Computer hackers gained access to the email addresses of customers of several large US banks and other companies in a potentially huge data breach at US online marketing firm Epsilon. Banking firms Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, retailers Best Buy and Kroger and home entertainment provider TiVo were among those informed by Epsilon that some customer email addresses ha
Computer hackers gained access to the email addresses of customers of several large US banks and other companies in a potentially huge data breach at US online marketing firm Epsilon. Banking firms Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, retailers Best Buy and Kroger and home entertainment provider TiVo were among those informed by Epsilon that some customer email addresses ha
Physical fitness of the representatives of telecom companies became the deciding factor for submission of Letter of Intent and entry fees for allocation of spectrum making a mockery of first come first serve basis, the CBI said in its charge sheet against former Telecom Minister A Raja and eight others. The CBI, which has divided the charge sheet into five sections -- probe into
Aiming to plug loopholes in the pilot licensing system and revamp it completely, a broad-based committee of the Civil Aviation Ministry has held its first meeting to suggest ways and means to make the system fool-proof. "In the short-term, this Committee will suggest steps to plug the loopholes in the system, if any. In the long-run, they will consider technology-driven solu
Wipro Technologies today said it has signed an agreement to acquire the US-based SAIC`s global oil and gas IT services business for USD 150 million (Rs 668 crore). Science Applications International Corporation`s (SAIC) global oil and gas IT practice provides consulting, system integration and outsourcing services to global oil majors. It has significant domain capabilities in di
IIT-Roorkee today inaugurated its Greater Noida Campus at the Knowledge Park-II area here. It was inaugurated by Ashok Bhatnagar, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee in the presence of Director S C Saxena. Besides the 365-acre main campus at Roorkee, it has another campus spread over 25 acres at Saharanpur. IIT-Roorkee was established as Roorke
Gas utility GAIL India said it has launched Asia`s first integrated gas management system to track all information on transmission and distribution of natural gas in the country. The SAP(application)-based Gas Management System, third of its kind in the world after Petrobras in Brazil and Pemex in Mexico, was launched at GAIL`s corporate office here by Minister of State for Petro
The Centre is in the process of setting up a new judicial cadre for appointing judges directly and it will materialise soon, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said today. "The new judicial cadre will cater to the needs of judiciary which is facing a crunch, in due course", Moily told reporters here. He said as a part of modernisation of judicial system, all the courts i
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the proposed state Information Technology Policy 2011 would be rechristened as Bihar Communication Technology Policy 2011 for bringing about a revolution in communication and information sectors in the state and accord it the status of an industry. Reviewing the progress made in formulation of the new policy at a high-level mee
Industry experts today called for creating a national body and stepping up legal framework to facilitate cyber data protection in the country. "Cyber secrecy and network security are extremely relevant in today`s context," Assocham`s cyber law committee chairman Pavan Duggal said at a global conference on `Safeguarding the Digital Economy`. Industry exper
The Kremlin has ordered the creation of a supercomputer under an estimated USD 220 million project to provide the Russian president with policy recommendations based on an analysis of what bloggers write about the government, according to media reports. The future supercomputer, to be used by the next president to be elected in March 2012, will be named after the great Russian sc
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asked former Agriculture minister Adel Safar to form a new government, the state-run news agency SANA reported today, as communications networks failed and residents in Douma prepared to bury the first of their dead. Safar`s appointment comes after Assad, who is facing an unprecedented domestic crisis, fired his cabinet in a bid to quell pro-democ
The telecom ministry is believed to have cleared the draft of national broadband plan, which aims at providing high-speed Internet access and e-governance services to over 160 million people by 2014. According to sources in the know, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cleared the draft of national broadband plan, which in few weeks will be sent to the Telecom Commissi
The World Bank has approved USD 150 million in loan for India to accelerate implementation of its National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), which is aimed at transforming the service delivery system across the country. While this World Bank loan will not target specific services per se, it will initiate policy and institutional actions that will impact all the services. T
Anand Naik is director systems engineering at Symantec India. In an exclusive interview to Governance Now he speaks about the issues that the government sector faces in regard to their storage, data management, disaster recovery and data protection. He discussed the key challenges involved and how Symantec can help in same. Edited experts from an exclusive interview with
With the mission to bring governance to the door steps of the people, Arunachal Pradesh has launched an innovative IT project in the state to disseminate information to the people in a faster way. The ambitious Project, Arunachal Pradesh State Wide Area Network(APSWAN), was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu here yesterday. Besides, video conferen
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani headed task force on direct transfer of subsidies for LPG, fertiliser and kerosene today discussed the proposed model of cash subsidy regime with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. According to sources, the task force made a separate presentation on fertiliser, LPG and kerosene, covering issues like existing subsidy regime and the proposed new model
With the telecom sector becoming a potential security threat due to use of imported equipment, the government has proposed that service providers employ only Indian nationals in sensitive positions like Chief Technical Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. The licensee shall employ only Indian National as Chief Technical officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Noda
State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced appointment of A K Garg on the post of Director (Human Resource). The post was lying vacant after retirement of Gopal Das on February 28. Das retired as chairman and managing director of the organisation and was simultaneously holding the charge of Director(HR) as well. Prior to joining a
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood today inaugurated the office of the Central Depository System and Clearing Limited, a subsidiary company to run the CDS in the domestic securities market, here. India has provided technical assistance to Nepal to establish a Central Depository and Clearing and Settlement System as per the government`s request. The system helps in electronic
