BJP today questioned the government`s decision to put all intelligence inputs into the proposed National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) claiming it may have serious consequences and took a pot shot at Home Minister P Chidambaram saying he believes there is no one as "wise" as him. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the idea of putting all the intelligence into one grid to make i
All police stations in Haryana will go hi-tech within a year and linked to the headquarters through the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), state police chief Ranjeev Dalal on Tuesday said. Electronic traffic surveillance has been set up at various police stations in the state to keep an eye on traffic violation especially on the National Highway, he said inaugurating th
The country`s largest private telecom operator Bharti Airtel has paid the highest amount of Rs 1,097.04 crore to the government in terms of licence fee and spectrum usage charge for the quarter ended March 31. Bharti paid Rs 708.6 crore as licence fee and Rs 388.44 crore as the spectrum charge for the quarter ended March 31 of financial year 2010-11, data compiled by telecom regulator T
The high definition video communications company LifeSize, today said it is betting big on Healthcare and education sector in the Indian market. "The key focus area for our company to expand and growth in India are education sector and healthcare. Asia-Pacific (APAC) region contributes 17 to 20 per cent in our overall revenues and India is the third largest market for us," Lif
The government invites applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-run Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL). The last date for the submission of application for the post and the last date of receipt of applications is June 27, a government body, Public Enterprises Selection Board, said in an advertisement. "The Chairman and Managing
UK-based BPO firm Vertex on Tuesday said it will increase its headcount in the country to 20,000 employees over the next two years as it ramps up its operations in India. The Vertex group, which had acquired domestic player Shell Transource last year, has about 6,000 people on its payroll (post-acquisition). "The acquisition has helped Vertex emerge as a significant player
With the setting up of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) in the state, the Uttarakhand Police is all set to go hi-tech in trapping criminals. A data base of criminals and their crime record would be collected in the system, for which Rs 5.36 crore has been sanctioned by the Centre, an official release said in Dehra Dun on Tuesday. Chief Secretary Subhash Kum
Sony Corp took the wraps off its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld that outdoes its workhorse PlayStation Portable and will go on sale before the winter holidays. Company executives have called the device Sony`s biggest product launch since the PlayStation 3 five years ago. The device will allow gamers to b
The domestic cloud computing industry is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 53 per cent to be a Rs 2,434 crore market by 2014, a study conducted by CyberMedia Research India said. "The public cloud computing market in India is estimated to touch Rs 2,434 crore in 2014 after growing at a CAGR of 53 per cent between 2010-2014," a company statement here said. "Cloud comp
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Japan would help increase Japan`s IT business with India, industry body NASSCOM said in Chennai on Tuesday. NASSCOM President Som Mittal said Japan despite being the world`s third largest economy,contributes only two per cent of India`s business in Information Technology and other sectors. Japanese ambassa
Increasing number of Indian companies are using social media as an effective business tool with 83 per cent firms in the country agreeing that without social media activity, marketing strategies cannot hope to be successful, according to a survey. The rising awareness among business internationally has seen social networking evolve from a nice-to-have to a necessity. Nevertheles
Department of Personnel and Training has made public the immovable property returns filed by a list of IAS officers in the country. Of the 292 IAS officers of Tamil Nadu cadre mentioned in the list, 270 officers` immovable assets could be seen in the portal. "The remaining either might not have filed their returns or the ministry is in the process of putting the data in the
Hyderabad-based software testing company AppLabs on Tuesday announced that San Francisco-based Bank of the West has selected it as the quality management partner. "Before selecting AppLabs we looked at plenty of outsourced technology vendors both domestic and foreign. But, we were looking for a testing specialist to get the highest level of domain expertise in testing. We fo
Industry body National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) on Tuesday said that small and medium sized companies need to leverage on sectors like cloud computing and mobile application platforms. "There are opportunities, especially for small and medium size companies, to develop products in sectors like cloud computing, mobile applications and software-as-a-ser
Worldwide security software revenue witnessed a growth of 12 per cent in 2010 to USD 16.5 billion, driven by a rebound in demand for such solutions, according to research firm Gartner. According to Gartner, global security software revenue grew from USD 14.7 billion in 2009 to USD 16.5 billion in 2010, a growth of about 12 per cent. "Key vendors continued to expand their pr
The Indian subsidiary of Korean electronics major LG on Tuesday announced its entry into the business solutions segment, from which it aims to garner Rs 1,000 crore revenue by 2014. "We are highly confident that LG Business Solutions finds right fitment in the Indian B2B market. We are targeting a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore and market share of 25 per cent by the end of 2014 in this
The government has begun the process of generating `Aadhaar` numbers for those people whose biometrics have already been captured under the National Population Register (NPR). "Generation of Aadhaar numbers for residents whose biometrics have been captured for NPR has begun," Home Minister P Chidambaram said while presenting the progress report of his ministry recently.
Punjab Police has taken an initiative to strengthen its Intelligence Wing and has decided to recruit 50 officers to the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector. The Punjab Police has initiated the recruitment process through Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and online applications have been invited from eligible candidates between June 8 to 29, 2011, an official spoke
Maharashtra Principal Secretary (Revenue) Swadhin Kshatriya has said that after studying the success of pilot project in Mulshi in Pune district, the information and records about land would be made available online across the state. Effecting changes in the record -- land mutation -- is a long process, but with digitisation, it would be faster, he said here last week.
Nintendo, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console and Super Mario games, said it was targeted in recent online data attacks, but that no personal or company information was lost. Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. spokesman Ken Toyoda said today that the server of an affiliate of Nintendo`s US unit was accessed unlawfully a few weeks ago, but that there were no damages. He declined to e
