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IPOS: Excel Infoways – IPO: Avoid
BL Research Bureau Investors can avoid subscribing to the initial public offering of Excel Infoways, a voice-based BPO, given the stiff valuation that the offer demands and uncertainties on key aspects of its ...

ENVIRONMENT: Vendor selection: It pays to be green
Bangalore, July 13 IT companies that do not have a green strategy in place will soon turn green with envy. A study by Forrester Research has said customers are increasingly putting the green criterion for supplier selection at the top of ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Women employees ‘on the rise’ in top IT cos
‘Higher enrolment in engg colleges reflecting in campus hiring’. New Delhi/Chennai, July 13 India’s largest IT companies – Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro Technologies have seen an increase in the ratio of ...

SOFTWARE: IBM gets Innovation Auto Risk contract
IBM has signed a 10-year information technology outsourcing agreement with Delhi-based Innovation Auto Risk which provides claims management services and other related solutions to insurers and fleet management companies. IBM will deploy ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: GoM set up to push 3G auction
New Delhi, July 13 The Government has set up a Group of Ministers, headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to decide on the issues related to auction of spectrum for third-generation mobile ...

PEOPLE: P.P. Gupta, a pioneering visionary
On July 5, 2009, a doyen of the Indian IT industry quietly passed away. The sobriety of his final days belied the significant role he played in the formative years of India’s IT ...

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: 65 small, medium IT cos complete BSA certificate programme
Bangalore July 13 Business Software Alliance (BSA), the world trade body representing commercial software industry, said that 65 small and medium IT and ITES firms in Karnataka have completed the Software Asset Management Leadership ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CAG slams BSNL for poor revenue collection
New Delhi, July 13 The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has slammed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for not improving its revenue collection system because of which its arrears have climbed to Rs 7,502 crore during 2007-08, compared to ...

SOFTWARE: TN to unveil policies on IT in delivering services
Chennai, July 13 The Tamil Nadu Government plans to come out with a range of policies relating to information technology and use of IT in delivering services to the ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 8.89 million GSM users added in June
New Delhi, July 13 GSM-based mobile operators in June added 8.89 million new subscribers, taking their total user base to 315.8 million. Bharti Airtel added the maximum number of subscribers with 2.82 million users in ...

INTERVIEW: Number portability likely to thin margins, foster competition: RCom
Bangalore, July 13 With the mobile number portability (MNP) expected to be launched between September 2009 and March 2010, the migration portends a squeeze on margins and dilemma on capex decisions between improving quality of service to ...

From eWorld

MARKETING: Periphery is centre of focus
Tech vendors zoom in on tier-2 and tier-3 cities for new business, particularly from SMEs.. Thirty-five-year-old Subramanian ends up travelling about 15 days a month in the pursuit of new business for his IT company.Nothing new for his ...

INTERVIEW: "We don't see a huge mobile WiMAX market"
"If the ? mobility business case for WiMAX? was so compelling, then the likes of Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone, and others would make a beeline to roll out WiMAX.". WiMAX-based broadband services are expected to boost India's broadband ...

INTERVIEW: Banking on unique identifier
It will mean hitting two birds with one stone in the matter of financial inclusion.. The high optimism generated by the appointment of Nandan Nilekani to lead the Unique Identification project has more to it than bringing technology into the ...

E-GOVERNANCE: Stumped at the start
There is usually a shocked silence when I say I don't have a passport. My friends and relatives find it difficult to digest the fact. "Why" is the first question. "You have been in the media for almost 20 years. Still no passport?" is ...

SOFTWARE: In the ‘purple’ of health
This start-up says it helps patients and healthcare providers to get their priorities right.. Visiting a relative at a hospital gave Narayanan Ram the idea for his new start-up.A second-time entrepreneur, Ram says of the patient, “She was ...

PRIVACY: Row over records
Opinion divided on UK plan for digital database on its health service.. An interesting debate on protecting an individual’s health data is now raging in the UK. It is of great relevance to many of us in India, although privacy as a concept ...

BOOKS: Win-win possible in creative capitalism
If you figure out how to give good customer service, you are allowed to brag about how you have great customer service.. Win-win is possible, and you can brag about it, assures Bill Gates, in one of the conversations with Warren Buffett. ...

SOFTWARE: Small is big draw
Cisco on its focus on small and medium-size businesses.. Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) find that differentiation is the key to business success, and creating efficiency is critical to their operational excellence. Hence, says US-based ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Learn together
From having fun together it is but a step away to learning together, says www.classle.net. Explains, Vaidya Nathan, founder and CEO of Classle Knowledge, “Users on Classle can create, share and ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Expand VAIO as in the name for the sub-brand for many of Sony’s ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“Well, I did hear that this program had the most user-friendly ...






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