Build partners, deliver business value

Businesses are no more about stand-alone deliveries and competition. They are increasingly about ecosystems comprising suppliers, vendors and outsourcing partners. All of these are important parts of the same whole and demand proper attention and management.Effective vendor management can have benefits that extend from cost reductions and efficiency improvement to enhanced customer satisfaction... By shubhendu.parth

Juniper bags IOB contract

New Delhi: Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has selected Juniper Networks to provide an all-in-one networking solution to 600 branches nationwide. Under the contract, Juniper will deploy SSG20 Secure Services Gateways, with an aim to improve the branch network connectivity, security and manageability, enabling it to improve branch-based customer services.IOB is one of Indias major state-controlled... By shubhendu.parth

LinkedIn launches new app for BlackBerry

New Delhi: LinkedIn launched a new application for BlackBerry users. The company informed that the new application will be offered through the company's website as well as over BlackBerry App World."With the addition of the application for BlackBerry to our broader suite of mobile applications, LinkedIn is available to more business people than any other professional network in the world," Adam... By shubhendu.parth

Shali Thilakan is new MD for C&W India

New Delhi: Cable&Wireless Worldwide has today announced the appointment of Shali Thilakan as the new Managing Director for India. In the last 10 years, Shali has held various leadership roles including sales and operations at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. "I am very pleased that Shali is taking charge at an important phase of the evolution of our overall business. I am confident that... By shubhendu.parth

NASSCOM Emerge Out

The NASSCOM EMERGE forum serves as a platform to the Indian SME segment to share experiences, ally on critical projects and even focus on partnerships to cater to customer demands. It acts as a catalyst for growth of emerging and start-up companies. The NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave are a series of Conferences held across cities in India, starting off with Chennai and Delhi every year. It aims to... By shubhendu.parth

SMS as marketing and customer service tool

SMS is increasingly become popular as a medium to reach out to customers both present and prospective. We talk to one the pioneers of Free SMS and SMS advertising to know more about how business are utilise SMSes to further their business goals. Satya Kalyan Yerramsetti, Founder and CEO, SMS Country.Q. What are the services that you offer to you enterprise customers?We provide tools and platform... By shubhendu.parth

HP expands its unified communications portfolio

New Delhi: HP has expanded its Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) services portfolio with its new offerings that claims to help businesses simplify and integrate business communications to lower costs and accelerate growth.Additionally, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is working with HP on a two-year project to standardize processes and technologies. This transformation... By shubhendu.parth

Cisco bags NSE contract

New Delhi: Cisco has bagged a next-generation network architecture contract from National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), the country's largest stock exchange in terms of daily turnover and number of trades. According to the official release, the comprehensive solution comprises Cisco's world-class routing, switching, security and core technologies designed to help ensure high network... By shubhendu.parth

BT appoints new CEO for product and design

New Delhi: BT has announced the appoinment of Clive Selley as the new CEO of BT Innovate and Design, the division of BT responsible for network and platform development together with long-term technology strategy and research. The division has responsibility for BTs laboratories at Adastral Park, near Ipswich, and also conducts research with leading universities across the globe.Innovate and... By shubhendu.parth

Microsoft's Office 2010 in India by June

New Delhi: Global software giant Microsoft Corp will launch the latest version of its popular application suite MS Office 2010 for Indian users in June. The latest version features office web applications which will include online versions of MS Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNot. It will allow sharing and collaboration of documents and files.Microsoft had already released the beta version, a... By shubhendu.parth

IBM announces Cloud plans

New Delhi: IBM has announced plans to go online with its commercial cloud service for software development and testing and is now allowing enterprise and government clients to test and develop applications on IBM Cloud.Following a successful beta program, IBM is working with partners in cloud management, cloud security, software development and testing support to provide businesses with a unique... By shubhendu.parth

Google develops open-source TV platform

New Delhi: Tired of flipping through hundreds of cable channels to find something to watch? Google may be able to help you. The Web search giant has teamed up with Intel, Sony and Logitech to develop a new television platform that the company hopes will extend its dominance from computers and cellphones to televisions, reports IANS. The reports said that the Google service will run on set-top... By shubhendu.parth