The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 18, 2008

INFO-TECH

HUMAN RESOURCES: MNCs seeking HR firms’ help to ‘outplace’ employees
US SLOWDOWN EFFECT. New Delhi/Chennai, Aug. 17 IT companies are now roping in HR firms for ‘outplacement services’ to help workers, who have been asked to leave, to find new ...

TRENDS: Test before you trust
Software players are stepping up focus on testing services. Test code, save money.. If seeing is believing, trying it out makes business sense. Software quality assurance and testing is increasingly becoming a mainstream activity for software ...

ENVIRONMENT: Get into ‘save power’ mode
Green IT is not about buying a lot of jazzy ‘green’ hardware. It is about holistic efficiency, through ’virtualisation’ amongst other options.. Concerns over global warming, energy conservation, and social responsibility ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: India-centric innovation
From start-up days, 10 summers ago, to a diversified research and development facility handling the entire chain of product development — concept, design, development and testing capabilities — it’s been an exciting ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: ‘A place for dreaming, not saving’
The sight of an Indian Chief Minister ready with a power point presentation, to push the case for Microsoft to make his State its home in India, must have been sufficiently startling for Bill Gates in 1997 to stop and listen. What he heard, ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Despite high inflation, India remains a growth market’
We are not seeing any specific slowdown: IBM India MD. Business Line caught up with Mr Annaswamy on the sidelines of IBM’s recently held ‘CIO Implications 2008’ event to get an update on the company’s ...

EVENTS: Emerging ecosystem aids software product development
Expo on sidelines of Nasscom product conclave showcases home-built solutions. Bangalore Aug. 17 The Nasscom Product Conclave held here last week, saw the release of a comprehensive study by management consultants Zinnov. This provided Indian ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti Airtel’s customer base crosses 75 m
New Delhi, Aug. 17 Bharti Airtel Ltd has announced that its customer base has crossed the 75-million mark, making it the largest integrated telecom company in India. ...