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Indian passports to go digital next year
News Country preps for e-passports and overhaul of backend infrastructure to enable better security, easier access and faster issuance of travel documents.
Tags: Local Government, Data security, Traveller, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., E-passport, Security, India, Chip, Infineon Technologies AG, Passport
Outsourcing shifts past Bangalore, Mumbai
News While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Pune, Chennai, Silicon.com, outsource, Bangalore
Indian outsourcers using slump to get bigger
News Bangalore's IT services companies preparing for next economic upturn by rethinking strategy and hiring more workers, and taking opportunity to boost productivity.
Tags: Business applications, Services, IT training, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company
What EMC is doing in India
News The information management technology giant plans to spend US$1.5 billion on building up capabilities in India over the next five years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Egypt, Conference, India, EMC Corp., Israel, Russia, technology company
Bangalore's brain drain
Insight perspective Bangalore has always been an IT powerhouse, but now returnees are adding their experience into the mix, says industry watcher.
Tags: Business applications, IT training, Trends, India, Immigrant, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Madan Moudgal, Trignon, St John, Saritha Rai
Microsoft's Firefox surprise
Insight commentary The software giant has released a Firefox plug-in. We'll just repeat that: Microsoft has released a Firefox plug-in.
Tags: Office suites, Open source, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Web Browser, Office Open XML, Plug-in, GPL, Mozilla Firefox
Bangalore chilled by Satyam scandal
Insight perspective Indian outsourcing companies will have a hard time regaining the trust lost from the recent Satyam scandal, says industry observer.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Services, Outsourcing, India, Hyderabad, Outsourcing Company, accountability, Saritha Rai, Worker, job
Hard times hit Bangalore
Insight perspective Businesses and workers are making big changes to ride out the recession in India's outsourcing hub, according to industry observer.
Tags: Services, IT outsourcing, HCL Technologies, Outsourcing, Conference, India, Outsourcing Company, Saritha Rai, Worker, job
Terrorism hits India's high-tech hub
News news analysis A series of explosions killed at least one and injured many more. But if history is a guide, the attacks will do little to slow the city's development.
Tags: Security, City, India, Outsourcing Company, Om Malik, software, Paris, Bangalore, blog, industry
Tier 1 Indian cites to lose IT jobs to tier 2 cities
News More jobs will move to cities with lower operating cost and better quality of life, says Siddhartha Bhattacharya, CEO of Infopark, a state-owned IT hub.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, India, Hyderabad, tariff, information technology company, job, Bangalore
India: Growing beyond outsourcing
News Sure, Silicon Valley has more engineers doing R&D work than any other region. But if you are looking for the runner-up, you will have to go to India.
Tags: R&D, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, venture capital, software, technology company, co-founder, Bangalore
India still top choice for offshoring
News Bangalore retains crown as top global delivery destination but Beijing is now a stronger contender thanks to the build-up to the Olympics, says analyst IDC.
Tags: Offshoring, Outsourcing, City, India, Delivery Location, International Data Corp., Environment, network, Bangalore, Mumbai
India emerging as low-cost development hub
News With over 650 R&D centers and a market hungry for technology, the country is fast churning out high-tech products that are low on price, say market players.
Tags: R&D, India, job, Bangalore, China, talent, desktop, Indian company, R&D, Swati Prasad
Ten things you should know about working with an offshore team
Techguide Every project has challenges, and having part of your team offshore only amplifies them. Knowing what to expect in offshorings can help avoid misunderstandings and keep the project on track.
Tags: Services, IT project management, Project management, India, Offshore Team, India IT Job Market, phone, Programming, Offshore, knowledge
Building Microsoft code inside the tornado
Insight newsmaker Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft weather the ever-changing climate of software code development.
Tags: Outsourcing, Microsoft Corp., India, Soma, software, software development, job, Bangalore, Microsoft Visual Studio, U.S.
