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OUTLOOK: Slipping oil prices, easing inflation: IT industry to see better days ahead
Bangalore, Sept. 11 The sharp decline in oil prices and the easing inflationary pressures have raised hopes of the Indian IT industry to look for better prospects in the second-half of the current ...

SOFTWARE: IBM eyes aerospace, defence sectors
Evaluating strategies including partnerships. Stepping up its focus on the Indian market, International Business Machines Corp (IBM) is now eyeing the country’s aerospace and defence sectors with its enterprise optimisation and ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: RBI may cap charges on e-payment services
Banks fear hit on fee-based income, hope for higher volumes. Mumbai, Sept. 11 The Reserve Bank of India may fix maximum charges on the fees charged by banks on outstation cheque clearance and online fund transfers through RTGS and NEFT. ...

EVENTS: ‘IT industry must focus more on domestic market’
TN to have 5,000 Internet kiosks by October. Chennai, Sept. 11 The Indian information technology industry is neglecting the huge domestic market, and pursuing only exports, said Dr C. Chandramouly, Secretary, Information Technology, Government ...

VENTURE CAPITAL: Bharti Airtel launches Rs 200-cr venture fund
Seed capital for telecom start-ups. New Delhi, Sept 11 Bharti Airtel Ltd on Thursday announced the launch of a Rs 200-crore ‘Airtel Innovation Fund’ aimed at providing seed capital to start-up firms developing applications, ...

BUSINESS MODELS: 3i Infotech to adopt hub and spoke model
Service centres in rural areas for banking support. Mumbai, Sept. 11 Technology company 3i Infotech will assist banks and financial institutions in reducing the processing time for various back office operations by setting up 255 new service ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Satyam, MSC.Software tie up
Satyam Computer has announced that it has extended its strategic alliance with MSC.Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including software and services. This extended engagement allows aerospace and industrial ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: 7Seas bags biz award
Gaming developer 7Seas Technologies has announced it has bagged the 2008 International Stevie Business Award in the best Web site category for its online gaming portal onlinerealames.com. In a statement, the company said that the Managing ...

SOFTWARE: Domestic opportunity for IT vendors high: Gartner
Bangalore, Sept.11 IT end-user spending in India is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 per cent from 2007 through 2012 to generate $110 billion in 2012, according to forecast made by ...

HARDWARE: HCL Info keen on exports to Africa, South, West Asia
Mumbai, Sept. 11 Noida-based IT solutions major HCL Infosystems is keen to export its range of computers, laptops and other peripherals to countries in Africa, South Asia and Middle East. The $3.1-billion firm has already initiated the process ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Nokia N96 for Rs 34,999
New Delhi, Sept. 11 Nokia’s response to the iPhone — the N96 — has been launched in India for Rs 34, 999. ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: SAS partners TCS, Wipro
Mumbai, Sept. 11 Business Intelligence company SAS on Thursday announced a partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro ...

VENTURE CAPITAL: ALW closes funding for banking project
Bangalore, Sept. 11 A Little World Pvt Ltd (ALW), leveraging new generation technologies to enable financial inclusion at the bottom of the pyramid, has closed Rs 28.7 crore in Series B funding led by Bellwether Microfinance Fund Pvt Ltd and ...

SECURITY: Spam warning from Websense
With less than two months to go for the start of US Presidential election, e-mails circulating fake news of a sex scandal affecting one of the candidates is said to be doing the rounds. And Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network, ...

From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Moolah in MVN?
Is there money to be made by taking to the Mobile Virtual Network Operator route in India? eWorld sought to hear the market’s message.. What is common to supermarket firm Tesco, coffee shop Tchibo, hamburger chain Hesburger, periodical ...

SECURITY: Handle with care
The UK government is grappling with cases of careless handling of sensitive information.. It is bad times for government departments in the United Kingdom holding sensitive information and struggling to protect it from anti-national and ...

INTERVIEW: ‘iPhone poses security challenges’
Appin Security Group on what it sees as hitches.. Looks like the iPhone, which was launched recently in India with a lot of fanfare, may not be without its own set of hitches. Rajat Khare, CEO, Appin Security Group (ASG) — an ...

BOOKS: Make alliances work
Despite more than 2,000 strategic tie-ups being launched worldwide each year, this terrain is fraught with failures.. Framework, organisation, and relationships — these three have to be right if you want your alliances to work, says Steve ...

INTERVIEW: Protection against online piracy
Safenet on the steps to be taken.. Rana Gupta is business head for India and SAARC at information security firm Safenet. In an exclusive interaction with eWorld, he shares his views on online piracy and the losses that companies face on this ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Where in New York is AMD planning a $3.2-billion computer chip manufacturing ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Bandwidth Monitor
Home Internet users who have subscribed to a limited bandwidth scheme may need to track their Internet usage. To check your monthly BSNL bandwidth usage, you can look up the following URLs: ...

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