The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 10, 2008

INFO-TECH

HUMAN RESOURCES: Satyam issues pink slips to 200 employees
‘It’s routine performance improvement procedure, not cost cutting’. Hyderabad, Nov. 9 Satyam Computer Services, the fourth largest IT solutions and service provider, has reportedly given pink slips to 200 employees in various ...

TRENDS: 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 ...

OUTLOOK: Satyam Computer hopes to double revenues from Europe
Recently in Wiesbaden (Germany) and London, Nov 9 Satyam Computer Services expects to double revenues from Europe to $1 billion by 2010-11, according to a senior ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 3G on fast track: Ministries work out compromise formula
New Delhi, Nov. 9 With just two months left for 3G auction, the Ministry of Communication and the Defence Ministry are putting together a plan of action for getting the spectrum vacated by the armed forces in a phased ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Top tech institutes upbeat on placements
Bangalore, Nov. 9 Even as recession-hit IT companies are going slow on their recruitment plans, placement officers at the country’s premier tech institutes are upbeat about this year’s hiring for their ...

INSIGHT: Will IT get worse?
As the global economic and financial crisis begins to export its impacts on to the Indian economy, Kerala's IT sector ought to remain alert to the real danger of recession and pink slips.. As the global financial and economic crisis shows no ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Indian techies in the US still optimistic
While the gruesome murders of two Indian families in the US recently in the wake of economic slowdown have raised questions about the safety of jobs of persons of Indian origin working in the country, an interaction with a few Indian ...

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 ...