From Fat to fit

Sarvesh Rana was befuddled. He had just stepped out of the third presentation on a foggy winter morning in Delhi. He had been looking for advice from consultants to help him enhance productivity at his Rs 150-crore auto ancillary company.All the presentations that day suggested adding a new CRM application and tweaking the existing supply chain system with some additional hardware and more... By shubhendu.parth

Know your needs, avoid cloudache

Clouds are now a mainstream in the enterprise space, with ever-new applications and platforms being hosted remotely. Yet, the fact remains that the cloud is about leaving the safety and security of a physical server that sits within an organisation in favour of third-party machines sitting in unknown locations. The thought can be unnerving for many. With the market getting crowded with a variety... By shubhendu.parth

Tulip appoints new CEO

New Delhi: Tulip Telecom has announced the appointment of Sanjay Jain as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his new role, Jain will be driving the business augmentation, operations and service excellence for the company. Jain will be spearheading the management with all function heads reporting to him. In his previous role at Tulip Telecom, Jain served as the Chief Financial Officer for... By

Intel Outlines Steps to Catalyze Internet Economy

New Delhi: Intel India has outlined its vision for catalyzing the Indian Internet economy at an event held in New Delhi. Represented by Intel senior Vice President and General Manager, Sales & Marketing Group, Thomas M Kilroy and joined on-stage by leading industry representatives, Intel outlined steps necessary to connect more Indians to 21st century opportunities through technology.At... By

HMEL Selects IBM as Strategic Technology Partner

New Delhi: IBM has announced that HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, an Indian government-owned enterprise, and Mittal Energy Investments Pte Ltd, Singapore, a Lakshmi N Mittal Group Company, has selected the company as its strategic partner in the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art Manufacturing Execution System (MES... By

Gartner highlights myths of IT Self-Service

New Delhi: Of all service desk contact volume, as much as 40 percent could be solved through IT self-service, but only 5 percent of issues actually are solved by IT self-service, according to Gartner, Inc. By 2015, the majority of IT organizations will have less than 10 percent of the contact volume managed by IT self-service."IT self-service is a great concept, enabling and empowering end users... By

Aditya Birla Minacs achieves PCI-DSS standard

New Delhi: Aditya Birla Minacs, has announced that it has been certified as Processing Card Industrys Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliant as Level 1 Service Provider. According to the company, this is the highest level in the PCI-DSS compliance hierarchy, enabling data protection efforts in support of card payment e-commerce transactions and handling process.Minacs now joins a select... By

Rolf Schwirz joins as CEO of Fujitsu Tech

New Delhi: Fujitsu Technology Solutions today announced the appointment of Rolf Schwirz as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Schwirz will report directly to Richard Christou, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President at Fujitsu Limited.Schwirz joins Fujitsu from SAP where he is currently Head of Mature Markets EMEA. Prior to SAP, Schwirz spent 12 years in various roles at Oracle, including those of... By

AMD appoints Donald Newell as Server CTO

New Delhi: AMD has announced the appointment of Donald Newell as vice president and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Server. With more than 20 patents filed, Newell previously served as a senior principle engineer leading the System-on-Chip (SoC) and datacenter networking architecture groups within Intel Labs before joining AMD to lead its server roadmap and platform design programs.As AMD Server... By

Intel acquires McAfee

Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McAfee, , through the purchase of all of the companys common stock at $48 per share in cash, for approximately $7.68 billion. Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close after McAfee shareholder approval, regulatory clearances and other customary conditions specified in the agreement.... By

Domestic outsourcing market to witness 31% growth

New Delhi: India domestic process management services segment forecast to reach $683 million in 2010, a 31.1% increase from 2009 revenue of $521 million, says a latest Gartner report. The market will experience steady growth through 2014 when process management services revenue in India will reach $1.6 billion.Large scale outsourcing of process management will bring in the next wave of growth in... By

Broadcom expands India facility

New Delhi: Broadcom Corporation, a player in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, has announced the facility expansion and upgrades in Bangalore and Hyderabad. Since India contributes significantly to Broadcom's overall growth, the company is expanding their facilities in the country to accommodate the continuous growth. Broadcom plans to expand their Bengaluru facility to 1, 75... By