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INFO-TECH
SOFTWARE:
Vendors use cash reserves as marketing tool to woo clients
‘Strong reserves help vendors go for innovative pricing models’. Bangalore/Mumbai, Feb. 17 Indian outsourcing vendors are now using their cash reserves as one of the marketing tools to win clients even as generating new business gets ...
SOFTWARE:
ECIL software for Mundra pipeline
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) has supplied and commissioned the Scada technology system for Mundra Delhi Product Pipeline of HPCL. A release from ECIL said that the Scada Division has designed, tested, installed and commissioned ...
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The tale of Maytas twins
Hyderabad, Feb. 17 The controversial decision by the former board of Satyam Computer Services on December 16, 2008 to acquire the Maytas twins, promoted by Mr B Ramalinga Raju, has ultimately pushed the two companies into deep trouble, with ...
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:
Infosys to promote research in sciences
Institutes annual award for researchers. Bangalore, Feb. 17 Infosys Technologies Ltd has instituted an annual award of Rs 50 lakh each in five categories for Indian researchers who have achieved excellence, in a bid to promote research in ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Mobile industry to ring in universal charging solution
Barcelona (Spain), Feb. 17 One of the banes of having different brands of mobile phones in the same home or office is the problem of forgotten chargers or tangled chargers. That’s set to change with the GSMA and 17 leading mobile ...
E-MAIL:
Nokia turns to email for the next jump
Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 17 Nokia expects the next jump for its growth to come from delivering messaging to the masses. Nokias Ovi mail and Mail for Exchange will evolve into Nokia Messaging, a single application which will let users access ...
ELECTRONICS:
Nilekani lists ways to develop semiconductor market
Bangalore, Feb. 17 Government investments in sectors such as communications, energy and healthcare could provide a boost to the semiconductor consumption in the country, opined Infosys Vice-Chairman Mr ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
Satyam: Buyout action by month-end
The beleaguered software firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd may see some action on the buyout front, this month. Satyam Board member Mr Deepak Parekh on Tuesday indicated that buyer for Satyam could emerge by the end of February. He further said ...
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Court reserves orders on Satyam
Hyderabad, Feb. 17 A city court has reserved the orders for Wednesday on the petition filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to record the statements of former CFO of Satyam Computer Services, Mr Vadlamani Srinivas, ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
XL Telecom’s solar panels go live in Spain
Hyderabad, Feb. 17 XL Telecom & Energy Ltd plans to enter European countries such as Germany and the Czech Republic with its ...
SOFTWARE:
Patni names new Vice-President
Mumbai, Feb. 17 Patni Computer Systems has appointed Mr Mike Reynolds as Vice-President with specific responsibility for banking and financial services in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Prior to this, he was a partner at Accenture. He led ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
The grip’s tightening
Tech firms are pruning spending and the heat is on recruitment companies to keep the hiring going.. As the global economic crisis shaves off nearly $3 billion from India’s annual IT and BPO export target and a lower tech spending by ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Missing the opportunity
I have been writing about sitting in on tech meetings in the last couple of weeks and here’s another instalment that is based on some observations: if you want people to listen to you when you are talking, it is better they don’t ...
SOFTWARE:
A case for software
Technology can help bring more efficiency into the working of legal firms, says Uberall.. Law firms might have answers to difficult legal questions but when it comes to how they manage their own data and employee teams, technology holds the ...
BOOKS:
HR issues in Indian BPO industry
‘Workers see their work in call centres as transient and are in constant search of opportunities for more fulfilling work.’. Despite technological advancements, the attitude and commitment of the CSRs (customer service ...
INTERVIEW:
Keep your eyes open
In times like these when you have no job or no more furniture to sell, what do you do? Sell sensitive information from your company, if you are the unscrupulous kind! The McAfee Unsecured Economies report, conducted ...
INTERVIEW:
Online space beckons
A key lesson to be learned from this recession is to really understand the use of forward-looking metrics and to be able to relocate scarce resources to the most potentially profitable clients as opposed to the clients who have been ...
INTERNET:
Practise for the real thing
How many times have conversations revolving around stocks, shares and trade left you ...
CYBER QUEST:
Quiz
1. Fill in the blank: According to a new study from McAfee, cyber-crime has cost firms ______ globally ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
The all-seeing eye
Mistral Solutions has announced the availability in India of the Smartvue® product line, a surveillance system based on the 802.11n WLAN technology. The camera and NVR were engineered by Mistral for Smartvue®. The solution ...
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