...

SOFTWARE: IT cos may not dispute Lehman’s ‘cure amounts’
Deadline to file objection expires on October 3. Mumbai, Sept. 25 No Indian technology firm has yet objected to the ‘cure’ amounts fixed by Lehman Brothers as part of the dues it owes outsourcing vendors. Interestingly, several ...

OUTLOOK: Healthcare unaffected by US meltdown
iSoft opens development centre. Bangalore, Sept. 25 The economic downturn is unlikely to impact IT budgets in healthcare industry as service providers continue to invest in new technologies to meet the growing demand for healthcare services and ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 9.16 m new mobile subscribers
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PEOPLE: Sybase Soft appointment
Mr Sunil Jose has been appointed as the Managing Director of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software Sybase Software (India). In his new role Mr Jose would be responsible for driving revenue growth and business strategy in the ...

ENVIRONMENT: TN Govt preparing policy on managing e-waste
Chennai, Sept. 25 Tamil Nadu is preparing a policy on handling electronic waste (e-waste), providing guidelines to manufacturers on managing e-waste, right from origin to destination, according to State IT secretary, Dr ...

SECURITY: ‘Hacking groups also use the outsourcing model’
Hyderabad, Sept. 25 Outsourcing is not just confined to software or hardware companies, but is also a business model that exists within the hacking groups with specialised language ...

SOFTWARE: Oracle upbeat about demand from SMEs
Coimbatore, Sept. 25 The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment provides a “huge, growing potential” to Oracle India Pvt Ltd, which has developed applications software aimed at this segment that could be used in areas ...

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS: Saksoft scouts for US-based testing co
Chennai, Sept. 25 Saksoft Ltd, the Chennai-based software company, plans to acquire a US-based software testing company to expand its presence in the US. It has appointed Avendus, a Mumbai-based investment bank, to look out for a target ...

SOFTWARE: Atom Tech to offer banking via subsidiary
Mumbai, Sept. 25 Atom Technologies, part of the Financial Technologies Group, is planning to offer banking correspondent services through a recently set up subsidiary, ‘Grameen ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: IFC loan: A shot in the arm for Idea Cellular
To rollout services in Bihar, introduce pocket PCOs. BL Research Bureau IFC (International Finance Corp), the World Bank’s investing arm, has given a shot in the arm for Idea Cellular to rollout its services in Bihar by extending a loan of ...

From eWorld

SECURITY: Bounce back — with back-up
A computer glitch in a global marketplace this month highlights the vulnerability of large data systems — even as system and storage security players join to even the odds of recurrence.. A catastrophic computer crash on September 9 ...

SECURITY: Perils of wireless Internet
Recent blasts expose the safety gaps in cyberspace and underscore the need for smart vigilance.. It is the same old story again. As in the case of a few past blasts, such as the series of UP explosions (November 2007) and Ahmedabad (August ...

INTERVIEW: Astrology, online
GaneshaSpeaks.com says this space, though at a nascent stage, is opening up.. Just under a decade ago, when the online matrimonial service was being talked about as a possibility, one could not but raise an eyebrow and look at it with ...

BOOKS: Welcome the ‘digital natives’
The world belongs to those born after 1980, so get tech savvy if you don’t want to be left out.. Soon, the world will belong to those “born after 1980, when social digital technologies, such as Usenet and bulletin board systems, ...

INTERVIEW: MphasiS – changing to a fresher-heavy structure
New CEO at the helm explains why the move makes sense in these times of slowdown.. It’s not a great year to take over as CEO of an Indian IT services company. The US economy, from which India derives about 50 per cent of its revenues, is ...

INTERVIEW: To your health
Texas Instruments on how chips are making a difference in healthcare.. Chips designed by researchers at TI India touch our lives in more ways than one, says the company. Besides spheres such as telecommunications, electronic gadgets and ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. With which company would one associate the new enterprise desktop client called ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“The way it’s going, we’ll buy your software only if it comes bundled with a technical ...






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