The government-appointed board of Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services has decided to continue till the open offer is made.

Govt-appointed Satyam board to stay till open offer concludes

Business Standard

IT &amp; R&amp;D outsourcing services provider MindTree, which had seen a drop in its revenues in the previous quarter, is introducing initiatives to keep the utilisation level high owing to its higher bench strength which has been mounting during the last couple of quarters.

MindTree moves to keep  utilisation levels high

That the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has a penchant for getting into controversies when it comes to awarding equipment contracts is well-known.

Surajeet Das Gupta: BSNL in a soup again

You can expect Vishal Tripathi, Gartner&rsquo;s principal research analyst, to write a step-by-step guide on how to install an LCD TV. But he warns that setting up gadgets without basic knowledge can run down the device. He speaks from experience, since the last time he went about repairing his BlackBerry, Tripathi damaged its hardware.

Doing things his way

E-tailing, or online retailing, is catching up in India with major retailers setting shop online.

Online retailing gathers steam in India

Operators say 10-paisa, 25-paisa calls not possible.

Raja starts on a discordant note

India may have been hailed for long as the world's top outsourcing destination, but a new study has named as many as eight cities in the country among the world's 25 riskiest places for offshoring, mainly on concerns like terrorism, pollution and geopolitical issues.

8 Indian cities among 25 riskiest offshoring locations

Press Trust of India

The conventional mode of payments may soon be a thing of the past with the increase in the number of users making m-payments, globally.

Global m-payment users to touch 190-mn by 2012: Gartner

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is expanding in India and grabbing enough customers to take the top spot in the country&rsquo;s domestic information-technology (IT) market from local rivals.

IBM brings offshoring battle to india

Computer giant Microsoft has signed a $170-million five-year contract with India's HCL for outsourcing work for its online business productivity suite.

Microsoft, HCL in 5-year deal to outsource jobs

Only 65% of quota filled; most years, it is exhausted on the first day.

H-1B visa limits unfilled for first time since 2004

&ldquo;NIIT has around 350 centres in 40 nations across the globe (as on December 2008) and we are looking at a 7-8 per cent growth in our overseas centres in 2009-10. While we are not averse to setting up our centres in new overseas geographies, we are aiming to deepen our presence in the nations where we already have a presence&rdquo;, Vijay Thadani, chief executive officer, NIIT Limited told Business Standard.

NIIT plans more overseas centres

Microfinance technology vendor Gradatim IT Ventures is looking at raising Series A funding of $3 million by the end of June this year as part of its aggressive expansion plans into the next phase of growth. Gradatim&rsquo;s founder CEO C V Prakash said the company had engaged in discussions with a few venture capital firms and strategic investors in this direction, and would be starting a valuation process in the next 2-3 weeks.

Gradatim to explore Series A funding

India&rsquo;s second-largest ITservices firm Infosys Technologies said today that its annual performance appraisal exercise concluded recently would affect around 3.5 per cent of the company&rsquo;s workforce. Infosys has around 105,000 employees, including around 45,000 trainees (who were not included in the appraisal exercise).

Infy appraisal may lead to 1,500 exits

Integreon, a US-based Knowldege Process Outsourcing (KPO) firm, with operations in India, has signed two deals in the recent past. One of the deals, with UK law firm Osborne Clarke, is for seven years and worth $75 million. The second deal is with an investment bank.

Integreon sees demand for KPO services

The Indian arm of Finland-based company Nokia plans to reposition itself from being a device-maker to a services and solutions provider.

Nokia India to reposition from devices to services

After MTNL's foray into Nepal and Mauritius, now its bigger counterpart BSNL is eying acquisitions of telecom companies abroad to get foothold in the global market.

BSNL eyes overseas acquisition of telcos

The world of digital economy, which has made redundant the daily office commute and routine work-hours, is attracting a large number of women who have chosen to juggle home and family responsibilities.

Womanpower on the web

Now, watch customised election news on your TV. Big TV, a Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group venture, is launching election-based interactive services that will be provided by its content partner CNN-IBN. Big TV users can avail of iNews, a value-added service, allowing them to access current news and information, short text-based stories, headlines and tickers which are powered by content from CNN-IBN.

Watch customised election news on your TV

Epson Stylus Photo R1900 is a wide-format photo printer that offers a visibly improved output, thanks to an improved gloss optimizer and a new, advanced variety of ink. Ergo, you have an incredible print quality and speed to help you make lab-quality photos in your office or home.

Inking memories

Google&rsquo;s Gmail is among the best free email services that we have on the web today. But if you ever have had that nagging feeling that there ought to be a better way to work with Gmail, then what follows is just what you have ordered.

Gmail made easy

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