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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BJP promises free mobiles to poor, broadband for all at Rs 200
Vision document spells out NDA’s proposals for IT, telecom sectors. New Delhi, March 14 The Bhartiya Janata Party on Saturday spelt out specific proposals for the IT and telecom sectors if it is elected to power in the upcoming general ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: ‘Only 10-11 serious contenders seen bidding for Satyam’
Hyderabad, March 14 Satyam Computer Services, which has sent Request for Proposals (RFPs) to all those who have shown interest in the bidding process, expects that there would be at least 10-11 serious contenders to take over ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Rajus taken to Satyam office
Hyderabad, March 14 Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, former Chairman, and Mr B. Rama Raju, former Managing Director of Satyam Computer Services, were taken to Satyam’s My Home Hub facility at Madhapur on Friday by the ...

OUTLOOK: iGATE Corp sees IT services recovery in July-Sept
Bangalore, March 14 iGATE Corp expects recovery for the IT services industry to start from the July-September quarter when large banking clients would start taking decisions on their technology spending for ...

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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