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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Citi expands relationship with Wipro to BPO work
Bangalore Oct. 29 Since selling its captive technology unit to Wipro Technologies last December, Citigroup has expanded its engagement with the Indian vendor by also offering business process outsourcing ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Slowdown in demand pulls HCL Info Q1 net down 11%
HCL Infosystems on Thursday posted a nearly 11 per cent decline, year-on-year, in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter ended September 2009 at Rs 58.97 ...

EVENTS: 100 cos, 800 delegates to take part in Bangalore IT.biz from Nov 11
Bangalore Oct. 29 The twelfth edition of the Karnataka Government-sponsored ICT Event, Bangalore IT. biz 2009, is expected to attract about 100 companies and around 800 ...

OUTLOOK: iGate sees clients increasing IT budgets in 2010
Bangalore, Oct. 29 Nasdaq-listed IT services provider iGate Corp said clients’ information technology budget would increase in 2010 even as large Indian vendors expect budgets to remain flat ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Sasken logs 58% rise in net profit on cost-cutting
Tighter cost control measures helped Sasken Communication report a 58 per cent rise in consolidated net profits for the September quarter over the year-ago period, while revenues slumped 23 per cent on ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: TN gets Rs 12 cr for mobile-governance project
Chennai, Oct. 29 The Union Government has allocated Rs 12 crore to Tamil Nadu for the State’s mobile-governance project, Dr Poongothai Aladi Aruna, the Tamil Nadu Minister for Information Technology, ...

SECURITY: Life term for cyber-terror crimes
New Delhi, Oct. 29 Cyber-terrorism is now punishable with life imprisonment. The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 that came into force on Tuesday recognises new-age cyber offences such as identity theft, cyber-stalking, ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Starlite ties up with Spanish co to provide solutions to SMEs
Kolkata, Oct. 29 Kolkata-based IT company Starlite Infotech Ltd has entered into a technical tie-up with Openbravo of Spain to extend enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to small and medium ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL to open bids today for Rs 900-cr IT project for North
Mumbai, Oct. 29 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will open the financial bids from top Indian IT firms on Friday for its Rs 900-crore technology implementation project in the ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Firstsource net rises 3% in Q2
Mumbai, Oct.29 Pure play back-office firm Firstsource Solutions has reported a 3.2 per cent rise in consolidated net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2009, to Rs 29.1 crore from Rs 28.2 crore reported a ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Special court for Satyam trial
The Andhra Pradesh Government on Thursday decided to constitute a special court here to take up the trial of the Satyam Computer scam ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ITI calls bids for three units
ITI Ltd said it has invited global bids from potential joint venture partners for three of its six plants in Bangalore, Naini and Rae Bareli. The details would be available on the company Web site on October 30, it said in ...

PEOPLE: Mahindra Satyam V-P (strategy)
HYDERABAD: Mahindra Satyam has appointed Mr Vijayanand Vadrevu as the Senior Vice-President (Strategic Initiatives). He will assist the management in developing strategic initiatives for the company, the Chief Executive ...

PEOPLE: SAP India interim chief
MUMBAI: Mr Stephen Watts, Chief Operating Officer, SAP Asia-Pacific Japan, will now be the Interim President of SAP India. SAP India President Mr Ranjan Das passed away last week following a massive heart-attack. ...

From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: A clash of wills… and bills
The telecom regulator favours per second billing but not all players back a new billing regime. eWorld tuned in to talk at ITU Telecom World 2009.. With its spell-binding lakes, parks and gorgeous vineyards, the Swiss metropolis of Geneva is ...

SOFTWARE: Looking through Windows 7
Bitten by Vista, twice-shy about upgrading? Shed your fears.. After the delays that plagued the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has surprised us by announcing the launch of the next version — Windows 7 — ahead of schedule.We had ...

SOFTWARE: Happy to ‘resort’ to Win 7
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts says it is pleasantly surprised by the many features of Microsoft’s latest offer.. I was pleasantly surprised,” were the first words from Mahesh Manchi, Chief Information Officer, Mahindra Holidays ...

TECHNOLOGY: Pick… pocket video conferencing
By opting for a high-definition Tandberg camera.. Video conferencing can never get simpler and better than this, it seems. One can not only carry the device in one’s pocket, but can also use it from anywhere without having to hunt for a ...

SOFTWARE: Windows 7: WHAT THEY SAY
eWorld sought feedback from hands-on users: This is what 23-year-old Robin Anil, who works in Bangalore with a software company, has to say to ...

INTERNET: Digital marketing
Google says its initiative can make a difference.. The Internet has never been a medium short of excitement. Whether it is social media sites such as Facebook or Orkut or video sites such as Youtube, the fan following and the time spent on these ...

SOFTWARE: ‘Microsoft is listening to users’
Analysts on Win 7 and its impact on Indian business.. How are industry watchers assessing the new release from Microsoft? Here are some takeaways, from analyst firms.Frost ...

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Play safe, print ‘em!
There was a time when we all had cameras with film rolls that could take only 36 photos, and if you made a mistake, there was no way to delete the photo. You took the film roll to the photo studio nearby and ordered ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Fred Berenson, a research associate at New York University, is to write which American classic entirely ...

BOOKS: Computers are language-neutral…
…the way babies too are, explains this guide to programming.. If you are a talented computer programmer, there is nothing to stop you from learning several computer languages and becoming ‘multilingual,’ encourages Richard ...

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