Shivani Shinde &Amp; Leslie D'Monte In Mumbai

Stories by Shivani Shinde &Amp; Leslie D'Monte In Mumbai

India's tryst with the millennium

India's tryst with the millennium

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2007

As the world trembled in anticipation of the Y2K disaster, India awoke to outsourcing.

Rs 250 cr Idea contract for IBM

Rs 250 cr Idea contract for IBM

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2007

The companies are expected to announce the deal soon.

Desktop dilemma

Desktop dilemma

Rediff.com   10 Jul 2007

Purchasing a desktop or a laptop today is both easy and complex.

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.

'Unlocked' iPhone to come with non-replaceable bat

'Unlocked' iPhone to come with non-replaceable bat

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2007

This is because Apple's iPhone battery replacement programme requires that you send the phone back to Apple in the US -- which you cannot if you have bought it from the grey market.

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.

TCS strengthens patent portfolio

TCS strengthens patent portfolio

Rediff.com   30 Jun 2007

During 2006-07, it made 25 patent applications and was granted three patents.

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.

Game developers eye Bollywood for content

Game developers eye Bollywood for content

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2007

Game developers are increasingly eyeing Bollywood production houses to create content.

Dell eyes sales through retail stores

Dell eyes sales through retail stores

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2007

With the first Dell personal computers going on sale in Wal-Mart Stores in the US and Puerto Rico, the $56 billion company is reportedly planning to sell its PCs through retail stores in Asia (including India) and Australia.

Indian IT cos global giants? Not yet

Indian IT cos global giants? Not yet

Rediff.com   19 Jun 2007

Indian IT firms still have a way to go before they can stand up and be counted among the global giants.

Microsoft India plans low-cost solutions

Microsoft India plans low-cost solutions

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2007

MSIDC has a strong team of 1,300 people, and Koppolu said the team would be further strenghtened. The team's success stories include Microsoft Dynamics Snap that was fully developed at MSIDC within a period of six months.

Latin America lures Indian IT firms

Latin America lures Indian IT firms

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2007

The report, however, cautions that weak English-speaking skills and lack of international experience among Brazilian workers make many of them unsuitable for employment.

Latin America lures Indian IT firms

Latin America lures Indian IT firms

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2007

The report, however, cautions that weak English-speaking skills and lack of international experience among Brazilian workers make many of them unsuitable for employment.

e-commuting fast catching up in India

e-commuting fast catching up in India

Rediff.com   28 May 2007

Nareshchandra Singh, an IT analyst with global research and analyst firm Gartner, takes only a few seconds to reach his office from home.

IT-BPO firms beat wage inflation blues

IT-BPO firms beat wage inflation blues

Rediff.com   24 May 2007

Despite rising salaries, the country can sustain the cost advantage for another 10-15 years.

Future to revamp IT, puts in Rs 400 cr

Future to revamp IT, puts in Rs 400 cr

Rediff.com   22 May 2007

Future Group, the Rs 2,000-crore (Rs 20-billion) Indian retail giant, is set to invest close to Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) over a period of three years to revamp its IT infrastructure.

Rediff.com comes up trumps

Rediff.com comes up trumps

Rediff.com   18 May 2007

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.

Beat the copy-cats at their own game

Beat the copy-cats at their own game

Rediff.com   16 May 2007

Pirates won't have it easy any more as the organised market gets savvy.