Prospects brighten for small IT firms

The big information technology companies may have rolled out decent numbers for the June quarter on the back of an improving demand in financial services and other emerging verticals, but the......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

India to see an uptake in desktop virtualisation

With virtualisation being the new buzzword in IT, India is expected to witness momentum in the field of desktop virtualisation as more and more enterprises drive efforts at scaling down cost of per......

Flat growth likely for IT firms in Q4

The market was expecting the October-December 2007-08 quarter to be subdued for most mid- and small-cap IT firms. However, most results fell below analysts' expectations. With the uncertainty......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......