Patni strengthens EMEA leadership

New Delhi: Patni Computer Systems, a leading global IT and BPO services provider, announced the appoinment of Avtar Sangha as its new Head of Delivery for the EMEA region. Avtar will be based in Patnis EMEA headquarters at Heathrow and will be accountable for the delivery of services to all clients in the EMEA region. Avtar Sangha joins Patni from Tech Mahindra, where he was previously Delivery... By shubhendu.parth

Lemon targets 5% India enterprise handset business

New Delhi: Lemon Mobile, the newest homegrown handset manufacturer in India is eying to grab 5% of the enterprise business handset market share of India by FY 2012. The company is fairly new in the smart phone segment and have already launched two phones in the enterprise market iQ 707, a full touch phone and iT 717, a qwerty handset. In an exclusive interaction with IT NEXT, the company... By shubhendu.parth

Go Thin to Trim Power

Desktops are ubiquitous and much integral part of our lives. And though, a lot has been said about laptops displacing desktops, there is still much time for the same to happen. The trouble with desktops is that with the ever increasing pace of computing, the processing power, the storage capacity and the screen resolution, all have improved phenomenally and thus turned the innocuous machine in... By shubhendu.parth

Need for Speed

As per an IDC report, the amount of digital data created worldwide could hit 988 billion gigabytes by 2010. With such tremendous increase in data, users have to spend too much time waiting for large files to transfer between a computer and an external hard drive, making seconds feel like minutes, and minutes like hours. USB 2.0 (the current standard used in all USB/flash drives that helps in the... By shubhendu.parth

Gartner outlines cloud services responsibilities

New Delhi: Gartner's Global IT Council for Cloud Services has defined six rights and one responsibility of service customers that will help providers and consumers establish and maintain successful business relationships. Gartner has established the Global IT Council for Cloud Services to facilitate successful business relationships between cloud service providers and consumers. The Council,... By shubhendu.parth

Cathay Pacific to deploy broadband on flights

New Delhi: Flyers on Cathay Pacific Airways will soon be fully connected during flights as the airline plans to deploy full broadband connectivity for all passengers on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair flights. Cathay Pacific and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the provision of full broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific... By shubhendu.parth

Healthy Living

Like common cold, stress is the most common ailment that afflicts humans. Hectic lifestyles, increased workloads, irregular diet, are some of the major reasons for causing stress and anxiety. Some of the common symptoms of stress are exhaustion, irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physiological reactions such as headache and elevated heart rate, and others.... By shubhendu.parth

Giving Teeth to Mobility

With over 67,000 crore rupees at stake, the recently concluded 3G auction was undoubtedly the biggest draw of its kind that ever happened in IBL aka Indian business league. The battle for licenses was fought fiercely by service providers, with the future aim of getting significantly large number of consumer as well as enterprise customers for sustainable survival of their businesses. For... By shubhendu.parth

De-lighting with a difference

A building automation system (BAS), also known as an energy management system, is an automated, computer-controlled method of managing energy usage in a building to reduce and optimise energy expenses. At the same time, it helps maintain a comfortable environment. In todays scenario everyone is becoming very conscious about rising energy costs and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the... By shubhendu.parth

The tape plays on!

For Lehman Brothers that occupied three floors in the WTC 1 tower, the deliberate crashing of the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 Boeing 767-223ER was severely debilitating. The WTC complex housed not only the corporate headquarters of the erstwhile renowned investment banker but also its technology center. As the twin towers collapsed under the impact, Lehman was in a severe throe of... By shubhendu.parth

Bluffer's Guide to World Cup Soccer

Almost everyone knows that India pulled away from the 1950 World Cup because the players were not allowed to play without shoes. Here are a few facts that not everyone know: The Soccer winnersBrazil. They have won the FIFA World Cup five times. Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. They beat Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. The outfield of soccer is... By shubhendu.parth

Lemon mobile targets 5% of handset market share

New Delhi: Lemon Mobile, the newest homegrown handset manufacturer in India is eying to grab 5% of the India handset market share by FY 2012. The company is fairly new in the smart phone segment and have already launched two phones in the enterprise market iQ 707, a full touch phone and iT 717, a qwerty handset. In an exclusive interaction with IT NEXT, the company revealed that it has already... By shubhendu.parth