In 2000, when Internet companies across the world were shutting shop, this start-up refused to join the crowd and continued with its operations despite the losses -- a move that defied conventional business logic at that time.
Pirates won't have it easy any more as the organised market gets savvy.
The O2 Xda Atom Life's size does not hamper the use of this feature-packed smart phone.
The Human Resources Ministry is seriously attempting to manufacture laptops at almost half the price of the cheapest mobile -$10 or just Rs 420.
Initial fears of Internet access charges rising by 6-12 per cent following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations to impose an annual licence fee for Internet Service Providers appear to be unfounded.
WNS, for instance, has 1,200 people in Nashik, a tier II city. It is looking at expanding its presence in tier II cities.
The domestic market for business process outsourcing - which is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 50 per cent - is catching the attention of BPO companies that have traditionally catered to the international market.
A start-up by three friends with Angel investment of Rs 1.5 crore, NautankiTV has close to 40 per cent of its users from the US and UK.
PDA-like phones for the no-wires, no-worries professionals of today.
HP's dx2700 might not parallel Vaio in looks but the machine delivers.
The domestic business intelligence sector is fast outgrowing its infancy, thanks to an increase in mergers and acquisitions.
Fierce competition and a fall in hardware and component prices have resulted in handset prices dropping 10-50 per cent across brands over the last 12 months.
Sony's price logic has come under the scanner as its nearest competitor, the Microsoft Xbox 360, is available at price variants of Rs 27,750 and Rs 19,990.
It is powered by the fastest processor currently used in the Symbian operating system devices and is faster than Dopod D600, a Windows Mobile 5 PDA.
However, projections made over the last few years indicate a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80-90 per cent. Research firm TPI believes this is "not easily achievable".
With the country's DVD market growing rapidly, online rentals are the next big thing.
Paris-based IT major Capgemini is scouting for three more acquisitions amounting to over $1 billion (around Rs 4,300 crore or Rs 43 billion). It is looking at the business process outsourcing (BPO), product engineering and local consulting space.
The machine, which weighs almost 2.5 Kg, has washed its hands off the traditional fingerprint reader that most of contemporary laptops sport.
The salaries of hardware engineers in the Indian information technology industry have nearly doubled over the last two years and yet the exodus to software continues, according to an Elixir Web Solutions survey.
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