Leslie D Monte And Shivani Shinde

Stories by Leslie D Monte And Shivani Shinde

Know which chip best processes your PC

Know which chip best processes your PC

Rediff.com   21 Jun 2010

Ask the salesperson, and you may have a tough time filtering the hardsell to arrive at a meaningful decision, if you are uninitiated.

Hiring back as attrition soars to prick IT firms

Hiring back as attrition soars to prick IT firms

Rediff.com   19 Jun 2010

With the economy giving positive signals, hiring is back. However, so is attrition, with disgruntled employees demanding more or moving to greener pastures to make up for lost time and money.

Gold adds shine to PE portfolio

Gold adds shine to PE portfolio

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2010

Low delinquency rates, huge demand attract investors to the unique gold financing sector.

Beware of 'FIFA mails'; cybercriminals at play

Beware of 'FIFA mails'; cybercriminals at play

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

Cybercriminals thrive on sporting events (and natural disasters) by sending e-mails that include offer for fake tickets, attached malware in videos containing FIFA highlights and fake FIFA merchandise offers.

Cities, buildings are becoming smarter

Cities, buildings are becoming smarter

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2010

The 250,000 citizens of Songdo, a business district which borders the Yellow Sea in Incheon, a free economic zone in South Korea, are seeing hectic activity. Every nook and corner is being wired. The idea is to have everything connected -- buildings, cars and even energy grids.

 TCS, Wipro shortlisted for UID project

TCS, Wipro shortlisted for UID project

Rediff.com   28 May 2010

Domestic information technology services majors Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Technologies and Tech Mahindra and global players like IBM and Japan-based NEC are among the 10 shortlisted companies for the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification Authority of India biometrics job.

Reliance Radio: Entertainment and beyond

Reliance Radio: Entertainment and beyond

Rediff.com   27 May 2010

All the 700-odd employees of RMWL will get new cards and stationary with a new signature logo which will have RMWL as the umbrella brand and the business divisions alongside -- BIG FM, BIG Live, BIG Street, BIG Digital.

Social networking sites may irrupt your privacy

Social networking sites may irrupt your privacy

Rediff.com   24 May 2010

Sites like Facebook and Orkut may be great for connecting with others, but they also provide a sure-fire way for broadcasting intimate details about you.

 'We run ERP on private clouds today'

'We run ERP on private clouds today'

Rediff.com   17 May 2010

Peter Gartenberg, SAP India Managing Director tells about the changes taking place at SAP globally

UID number: Challenges and security concerns

UID number: Challenges and security concerns

Rediff.com   13 May 2010

People tend to think that online means access to information on the fly. But that does not mean that any individual can access the data, says Sunil Chandiramani.

He helps millions find their way accurately

He helps millions find their way accurately

Rediff.com   6 May 2010

Indian-born Sanjai Kohli has won the prestigious European Inventor Award 2010 for making GPS a consumer product

NTT close to buying out Patni promoters

NTT close to buying out Patni promoters

Rediff.com   1 May 2010

Japan's leading information technology services and solutions provider, NTT Data Corporation, has emerged as the most aggressive suitor for Indian software services firm Patni Computer Systems. NTT is in advanced talks with the promoters of Patni Computer to buy their combined 46.5 per cent stake, investment banking sources said.

MindTree pips IBM to bag first UID project

MindTree pips IBM to bag first UID project

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2010

MindTree, the Bangalore-based information technology services provider, has bagged the application development services segment of the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification (UID) project, renamed as 'Aadhaar'. This is the first of the many IT projects that has come up for bidding till date.

IT/BPO firms increase hiring but exercise caution

IT/BPO firms increase hiring but exercise caution

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2010

India's second-largest software services company, Infosys Technologies, for instance, plans to hire close to 30,000 this financial year.

Infy eyeing at least two deals every quarter

Infy eyeing at least two deals every quarter

Rediff.com   27 Apr 2010

Infosys, India's second-largest information technology services provider, believes winning two to five 'transformational' deals in the range of $30-80 million for the company every quarter could become a norm.

MindTree may bag first UID IT project

MindTree may bag first UID IT project

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2010

Close to 19 firms had bid for it.

No place for Big 3 in first UID project

No place for Big 3 in first UID project

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2010

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies and Wipro were eliminated from the selection process for the project on technical grounds. Another IT major, HCL Technologies, was also rejected. The size of the project is not yet known.

Google attempts to get Buzz back on feet

Google attempts to get Buzz back on feet

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2010

Some users, for instance, see no sense in cluttering up their Gmail accounts with Buzz messages.

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2010

Polaris gets over 90 per cent of its revenue from exports. Till financial year 2009-10, the company did not actively think about a strategy to buy space in a special economic zone.

Tech Mahindra arm to launch mobile applications

Tech Mahindra arm to launch mobile applications

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2010

CanvasM, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Motorola, is planning to launch 6,000 new indigenously developed applications for mobile phones.