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OUTLOOK: IT players eye big bucks from Govt projects
Move to help industry beat slowdown in US and Europe, say experts. After a slugfest for business in the US and Europe, Indian IT vendors are now rolling up their sleeves for the next skirmish — in the domestic ...

SOFTWARE: TCS, Infosys, Wipro win a slice of BP outsourcing deal
For application development and maintenance services. Bangalore, Aug. 26 In one of the largest deals of recent times, the top-three Indian vendors TCS, Infosys and Wipro along with global giants IBM Corp and Accenture have bagged a slice of the ...

SECURITY: Top IT security threats downloaded while surfing
The top 10 IT security threats in the Asia-Pacific have been downloaded by users surfing unknown or malicious Web sites; these IT threats have also been stealthily dropped by other ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Airtel unveils m-commerce service
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its m-commerce service on the voice platform. This service ensures seamless and secure use of voice (IVR) for m-commerce transactions for all Airtel mobile customers. The customer has to call ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Infosys BPO, MortgageFlex tie up
Infosys BPO announced its alliance with MortgageFlex Systems Inc to offer a combination of services such as loan modification, document reviews, payment plan creation, underwriting modifications and closing services while utilising ...

SOFTWARE: Aurigo Software offers construction tool to Karnataka
Bangalore, Aug. 26 Microsoft certified partner Aurigo Software Technologies, which offers solutions to the construction industry, is talking to the Karnataka Government for deploying its software which claims to offer real-time site ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Intel Capital plans consortium to roll out WiMax in India
New Delhi, Aug. 26 Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Santa Clara-based chipmaker, wants to set up a consortium, as in the US, to roll out WiMax-based broadband services in India. This is part of the company’s multi-pronged ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: GoM meet on 3G to study concerns of Dept of Space, industry
GSM players against Rs 1,010-cr base price for WiMax. New Delhi, Aug. 26 The Group of Ministers, set up to finalise the policy for auctioning 3G and broadband wireless spectrum, is expected to take a view on the concerns raised by the Department ...

OUTSOURCING: Integreon to raise $80-100 m via PE
Mumbai, Aug. 26 Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) company Integreon plans to raise around $80-100 million from private equity investors to fund its inorganic ...

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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Nasscom lowers forecast for animation industry
Mumbai, Aug. 26 The apex body of IT software and services, Nasscom, has lowered its 2012 forecast for the animation industry by 27.7 per cent and gaming industry by 16.3 ...

STOCKS: WL Ross picks up 18.4 lakh ADRs of Mahindra Satyam
Billionaire investor Mr Wilbur Ross, who was once in the running to acquire a controlling stake in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services, is still interested in the Hyderabad-based company from an ...

From eWorld

GENDER: Clicking with women
Tech companies are creating a supportive work environment to prevent women employees from quitting their jobs. Career continuity is win-win for both.. Myna, 28, works for a small IT solutions and services company. She had always felt that her ...

INTERVIEW: ‘It pays to invest even in a downturn’
The Cognizant chief on the value of thinking differently in difficult economic times.. Cognizant sprang a gentle surprise when it announced results recently. It revised estimates for annual growth from 10 per cent to 11.5 per cent. Revenues for ...

INTERVIEW: E-payments — at the heart of the action
An easy and secure payment method spells huge benefits for the common man, says Tarang Software.. Payments are at the centre of the economic universe, the ‘sun’ that provides all the energy and around which everything revolves. Thus ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Take it to the next level
You would have called some customer service set-up at some point of time. Did you come up against an unhelpful person who left you ...

CONVERGENCE: Your PC on your mobile phone
Don’t want to lug your netbook around? Install an application on your mobile phone and access your PC or Mac desktop via virtual servers.. Caught texting at the dinner table or reading mails on your mobile phone while you were supposed to ...

INTERNET: Web’s dynamic avatar
Websense says there is poor awareness of Web 2.0 and its potential.. You’ve probably heard of the phrase ‘Web 2.0’. You may have even read some of the definitions describing Web 2.0. Perceived as the second generation of the ...

BOOKS: Disquiet in cyberspace
Worryingly for the peace-lovers, technology is an increasingly potent weapon in the arsenals of terrorists.. Computer technology is now used extensively by many terrorist groups and extremist movements, observes Gus Martin in ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. What first did a natural-language-interface program called Swift-Answer achieve ...

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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Call of safety
Legrand has unveiled video door-entry phones. The installation of these is simple, requiring four normal electric wires for transmission of sound and two for opening the door, says the company. The visitor presses the call button on the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: The fine print
Hewlett Packard has introduced HP Photosmart C4588 Wireless All-in-one. The printer can be shared with one or more PCs/ notebooks on an existing wireless network. It allows a PC-less high quality photo printing capability on insertion of ...






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