One of the earliest proponents of Cloud Computing Amazon Web Services (AWS), the subsidiary of Amazon.com, entered the Asia Pacific region by setting up its data centre in Singapore recently. With clients like Patni Computer Systems, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment and Rediff.com among others in India, Andy Jassy, Senior Vice-President, Amazon Web Services believes India along with Australia and Singapore will see an increased uptake of cloud services.

'In the next 10-20 years, very few companies will own data centres'

Business Standard

The Indian scientific and research community is keenly watching the battle between arch-rivals and global chipmakers, Intel and AMD, as they launch their high-end server processors which are the lifeblood of high-performance computers.

Intel, AMD battle again to power super-computers in India

With a clear intent to capture the mobile phone consumer&rsquo;s attention, Google has redesigned its image search results on mobile phones in such a way that the screen&rsquo;s real estate is fully optimised.

Google sharpens its image search results

The government has slapped a tax notice of Rs 1,450 crore on the computer-maker Hewlett Packard India for allegedly evading Customs duty, a charge which was refuted by the company.

HP India gets Rs 1,450-cr tax notice

Press Trust of India

NIIT Technologies on Wednesday posted a 57 per cent rise in net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31, at Rs 41.3 crore, due to lower incidence of taxation and depreciation. Net profit was Rs 26.3 crore in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.

NIIT Tech Q4 net up 57%

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor today posted a 36 per cent dip in net profit to $171.4 million, while its Indian joint venture, Uninor, was in the red, mainly due to start-up expenses.

Telenor India JV in red

Calcutta Telephones is targeting Rs 120 crore from its enterprise business, as part of its plan to gain market share in the highly competitive telecom space.

CalTel eyes more enterprise biz

Global technology company Moser Baer plans to raise Rs 300-400 crore of debt in the next two to three months to fund expansion, primarily to increase the crystalline silicon capacity of its photo voltaic (PV) business by 100 Mw from the current 140 Mw.

Moser Baer to raise Rs 400 cr debt for expanding solar power

Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced a new rate plan &mdash; Simply Unlimited Pack &mdash; with unlimited talk time on a single monthly recharge for its CDMA pre-paid customers. However, the plan does not support SMS and other value-added services.

RCom to offer unlimited local, STD call schemes

Infosys, India&rsquo;s second largest information technology services company, which had seen some top-level attrition last year, has both embarked on a leadership development programme and trying to ensure those targetted are contented with their compensation.

Infy pay values tomorrow's heads

Aegis Limited, the business process outsourcing (BPO) arm of the Essar Group, has put on hold its plans to list on the Indian bourses. Instead, the company is planning to acquire at least three companies &mdash; two overseas and one in India.

Aegis puts on hold India listing; plans to buy 3 firms instead

Ten firms short-listed for Rs 200 crore project.

IT firms make beeline for treasury automation

Revenue from the sale of 3G spectrum on Saturday crossed the Rs 51,000-crore mark, as the bid price for a national licence rose to Rs 12,851 crore on the 25th day of the auction. The day witnessed the highest-ever single-day jump in revenue at Rs 3,156 crore.

3G auction: Rs 51,000-cr mark crossed

Shenzhen-based China Wireless Technologies is planning to set up a mobile handset factory in India by 2012 through its Indian subsidiary, Coolpad Communications. The company will invest Rs 300 crore to Rs 400 crore in the plant and a research centre.

China Mobile mulls handset factory in India by 2012

If a latest report is to be believed, 80 per cent of mobile subscribers are willing to accept advertisements in exchange for free music downloads.

Thank you for the music

Soon, we will forget flash drives just like we did floppy disks. The reason being web apps (applications) now allow users to work from virtually anywhere. So, not only does this negate the need to carry around our files, you can even work on them from anywhere &mdash; whether you are editing a document from home or collaborating with someone from any corner of the world.

Working on docs in the air

There may be a simpler way to monitor goings-on at my house than with Avaak Inc&rsquo;s Vue Personal Video Network. If so, I have yet to discover it.

And now, a gadget to spy on your mischievous pet

The Indian animation industry may be taking center stage by fast emerging as an important destination for outsourcing assignments from the global studios such as Walt Disney Pictures and Cartoon Network. And the country may be equipped with the requisite work force, but the real challenge is the talent crunch that the industry is facing at the moment.

Animation industry gears up to fill demand supply gap

ICSA (India) Limited, a provider of embedded software solutions and infrastructure deployment services for the power sector, reported a 20.26 per cent decline in net profit to Rs 27.11 crore for the quarter ended March 2010, as against Rs 34 crore during the same period last year. Revenues were up 5 per cent to Rs 300.42 crore, as against Rs 286 crore.

ICSA India net declines

The city-headquartered company also announced appointment of Jeffrey Heenan Jalil as the head of Europe operations.

Wipro announces changes in leadership to focus on R&D biz

iGATE, the business outcome driven integrated technology and operations (iTOPS) company, today said it has been named among the best 20 global outsourcing leaders in the UK.

iGATE among best 20 global outsourcing leaders

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