The National Association of Software and Services Companies on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide the software industry access to the national laboratories like Aeronautical Development Agency for taking up research and development
Satyam's newly-appointed CEO A S Murty has received a thumbs up from the company's board, which is "very happy" with the way he has shaped up so far in dealing with the evolving situation in the firm.
There were also reports that the board might opt for an open bidding process, which will bring in the much-required funds into the company. The board will also insist that only companies with a good track record can bid for the company. However, this could not be confirmed.
IT software industry trade body Nasscom has rejected allegations made by US senators of abuse of visas by some Indian companies.
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Expressing concern over the non-availability of qualified manpower for IT and ITeS companies, Nasscom on Tuesday said by year 2010 the industry would face a shortage of five lakh professionals.
Nasscom will float a Rs 100 cr fund to help individuals and small companies in setting up and innovating their business. Tata Consultancy Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd and ICICI Knowledge Park to be key investors.
The 41st convocation of Saurashtra University turned out to be a perfect platform for the Gujarat chief minister to make a case for English proficiency in the state.
India's software export target of $60 billion by 2010 will not be revised despite rupee appreciation, but the profitabilities of small IT companies and BPO sector are bound to suffer, Nasscom said on Wednesday.
With better infrastructure and quality human talent, Chennai fares better than Bangalore in attracting new investments from business process outsourcing and software firms
National Association of Software and Service Companies advocated the creation of Special Economic Zones
The appreciation of rupee as against the dollar does not augur well for the growth of IT and ITES industry, which was engaged in a dialogue with the government to partially offset the impact through setting up more IT export clusters, Nasscom said.
Industry body Nasscom is in the process of setting up of an independent self regulatory organisation, which will establish, monitor and enforce privacy and data protection standards for the ITES and BPO industry in the country.
Nasscom plans to introduce by this year-end a common certification in terms of skills and knowledge, that matches industry requirement.
Information technology firms that announced a boycott of the city's annual IT exposition protesting poor infrastructure received support from National Association of Software and Service Companies
India is gearing up to tap the huge engineering outsourcing opportunity and position itself as the world's hub for high value design and manufacturing destination, a top Nasscom official said on Monday.
The National Association of Software and Service companies has appointed S Ramadorai, chief executive officer, Tata Consultancy Services as the chairman of Nasscom for the year 2005-06.
IT software and services sector firms continue to be on a roll and very much on track to meet the $60 billion exports target by 2010.
It's for the first time that someone from the industry will hold the position of president at Nasscom.
Kiran Karnik, president of National Association of Software and Service Companies, apex body of India's software industry, was recently named the 'Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2005'. \n\n
Infotech publication Dataquest has chosen Tata Consultancy Services CEO Subramaniam Ramadorai as the 'IT man of the year 2004' and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp for its 'pathbreaker award' for the same period.
The national association of software and service companies in India has sought partnership with chartered accountants in the areas of information security and data privacy.
Indian software firms are being courted by American and European companies for research and developing solutions for fourth generation telecom products designed for deployment across the world, Kiran Karnik
Reacting to the red brigade's call for unionisation in the outsourcing industry, IT association Nasscom on Monday said working conditions in the business process outsourcing sector do not warrant formation of unions.
IT industry body Nasscom has asked the government to set up special or fast track courts for early conviction in cyber crimes matters.
Nasscom, the apex body for IT software companies has sought changes in the SEZ Act for the benefit of small firms which constitute a significant number in the industry.
National Association of Software and Service Companies chairman Kiran Karnik has said the Maharashtra government was not promoting information technology in a big way.\n\n\n\n
The National Association of Software and Services Companies and the Business Software Alliance have joined hands to check software piracy, which resulted in the loss of $367 million in 2004, in India.\n\n
National Association of Software and Service Companies on Monday condemned the arrest of e-commerce portal Baazee.com's CEO Avnish Bajaj in the Delhi Public School MMS scandal.
Nasscom president Kiran Karnik on Wednesday urged the West Bengal government to keep politics out of the IT industry and find new IT destinations in the districts of the state.
The National Association of Software and Service Companies has embarked upon a new initiative to check cyber crimes, for which the apex body of software professionals would team up with police force of major IT cities in the country.