| Software fastest growing sector in 2009: Deloitte | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Software companies continued to constitute the fastest growing firms in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2009 programme. This year, the composition of software companies amounted to as much as 80 per cent. |
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| India's enterprise software market set to grow by 12% | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Asia Pacific’s enterprise software market revenue is forecast to reach $22.1 billion in 2010, posting a 10.2 per cent growth, according to Gartner, Inc an information technology research and advisory company. This represents an upturn from the expected 6.6 per cent growth in 2009, which is a notable slowdown compared to 2008 growth of 13.8 per cent. Within the region, the volatile economy is said to be impacting the application software segment more than the infrastructure software segment. |
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| TCS diversifying client base, pursuing new biz model | 16-NOV-09 |
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| India's largest software services exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is aiming to move beyond its traditional Western market to serve new transnational companies in the emerging markets to become a truly global company. |
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| Mahindra Satyam joins Symbian Foundation | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Mahindra Satyam announced today that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating an open and complete mobile software platform. |
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| Double taxation of computer software yet to be redressed | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Budget 2009 contained important proposals in regard to exempting packaged software from customs duty, on importation, and on excise duty, with regard to domestic supplies, to the extent that such software is purportedly chargeable to the service tax. The proposals attempted to redress the problem of potential double taxation that arises in regard to such software. |
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| JDA Software buys i2 Tech for $396 mn | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Supply chain solutions provider JDA Software Group today said it has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based i2 Technologies for an estimated $396 million. Post-acquisition, the combined entity will create a global leader in the market of supply chain planning and optimisation and will have annual revenue of $617 million, a release said. |
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| Latha Jishnu: Method mania | 12-NOV-09 |
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| No other patent application has drawn the kind of interest worldwide as the Bilski case has. And no other patent suit has drawn into the debate, various industry interests, academia, the legal fraternity and the open source community. Filed 12 years, the Bilski case has put under the scanner the flood of business method patents issued in the US in the past decade, and as the case found its way to the Supreme Court, websites and the blogsphere has become cluttered with a plethora of opinions on the merits of the patentability business methods or processes. An indication of the high interest in the Bilski outcome was the long line of people wanting to attend the public hearing — it turned out to be a brief 30-minute session ultimately — in the Supreme Court last Monday. |
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| Nucleus Software Recognized By SAFA In Best Presented Accounts Award 2008 | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Nucleus Software Exports Limited (NSE: NUCLEUS, BSE: 531209), a leading provider of integrated software products for banks and financial institutions, today announced that South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) has adjudged Nucleus’ Annual Report as the recipient of the second runner’s up position for the Best Presented Accounts Award for the year 2008 under the Communication and Information Technology Sector Category. |
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| Adobe to cut 680 full-time jobs worldwide | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Software firm Adobe Systems Inc is laying off 680 full-time positions worldwide, nearly 10 per cent of its total workforce, as part of its cost-cutting initiative. |
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| IPO scam: Sebi dismisses panel's adverse order | 10-NOV-09 |
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| “The findings against the board are outside the confines of delegation and therefore without the authority of law. Hence, these orders are null and void,” said the regulator. |
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