From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
Chinese PC maker Lenovo is preparing the ground to occupy the top position in the enterprise PC market in India.
Mozilla showcased a smartphone prototype costing as little as $25 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, targeting developing countries including India and China.
Tech giant Apple has launched the 8GB version of its iPhone 5C in India for Rs 37,500, a move aimed at capturing a larger share of the burgeoning smartphone market in India.
There has been an average decline of 11 per cent in the placement of engineering graduates from 111 technology schools in 2009 compared to the previous year, except for 16 of them which recorded cent per cent absorption, according to the 5th IDC-Dataquest T-School, 2009 survey.
Technology giant Apple on said the sales of its new iPhones are on pace to beat last year's record of 10 million units during the first weekend.
Their fears were not unfounded, since the average salary increases of information technology professionals was down to 1.4 per cent for 2009.
The beta version has seen over 1.3 mn downloads; over 2,000 firms in India are moving to the latest version.
More people are opting for licensed software, bringing down piracy levels to 65 per cent in 2009 from 68 per cent a year ago, a BSA-IDC report on Tuesday said.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
Indian automobile units are employing more and more robots to improve your car's efficiency. India is catching up well as world over, the latest technologies is redefining outdated manufacturing processes.
The average annual salary of graduates of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology has dropped by 5 per cent, while that of the National Institutes of Technology graduates has increased by 6 per cent.
The combined India domestic IT-ITeS market will grow by 15 per cent in 2010 to hit revenues to the tune of Rs 1,20,666 crore.
India also saw a decline in piracy level to 60 per cent in 2013 from 63 per cent in 2011.
Indian IT companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, Infosys and Satyam, besides MNCs such as IBM, are working towards becoming carbon neutral while simultaneously converting their expertise in this area to help global companies become environment-friendly.
iGate Corporation, the integrated technology and operations company, on Thursday announced that its subsidiary iGate Global Solutions Limited has been ranked the top IT employer in India in Dataquest-IDC's 8th annual survey.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has retained its number one position in terms of market share of total PC (personal computer -- both desktops and notebooks) shipments in the first quarter of calendar year 2009, according to research firm IDC.
Analysts say that Jio's substantial slowing down in net additions is possibly because the company has dramatically reduced its bundled 4G feature phone offering, which contributed an average 30-40 per cent of its net additions.
Delhi was named the Best e-Governed State of 2007, according to the 3rd Dataquest-IDC e-Gov Survey 2008. Goa, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala followed Delhi according to the study that was conducted across 20 states in the country. Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab featured in the top 10. Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, was ranked sixth overall.
The India PC market performance in 2Q CY2009 has shown what may be termed as early signs of a revival.
India has shipped close to 85 million mobile handsets between April 2007 and March 2008, compared to under 66 million units shipped in the previous fiscal, registering an year-on-year growth of around 29 per cent.
The Indian IT and IT-enabled services industry is expected to grow at 10.8 per cent in 2009, the lowest in the last five years, due to the global economic meltdown, a report said.
Even states like Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh which were way behind, have now gone several notches up in their rankings. The survey has also exposed another southern state Andhra Pradesh which has fallen to number eight from the earlier fifth position. Politically-sensitive Gujarat has witnessed a major fall in its ranking by dropping 15 levels to occupy the 19th position.
As 4G internet completes coverage of the entire country, rural markets have become the primary generator of sales.
International Data Corp. analyst Conrad Chang thinks so, based mainly on the mainland's solid investment in skills and infrastructure.
Escalating printing costs and a lack of understanding of technologies are forcing firms to look for alternative solutions to cut costs in document production.
'IIT-ians want to contribute to nation building and the Pan IIT meet provides a channel to do that. We want to move beyond words and set up an action plan for this,' says Pradeep Gupta.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) bagged the top spot, both in terms of factory revenues as well as unit shipments during the second quarter of the year, followed by IBM.
Indian PC market has grown by 20% in 2007. The consumer PC category is transitioning from a desktop-centric to a notebook-centric phase of growth.
S Somasegar, corporate VP, Microsoft, speaks about Vista and other products that the team at IDC, Hyderabad are working on.
Computer hardware majors like Dell, HP and HCL launch products to woo companies.
During the third quarter of 2007, the overall Indian personal computer (notebooks and desktop combined) market grew 25.1 per cent year-on-year, in terms of unit shipments, to 1.8 million. For the same period last year, desktop PC shipments showed growth of 10.9 per cent.
With 10-12 million users, India is a good market for smartphone security software companies.
The average Rs 6,20,000 per annum salary was significant, considering the 30-40 per cent annual incrase in the talent pool of the top 50 companies, a nation wide survey by IDC India for Cybermedia's flagship publication Dataquest said.
Top five vendors captured more than 50% of the total contract value.
The PC assembling segment has held firm despite stiff competition from branded players.
The Indian software and BPO segment will grow at a rate of more than 16 per cent to become a $ 132 billion industry by 2012, global infotech analyst International Data Corporation said. Together with IT and ITeS, and exports revenue of Rs 3,20,278 crore (Rs 3.2 trillion), the total IT and ITeS industry would grow to Rs 5,29,976 crore ($ 132 billion) by 2012, representing a growth of 16.5 per cent, said IDC. Exports continue to be the biggest segment at Rs 97,492 cr (Rs 974).
The Indian information technology and related services industry is predicted to become a $100 billion plus industry by 2011, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent, states an IDC report.
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