IBM's attempt to patent a technology that would help companies to figure out which jobs to send overseas getting a quiet burial. The company today confirmed that it has withdrawn its patent application for "outsourcing of services" which it had filed on July 12 this year.
It's for the first time that someone from the industry will hold the position of president at Nasscom.
Typically used by businesses or users as email devices, smartphones are more data-centric and have a suite of productivity tools like Word, PDF viewer, voice to text converter and a PC-like web browser.
Tata Teleservices along with Samsung recently launched a dual phone called Samsung Duo that supports a CDMA and a GSM SIM connection. Spice, too, has introduced its own rendition with the Spice D88 model that supports both GSM & CDMA connections.
Scouting for talent in metros and larger towns is expensive. The cost of acquiring candidates at the entry level jobs for most IT, ITeS companies is estimated to be 15-17 per cent less than those in the metros and tier 1 cities.
The earnings of Indian IT companies in rupee terms are dwindling with every upward movement of the currency. The domestic currency has risen by 11.6 per cent this year to touch a nine-year high on Wednesday.
While Nokia remains the clear number one, the number two and three positions are seeing the real strategising.
Nortel Networks (India) is upgrading the communications at four Indian international airports, which should help make the staff more responsive to travellers.
PC brands are innovating furiously to come up with machines that appeal to the young.
Old economy companies such as Hero, M&M (Tech Mahindra), Aditya Birla, Essar, Hindujas and Larsen & Toubro have sprung into action with large acquisitions and major deals.
Sony Ericsson users in India will now be able to dial for entertainment services, watch recorded TV clips, and download a range of rich content on their handsets.
Laptops have obvious advantages, but the market for new-age desktops has never looked better.
Travel portals are looking to encash the rising mobile user base for their value-added services.
During a recent pilot test with 15,000 Airtel subscribers in Delhi and the NCR region, Affle claims to have boosted Airtel's average revenue per user by almost 8 per cent.
Online desktops could be the next big step in the IT revolution -- bandwidth permitting.
Mary McDowell, executive vice-president and general manager (enterprise solutions), Nokia, is not ready to rest on her laurels, yet. In the second quarter of 2007, Nokia's enterprise solutions unit recorded an operating profit of Euro99 million.
Asia-Pacific has been the only region to show growth in the business process outsourcing (BPO) market in the first half of 2007.
With its Black Label series, LG has gone to town on design and construction.
Competition with online international networks hots up in cyberspace.
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