Friday, March 27, 2009

Ixia Changes the Economics of Service Verification with Centralized Solution for Service Providers

IXIA announced the expansion of its award-winning IxRave IP Service Verification solution to include Carrier Ethernet and Mobile Backhaul. These capabilities extend IxRave's VoIP, IPTV, MSO and Enterprise VPN services verification offerings. Service providers can now actively monitor, measure and troubleshoot their converged networks and services using a unified, affordable, centralized solution.

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Ixia Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.
Total revenues for the 2008 fourth quarter were $41.0 million compared to $46.4 million in the 2007 fourth quarter.
For the 2008 full year, total revenues increased to $175.9 million from $174.1 million in 2007.
On a GAAP basis, the Company realized a net loss for the 2008 full year of $15.9 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to net income of $7.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the 2007 full year

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Kronos® Introduces Pay-Per-Hire Pricing for its Selection and Hiring Solution

Kronos® Incorporated today announced the availability of pay-per-hire pricing for its selection and hiring solution targeted at medium to large sized companies. The first on-demand pricing model of its kind for field and hourly hiring enables organizations to pay only for the hires they make, with minimal up-front investment or long-term financial commitment. Earl added, "The premise of this model is simple: once up and running, if organizations do not hire, they do not pay."

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AP Moller – Financial Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2008

2008 Highlights (Figures for 2007 in parenthesis)
Revenue USD 61.2 billion (USD 51.2 billion)
Net profit before tax USD 10.4 billion (USD 8.0 billion)
Profit for the year USD 3.5 billion (USD 3.4 billion).
Cash flow from operating activities USD 8.5 billion (USD 7.3 billion)
Cash flow used for capital expenditure USD 10.3 billion (USD 9.0 billion)

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Reliance Globalcom (Vamco) to Roll Out the New International Distribution Network for Rémy Cointreau.

To support its customers in their strategic choice is a main concern for Reliance Globalcom. So when Rémy Cointreau wanted, as part of its strategy initiated three years ago, to retake control of its distribution, they asked Reliance Globalcom to review their telecommunication network.

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Nortel India inks Rs.75 Crore deals with local firmsProviders

Despite Nortel Networks filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. its Indian subsidiary Nortel India has signed around 100 contracts worth Rs.75 crore with domestic companies, reported The Economic Times.

According to a company executive, though about 70 percent of the signings have been renewals of existing contracts, Nortel India has managed to rope in some new customers including Reliance Communications and Union Bank of India. Moreover, Nortel's one of the old clients State Bank of India has renewed its contract with the company.

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HCL Tech in deal with MJ Logistic

HCL Technologies on Thursday announced it has entered into a three-year contract with MJ Logistic Services Ltd (MJ), an Indian third-party logistics solutions provider

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SAP Business Objects Solution

In a major turnaround, Business Objects has been molded into SAP's Business User division. The products will now be branded as SAP Business Objects solutions.

SAP last night announced that Sanjay Deshmukh, formerly country head of Business Objects will now be the VP (Business User), SAP India sub continent. He will report to Ranjan Das, president of SAP India sub continent.

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Oracle Offering Scaled Down Version of Database Machine

Citing customer demand, Oracle has unveiled a half-size version of the HP Oracle Database Machine, its competitor to high-end data warehousing products such as that sold by Teradata. Oracle claims strong demand for its Exadata product line but declines to offer numbers.
The HP Oracle Database Machine was co-developed by Oracle and Hewlett-Packard and is part of Oracle's Exadata product line, launched to great fanfare at the OpenWorld conference last year.

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Oracle elevates William T Comfort as chairman

Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd., a provider in business software solutions, today announced the appointment of William T Comfort, Jr, as the chairman of the board of Directors with effect from March 24, 2009. Prior to this position Comfort was associated as independent director of the board.


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TCS expecting Rs 400 cr from microfin play

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's biggest IT firm by employee strength, expects revenues of about Rs 400 crore in a year from its microfinance solutions for banks and financial services firms.


