Technology giant IBM today said it has partnered with the National Institute of Design (NID) and the University of Tokyo to research on making mobile devices more accessible for elderly people in the developing countries.

IBM, NID join hands for mobile technology research

Press Trust of India

Pune-based Zensar Technologies Limited, a global software solutions provider promoted by the Kolkata-based RPG Enterprises, plans to start construction work on its proposed software development centre in the city soon.

Zensar to start work on its development centre soon

Business Standard

Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has acquired 75,000 sft of built-up space for Rs 28 crore in the newly-built Prince Infocity II here developed by Prince Foundations Ltd. The facility will be used for its tele communication business.

Tata Tele in Prince Infocity

Cyber attacks cost Indian enterprises an average of over Rs 58 lakh in lost revenue in 2009, apart from bigger financial losses due to loss of confidential data and productivity, according to a Symantec Corp study.

'Enterprise security is IT's top concern'

IBM, the National Institute of Design (NID) and Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (RCAST) have ventured on a collaborative research initiative to explore an open, common user interface platform for mobile devices, to make them easier to use for the elderly, blind, deaf and illiterate or semi-illiterate populations in developing countries.

IBM, NID aim at making mobiles user-friendly for elderly, illiterate

To take over all operations of Compass BPO across the UK, US, West Asia and in India.

Aditya Birla Minacs buys UK-based BPO

Wipro Infotech, the India and West Asian IT business of the $5-billion Wipro Ltd, has won a turnkey project from the Financial Intelligence Unit - India (FIU-IND) of the Union Ministry of Finance. A Wipro Infotech statement said here on Monday that the company will implement the FINnet (Financial Intelligence Network) project for FIU-IND.

Wipro wins key project from finance ministry

Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, today announced a training partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Institute in training tie up with Infosys BPO

At a press conference in Kolkata, Alok Garodia, president of Compass, said, &ldquo;Around 58 lakh Pcs have already been sold as of December 2009 at the national level. We expect East India&rsquo;s share to remain at 22 per cent of the total PC shipment. Nationally, last year, PC shipment saw a dip of 7 per cent due to recessionary pressures.

Compass pegs East India's PC shipment share at 22%

Bangalore-based information technology (IT ) services firm MindTree has set up an ambitious target of becoming a $1-billion (around Rs 4,600-crore) company over the next five years. The company achieved revenue of $269 million (Rs 1,237 crore) for the financial year 2009. Executive Chairman Ashok Soota agrees that, to achieve this target, the company will need to have a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 35 per cent over the next four years.

'We think IT spends will pick up this year'

The &pound;600-million (approximately Rs 4,100 crore) UK Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) deal, which was recently awarded to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to administer the National Employee Savings Trust (NEST) scheme for 10 years, has come under the scanner of the Conservative Party.

TCS' PADA deal comes under Conservative fire

&ldquo;The government&rsquo;s revenues from spectrum have increased from Rs 25 crore in 1995 to Rs 4,000 crore now. The volume of work has also increased manifold, but the headcount has not increased substantially,&rdquo; a senior WPC official told Business Standard on the condition of anonymity.

WPC wants its headcount to double

To promote new technological developments in rural and remote areas, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), is planning to set up a telecom entrepreneurship development centre (TEDC) in a public-private partnership mode.

DoT mulls entrepreneurship development centre

The Supreme Court today pulled up telecom company S Tel for writing to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on issues pending before the court. The SC was hearing an appeal moved by the government against the Delhi High Court judgment in the controversial spectrum allocation matter.

SC raps S Tel for writing on pending matter

Keeping an eye on expanding into a tier-I data center by next year, Kendle, the fifth largest clinical research organisation (CRO) in the world, is all set to start its Asia Pacific data management centre at Ahmedabad's Rs 1200 crore IT SEZ Mindspace in May this year. With this, Gujarat's first IT SEZ will kickstart operations.

Kendle to light up Mindspace in May

Just when you thought dual-SIM handsets would suffice, manufacturers are planning to offer triple and even multi-SIM handsets.

Mobile makers' calling card: pack in more SIMs

The IT and ITeS Industry Association of AP (formerly Hysea) is anticipating a growth of about 20 per cent in exports from Andhra Pradesh in the next financial year, according to its president Narasimha Rao. Software exports from the state touched Rs 32,500 crore last year and according to an estimate, the figure crossed Rs 30,000 crore this year in December.

ITsAP sees 20% growth in exports in FY11

Unions oppose move, even as the telco gets ready to offer voluntary retirement.

BSNL clears 30% divestment

Over the last one year, Advait Kulkarni, a self-confessed 34-year-old sports enthusiast, has been glued to the internet at work and home. &ldquo;I have been increasingly visiting sports sites like ESPN and the sports sections of MSN and Yahoo! to get a ball-by-ball account of cricket and even the hockey matches. Now, with IPL3 almost on us, it is likely that fans like me will try to catch critical matches and individual player&rsquo;s feats online,&rdquo; he says.

Traffic on sports sites doubles as IPL nears

Imagine this scenario. Pyarelal Shankar a grocery store owner in Haryana is not computer literate. Yet, he manages to regularly update his inventory online.

Cutting-edge tech for all from Indian labs

Information technology (IT) major Infosys Technologies has witnessed an increase in outsourcing deals as all major markets are back on the recovery track, a top company official said.

Infy seeing increase in deal inflows

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