Oracle, the third largest software company in the world, today signed a tripartite agreement with Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram,&nbsp;and Leela Infopark to lease 40,000 sft of space to commence their operations by September this year. The agreement was signed in the presence of Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan by Oracle vice president (real estate and facilities) Jayaraman, Technopark CEO Mervin Alexander, and Leela Infopark executive director Venu Krishnan. Kerala IT secretary K Suresh Kumar was also present. Oracle, which currently employs about 28,000 IT professionals India, has a big presence in Bangalore, and Thiruvananthapuram is their first venture in the tier-II cities. The company has already initiated a recruitment drive and training is expected to commence in Technopark by June.

Oracle takes space in T'park

Business Standard

Apple Inc sued Samsung Electronics claiming the South Korean firm&rsquo;s Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets &ldquo;slavishly&rdquo; copies the iPhone and iPad, according to court papers, a move analysts say is aimed at keeping its close rivals at bay.

Apple sues Samsung for 'copying'

Reuters 

Samsung Electronics Co is selling its hard-disk-drive (HDD) business to Seagate Technology for $1.4 billion in cash and stock as it seeks to exit from the cut-rate industry and focus on its bread-and-butter memory-chip business.

Samsung sells HDD to Seagate

Aptech, once a leader in computer education programmes and animation courses, today launched its new brand identity. In an interview, Ninad Karpe, CEO and MD of the company, told Piyali Mandal how the new brand identity will help the company get an edge over competitors and connect with the global audience.

Q&A: Ninad Karpe, CEO & MD, Aptech

Hotels have begun offering direct bookings through Facebook and smartphone apps, and they hope that the convenience and direct contact will lure back travellers who have been turning to online travel agencies.&ldquo;We want to be there when someone transforms the recommendations of their friends into booking a reservation,&rdquo; said David Godsman, vice president for global Web services for Starwood Hotels. &ldquo;If they press the &lsquo;Like&rsquo; button, we want to start a conversation.&rdquo; He said he viewed his company&rsquo;s Facebook pages as a way to extend Starwood&rsquo;s relationship with its customers &ldquo;from the 10 days they stay with us, to all year long.&rdquo; Starwood has Facebook pages for 1,000 hotel properties across its nine brands.

Book a hotel room on Facebook

Wipro Technologies, the global IT, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd, today announced it has been ranked second in the list of Top 25 US diversity councils, by The Association of Diversity Councils.

Wipro Tech ranked 2nd by US body

Press Trust of India

Even while the new 3G technology makes inroads into mobile handsets of Indian consumers, an in-house study by Nokia India states that games and entertainment have so far ruled the roost in General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) downloads in the country.

At 38%, games rule roost in GPRS downloads: Nokia

If Symantec Corporation's Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16 is anything to go by, it is now mobile devices and social networking sites that are acting as attack distribution platform for internet security attackers.

New Internet security threats surge this year: Symantec

GSM mobile service provider Aircel intends to invest Rs 200 crore in Punjab by 2012 in order to strengthen its 2G network, expanding the retail presence and infrastructure. The company has already injected Rs 800 crore in rolling out 2G and 3G services in the state.

Aircel to invest Rs 200 cr in Punjab

Colao strategy: IPO, billion pound capex and buying out Indian joint venture partner in six months.

Vodafone dials phase II of growth

Top bureaucrats angled for tax relief to Mahindra Satyam.

Taxing business behind the stage

Bharti Airtel today launched its 3G services in Uttar Pradesh (West) circle, which also includes Uttarakhand.

Airtel launches 3G services in Uttar Pradesh (West) circle

City based ERP software developer company PCSOFT and Canada&rsquo;s Taylor Group have join hands to develop a software for SME manufacturers to improve efficiency and profitability in production planning and scheduling (APS Software).

PCSOFT develops software for SMEs

Surprising the markets and analysts, HCL Technologies, the fourth-largest software exporter in the country, has posted a 33 per cent rise in net profit on the back of improved margins and broad-base growth. CEO Vineet Nayar talks to Piyali Mandal about the result and how the company plans to stay ahead of the pack at a time when some of the key markets served by it are facing recessionary pressure.

Q&A: Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies

As part of President Obama&rsquo;s plan to rebuild the grass-roots movement that propelled him to the White House, he took to YouTube this week to urge his 19.3 million Facebook friends to join him, and invite others, for a town-hall-style chat on Facebook on Wednesday with Mark Zuckerberg, the social media site&rsquo;s chief executive, at his side.

Republicans get more web savvy

The sterling numbers are likely to allay investors' concern on the overall demand environment for outsourcing services, especially after the lacklustre quarterly performance of information technology bellwether Infosys.

HCL net up 33% in third quarter

In March last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said while addressing the University of Washington &lsquo;For the cloud, we&rsquo;re all in. Literally, I will tell you we are betting our company on it&rsquo;. Just after a year, Microsoft India MD Sanket Akerkar tells us how much the company&rsquo;s cloud strategy has helped in making further inroads in India.

Q&A: Sanket Akerkar, MD, Microsoft India

CBI court hearing 2G spectrum allocation scam rejects bail plea.

Five telecom execs sent to jail

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country&rsquo;s largest information technology (IT) company, is well on course to doubling its market cap to $100 billion in another four years.

TCS can double m-cap to $100 bn in four years: CLSA

A series of third-party apps began filtering through Twitter overnight that sent spam messages from users&rsquo; accounts without their knowledge.

Twitter hit with new spam

Norway&rsquo;s Telenor has demanded that Unitech Chairman Sanjay Chandra step down from the board of Unitech Wireless, their telecom joint venture. Chandra was on Wednesday arrested in the 2G spectrum scam.

Rift widens, Telenor wants Chandra out of board

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