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Satyam Bags new contract - Vijay Dairy and Farm Products

Satyam Computer Services has bagged a contract from a country-based dairy processor Vijay Dairy and Farm Products to automate and integrate their key business processes, the company said on Monday.Under the contract, Satyam would implement SAP business solution for the dairy firm and automate and integrate their key business processes across the country to speed up workflows and lower the cost of operations, it said in a statement


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GlobalLogic expands Bangalore centre

LumenData, an innovative product company specializing in data management, has partnered with GlobalLogic for product development and implementation. “We feel privileged that LumenData has chosen GlobalLogic as its partner to expand its presence in Bangalore," said Peter Harrison, CEO of GlobalLogic.

"GlobalLogic seeks only highly skilled engineers with several years of experience to join its global team. The centre in Bangalore is critical to our recruitment efforts in India. It's an important technology hub that gives us access to a pool of highly talented engineers," he said in a statement here today.

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Patni cracks Japanese outsourcing mkt

Japan currently accounts for 5 per cent of our revenues but we see this touching 9 per cent in the next three years. Business from Japan grew almost 35 per cent last year and we expect healthy growth from this region.

The company has been in Japan for over 10 years but in the past two years, the momentum of deals has increased considerably. For the last two years, we have been very focused on this market in terms of the time we spend there, as well as in understanding the cultural aspects

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Zensar Launches New Recession Package For Global and Indian Customers called "Impact Sourcing"

Zensar Technologies Ltd, the global technology and business services offshoring firm has launched an innovative service called ‘Impact Sourcing’ for its global customers facing pressure on costs and revenues due to the ongoing economic slowdown. This service is being simultaneously offered in the USA, Europe, Japan and India and the Company expects to garner over 40 million USD of new business through this innovative service in the next ten months.


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Indian IT geek develops digital 'sixth sense' at MIT

It’s a digital prototype called “sixth sense” that is currently being evaluated by major companies like Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Samsung. The brain behind this device is the 28-year-old Indian-born Pranav Mistry, a researcher at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


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“We treat our Channel as an extension of Adobe”

Adobe software solutions have revolutionized how the world engages with ideas and information. Targeting a good market share In India, Adobe plans to increase its presence in the country with the help of its channel partners. Shriram Krishnamachari, Head – Channel Sales, Adobe India, the shares company’s plans with VARIndia


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Nokia Sends $35 Million to Obopay to Develop Mobile Payments

Obopay, a mobile payment service, just raised $35 million in funding from Nokia. But its next task is a lot harder: convincing people to ditch cash and credit cards and instead pay for purchases with their cellphones.

That vision is far from being a reality in the United States. In India, where Obopay also operates, mobile payments are more popular, and the developing world could end up being Obopay’s biggest market, though it faces stiff competition, most notably from eBay’s PayPal service.


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Friday, March 20, 2009

MindTree to split biz into 5 units

MindTree has decided to restructure its business into five independent business units under different CEOs as it looks to rapidly expand each of these segments. Effective April 1, the proposed restructuring will see the CEOs report to the group CEO.
The five units are IT services, product engineering services which include research and development.
(R&D) and outsource product development (OPD), testing, infrastructure management and technical support (IMTS), and a new area called knowledge services. Currently, MindTree has two business units — IT services contributing 79% in revenues and R&D 21%.


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IXIA launches Industry leading VOIP Testing …

Ixia, a leading supplier of IP test systems, today announced the next generation in residential and business VoIP testing. With its ultra-high performance, IxLoad™ Voice matches the capacity of modern media gateways with an unprecedented 1 million SIP- and RTP-based endpoints per chassis – five times the capacity of its nearest competing product.

Ixia’s new Acceleron™-XP load module implements voice protocols with hardware to reach these major capacity milestones. Ixia, a leading supplier of IP test systems, today announced the next generation in residential and business VoIP testing. With its ultra-high performance, IxLoad™ Voice matches the capacity of modern media gateways with an unprecedented 1 million SIP- and RTP-based endpoints per chassis – five times the capacity of its nearest competing product. Ixia’s new Acceleron™-XP load module implements voice protocols with hardware to reach these major capacity milestones.


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HDNL Appoints New Sales & Marketing Director - Mike Snell

Snell joins HDNL from Asda Wal Mart where he was commercial Director for Entertainment for the General Merchandise pat of their business


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HDNL Launch SMS Text Message Delivery Service

HDNL launched an innovative new SMS text message service …


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Maersk Tankers ready to enter market for CO2 transportation

APM prepared to enter into the CO2 transportation market to help promote Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), one of the technologies identified as key to mitigate the effects of climate change.


