The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, February 22, 2009

INFO-TECH

SOFTWARE: Satyam board firms up process to pick investor
Firm wins $250-m fresh contracts. Hyderabad/New Delhi, Feb. 21 The Government-appointed board at Satyam Computer Services has firmed up a ‘process’ to select a strategic investor, recommended the removal of long time statutory ...

OUTLOOK: About 20 mid-cap IT cos willing to sell out
‘Valuations look more realistic’. Mumbai, Feb.21 Fifteen to 20 mid-sized IT companies that generate revenues of $100 - $150 million are willing to sell out as the financial crisis has made it tough for them to stay ...

SOFTWARE: CBI registers case against Ramalinga Raju
New Delhi, Feb. 21 The CBI on Friday registered a case against Satyam’s former chairman Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, and others for their alleged involvement in the massive accounting fraud at the Hyderabad-based IT ...

IT TRAINING: NIIT completes 40% of school project in AP
Hyderabad, Feb. 21 Computer education company NIIT has completed the computerisation of 40 per cent of the 5,000 Government schools in eight districts in ...

From eWorld

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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