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SOFTWARE: Software exporters mull credit risk insurance
Payment risks from slowdown-hit overseas customers seen. Bangalore, Nov. 26 Anticipating an escalation of payment risks from troubled overseas customers, especially in the telecom sector, Indian software exporters are looking at credit risk ...

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT: Gates Foundation grants $6.7 m to help rural women
Institute gets money to expand ‘micro-land ownership’ programme. Hyderabad, Nov. 26 The Rural Development Institute (RDI), an international non-profit organisation working to secure land rights for the world’s rural poor, has ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Reliance Comm undersea cable snaps again
Cable cut near Spain may have minimal impact on India. A cut in an undersea cable owned by Reliance Communications has disrupted communication networks in the Gulf region, especially Kuwait. The cut on Reliance’s FEA Cable System happened ...

OUTSOURCING: Sparsh BPO opens delivery centre
Sparsh BPO Services, the domestic BPO subsidiary of Intelenet Global Services Pvt Ltd (Intelenet), inaugurated its new delivery centre in Puducherry as part of a strategic deal with Aircel, a mobile services operator in India. It will ...

EVENTS: Nasscom's security summit
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: MphasiS Group net surges 111%
The MphasiS Group said consolidated revenues grew 41 per cent to Rs 1,907 crore in the seven-month period ended October 31, 2008. Net profit increased 111 per cent to Rs 295 crore from Rs 140 crore. Its board of directors has recommended a ...

IT TRAINING: Technology-aided learning set for a leap in schools
New Delhi, Nov. 26 Technology-aided learning in schools is getting a shot in the arm with private companies investing into innovative teaching methodologies and technologies to raise academic standards in both government-run and private ...

EVENTS: ‘Testing times’ ahead mean $16-b opportunity for India
Bangalore, Nov. 26 Short-term pain notwithstanding, India is positioned to come out stronger from current global recessionary pressures because of its professional edge in areas such as software and product testing, delegates at ...

SOFTWARE: Oracle to get multi-million dollar deal from Aircel
New Delhi, Nov. 26 IT major Oracle is close to bagging a multi-million dollar IT solutions deal from Aircel. While the exact size of the deal is not known, Oracle has bagged similar contracts from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea ...

INTERNET: India witnesses 23% rise in IP addresses in Q3: Survey
Bangalore, Nov. 26 Reflecting the rising Internet penetration in the country, India saw a 23 per cent rise in IP (Internet Protocol) addresses with 2.6 million connections in third-quarter ended September over previous quarter’s ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: HC notice to Govt on spectrum
New Delhi, Nov. 26 The Delhi High Court has sent a notice to the Government seeking response to a petition filed against spectrum allocation to existing GSM mobile ...

From eWorld

E-GOVERNANCE: More hurdles to cross
Are e-governance projects making life easier for the citizen? An impact study shows progress on some fronts — and a lot more work to be done.. Deploying information technology for e-governance is no longer a matter of choice. It is an ...

INTERVIEW: ‘There are no times like this’
Peter Zencke, member of the board at SAP, at his candid best in this interaction with eWorld.. German efficiency was at its best at Bangalore last fortnight, evident from the start of the press conference at sharp 2 p.m. as announced earlier. ...

SECURITY: Gotcha!
Some smart sleuthing is helping police nab criminals in cyberspace.. There is a popular saying (attributed to Abraham Lincoln) which goes something like this: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of ...

INTERNET: Get me a pizza!
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Project your image
NEC India has unveiled three new ‘all-rounder’ LCD technology-based, NP projectors, the NEC NP400, NP500 and NP600 projectors. A key innovation with the projector series is the possibility to manage and control the devices ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Power back-up
APC by Schneider Electric has announced the launch of BR500CI-IN, its new 500VA UPS, for the Indian market. Providing affordable battery backup for home and office computers, it offers protection for data from voltage fluctuations, surges, ...

INTERVIEW: Committed to IT
West Bengal looks to put its tech drive in top gear.. A late start notwithstanding, West Bengal remains committed to success in the IT sector. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township, where IT parks were first set up in Kolkata, was indeed a new ...

BOOKS: Big Blue’s green strategy
The importance of a climate change strategy for the planet’s survival.. Generally, we all have survival strategies to handle the exigencies of weather. But, to help ensure the planet’s survival, do our organisations have a climate ...

EVENTS: Going for the buzzer — and the trophy
Small towns steal the tech show.. If an event is held for the first time in a city, be it an exhibition, a musical/star night, quiz/drawing or painting competition, the enthusiasm soars, making the event undoubtedly a memorable one.This was ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
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