The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 14, 2008

INFO-TECH

TRENDS: IT majors prefer to stay ‘liquid’
Park cash reserves in bank deposits. Bangalore, Nov. 13 Large Indian software exporters have begun hedging business risks by making their balance sheets more liquid, preferring to hold a bulk of their cash reserves in bank ...

HARDWARE: Freescale not going slow on investments
Bets on emerging markets, new designs and technology. Bangalore, Nov. 13 Freescale Semiconductor has said the economic crisis would not slow its investment plans, even though it’s cautious; it would now invest more in emerging markets ...

SECURITY: Security tool for cyber cafes
Ideacts Innovations Private Limited, Internet media company, has joined hands with the Canadian company, Faronics, to offer its computer security management solution, DeepFreeze, in the Indian market.The Mumbai-based company would buy ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: New telcos may miss roll-out targets
New Delhi, Nov. 13 The Department of Telecom has expressed concern with new telecom players who have not launched their services despite having given the licences almost 9 months ...

OUTSOURCING: Global outsourcing turning soft: TPI
‘Number, value of deals in Q3 down’. New Delhi, Nov. 13 The weakness in the financial services market and overall recessionary trend reflected in the global IT and BPO contracts awarded in the quarter ended September ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Megasoft trims workforce by 100
Hyderabad, Nov. 13 Megasoft, a telecom and IT solutions company, has trimmed its workforce by about 100, nearly a quarter of the company’s workforce, in the last few ...

OUTLOOK: Panel to look into issues in IT industry
The Kerala Government will constitute a committee to study the problems faced by the IT industry in the State and recommend ways to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: eMudhra from 3i Info
Mumbai, Nov. 13 Mid-size IT services firm 3i Infotech has launched digital signatures that would make electronic transactions more secure for ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Identity protection service for enterprises
New Delhi, Nov. 13 Bharti Airtel has extended its partnership with VeriSign by launching identity protection services for enterprise customers in the country. The VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) solution comprises a suite of ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Develop a yen for Japan
With US and European markets facing a slump, now is the time for the Indian tech sector to target Japan in right earnest, say industry watchers.. With the financial hurricane pounding US and European shores — the cornerstone of the ...

INTERVIEW: Mobile users as content creators
That is the role Tunespray wants them to play.. Sample these observations: Out of 200 students, only one of them did not have a mobile phone, and he too was planning to buy one during Durga Puja. Over 60 per cent of the students currently use ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Platform 9³/₄
JK Rowling readers know of this platform’s magical properties. Can the Indian tech sector climb aboard Platform BPO?. If there is one thing Indian BPO can never be accused of, it is the inability to come up with new buzzwords. Having seen ...

INTERNET: Visualise it!
A picture can tell a thousand words. An animation can tell you more, maybe? I have always been fascinated by infographics and have been a great fan of good work done by Gapminder (
BOOKS: Risks of offshore outsourcing
Decline in employee morale tops the list. Decline in employee morale tops the list of ‘risks of offshore outsourcing’ in Information Systems Project Management by David Avison and Gholamreza Torkzadeh ( ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Which Web server software is used the most to deliver Web pages to ...

INTERNET: Your bit for your teacher
Isn’t it true that teachers who lay the foundation for what you achieve in the future rarely get any prizes for their efforts? It’s never too late to make up. If you have school-going children then here’s a way for them to ...