Shivani Shinde &Amp; Ishita Russell In Mumbai

Stories by Shivani Shinde &Amp; Ishita Russell In Mumbai

HCL bullish on retail growth

HCL bullish on retail growth

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2007

The company will be taking its total outsourcing offering to the retailers in the small and medium enterprise category, whereas for the large retailers, it will pitch the best-of-the-breed target solutions to cater to specific problems.

PCs top hardware spend by SMEs

PCs top hardware spend by SMEs

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2007

Computer hardware majors like Dell, HP and HCL launch products to woo companies.

TCS, Wipro, Infosys increase branding investments

TCS, Wipro, Infosys increase branding investments

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2007

Infosys spent Rs 70 crore last year on its brand building exercise. The company underlines that it focuses on earning the respect of all its stakeholders.

.mobi has to catch up with mobiles

.mobi has to catch up with mobiles

Rediff.com   20 Aug 2007

It was one of the tech buzzwords of 2006

Sub-prime fear now haunts BPOs

Sub-prime fear now haunts BPOs

Rediff.com   20 Aug 2007

The US sub-prime lending crisis forced Mumbai-based WNS Holdings to revise its net income guidance by 60 per cent, and this is worrying the $8 billion business process outsourcing sector players and analysts.

Machines to make sales pitch on phone soon

Machines to make sales pitch on phone soon

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2007

Next time you answer the phone, chances are there won't be a caller at the other end, but a recorded message trying to sell a product or service. It doesn't expect an answer, but goads you to punch in a few keys in acceptance or simply hang up.

Gartner bullish on Dell India's retail model

Gartner bullish on Dell India's retail model

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2007

After having depended largely on direct online marketing since 1990s, Dell's personal computers are now on sale in Wal-Mart stores in the US and Puerto Rico.

BPOs around NCR cautious: car-jacking incident

BPOs around NCR cautious: car-jacking incident

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2007

The industry is non-committal on whether it is particularly vulnerable.

Brands fail to make inroads into PC market

Brands fail to make inroads into PC market

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2007

The PC assembling segment has held firm despite stiff competition from branded players.

Oracle not to delist i-flex for 5 more yrs

Oracle not to delist i-flex for 5 more yrs

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2007

To consider open offer if price falls below Rs 2,100 a share.

Govt websites in fire fighting mode

Govt websites in fire fighting mode

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2007

Thursday's flooding of the National Informatics Centre rendered most of the Indian government websites with the domain address 'nic.in' -- including the Prime Minister's and President's websites -- inaccessible.

SMEs set to spend $8 bn on IT infra this fiscal

SMEs set to spend $8 bn on IT infra this fiscal

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2007

The spend is an increase of 24 per cent over the previous year.

Midsize IT cos raising foreign funds

Midsize IT cos raising foreign funds

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2007

Mid-sized Indian IT companies are increasingly adopting the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds route to raise funds.

Rupee appreciation hits IT majors' revenues

Rupee appreciation hits IT majors' revenues

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2007

The revenue growth rate for Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys Technologies has declined by over 20 percentage points to about 25 per cent from over 45 per cent in the quarter ended June 2006.

Guarding secret data against 'enemies' within

Guarding secret data against 'enemies' within

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Enterprise rights management software, which controls access to any information being floated within an organisation, is set to see widespread use

Web 2.0 not hot in India yet

Web 2.0 not hot in India yet

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2007

Several Web 2.0 startups, however, have managed to get venture capital in the foreign markets and underatken studies to understand the market potential of Web 2.0 sites.

Zapak ties up for gaming content

Zapak ties up for gaming content

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2007

The company has entered into exclusive tie-ups with the US-based PopCap Games, Playfirst, and Russian game developer and distributor, Alawar, to provide content for casual (not the high-end ones) games.

China outsourcing sector no match for India

China outsourcing sector no match for India

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2007

China is promoting its information technology outsourcing sector as a rival to the market leader, India. The figures, however, paint a different story.

Dancing to beat the stress at BPO firms

Dancing to beat the stress at BPO firms

Rediff.com   3 Jul 2007

Sensing the high stress levels among employees that lead to lower productivity and higher attrition rates

A chip in your passport to make travel safer

A chip in your passport to make travel safer

Rediff.com   26 Jun 2007

TCS, NXP Semiconductors and Gemini Traze are already in the fray.