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EMC Brings The Power Of Automated Root Cause

EMC Brings The Power Of Automated Root Cause Analysis To Virtual Infrastructures With EMC Smarts Server Manager.


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Symmentricon Expands portfolio

Symmentricon Expands portfolio with Industry first carrier Class IEEE 1588 GrandMaster Server Blade.


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U4EA Technologies to Supply SimpleSignal with Multi-service Business Gateways

U4EA announced that SimpleSignal will begin deploying U4EA's Fusion series Multi-service Business Gateways (MSBG) with SimpleSignal's hosted VoIP and SIP trunking services to small and medium businesses (SMBs). SimpleSignal delivers converged voice, video and data over broadband to small to medium business (SMB) through affiliates, resellers and wholesale partners throughout the United States.


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Dubai Bank expands reach to SMEs

Dubai Bank announced its strategic partnership with the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED), with the opening of the bank’s new branch in DED’s headquarters in Deira, Dubai.


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Customer Event Calendar







Customer NameEventDateVenueBooth NO:
IXIAIPTV World Forum March 25-27, 2009Olympia Exhibition Centre, London, UK34
  AFCEA Technology Showcase at the
DISA Customer Partnership Conference
April 20-22, 2009Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA667
U4EAMetaSwitch Forum: No Limits April 6-9, 2009Mandalay Bay Hotel,Las Vegas, Nevada 
ZebraISC WestApril 1-3, 2009Sands Expo & Convention Ctr
Vegas, Nevada
12109
  HIMSSApril 5-8, 2009McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
4137


Oracle profit - tops estimates

Oracle Corp. says its profit and the sale of new software licenses dipped in the latest quarter. But the results were better than Wall Street anticipated.


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SAP names Sanjay Deshmukh as VP, Business User

SAP Business Objects, a provider in business software, today announced the appointment of Sanjay Deshmukh as the vice president, Business User, SAP, Indian subcontinent.

Presently, based out of Mumbai, Sanjay would be responsible for its growth strategy and operations in India, said a press release.


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Zylog launches mobile, business power add-ons

Zylog Systems Limited, a provider in software solutions and services, announced on Wednesday the launch of 'Mobile Power' and 'Business Power' suite of add-ons to extend Microsoft Dynamics' CRM, GP and NAV to Windows Mobile, Blackberry,iPhone and Android mobile devices.

Zylog's 'Mobile Power' and 'Business Power' products suite were demonstrated at the Microsoft Convergence 2009 event held in New Orleans, LA between March 9-13, said a press release.


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HCL bags $350 mn outsourcing deal from Readers' Digest

HCL Technologies on Monday announced it has bagged a seven-year, $350-million total IT services outsourcing contract from media firm The Readers' Digest Association (RDA). Under the deal, HCL will provide applications development and maintenance (ADM) services and infrastructure support to the New York- headquartered publisher of the Readers’ Digest. The Indian IT services firm will also take over some RDA employees under the deal.


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Infosys Looking at Healthcare Buyouts

Indian IT giant Infosys Technologies is looking for a $100-200 million in the healthcare services space. The company is looking at small acquisitions and has already started evaluating firms in France and Germany. It is also looking at the Japanese market. (DNA)


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Sun Micro takes on Amazon in cloud computing

Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is preparing to take on web retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in the fledgling market for "cloud" computing services that can be accessed via the Internet.

Sun, which sells high-end business computers, will lease the use of servers and data storage space to developers who can access those resources over the Web.


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IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal

If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has nearly buried itself developing.
The proposed acquisition would be IBM's biggest yet. It would shake up Silicon Valley and the corporate computing world, marrying two traditional foes whose animosity was relatively recently squashed.


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Wipro Infotech implements Oracle's eBusiness suite in Mexico

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, announced that the company has implemented oracle's eBusiness Suite 11i for Flex Americas, S.A.DE C.V (subsidiary of uflex Ltd,India), in Mexico.
This implementation is a global business process rollout of Oracle's eBusiness Suite at their Mexico facility.


