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Cisco unveils global blueprint for cities
News Its "Intelligent Urbanization" pilot aims to help Indian city, Bengaluru, use the network to integrate city management to bring economic growth and better quality of life.
Tags: Networking, Government, City, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., IP network, globalization, Bengaluru, Indian City, network
Philippines spotlights software, BPO cities
News Country unveils "global domination" campaign to market local software market, and identifies new "next-wave" cities as alternative outsourcing hubs.
Tags: Services, Business applications, City, Outsourcing, Conference, Philippines, software company, BPO, Back-office, software
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
Cisco using the Internet to help turn cities green
News Router and switch maker assisting cities around the world to consume less power and produce less pollution. And, of course, company hopes to pick up some business in the process.
Tags: Green IT, City, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, collaboration tool, San Francisco, WebEx Communications Inc., Amsterdam, partnership, Internet
US tech worker arrested in city network hijack
News A disgruntled San Francisco IT worker is in jail on US$5 million bail after allegedly locking administrators out of the city's wireless area network.
Tags: Security, Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, City, Administrator, WAN, Worker, performance, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
Google Earth's virtual Roman holiday
News Google Earth is extending its satellite perspective to give virtual time-traveling tourists a view of what the city of Rome looked like nearly two millennia ago.
Tags: Web sites, City, Satellite, Google Inc., Google Earth, Tool, University of California at Los Angeles, computer graphics, University of Virginia, blog
Asia dominates global outsourcing list
News Nineteen cities from the region have made it to the top 50 list of emerging global outsourcing cities, with Cebu City in the Philippines in first place.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Business, City, Outsourcing, Philippines, Shanghai, Business Process, BPO, product development
Outsourcing: Bye bye Chennai, hello Brisbane
News With cities like Ireland's Belfast and Australia's Brisbane catching up, outsourcing is no longer about India's Chennai and Mumbai, according to a KPMG report.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, City, Outsourcing, Telecommunications, Asia-Pacific, computer, Belfast, Chennai
BPO jobs beckon India's smaller towns
News More Indian IT and related services companies are setting up outsourcing facilities in smaller towns, with the aim to reduce operational costs.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, SMB, City, India, Town, BPO, phone, job, Bangalore
Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for 8M more
News With 8 million outsourcing jobs coming India's way, smaller cities can expect around 2 million jobs going to them, according to officials forecasts.
Tags: Human resources, Workplace, IT outsourcing, City, Outsourcing, India, Business Process, BPO, Government, software
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
LA approves US$7.2 million Google Apps deal
News City's contract for Google Apps requires that integration provider Computer Sciences Corp. promise to pay a penalty if there is a security breach.
Tags: Web services, Office suites, E-mail clients, Google Inc., City Council, Security, LA, LA City, District of Columbia, Novell Inc.
Google brings e-books to browser
News Google to launch online e-book store, challenging e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser.
Tags: Handhelds, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Web Browser, E-book, handheld, online store
On matters of security
Blogs Before I proceed to my chosen topic, let me fire off a quick broadside at the recent ruling of the NTC (National Telecom...
Microsoft chops price of its hosted software
News Redmond says it's cutting by a third the monthly subscription fee for those using a hosted version of Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communications Server.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Autodesk Inc., Aon Corp., Chile, Microsoft Corp., software, Blockbuster Inc.
