Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Should IT companies allow trade unions?/Indians flock to Iraq for fast bucks-H Bolem

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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
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Five years back, Iraq was more of a terror destination and even guidelines floated to prevent Indians from venturing into the territory. However, with more than 80,000 Indians including techies working in the country, today it's a different story.
According to techies, though the sector is one of the largest employers, but the freedom to express problems within organizations is mostly curbed and it can also cause danger to their jobs.
Business
Signing of an off-shoring deal with BASF IT Services, Mahindra Satyam will enhance BASF's capacity to provide managed services for the company's extensive installed base of SAP, messaging and groupware as well as user administration.
The number of online banking fraud cases is more than double over the past three years. The number of Internet frauds rose from 102 in 2007 to 113 in the following year and 269 in 2009.
HP Office Jet pro cuts cost by 50%
Technology
The Microsoft Surface table-like PC will have a competition from atracTable from Sony. The device is powered by technology from Swiss company and sold the tech to Sony.
Dr. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering has developed a new plastic-based technology for the nano-photonics market, which manufactures optical devices and components.
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Finance
IDBI Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of state run IDBI Bank, announced its first new fund offer for 'IDBI Nifty Index Fund,' which is meant for Indian investors.
The United Arab Emirates based Emirates NBD has joined hands with HDFC Bank to help Indian clients remit money to India online - and fast.
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Magazine
Within 15 years, after a humble beginning in 1995, Synopsys has raised itself to a full-fledged corporate entity. Now its eyes are on India's multiple product stories as it aims to grab a larger share in it.
Virtualization is being used today by many IT organizations seeking to reduce their costs and improve overall agility.
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Klout, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides a service which measures influence on Twitter, has secured $1.5 million in Series A venture financing round.
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CXO Insights
New Trends in Architectural Designs Spur EDA Opportunities
Deepak Shankar, CEO of Mirabilis Design
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Cost efficiency: The Smart Trend Gaining Ground in EDA
Anupam Bakshi, Founder and CEO at Agnisys
Greater cost of developing new chips (upward of $100 million) is pushing certain trends in the industry. Verification continues to be a big challenge
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Monday, May 3, 2010

Attractive incentives to retain or poach talents/ Indian CEOs' pay packets swell-H Bolem

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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
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Companies which are in the pre-IPO stage and those looking at private equity deals, are keen to offer golden hellos to rope in high-profile executives who act as the face of the company, and also other incentives to retain talent.
Pay hikes given to CEOs in Indian firms were in the 33 percent range, just over twice their companies' profit growth in the year ended December 2009, according to a study.
Business
ICICI Bank has planned to hire up to 7,000 employees this financial year. ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar said that the bonus and increments are also declared for the employees.
As per the deal, Wipro will implement NetSuite in the Asia Pacific market and later expand into North America. The deal also intends to take cloud ERP into larger enterprises.
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Technology
AU Optronics has won the patent lawsuit against LG Display which may hinder the computer and handheld businesses. The lawsuit may affect LG's HDTV business and also Apple which has inked $500 million contract with LG for its screens.
Research In Motion is indeed working on a tablet with a codename BlackPad or Cobalt, the device is expected to get an 8.9-inch screen, with RIM reportedly ordering such displays from Hon Hai. This will be smaller and thinner than Apple's iPad.
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Finance
The Kerala-based Dhanalakshmi Bank announced a 25 basis points increase on its domestic term deposit rates across all maturities effective Monday.
The open ended scheme, AIG World Gold Fund topped the MF charts last week after seeing a growth rate of 5.6902 percent. As of April 29, 2010, the net asset value of the scheme was Rs. 12.42.
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Magazine
Within 15 years, after a humble beginning in 1995, Synopsys has raised itself to a full-fledged corporate entity. Now its eyes are on India's multiple product stories as it aims to grab a larger share in it.
Despite the fact that Indians have contributed immensely in building many successful global high-tech product companies, we still don't have globally successful, high-tech product companies from India.
Featured questions
Yeah, biographies, an account of the series of events making up a person's life and represent real life incidents.
Most people will agree that trust is perhaps the most important element of a harmonious, synergistic and efficient
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Startup city
Assured Labor, a web and mobile marketplace for jobs built for emerging markets, has raised $1 million in seed funding.
The idea to start Evobi came to Sandeep Senan when he was interacting with school students as part of a series of workshops that he was conducting to inform the kids about different technologies.
CXO Insights
Mobiles Churning a Tech Revolution for Consumers
Anupam Arya, CEO, Mobera Systems
Just a decade ago, in India, mobile phone was a status symbol in the hands of the chosen few. Many aspired for it but could not afford it.
Everything that can be Mobile WILL BE
Raj Tumuluri, CEO, Openstream
The power of mobile usability has brought success to AppStores of various mobile device manufacturers. Now, it is time to focus on the enterprise mobility imperative in the changing landscape of mobile device evolution.
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

