Dell Inc said it would buy network and data security products maker SonicWall from an investor group, as the world's No 3 personal computer maker tries to tap the growing demand for online security by large companies.

Dell to buy SonicWall from Thoma Bravo

Reuters 

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has moved the Supreme Court against sectoral tribunal TDSAT&rsquo;s upholding the Centre&rsquo;s decision to allocate GSM spectrum to CDMA operators.

COAI moves SC against TDSAT order allowing dual technology

KPMG launched a new Union Budget app for India that will feature highlights of the budget in real time on mobile devices. This will enable users to access all budget related analysis prepared by KPMG in India on their iPhones, iPads, Android and Blackberry devices. Users can download this free application for their respective platforms from the various app stores available on their phones.

KPMG's new mobile app for Budget

Business Standard

Leading laptop seller Dell India has said it is planning to invest in the IT solution sector in the major cities of the state, which currently generate $14 million business every year in terms of IT expenditure.

Dell India eyes 16,000 SMEs in state

The unending wait for justice due to the huge backlog of cases may continue. But if the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has its way, there could be some relief, finally.

E-courts to hear tax cases via webcast

After the exit of its financial services head, IT services company HCL Technologies has assigned the charge of the vertical to company&rsquo;s old hand Rahul Singh. Singh, who now heads BPO services for the company, will also be having additional charge of the financial vertical as President, Financial Services &amp; Business Services. Singh who started his career with Citi in 1986 joined HCL Technologies in 2010 as president, business services and corporate vice-president.

Rahul Singh takes new charge at HCL

Continuing its winning streak in Europe, HCL Technologies, India&rsquo;s fourth-largest information technology (IT) services company, is understood to have bagged a large outsourcing deal from Swiss banking major, Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). The multi-year contract is estimated to be in the range of $250-300 million, thus making it the largest contract for the company in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) space.

HCL Technologies bags $250-300 mn outsourcing deal from UBS

Apple Inc is seeing record pre-orders for its latest iPad with wait times for shipping the tablet now reaching two to three weeks, said Canaccord Genuity analysts, who now expect the company to sell 65.6 million iPads this year.

Apple expects to sell 65.6 mn iPads this year

Two weeks after Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India bailed out state-run ONGC&rsquo;s share sale through the auction route, the Azim Premji Foundation received a lukewarm response for its offer-to-sale (OFS) shares of Wipro through the same route.

Wipro share auction gets tepid response

Indus Towers will now spend less, as the telecom tower infrastructure company is shifting focus from building more towers to adding more clients to existing towers.

Indus Towers looks at lower capex

The government and telecom service providers were heading towards a virtual deadlock on the issue of telecom companies providing facilities to meet the May 31 deadline of tracking caller locations on real-time basis.

Govt asks telcos to enable call tracking by May 31

Press Trust of India

Telecom companies want to raise the processing fee charged on mobile phone top-up vouchers to Rs 3, from Rs 2 now, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today said in a consultation paper.

Telcos want higher processing fee for mobile recharge

Every couple of weeks it's nice to look back and see just how far Apple has come.

Apple defies gravity, stock hits $600

After an 18-month delay, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has issued an internet service provider (ISP) licence to US-based chipmaker Qualco-mm, which will pave the way for the company to go ahead with the launch of broadband wireless access (BWA) services.

Qualcomm gets BWA licence after 2-yr wait

The Finance Minister has left several demands of the industry in limbo. Yet again, the Budget has emphasised the need for e-governance and the role of Aadhaar in various government programmes, but it left unaddressed the industry&rsquo;s demand to remove the 18.5 per cent minimum alternative tax (MAT) imposed on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and onsite software services.

Budget ignores IT's tax worries

Three of Cisco&rsquo;s top engineers with a strong record in building some of the company&rsquo;s most important products are in negotiations to create a new type of network switch for data centres, according to people with knowledge of the talks.

Cisco's bold networking start-up

The number of broadband connections in India stood at 13.35 million by the end of December 2011, with Maharasthra (including Goa) accounting for the highest number at 0.23 million.

Number of broadband connections cross 13 mn

Reliance Communications-controlled FLAG Telecom has filed a prospectus in the Singapore Stock Exchange to list and divest 75 per cent stake in the submarine cables business for $1.25-1.5 billion (Rs 6,250-7,500 crore).

FLAG Telecom to list, divest 75% for $1.25-1.5 bn

India&rsquo;s mobile subscriber base is expected to reach 1.2 billion by 2015 and companies are experimenting with new ways to tap this market.

India calling: Mad rush to build mobile platforms

Three Supreme Court judges meet tomorrow to consider the government&rsquo;s review petition on the Vodafone case.

SC to review govt petition today

For many the announcement of Anil Valluri being appointed as the President of India and SAARC Operations of NetApp did not come as a surprise. For them, it was just a matter of time till Valluri would come back to the tech industry.

BS People: Anil Valluri 

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