Steve Jobs takes leave, but Apple profits soar

New Delhi: Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple has taken a leave of absence to focus on his health. In the last couple of years, Jobs has faced various health problems. He fought with cancer and then underwent a liver transplant. It is believed that he has taken this leave to recuperate from the after-effects of these medical conditions. In a letter to Apple employees Steve Jobs wrote:At my request, the... By

Mobile Enterprise Apps Poised To Take Off in 2011

New Delhi: A new Kelton Research sponsored by Sybase highlights that this year 90 percent of IT managers surveyed are planning to implement new mobile applications and nearly one in two believe that successfully managing mobile applications will top their priority list. As a result both hosted and on-premise mobility solutions powered by a strong mobile enterprise application platform are... By

Quest Software acquires BakBone

New Delhi: Quest Software has announced the completion of its acquisition of BakBone Software Incorporated, a provider of data protection software headquartered in San Diego, California, US.As per Quest, the acquisition gives it additional technologies to offer data protection across heterogeneous physical, virtual and application-level environments, enabling organisations to support expanding... By

Steve Hoover appointed CEO of Xerox PARC

New Delhi: Reports indicate that Steve Hoover has been named as the Chief Executive Officer of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a Xerox company. Hoovers appointment follows previous CEO Mark Bernsteins retirement from PARC. Hoover joins PARC from Xerox Corporation where he was most recently Vice President of the companys software and electronics development group, directing... By

Simmtronics launches green computing products

New Delhi: VIA Technologies, a power efficient x86 processor platforms company and Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd, have launched the new range of Green computing products, including the sub-10K rupee SIMM PC and a wide range of power-efficient VIA pc-1 mainboards integrating VIAs leading-edge energy-saving technologies.According to the official statement, Simmtronics will assemble the... By

Dell aims to be a complete solutions provider

New Delhi: Dell leaders today met a cross-section of media to update how the company is aggressively transforming itself to becoming a leading technology solutions provider to Indian customers companies as well as home users in a way that helps them leverage technology to grow and thrive.Dell, completing a decade in India, became the countrys largest PC vendor in the year 2010 with a market... By

Beware of the rogue app on Facebook

New Delhi: IT security and control firm, Sophos has advised Facebook users to remove their addresses and phone numbers from the site, after the social network plunged itself into controversy by announcing to developers that users 'off-site contact details will now be accessible programmatically.In the opinion of a Sophos security expert, this move could herald a new level of danger for Facebook... By

Idea launches MNP helpline for mobile users

Mumbai: Idea Cellular, has launched a Toll Free Number 1800-270-0000 to guide over 700 million mobile subscribers on various aspects and procedures of number portability, prior to the national launch of the service on January 20th, 2011. MNP entitles a mobile subscriber to switch from the existing cellular service provider to any other operator, while retaining the mobile number. The... By

Tulip acquires data center facility in Bengaluru

New Delhi: Tulip Telecom, one of the leading players in Enterprise Data services provider, in an endeavor to further strengthen its end to end data services offering, has announced the acquisition of a Data Center facility in Bengaluru at a value of Rs 230 crore.The company has acquired 100% shares of SADA IT Parks Private Limited (SADA).This is the Companys fifth Data Center and will have the... By

Canon takes over Oc operations in India

New Delhi: Canon India, the printing solution provider, and Oc, Netherlands based player in digital document management and delivery, has announced that they will join hands in India to enhance their leadership in the professional graphics printing industry. According to the release, Canon will sell, distribute and service Oc products in the areas of production printing, wide format printing,... By

Cyber Criminals release 3.5 new threats per sec

New Delhi: With the growing diversity of operating systems among companies, as well as the growing use of mobile devices, cybercriminals should have a very profitable 2011. Their tactic will be to put a new spin on social engineering by way of malware campaigns, by bombarding recipients with email that drop Trojan downloaders. All these will largely be made possible because of the Internet.... By

HCL Infosystems bags Kerala School order

Mumbai: HCL Infosystems has bagged the contract from Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (Keltron). The company has been selected as the leading vendor to provide over 6500 units of laptops and netbooks. Keltron is the nodal agency for supplying the Laptop & Netbook as a part of IT@School project for Government of Kerala.The official release adds that the initiative is... By