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SAP To Plug BI Into Business ERP

SAP is planning to infuse its Business All-in-One ERP (enterprise resource planning) product for midsized companies with preconfigured BI (business intelligence) software from its Business Objects division, the company announced at Cebit.


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MindTree Announces Two New Business Intelligence Offerings

The company is introducing its Corporate Performance Management (CPM) program, which provides an integrated view of business performance through a set of reports, analytics, dashboards and scorecards. The company is also introducing a BI Competency Center (BICC) program that increases the efficiency and agility of customer BI programs by deploying a Shared Services model.


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Top 10 Service Providers: OPD


1. Symphony Services
2. EPAM Systems
3. Luxoft
4. Ness Technologies
5. HCL Technologies
6. GlobalLogic
7. Exigen Services
8. L&T Infotech
9. MindTree
10. Mera Networks
Source: Global Services and neoIT, 2009 Global Services 100 Study.


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Recession is best time for entrepreneurs as resources are cheap

Silicon Valley veteran Kanwal Rekhi’s belief that an economic slowdown is about the best time to invest in technology start-ups stems from his own experience


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Friday, March 13, 2009

Tech Mahindra in talks to buy B’lore start-up Sloka Telecom

Tech Mahindra is in discussions to acquire Bangalore-based niche telecom solutions player Sloka Telecom. People close to the situation said the five-year-old tech start-up, Sloka Telecom, has put a price tag of Rs 30-35 crore but there is no agreement on a final transaction.


Sloka provides solutions in the areas of fixed WiMax, Mobile WiMax and 3G. The company claimed that its patent pending technology architecture gives price advantage in making smaller and cheaper telecom base stations primarily finding application in the semi-urban and rural areas.


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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Oracle unveils Oracle Sourcing On Demand

Oracle unveiled Oracle Sourcing On Demand, a software-as-a-service solution that drives more efficient and effective strategic sourcing.

Based on Oracle Sourcing and Oracle Sourcing Optimization, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, Oracle Sourcing On Demand is pre-configured and hosted by Oracle experts, enabling reduced time-to-value and accelerated ROI.


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SAP, Sybase plan iPhone, Windows mobile software

Software makers SAP AG and Sybase Inc have teamed up to make it easier for businesses to run SAP's business management software on mobile devices including Apple Inc's iPhone.

SAP, the world's biggest maker of business management software, is already working with Research in Motion Ltd to develop programs for its BlackBerry devices. This is the first time the German software company has announced plans to customize its software for other devices.


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Google turns voicemail to email with new product

Google Inc is seeking to blur the line between the telephone and the computer even further with the introduction of Google Voice on Thursday.

The new service weaves traditional phone features with Google's Gmail email product, allowing a person to store transcripts of voicemail phone messages in their email inbox and to find a specific nugget of information within a phone message as if trawling through a sea of emails.


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Wipro Infotech bags ESIC deal

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd, said it won a six-and-half year IT outsourcing contract from Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). ESIC is a statutory corporation under the Ministry of Labour & Employment and is the implementing agency of a pioneering Social Security Scheme in the country.


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Wipro sets up consulting R&D arm

Technology major Wipro is planning a deep plunge into the global consulting market with the idea of competing with true-blue global consulting brands and IT consulting firms.

In preparation for this move, the company has carried out an in-depth study on select consulting majors including Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, McKinsey and Bain & Company to understand what made them stay different in the consulting world.


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Three in race for Satyam stake

Larsen & Toubro, Tech Mahindra and Spice Group are in the race to buy a 51% stake in the beleagured Satyam Computer Services.


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Sonata Software opens subsidiary in Dubai - Targets travel, tourism, hospitality and construction industries

IT service provider Sonata Software Ltd announced on Wednesday the opening of its one hundred per cent owned subsidiary at Dubai Internet City, the region's leading managed ICT cluster.


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Symphony top outsourced product development Company

Symphony Services, a provider of product engineering outsourcing services, today announced that Global Services and neoIT, through their Global Services 100 Study, has ranked Symphony as the top outsourced product development service provider for 2009. The Global Services 100 Study also ranked Symphony as one of the top 100 innovative service providers for 2009.