English school enrollments surge as villagers want IT jobs-H Bolem

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Monday, May 03, 2010
Top news
The industry has grown to employ 2.3 million people directly and benefit 8.2 million through indirect employment, up from 56,000 in 1991, according to Nasscom. The lobby group projects aggregated revenue of $73.1 billion (Rs. 3.25 trillion) from the IT-BPO sector in 2010.
Although the Public sector units witness a reduction in their head count in 2008-09 due to voluntary retirement schemes, they have started hiring again and is also expected to touch the 2007-08 level of 15.66 lakh employees this fiscal.
Business
Social media has provided the perfect powerful medium to express positive or negative feedback. According to marketing research firm comScore, the social networking category is growing faster (37 plus percent) than the Internet overall (14 plus percent).
Backed up by the growing demands of smartphones, Blackberry-maker Research in Motion broke into the top five cellphone makers in January-March for the first time ever.
HP Office Jet pro cuts cost by 50%
Technology
After the successful launch of the short-range Wi-Fi tablet earlier this month, Apple has started selling the pricier, high-speed wireless version of the iPad in the U.S.
Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer has denied any significant pressure coming from HP's buyout of palm. He said that there wouldn't be a counter-bid to keep Palm away or get its advantages, such as its patents.
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Finance
The Reserve Bank of India has permitted YES Bank to provide mobile money services in association with Nokia.
Muthoot Fincorp, a financial services arm of Muthoot Pappachan Group, has introduced a loan management solution that is delivered through mobile phones.
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Magazine
Within 15 years, after a humble beginning in 1995, Synopsys has raised itself to a full-fledged corporate entity. Now its eyes are on India's multiple product stories as it aims to grab a larger share in it.
Startups generally lack enough resources and time to counter these hurdles in the beginning as opposed to large corporate firms.
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Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage technology that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
One key to the successful implementation of safety regulation is to attain a just culture reporting environment within aviation organisations, regulators and investigation authorities.
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Remindo: Enhancing Communication
siliconindia news bureau
Remindo.com which belongs to the Orios group was founded by Rehan yar Khan. Rehan who sits on the board for Druvaa another VC backed IT product firm, is also the founder of the Mumbai chapter of the Indian Angel Network.
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IPhone has taken the world by storm. It's a device that has constantly been in news. The competition in the smartphone market is heating up with each manufacturer trying to outdo the other with new features and innovative apps.
CXO Insights
Current BPO Industry Trends 2010
Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services
The years that have gone by have been defining moments in many ways for the economies in general and the BPO services in particular. They have made us realign our thinking, question some convictions and relook at some issues.
Agriculture - A New Frontier
Manoj Gupta, Vice President, Nexus Venture Partners
As I stand in the middle of a farmland somewhere in Baramati with a farmer who owns more than 40 acres of land there and see him smiling as his fortunes are changing, I wonder how much aware we are about this quiet revolution happening in agriculture in India.
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