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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: HCL Tech emerges lowest bidder for BSNL deal
ERP project may be implemented in 18 months. New Delhi, March 8 IT major HCL Technologies has emerged as the lowest bidder with a quote of Rs 230 crore for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) project of Bharat Sanchar Nigam ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Hinduja Global plans to open second delivery centre in Manila
‘Economic slump has increased business, reduced attrition’. Bangalore, March 8 Business process outsourcing company Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd is exploring options to set up its second delivery centre in Manila to cater to the ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Selling Satyam
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s nod for the sale process of Satyam Computer proposed by the government appointed Board is a good beginning. The proposal to offer 31 per cent equity in Satyam on a preferential basis to ...

SOFTWARE: ‘India’s IT exports could grow 16% despite slowdown’
Andhra Pradesh may see Rs 27,650 cr exports upto Jan this year. Hyderabad, March 8 IT exports from the country might witness a growth of 16-17 per cent this financial ...

STOCK MARKETS: Photon Infotech cuts headcount, postpones IPO
Feels company is cash-rich, not in need of money. Chennai, March 8 Photon Infotech, the Chennai-based IT company with centres in the US, has reduced the number of employees by nearly 350 in the last three quarters. It has also postponed its IPO ...

GENDER: Job conditions for women in Kerala IT to be assessed
The Kerala State Women’s Commission will conduct a study on how work-related situations in the information technology sector affect the mental and physical health of ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: More talk time on BSNL network
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has allowed increased talk time for calls to places over 50 km away from 60 to 120 ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Turn on… turn off
Companies appear to be warming up to ‘Software as a Service’ in slowdown times, citing pricing flexibility.. Every time James White, CIO of a financial services company, talks IT investment, the creases on his CFO’s forehead ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: No huffing or puffing
A pilot project shows that technology can make tobacco auction a transparent process for farmers.. The forty-something Krishne Gowda, a tobacco grower of Mukanahalli in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district, is contented — his produce has ...

INTERNET: As close as can be
I thought I was doing a smart thing by checking my e-mail on my commute — about 45 minutes — from my mobile phone, just to get a heads-up on what to expect for the day. I’d also check up on our mobile Web ...

SECURITY: ‘Cat and mouse’ game
Recent terror attacks bring into focus the use of Internet telephony.. After every terrorist action, intelligence agencies are lambasted for their failure to alert the police in the field of the possibility of an attack. We saw this in full ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: An eye for technology vision
Spearheading research at Accenture demands all this and more.. What Academics lost, Accenture gained in Kishore Swaminathan about 19 years ago. Growing up in South India’s Madurai, Swaminathan says he became fascinated by how people ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Open the page to e-learning 2.0
Companies have started blending formal and informal sources of learning onto one platform.. The knowledge fountain in any organisation is, more often than not, either the water cooler or the canteen. How many times have you met colleagues at ...

INTERNET: Making a difference, and making money
‘What we do is good for the people, and good for profits. This is the golden mean, it doesn’t get better.’. You feel grateful to board the air-conditioned bus to escape Chennai’s sweltering heat. And this is no ordinary ...

CONVERGENCE: Converging on the small screen
PC makers are logging into the smartphone for newer revenue streams.. The mobile phone space is becoming the new battleground for companies looking to keep the business going in a recession-struck market. With computer sales falling and ...

SECURITY: 4 layers of security
Microsoft on playing it safe. Keeping cyberspace safe is a growing preoccupation. Incidents such as the Mumbai terror strikes and reports of data theft or virus attacks highlight the need to constantly keep one’s turf secure.But how do ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Fill in the blank: Austrian jewellery designer Peter Aloisson has created the most expensive _____, which costs $2.5 million and is ‘made of solid gold and 138 brilliant cut diamonds apart from a strategically-placed big ...

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