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INTERVIEW: ‘Satyam in good fit to face challenges’
New Delhi, Nov. 20 After years of posting stellar growth rates, it is now time for the $40 billion Indian IT industry to re-adjust expectations as its traditionally strong export markets – the US and Europe undergo a prolonged ...

BROADBAND: Intel looks for buys in WiMAX space
Operators, software firms and equipment vendors on radar. Santa Clara (California), Nov. 20 Sitting on a cash pile of $15 billion, chip maker Intel is looking to invest in companies which will enable uptake of WiMAX-based broadband services in ...

ISPS: YOU Tele lab in Chennai
Internet and broadband services provider YOU Telecom has set up a VoIP lab in Chennai to cater to its research and development needs and provide technology support to its on-field engineers. The lab will test new VoIP applications; ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Vehicle simulation tool
Bangalore-based computer simulation technology company ProSIM R&D Pvt Ltd has tied up with Munich-based Intec , a technology company, for Simpack — a vehicle simulation tool.Talking to presspersons, Dr Shamasunder, Director, ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Dip in IT-BPO hiring likely’
Unprecedented events make forecasting tough: Nasscom. Bangalore, Nov. 20 IT/BPO hiring in the next few quarters is likely to be lower because of the unprecedented events, the Nasscom President, Mr Som Mittal, has ...

BROADBAND: Verizon sees no signs of slowdown
‘Bandwidth requirement growing’. Hyderabad, Nov. 20 Verizon Business, an arm of the communications and bandwidth services major Verizon Communications of the US, has said that it has not seen any signs of slowdown in India and that ...

GENDER: ‘Rock the boat’
“Rock the boat. Status quo will not get you anywhere,” Mr Pramod Bhasin, President and CEO, Genpact, told a packed hall of women IT professionals ...

SOFTWARE: Tricom gets into IT space
Mumbai, Nov. 20 Tricom India, a company that provides back office services, has joined the list of vendors that render IT ...

SOFTWARE: HP, Citrix to provide remote client solutions
Mumbai, Nov. 20 HP and Citrix Systems have joined hands to provide remote client solutions for ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: CtrlS ties up with Oracle
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PEOPLE: Head of Persistent's US arm
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From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Unified rivalry
When you are battling for the global unified communications market, what is more likely to swing it for you — voice or email?. They have been fighting a pitched battle for a larger share of the global unified communications market for over ...

INTERVIEW: In animated discussion
Is a downturn good for entertainment business? If yes, is the industry up and ready for this?. Wikipedia tells us that the Golden Age of movie animation is said to be the period 1930-1940. Coincidentally, that decade was preceded by economic ...

PEOPLE: A tale of two strangers…
… who found a home, and opportunities, in India. It is not uncommon to see Americans, and people from other countries as well, attending IT conferences in India. But Joseph Cairns and Erhardt Christopher Otto were a surprise duo. The two ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Learning to build fantasy worlds
A peek inside an animation school. You get this surreal feeling in the green room. We are led in there quietly, and then the lights come on. Here, the ‘green’ room is not backstage where actors put on their pancake, away from public ...

SOFTWARE: Game for more art
His work involves adding excitement to your game. eWorld draws him out to dwell on his career highs, past and present.. This software writer developed his first ever game while still in high school because, as he puts it, “Well, I ...

INTERVIEW: The silver lining
More growth opportunities for IT-BPO sector. A search for ‘outsourcing’ in Google News predictably yields many sob tales. Sample these: ‘Hiring slows for Indian IT services and call centres,’ announces PC World. ...

E-MAIL: What’s the connection?
About ten years ago, I’d get calls from friends, colleagues in other cities and well-wishers if I hadn’t sent them an email, service message or letters in a week or two. You know, the usual I-was-wondering-what-happened-to-you ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. The largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history was worth $6 billion. Which company ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Internet through TV cable
I want to access the Internet through TV cable. How do I go about doing it? Do I need any particular channel, interface cards or special ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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