Signalling an increasing trend in cyber security incidents, the government today said its agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has handled over 13,000 such incidents in 2011 compared to 8,266 incidents in 2009. "CERT-In has observed that there is significant increase in the number of cyber security incidents in the country. A total of 8,266, 10,315 and 13,301 se
India invests `3,00,000 crore every year on socio-economic schemes. In pure business terms, that’s a massive annual capital investment. In contrast public sector behemoth Coal India that had briefly become India’s largest company by market capitalisation is worth slightly over `2,50,000 crore. The Indian state invests more in socio-economic schemes every year than the entire
SAS India, the India arm of the largest privately held software company with focus on business analytics and business intelligence, considers dealing with the government as the biggest challenge in the analytics business. Ironically, the government is its biggest customer. Sudipta K Sen, CEO & MD, SAS India, in an interview with Shubham Batra discusses recent projects and future plans of th
CSC, a $16.2 billion company with headquarters in the US, is a global leader in providing business solutions and services across key industry verticals such as banking, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing and government. CSC works out of 90 countries including India and has played an important role in the growth of the IT industry here. Frank Heitmann, president, global applications delivery (
After getting a certified copy of the electoral roll in just 72 hours from the nearby common services centre (CSC), a smile appears on the wrinkled face of the 50-year-old Nitai Charandas. He is a resident of Bhootpara village in Sonitpur district of Assam. It was unlike any of his past experiences with the government service delivery. This time he did not have to commute a distance of 35 km, a
Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has directed the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) to set up a committee for ensuring a transparent hiring process and stopped all recruitments in the department and its associated offices until the system is standardised. Post this order, all candidates applying for job in DEITY and organisations under it will have to disclose whether t
Micrsoft India employees have developed a technology that would help for hearing and speech impaired people to communicate with others. The employees have also developed a device for the blind that helps them navigate their way to destination safely through objects in an indoor space. A team of employees of the company, led by Bangaru Venkatesh, said `Kinect Bridge` technology,
India’s Aadhar Bhalinge is the winner of m2Work, a World Bank-sponsored online challenge seeking the best ideas for spurring the job-creation potential of mobile phones. The competition organized by Nokia and infoDev, a World Bank innovation and technology entrepreneurship program, drew a total of 939 ideas, 96% of which came from developing and emerging economies. m2Work, which s
CDMA operators body Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (Auspi) on Thursday said the "exorbitantly high reserve price", proposed by sectoral regulator Trai, will put an end to India`s telecom growth story. In a letter to Department of Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar and newly appointed Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar, Auspi said it is extremely concerned t
Telecom operators cannot increase tariffs of subscriber plans for six months from the enrolment date, but they are free to reduce call rates at the same time, sectoral regulator Trai on Thursday said. In its Consumers` Handbook on Telecommunications released on Thursday, Trai said, "A tariff plan once offered by an access provider shall be available to a subscriber for a minimum pe
Government on Thursday said that it will evolve a consensus on rules for control of internet content after talking to various stakeholders including MPs and industry representatives. This assurance was given by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in the Rajya Sabha after an opposition member moved a motion seeking annulment of rules aimed at regulating internet content notified by the governme
In the wake of a recent court order directing internet giants to remove objectionable contents from Indian websites, an opposition member on Thursday brought a motion in Rajya Sabha for annulment of government rules aimed at regulating internet content. The statutory motion, moved by P Rajeeve (CPI-M), demanded that the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, are
Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday slashed mobile broadband rates on its 3G networks by up to 70 per cent. "Volume based browsing rate on 3G down from 10 paise per 10kb to 3 paise per 10 Kb. This will be applicable for 3G non-pack users with effect from May 17, 2012," the company said in a statement on Thursday. The offer is for those customers who have not subscr
At its Annual Cisco Collaboration Summit 2012, Cisco on Thursday introduced new people-centric innovations aimed at making it easier to collaborate anywhere, anytime in the post-PC era. The innovations, ranging from new desktop and mobile applications include Cisco Jabber™ and Cisco TelePresence™ systems, which make it easy for users to move from one collaboration
Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps. The threat comes after the famous search engine left the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula nameless on its online map service. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says that if Google does not restore the name of the Persian Gulf, it will face "serious damages
The Congress website aicc.org.in went offline for a while in the late afternoon sparking rumours that it was hacked. The news of the hacking of the party website sent the Congress office staff, particularly those of AICC`s computer department, into a tizzy in the afternoon, who later denied that any such thing indeed took place. Media reports had it that a group Anonymous hacked
IT firm Mahindra Satyam on thursday reported a net profit of Rs 534.21 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012, driven largely by higher revenues and increased employee efficiency rates. The city-based company had suffered a net loss of Rs 327 crore in the January-March period of 2011. The company`s consolidated revenues during the quarter grew at 21 per cent to Rs 1,6
Pointing out that information technology has given power to terrorists and non-state actors, national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon on Wednesday said the government is "in final stages" of developing capabilities for protecting against cyber attacks. Releasing an IDSA report on cyber security, he said in Delhi that the same technology has enhanced the internal security c
Some IT professionals and businessmen were facing problems in getting visas mainly due to outsourcing issues in those countries but Indian consulates are active in providing all help in resolving the grievances, lok sabha was informed on wednesday. Asked during Question Hour about denial of visa by some countries to some IT professionals and even students, minister of state for external
Country`s second largest software services exporter Infosys on Wednesday termed the growth target given by industry body Nasscom (11-14 per cent) for the year as "ambitious", given the uncertain domestic and global macroeconomic scenario. "I think the industry growth of 11-15 percent looks ambitious now, but Nasscom has stuck to its stand; so we will see," Infosys CF
