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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, February 11, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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INFO-TECH REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: DoT gets tough with new mobile players on rollout Most operators fail to launch services even one year after licences were issued. New Delhi, Feb. 10 The Department of Telecom is turning the heat on new mobile players for not launching services despite having given out the licences almost a ... HUMAN RESOURCES: Campus hiring: IT majors keeping off IITs? Mumbai, Feb. 10 Indian IT firms seem to be going slow on hiring from IITs, the premier engineering institutions in ... ANNOUNCEMENTS: Satyam board to meet tomorrow Mumbai, Feb. 10 The Government-appointed board of directors of the beleaguered Satyam Computer Services will be meeting in Mumbai on Thursday to discuss operational issues such as raising funds and ways to instil confidence in clients, ... INSIGHT: Running out of charge in rural India “Bharti’s strategy of extensive roll-out ahead of competition, especially in new villages, has yielded rich dividends,” Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd, noted last month after ... SOFTWARE: Insurance cos’ exposure in Satyam could be Rs 1,200 crore Hyderabad, Feb. 10 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) does not see any major concern in the exposure of insurance companies to the scam-hit Satyam ... EVENTS: Nasscom meet to focus on growth strategies Increase in number of participating cos, but lesser delegate count. Bangalore, Feb. 10 The 17th edition of the annual Nasscom India Leadership Forum takes off in Mumbai on ... INTERNET: Online car service memberships ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: GSM-based operators add 9.3 million users in Jan New Delhi, Feb. 10 GSM mobile subscriber base continues to grow at a scorching pace not withstanding the economic ... HARDWARE: PC sales rise 12% in first half MAIT sees flat market this fiscal. New Delhi, Feb. 10 Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT) forecast a flat year for personal computer sales in the current fiscal while releasing its April-September figures on ... ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: TCS, Cisco in pact for virtual data centres Mumbai, Feb. 10 Tata Consultancy Services has entered into an alliance with Cisco Systems Inc to jointly develop technologies based on data centre networking and ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT told to review 2G spectrum allocation policy Subscriber base criteria may be difficult after 3G auction. New Delhi, Feb. 10 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has told the Government that it may be difficult to continue with the subscriber-linked spectrum allocation for 2G mobile ... IT-ENABLED SERVICES: ‘Data centre managers face conflicting goals’ Pune, Feb. 10 Data centre managers are caught between two conflicting goals – more demanding user expectations and higher performance, and reducing ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Aircel launches GSM services in Kerala Kochi, Feb. 10 Aircel, the telecom operator, has entered the Kerala market with the launch of its GSM mobile services thereby enhancing its network to 11 circles in the ... CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ‘A collective failure of Central agencies’ Hyderabad, Feb. 10 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today said it was a collective failure of central agencies and the regulator in spotting the multi-crore mega Satyam scam, even though there were some ... SECURITY: ‘Public Web sites vulnerable to attacks’ Pune, Feb. 10 The year 2009 will see more organised crime and the target of attacks could be public Web sites and networking sites, Mr Ranjeet Menon, Virus Lab Head, Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd, ... INFRASTRUCTURE: Stone laid for Kollam IT park ... CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Rajus’ bail hearing on Thursday Hyderabad, Feb. 10 The second bail petition of the Raju brothers and their ex-CFO, Mr V. Srinivas, will come up for hearing on February ... OUTSOURCING: Aegis to open 2 BPO centres in J&K Mumbai, Feb. 10 Aegis Ltd, the BPO outfit of the Essar group, said on Tuesday that it will invest about Rs 100 crore for setting up two BPO centres in Jammu ...
SOFTWARE: If one goes out… What usually comes first is the contract, thinker-politician Benjamin Disraeli commented once. But that is a fair-weather situation where the party that promised to deliver exists, has the strength to honour the contractual ... INTERVIEW: `Multi-source for reliable backup' Instances of service providers failing to meet contractual obligations must have happened earlier. But the Satyam episode has thrown up serious questions such as: what would happen to clients who depend on such firms for vital applications ... TECHNOLOGY: A disconnect! I have been sitting in on some tech meetings in the last three weeks and it is striking that the “usual” tech professional doesn’t communicate very well with lay-people and the non-tech professional doesn’t communicate ... HARDWARE: When the chips are down… …it’s time for the Indian semiconductor sector to turn the economic meltdown into opportunity, said industry people at a recent round-table.. The topic for this year’s round-table discussion that the Indian Semiconductor ... SECURITY: Don’t let down guard Speakers at the Davos economic summit have stressed the need to treat cyber crime as an ever growing threat.. ‘Cyber crime’ is an often heard term on public platforms these days. It is bandied about by even those who have not touched ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Respond to change Sasken on how it is coping with challenges.. A sense of suppressed optimism and strong resolution is reflected in Sasken’s founder and chief executive officer, Rajiv Mody, who continues to steer the company against the odds, since ... INTERVIEW: Growing beyond silos The Government is open to applying e-governance concept in totality, says expert.. Today, there is far more acceptability in the government corridors for undertaking an ambitious project that targets all components simultaneously, says Navin ... OUTSOURCING: Coping continuously, at Scope The StanChart arm kept business going during the November crisis, with smart planning and execution.. Misfortune, they say, comes in waves. And so it was, in November 2008 — literally. Even as the rest of the country was grappling with ... BOOKS: Digital serpent swallowing its own tail Information and consciousness are flowing in an infinite, self-fulfilling loop.. Think of the ouroboros, the ancient symbol of a serpent swallowing its own tail and forming a circle, invites Steve Hamm in The Race for Perfect: Inside the quest ... SOFTWARE: Looking to cut costs? Cloud computing and virtualisation can help, says Citrix.. As the global slowdown begins to pinch, how do tech companies lower costs for customers, and for themselves too, at that? The Area Vice-President of Citrix India, Souma Das, outlines ... CYBER QUEST: Quiz V.V. Ramanan. 1. When asked to comment about an occasion that occurred on January 24, Steve Jobs said: “If you look backward in this business, you will be crushed. You have to look forward.” What event is being ... CARTOON: Cartoon “That’s the advantage of having a large TV! See, this programme’s more enjoyable at the far end of ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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