Infosys Technologies says the information technology (IT) budget of clients would be flat to slightly positive in the next calendar year.

IT budget to remain flat or slightly up in 2011: Infy CEO

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After Research In Motion (owners of BlackBerry), the home ministry will now turn the screws on Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle. These companies provide technology and services for the virtual private networks (VPNs) run by various operators in India.

Home ministry targets VPNs

Indian IT companies should hire more locals for their front-end operations to protect them from the rising protectionist measures in the western countries.

Hire locals to fend off protectionism: Murthy

For Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, India continues to be a hotbed for its devices. While the brand is facing stiff competition from Apple&rsquo;s iPhone and Google&rsquo;s Android platform in the consumer market and is likely to come face to face with renewed competition in the enterprise market from Microsoft&rsquo;s Windows Phone 7 in early 2011, Frenny Bawa, managing director, RIM India, is confident of staying ahead of the pack.

Q&A: Frenny Bawa, MD, RIM India

Demonstrating its close association with India&rsquo;s growth industries, Cisco today shared a strategic roadmap to working with the IT services (ITS) sector, a traditionally significant adopter of leading edge networking, communications and computing technology. Following a 360o engagement model, Cisco will work with companies in the sector, not just as consumers of technology, but also as partners with whom to jointly develop solutions and with go-to-market strategies.

Cisco looks at ITS sector to drive next phase of growth

Increased subscriber base and higher margins helped Uninor double its revenues for the third quarter.

Uninor's revenues double in Q3 to Rs 162 crore

State will see Rs 90,000 cr of software exports.

IT industry should enter Tier-II, III cities for growth

Lenovo, the fourth largest computer manufacturer, is betting on the emerging markets to drive its growth. India is one of the key emerging markets for the PC major. But, it continues to be a little weak in the SMB segment. To ensure that it does not miss the bus, it has developed some strategies to gain momentum in the segment.

Lenovo develops strategy for SMB market

Qualcomm hangs 'for sale' sign on bwa business

The combination can help telcos reduce pressure on 3G networks, say Indian researchers.

Marrying 3G with Wi-Fi may make sense

Mobile service provider Loop Telecom has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for permission to surrender its licence to offer national long distance services (NLD).

Loop seeks DoT's permission to return NLD licence

Information technology (IT) exports from India are expected to be higher in the current financial year, on the back of strong numbers registered during the second quarter by the IT companies.

IT exports to be higher this financial year

China&rsquo;s National University of Defense Technology may have designed the world&rsquo;s fastest supercomputer with speeds 43 per cent greater than previous systems, said Nvidia Corp, which supplied parts for the machine.

Chinese may have fastest supercomputer, says Nvidia

Genpact, the country&rsquo;s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, today said its third-quarter net income rose 20 per cent to $41.5 million from $34.5 million in the year-ago period. Net revenues for the three months to September rose 13.1 per cent to $321.5 million from $284.4 million. Genpact follows the calendar year as its financial year.

Genpact net up 20%

NTT DATA, the Japanese information technology services company, is set to acquire Keane International, a Boston-based company, majority owned by Citigroup Venture Capital International Technology Holdings.

NTT DATA takes Keane, to expand Indian footprint

YouTube Chief Executive Officer Chad Hurley said he&rsquo;s moving to the role of advisor at the world&rsquo;s largest video-streaming site and plans to start another company at some point.

YouTube's CEO steps down to take advisory role

iPhone maker Apple increased its headcount by 12,600 employees for the year-ended September, as the technology giant strengthened its research and development (R&amp;D) activities, the company said in a recent regulatory filing.

Apple hires 12,600 people in one year

Press Trust of India

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is likely to invite bids from telecom vendors, including the Chinese firms, this month for its proposed 5.5-million GSM lines tender with an estimated investment of Rs 2,000 crore.

BSNL to float 5.5-mn GSM line tender in November

Polycom, a provider of unified communication and video and voice conferencing solutions, will be launching Polycom Touch Control, a graphical interface device, in the Indian market by the middle of this September, according to Marc-Alexis Remond, director (government, education and healthcare solutions) for Polycom Asia.

New touch device from Polycom

Infosys Technologies, India&rsquo;s second-largest IT services firm, appears set on having an insider as its chairman when Narayana Murthy retires in August next year. While the final call will be taken by the board in January, Infosys Managing Director and CEO S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan hinted that the company has enough &ldquo;depth of leadership&rdquo;.

Next Infy chairman from within, hints Gopalakrishnan

Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African assets of Zain Telecom in February, has started the process of giving orders for setting up new telecom towers there.

Bharti moves to set up telecom towers in Africa

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