Leslie D'monte And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra In New Delhi, Bangalore

Stories by Leslie D'monte And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra In New Delhi, Bangalore

Ernst & Young aboard UID project

Ernst & Young aboard UID project

Rediff.com   3 Mar 2010

Professional services firm Ernst & Young has bagged the contract from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to become a consulting partner for the project.

BSNL to launch money transfers on mobile

BSNL to launch money transfers on mobile

Rediff.com   22 Feb 2010

New SMS-based service to be offered in association with India Post.

Wipro unlikely to take fraud accused to court

Wipro unlikely to take fraud accused to court

Rediff.com   19 Feb 2010

Wipro, the information technology to soaps conglomerate, says it is unlikely, at least for now, to file a formal complaint against the employee who recently siphoned off around $4 million (around Rs 18 crore) from the company's bank account by accessing a colleague's password.

Canara, Union Bank end teaser home loans

Canara, Union Bank end teaser home loans

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2010

Teaser loans may be on their way out with Canara Bank and Union Bank of India opting to withdraw the scheme in anticipation of a high interest rates.

Wipro to give India staffers 9% pay hike

Wipro to give India staffers 9% pay hike

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2010

This will also apply to those working temporarily on onsite projects.

IT majors vie for $500-mn Danish pension fund deal

IT majors vie for $500-mn Danish pension fund deal

Rediff.com   8 Jan 2010

The contract, according to the sources, include two different components - one for mainframe and IT infrastructure support and management.

Insiders elevated to head Infy's BPO and KPO arms

Insiders elevated to head Infy's BPO and KPO arms

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2010

Swaminathan D ('Swami' Swaminathan), the current COO and senior vice president of Infosys BPO, is now the CEO and MD.

Infosys unfazed as seniors exit

Infosys unfazed as seniors exit

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2009

Over 100 people, including 20 senior consultants and at least six VPs, have quit Infosys in 6 months.

Nordic labour unrest hits outsourcing to India

Nordic labour unrest hits outsourcing to India

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2009

The ripples of inflexible labour laws and active labour unions -- which affected information technology outsourcing by European countries, especially France and Germany -- are now being felt in the Nordic region, too. Recently, protests by the staff union forced Handelsbanken, a leading Swedish bank, to award the IT outsourcing contract to a local company after cancelling plans to award the contract to an Indian Tier-I vendor.

Three IT firms bag $600 million Walmart deal

Three IT firms bag $600 million Walmart deal

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2009

Walmart has selected three IT vendors in India -- Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and UST Global -- for multi-year contracts worth over $600 million (around Rs 2,750 crore).

Murthy says VC fund for life after retirement

Murthy says VC fund for life after retirement

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2009

Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of India's second-largest information technology services provider Infosys Technologies, has asserted that he has set up the Catamaran Venture Fund to occupy himself once he retires from Infosys in 2011.

Infy may acquire European cos for $400-500 mn

Infy may acquire European cos for $400-500 mn

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2009

Infosys, for long, had been trying to strengthen its consulting practice as clients are now asking for more advisory-related work. Consulting and enterprise solution business together constitutes about 25 per cent Infosys' business today.

Your SMS is not secure, but help is at hand

Your SMS is not secure, but help is at hand

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2009

SMS messages can be easily wiretapped from outside the network operator's environment using equipment available in the black market.

Master technology first; be a manager later: Infy

Master technology first; be a manager later: Infy

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2009

Infosys Technologies has decided that its staffers must have at least six years of having worked on technology responsibilities before being asked to head a project.

Yardley gives Wipro the premium edge

Yardley gives Wipro the premium edge

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2009

The heritage brand's journey from Bond Street to Sarjapur Road will give a facelift to Wipro's fast moving consumer goods portfolio.

Reva to rope in franchises for production abroad

Reva to rope in franchises for production abroad

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2009

Electric car manufacturer Reva is planning manufacturing facilities abroad under a franchise model to penetrate those markets.

Obama's healthcare plan to benefit Indian IT cos

Obama's healthcare plan to benefit Indian IT cos

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2009

The chances that US President Obama will achieve a near-universal healthcare system have dramatically improved after a lone Republican, Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, prepared to vote with Democrats for a compromise proposal. This gives Obama a much better chance of achieving the 60 votes he needs to pass a Bill in the Senate.

Bangalore may lead realty revival

Bangalore may lead realty revival

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2009

Bangalore has emerged as a clear preference for sectors like office and retail, while coming a close third in the residential and hospitality according to Cushman & Wakefield, a retail estate research firm.

IIT faculty turn to 'Gandhigiri' for pay hike

IIT faculty turn to 'Gandhigiri' for pay hike

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2009

Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands for enhanced allowances, faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to express its dissatisfication with the Centre in a novel way.

How Airtel helps tax collectors, traffic police

How Airtel helps tax collectors, traffic police

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2009

Mobile applications will now take centre-stage as Bharti Airtel grows its business.