Customers are demanding more value for money spent on softwares, which is pushing companies to fundamentally change their business models, an official of NASSCOM Product Conclave said today. "The software product industry is in the midst of a wave of business model innovation, which, accelerated by the recession, is defining the base for customer and vendor value in the year
The Indian IT industry today thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for taking a strong stand on outsourcing issue and conveying to the US president that India was not stealing American jobs and, in fact, outsourcing was raising productivity in the US. "We thank the Prime Minister for corroborating our view and conveying that the Indian IT industry helped to improve the produ
Despite glamour and hefty salaries associated with the field, women in the IT industry suffer from physical discomfort and mental tension, even in their plush office environments, a study revealed. High salaries and social status associated with the IT sector has attracted women to take up these jobs, but many suffer on account of various factors like late working hours, the stud
Those preferring to invest in Gujarat, will now have a single window online registration facility, besides a software support system that enables them to spot suitable land for the purpose in the state. Gujarat Government today launched a portal offering online registration facility for investors, besides a software that facilitates identification of suitable land for integrating
IT major Patni Computer Systems today announced appointment of Rajiv Ranjan as Executive Vice-President and Global Head of Business Operations. Ranjan will be responsible for driving Patni`s sales operations, revenue planning, delivery operations support (DOS), large deal pursuits and corporate planning, a press release issued here stated. "we are delighted to
US President Barack Obama`s visit has highlighted that there is an increasing realisation in America about Indian IT being key to its competitiveness, the country`s third largest IT firm Wipro today said. "I think there is an increasing realisation that Indian IT is key to competitiveness of corporate America in the globalised world," Wipro Joint CEO (IT Business) Sures
The government auditor CAG is understood to have submitted the final report on the 2G spectrum allotment that may have caused a loss of a whopping Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer. According to sources in the know, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has submitted the report to the finance ministry and the President. The report may be laid in Parliament in the winter ses
Keen on promoting Marathi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today asked officials to take immediate steps to strengthen the language, in the Information Technology (IT) field. "In order to make it a global language, Marathi should be strengthened in IT and the Chief Minister asked officials to take urgent measures to make available unicode system," sources in Man
The website of Britain`s Royal Navy has been closed after hackers gained unauthorised access to the military site. Military computer specialists are investigating the cyber-security breach. A statement posted on the website today said it is closed for "essential maintenance". The navy said in a statement that the website was compromised ove
The National Stock Exchange today said it has started mobile trading for registered clients, a move that would make trading simpler for the customers. The service will enable member brokers to only go through the regular compliance before facilitating their clients for mobile trading, National Stock Exchange (NSE) said in a statement. "This is another facility
Tata DOCOMO today launched its 3G services on mobile phones in Rajasthan telecom circle. "Our 3G services will enable richer communication through video calls and SMSes will add the advantage of adding mobility to the power of the internet, and will enable millions to start accessing the true power of the internet," said Ajit Chaturvedi, Hub-Head for Tata Docomo`s opera
India today told America that it was not stealing jobs there, while US President Barack Obama said he had not made a "boogeyman" out of outsourcing, an issue on which he`s facing pressure at home. Addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the last leg of his India visit, that comes shortly after his Democratic party suffered poll reversal
Around 600 million Indians will get the much-cherished Unique Identification Number (UIN) in the next four years, helping implementation of various social welfare schemes. "About 40,000 to 45,000 people have been enrolled by September 29, 2010. Many more will get the facility in one year and about 600 million in the next four years," Unique Identification Authority of I
After facing allegations of rounding up beggars during the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government is now drafting a new legislation to facilitate various welfare measures including rehabilitation, shelter and even vocational training to them. The government is also in the process of creating a detailed database of beggars to finalise allocation of funds for various welfare sche
US President Barack Obama`s three-day India visit may be confined to Mumbai and Delhi, but he got a taste of the country`s "rural flavour" during a video-conferencing session with villagers of a tiny hamlet in Rajasthan`s Ajmer district today. "Through this initiative, our idea was to give the US President a flavour of rural India," Minister of State for Commu
Scientists have devised an online "impact effects calculator" which they claim can work out what would happen if an asteroid hit the Earth. An international team from Purdue University in US and Imperial College London has created the online `Impact Earth!` calculator where users can type in size of their hypothetical asteroid, its speed, what it will hit, its angle of
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today asked Telecom Minister A Raja to advise the Unicode Consortium to defer considering the proposal for encoding Indian Heritage Scripts in the Unicode Standard as it has raised "considerable concerns" among the Tamil community. "The Government of Tamil Nadu has come to know that Government of India (Department of Informat
You can now catch up with the British Monarchy on social networking website `Facebook`. The Royal Family members, who are already regular users of micro-blogging site `Twitter` and video-sharing site `YouTube`, have now set up their own Facebook page. The `British Monarchy` page features pictures, news videos and speeches from Queen Elizabeth II, king-in-waiting Pr
European computer guards battled today against a simulated attempt by hackers to bring down critical Internet services in the first pan-continental test of cyber defences. All 27 of the European Union`s member nations as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland took part in the simulation as participants or observers, working together against the fictitious online assault, the Eur
Frequent surfing of pornographic websites by some government officials, emails containing fake lottery amounts and some spyware are the major reasons for the hacking of computers of India`s key ministries and departments by internet impostors, most of them from China and Pakistan. Despite repeated warnings by the Ministry of Home Affairs, officials of many vital wings of the gove