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AppLabs enters 'Global Services 100' list

AppLabs, a provider in quality management and certification solutions company announced today that the company has been named to 'The Global Services 100', a 2009 list of the top global providers of business and technology services, for the second straight year.

Global Services, a media platform by CyberMedia, facilitates the global service delivery for customers and service providers of IT and business-process outsourcing services.


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Patni appoints Mike Reynolds as Vice-President

Patni Computer Systems, a provider in IT services, today announced the appointment of Mike Reynolds as vice-president.

Mike would be handling with the specific responsibility for banking and financial services in EMEA, said a press release.

Prior to joining Patni, Mike was a partner at Accenture


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Microsoft Unified solutions through Virtusa save cost

Virtusa joins a growing number of organizations deploying Microsoft unified communications technologies, which bridges the best of telecommunications and computing with software that takes advantage of the existing telecommunications infrastructure.

Microsoft unified communications technologies offer customers a variety of options in how their communications and collaboration software is delivered, managed, and maintained be it on-premise, hosted by partners or hosted by Microsoft


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New Bluetooth Application Unveiled by MindTree and Texas Instruments

Multi-User Audio Streaming via Bluetooth technology unveiled by MindTree on Texas Instruments platforms

A new Bluetooth application where multiple users can listen to the same audio stream on different headsets connected to a mobile device has been unveiled by MindTree and Texas Instruments (TI) at the GSMA Mobile World Congress. With mobile phones evolving into key infotainment devices, OEMs are facing the challenge of developing innovative applications that cater to the trend. This breakthrough opens up a whole new range of multi-user scenarios like song-sharing or even watching a movie together.


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MindTree Announces Corporate Performance Management Program and Competency Center for Business Intelligence Customers

MindTree is introducing its Corporate Performance Management (CPM) program, which provides an integrated view of business performance through a set of reports, analytics, dashboards and scorecards. In addition, MindTree is introducing a BI Competency Center (BICC) program that increases the efficiency and agility of customer BI programs by deploying a Shared Services model.

The program employs a unique methodology that identifies organizational objectives, and translates them into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that can be monitored and acted upon accordingly.


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Infrastructure Management: Opportunities during tough time

Large enterprises in the US and Europe have taken a lead in outsourcing their infrastructure management to companies like IBM, HP and EDS (now part of HP), or even Indian IT services vendors like HCL, TCS, and Wipro. The model succeeded in providing huge cost savings and increased efficiency besides allowing them to focus on their core business.

Talking about India, about five years back larger organizations were managing their IT infrastructure through a dedicated IT department, that was initially created to provide services to internal customers. The only part which was outsourced was the annual maintainable contracts primarily for hardware related issues. No wonder, both MNC and Indian vendors saw an opportunity to replicate their global success into the Indian market. Thus infrastructure management services started to take root, driven primarily by the telecom and BFSI verticals.


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IBM ties up with Idhasoft

IBM, a global leader in offering hardware to software, services and consulting services, has joined hands with Idhasoft Limited to package healthcare IT solutions through its Smart Market initiative.

IBM would tag along the IT solutions developed by the Mumbai-based company for the healthcare industry. Idhasoft is among the few companies that IBM tied up with to offer the complete hardware-software-consulting services to the healthcare industry.


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Friday, March 6, 2009

The Collinson Group Partners With GlobalLogic to Enhance Its Current Product Development Capability

Collinson Latitude(TM), the applications division of The Collinson Group, a global leader in integrated marketing, insurance and travel membership services, announced it is partnering with GlobalLogic, Inc., the leader in global product development services, to help develop software products for the banking, hospitality and airline industries.


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New Bluetooth Application Unveiled by MindTree and Texas Instruments

Multi-User Audio Streaming via Bluetooth technology unveiled by MindTree on Texas Instruments platforms

A new Bluetooth application where multiple users can listen to the same audio stream on different headsets connected to a mobile device has been unveiled by MindTree and Texas Instruments (TI) at the GSMA Mobile World Congress. With mobile phones evolving into key infotainment devices, OEMs are facing the challenge of developing innovative applications that cater to the trend. This breakthrough opens up a whole new range of multi-user scenarios like song-sharing or even watching a movie together.


