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HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘No doubt over Satyam employee count’
Chennai, Jan. 25 It’s official. There are no ghost employees in Satyam and the stated figure of 53,000 as of September 30, 2008 is correct, according to a member of the new board of directors of ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: IT cos see telecom sector earnings plunge
Cross-currency impact, flat growth in customer accounts. Bangalore, Jan. 25 Besides cross-currency impact, flattish growth in key customer accounts has pulled down the telecom sector earnings as a percentage of total revenue for large Indian IT ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: More offshoring, staff utilisation save the day for IT majors
Cost management may be key to protecting margins. BL Research Bureau A higher offshore component and better employee utilisation helped Indian IT majors deliver a healthy profit growth in the turbulent demand environment for the December ...

INSIGHT: Queuing up for India
The Satyam episode will not slow down the offshoring momentum and India will remain the destination of choice, say industry people.. Is the offshoring wave receding from Indian shores on the back of the Satyam episode? This is the question ...

SECURITY: ‘The battle’s in your inbox’
Symantec sounds warning on ‘social engineering’ spam that taps tragedies to trap users.. When tragedy strikes, spammers aren’t far behind to capitalise on the chance to play dirty. The battle is right there in your inbox. ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Satyam jumps 69% on takeover hopes
ICICI Bank, Tata Motors lead losers’ pack. It seems the stock market is focussed more on the economic reality than the swearing in of Mr Barack Obama as the 44th US President. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.46 per cent for the ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: C&W’s next gen network launch
Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and the US have announced the launch of its Next Generation Network known as the Multi-Service Platform (MSP) in India. The announcement sees Cable & Wireless become the first international telecom provider ...

OUTSOURCING: Financial unrest tempers large-value outsourcing deals: TPI
Corporations focus on near-term concerns; return on investment remains solid. Bangalore, Jan. 25 Despite economic turmoil, the outsourcing industry saw strong growth in 2008, with total contract value (TCV) touching $90 billion, a 5.6 per cent ...

INTERNET: Sprice.com to unveil mobile application, travel packages
Bangalore, Jan. 25 Sprice.com, a real-time travel search engine which recently expanded its global footprint into India with the launch of a dedicated Web site, plans to launch its mobile application and holiday packages soon in the ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: Price Waterhouse responds to financial reporting review board
New Delhi, Jan. 25 Audit firm Price Waterhouse has submitted to the ICAI-constituted Financial Reporting Review Board (FRRB) certain information relating to its work as the statutory auditor of fraud-hit Satyam ...

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS: Now, Stanchart ‘zeroes in’ on Satyamites’ credit cards
Hyderabad, Jan. 25 After facing trouble from private banks such as ICICI and HDFC Bank, which had frozen/brought down the limits on their credit cards temporarily, employees of Satyam are now confronting the same trouble with Standard ...

SOFTWARE: Now, Stanchart ‘zeroes in’ on Satyamites’ credit cards
Hyderabad, Jan. 25 After facing trouble from private banks such as ICICI and HDFC Bank, which had frozen/brought down the limits on their credit cards temporarily, employees of Satyam are now confronting the same trouble with Standard ...

SOFTWARE: Beyond the fog
The Delhi fog spares no one, from the common man to members of the British House of Lords. Addressing the Partnership Summit, Lord Peter Mandelson, the British Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reforms, said that he ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ‘Alert Kerala’ campaign
Idea Cellular has joined hands with Kerala Police in its campaign against terrorism. Called ‘Alert Kerala’, this campaign aims at educating the general public for combating terror. IDEA has donated the helpline ...

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OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Queuing up for India
The Satyam episode will not slow down the offshoring momentum and India will remain the destination of choice, say industry people.. Is the offshoring wave receding from Indian shores on the back of the Satyam episode? This is the question ...

SECURITY: Missing the message?
A recent US report has downplayed fears of child Internet safety, sparking off strong criticism.. For all its amazing usefulness to many sections of society, the Internet remains a centre of controversy. As against millions of those who swear ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The battle’s in your inbox’
Symantec sounds warning on ‘social engineering’ spam that taps tragedies to trap users.. When tragedy strikes, spammers aren’t far behind to capitalise on the chance to play dirty. The battle is right there in your inbox. ...

INTERNET: Bringing them into the loop
Computer programmer draws N-E States into the social networking scene.. There are those who lament that the Indian IT industry is rather limited to low-end services and there is hardly any innovation that one gets to see.But innovation is taking ...

INTERNET: ePen for teachers
UK-based Edexcel has come up with technology for automated answer sheet marking.. Exams are the bane of any student’s life. Unbelievable as it may seem, teachers too don’t like exams. Can you imagine reading and marking scores of ...

INTERNET: Campus buzz
Youngsters turn to Net to help student community keep in touch.. People look up newspapers to know the happenings in a town/city. FM radio channels air the schedule of events everyday as also the local ...

BOOKS: If you’re closed to feedback, don’t blog
But blogging could be rewarding too, for companies, says this book.. Should the CEO be asked to blog? Not necessarily, say Rajeev Karwal and Preeti Chaturvedi in Corporate Blogging in India (
CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. According to a researched study, what is considered by many to be the most used application ...

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