Personal computer-maker Dell India today launched a new range of professional computers under its E series, as well as a tablet device, to address the needs of an evolving workforce that demands anytime, anywhere access to business applications and data. The new offerings include the Dell Latitude E5420, E5520, E6220, E6320, E6420, E6520, E6420 ATG laptops and XT3 tablet, Dell In
BPO company ExlService Holdings on tuesday announced it will acquire finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing service provider Outsource Partners International (OPI) for cash deal of USD 91 million. "The acquisition furthers EXL`s strategic objective of leveraging technology and proprietary intellectual property in our solution offerings,"said Rohit Kapoor, Presiden
Electoral officialson Tuesday held a meeting with senior police and administrative officers to discuss the possibility of including the police administration into an SMS-based poll monitoring system. "We have started an SMS-based poll monitoring system where all polling personnel are directly contributing to the network and this is huge success," Chief Electoral officer
A trove of papers and photographs documenting the lives of Holocaust victims and survivors includes notable names like Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. But Benzion Baumrind`s name might have stayed forgotten to his descendants without the records kept by a humanitarian aid agency. A genealogist discovered Baumrind, one of 6 mi
The database of about 45 lakh students from 11 universities in Uttar Pradesh would be prepared by June in order to ensure online admission facility from the new academic year, an official said today. Agencies for preparing the database have been decided and funds for the purpose have also been provided, Higher Education Secretary Avnish Awasthi said. Directives hav
A tweeter who described himself as an IT consultant taking a break from the `rat-race` by hiding in the mountains" in Abbottabad in Pakistan may have unwittingly covered US military`s dramatic attack that brought down Osama bin Laden. At about 1 a.m. local time, 33-year-old Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) put out his first tweet that a helicopter was flying above Abbottabad ?
Amazon.com, a US-based e-commerce operator, will establish its eighth logistics base in China, authorities in Beijing said on Monday. The 100,000-square-meter base will be set up at the Kunshan Huaqiao Economic Development Zone in Kunshan city in eastern Jiangsu Province. The two warehouses will be put into use in July and September respectively, Xinhua news agency reported
Twitter has announced that news of Osama bin Laden`s killing triggered an unprecedented lasting wave of messages at the microblogging service. The San Francisco-based site released updated figures from the messaging frenzy, which crested at 5,000 "tweets-per-second" at times during a surge that lasted slightly more than four hours. "Last night saw th
Mobile handset company Spice Mobility on Monday said it will invest Rs 1,000 crore this fiscal to further expand its business through opening new centres and going in for acquisitions. The company in the long run will also look to merge Spice Mobility with Spice i2i in order to streamline its various businesses. "The company will be investing Rs 1,000 crore du
With increasing number of users globally, social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are turning out to be happy hunting grounds for employees seeking new jobs. Majority of employees surveyed felt that social media are helping them to find new jobs quickly and efficiently, according to HR services firm Ma Foi Randstad. "... 82 per cent of Indian emp
With increasing number of users globally, social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are turning out to be happy hunting grounds for employees seeking new jobs. Majority of employees surveyed felt that social media are helping them to find new jobs quickly and efficiently, according to HR services firm Ma Foi Randstad. "... 82 per cent of Indian emp
Cyber users have come together to hail the killing of the 9/11 attacks` mastermind Osama Bin Laden and have demanded elimination of India`s most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim, who is allegedly living in Pakistan. Scores of pages and communities in social networking site `facebook` were set up by surfers and several tweets were pouring on micro blogging portal `twitter` to praise US Pre
Research In Motion is releasing a new version of one of its high-end BlackBerrys, updating the Bold with a touch screen and fresh software. T-Mobile USA says it will carry the BlackBerry Bold 9900 later this year. Research in Motion Ltd. is under pressure to update its high-end phones as it`s losing out to iPhones and phones running Google Inc.`s Android software.
IT major Wipro Technologies today said its product qualification and compliance lab Tarang and Canada-based testing, certification and standards development organisation CSA Group will collaborate for providing localized testing and certification services in India. "Wipro is excited about becoming a testing and certification laboratory for CSA Group in India and Asia. This c
IT and IT enabled service provider Accenture and Accenture Foundations have awarded Plan International a grant of USD 1.93 million to help provide training and career opportunities for approximately 3,500 underprivileged young people in India and Vietnam. "Supporting Plan International helps bring to life Accenture`s commitment to building skills ? drawing on our people`s pa
The Association of Serbian journalists said on Monday its annual award would go to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, for his "historic contribution to the right to information for all citizens." "The states have the right to protect their secrets, but Assange and WikiLeaks have proven why journalists must not help them to hide them," the statement published o
Indian Space Research Organisation has built a supercomputer, which is to be India`s fastest in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second). The supercomputer "SAGA-220", built by the Satish Dhawan Supercomputing Facility located at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram at a cost of about R
Leading software exporter Tech Mahindra said on Monday that it would set up business process outsourcing (BPO) operations in Philippines. Tech Mahindra has signed a multi-million deal with a Philippine-based company to provide contact center support for sales and back office, customer care and technical support for their wireless postpaid, landline and broadband customers, a pres
Gujarat ranks number one in the country in terms of requests made for mobile number portability (MNP), with 6.17 lakh subscribers opting for the facility from the state, says a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report. As per data furnished by service providers, 64.23 lakh mobile phone users applied for MNP in the country by March 2011 end, out of which 9.61 per cent r
Telecom equipments manufacturer Huawei on Monday launched 200G high speed line card for high-end routers, which will enable operators to deploy ultra-broadband networks over which users can enjoy mobile broadband, and video services. "The deployment of this 200G line card enables higher network and power efficiency for operators to effectively increase bandwidth, while reduc