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Infosys aims to step up growth without hiring more professionals

India’s second-largest software exporter Infosys Technologies aims to increase its revenues from platform-based back-office solutions from around 2-3% to almost 10% over the next three years, as it seeks to grow revenues without hiring more professionals.

With around 17,000 professionals in Infosys’ BPO division, the company wants to pursue a non-linear model of growth by serving different customers using the same platform. A platform-based BPO service has widened its scope with increasing number of clients interested in this service.


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AppLabs Partners Platform Lab

AppLabs announce their partnership with the nation’s only state-funded IT test and training facility that offers short term physical or remote access to hardware, software and bandwidth for most types of performance. Â testing projects. This partnership will extend AppLabs performance testing capability.

This will expand AppLabs technology footprint by adding a new data center in the mid-western United States and will help Platform Lab grow their consultancy capabilities on a global level.


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HCL Tech bags Rs 393-cr IT contract from NIC

HCL Technologies has won a whopping Rs 393-crore contract from National Insurance Company (NIC) in a deal keenly contested by top Indian IT companies as well as multinationals.

The contract is a seven-year partnership that involves implementing a slew of software applications and maintaining them, besides supporting the insurer’s IT infrastructure.

For HCL, the bulk of the revenue will come from deciding which applications are best suited for the insurance company, designing the data centre where these applications will be hosted, and implementing the software and networking for users.


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Sonata Software opens subsidiary in Dubai - Targets travel, tourism, hospitality and construction industries

IT service provider Sonata Software Ltd announced on Wednesday the opening of its one hundred per cent owned subsidiary at Dubai Internet City, the region's leading managed ICT cluster.


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Zensar to launch Media Freedom in India

Zensar Technologies has announced its strategic partnership with TwoFour Media, one of UK's largest broadcast television company. The two would now launch Media Freedom product for the first time in India.

It is an advanced asset management system, with built-in collaboration tools, and its associated suite of capability modules enables media content of any format to be acquired, published and delivered to end users live or on-demand, anywhere, on any connected device; including personal computers, mobile and TV via a Set Top Box (STB).


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Zensar to add 600 staff by end of 2009

Zensar Technologies would be looking to recruit between 500 and 600 employees this year, over and above our present count of 5,000 across India.

The employees recruited would be mainly in the lower and middle management level. The meltdown had made the approach of IT companies very conservative but overall recruitments would not stop. Though the phenomenal growth rates of 25 per cent plus that IT companies witnessed till a year back has come down, companies continue to grow and there will be need for more employees.


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Hexaware puts 350 people on virtual bench, salary cut on anvil

In a bid to control costs and further improve current utilization, IT major, Hexaware Technologies, will soon introduce a salary reduction for employees above certain levels and also put 350 personnel, currently non-billable, on to a "virtual bench".

A salary reduction between 2-10 per cent for employees above certain levels will be introduced, effective April.


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Patni Appoints four new senior executives

Patni Computer Systems a provider in global IT services, today announced the appointment of four new senior executives to expand its operation in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) area.

The appointments are an integral part of Patni's overall strategy to build a significant operation in Europe to complement its business operations in the US and India, said a press release.


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Patni becomes SAP services partner in Japan

Patni Computer Systems, leading global IT and BPO services provider, on Tuesday announced a local SAP services partnership with SAP Japan, aimed at the Japanese market.

The partnership would allow Patni enhance its proficiency in delivering high value to its customers as an SAP services partner in Japan, the company said in a statement.


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10 Internet companies to watch out for in 2009

The companies chosen are founded or managed by Indians in the U.S. and picked from among a huge number of nominations.

The companies are:
1 Adchemy http://www.adchemy.com
2 BuzzBox http://www.buzzbox.com
3 Chitika http://www.chitika.com
4 Connectbeam http://www.connectbeam.com
5 Guru.com http://www.guru.com
6 InXero http://www.inxero.com
7 PlaySpan http://corp.playspan.com
8 Retrevo http://www.retrevo.com
9 SecondSpace http://www.secondspace.com
10 TalentTrove http://www.talenttrove.com

It is really interesting to watch the fresh ideas being executed this time around as compared to the first dot com era. The new age companies have not just changed the business rules but also have altered the rules of the world.


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