http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSat, 07 Nov 2009 11:55:03 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/LU4Q6DsPUYQ/storypage_c.phpWNS, an NYSE-listed business process outsourcing (BPO) company, recorded good second quarter numbers, reflecting the improving market conditions in global markets. Neeraj Bhargava, Group CEO, attributed the performance to better volume growth and a robust pipeline. In a chat with Shivani Shinde, he spoke about the recent stake sale talks with Warburg Pincus, appointing a new CEO and other issues.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375659Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375659http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/7E3IEIHVC-I/storypage_c.phpSTel, a joint venture between the Siva group and Bahrain Telecom, has announced raising of Rs 2,000 crore for its telecom venture. The company has licences for six circles Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375637Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:07 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375637http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/Oq5zUxerTRo/storypage_c.phpDisplays no eagerness on DoT suggestion to retender.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375636Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375636http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/aUJYeGHKMQE/storypage_c.phpBehavioural scientists chuckle over the Lake Wobegon Effect. Lake Wobegon is a fictional small town whose residents claim that all the women are beautiful, all the men strong, and all the children intelligent. Similar effects are seen in surveys where everyone is a self-assessed good driver.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375614Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:13:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375614http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/P_0zDIw3pIY/storypage_c.phpThe Indian industry is expecting animation and gaming to gradually evolve into a full-fledged career option among youth, according to K Rajesh Rao, chief executive of Bangalore-based game development company Dhruva Interactive.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375600Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:54:13 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375600http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/kyaAmMbSmFM/storypage_c.phpSoftware giant Microsoft today announced the commercial availability of its online services in India at prices starting from $2 (Rs 95) per user per month which will allow small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and enterprise customers to access Microsofts e-mail, collaboration, conferencing and productivity capabilities online.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375524Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:42:52 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375524http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/SybF3phLgj0/storypage_c.phpTechnology solutions provider ProSim and Tokyo-based ProSim have joined hands to provide simulation software support and services to casting units in India. The joint partnership aims to generate revenues up to Rs 35 core in three years' time.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375503Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:56 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375503http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/YZmYmHwdCHA/storypage_c.phpThe Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Aptech Limited, the global provider of learning solutions, have entered into a tie-up to impart information technology training to ICSI students and members across India. Accordingly, Aptechs specially designed task-oriented programme titled Understanding Information Technology in the Corporate Environment, trains students in high-end personal computing skills including MS Office, computerised accounting with special modules on IT laws and security, e-commerce.The programme will be conducted across over 170 Aptech centres in India. The duration will be 70 hours followed by an 80-minute long online assessment.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375455Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:32 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375455http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/Z06IP5FhLFg/storypage_c.phpHuawei, Samsung, Alcatel-Lucent, Hitachi may also bid.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375514Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:21 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375514http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/l5nBZfBHkEQ/storypage_c.phpA fall in interest income and earnings from one of its units that came out of the Software Technology Parks of India bracket pulled down the net income of Genpact, the countrys largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company. It has posted a 1.6 per cent fall in its net income for the third quarter ended September 30, at $33 million (Rs 155.3 crore) compared with $33.6 million (Rs 157.9 crore) in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. Total net revenue was $284.4 million (Rs 1,336.6 crore), up five per cent year-on-year from $270.8 million (Rs 1,272.7 crore).http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375521Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:56 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375521http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/vJFejZwrr5o/storypage_c.phpThe Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), the regulator for company secretary profession, submitted its 11-point recommendations to the government at the 37th national convention of company secretaries.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375458Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375458http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/rcjFtes8j1Y/storypage_c.phpReviving plans to offload part of their holdings in Patni Computer Systems, promoters are studying offers from various companies, according to market sources. A clear decision on bids from various contenders for the promoter holdings, added the sources, was expected by January. The three Patni brothers, non-executive chairman Narendra Patni and his younger brothers, Gajendra and Ashok, hold equal stakes totalling 48.3 per cent in Indias sixth-largest software exporter.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375525Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375525http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/ZIgp9Kq2ACA/storypage_c.phpIn the next few months new operators offering a large number of free short messaging service (SMS) deals to attract mobile subscribers might soon find it difficult to do so. Telecom operators that have contracted bulk deals with companies to send unsolicited messages to operators in other networks might also find it more expensive.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375516Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:39:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375516http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/BnlvscPGW7Y/storypage_c.phpAuto companies in the country like Maruti, General Motors, Volkswagen, Honda, Mahindra and Bajaj have increased their online spends significantly.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375388Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375388http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/odOjFJNAOuU/storypage_c.phpWith e-banking attacks and threats to users bank accounts and passwords on the rise, cyber analysts have detected a Trojan associated with e-banking, which specifically targets small businesses.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375392Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:21:20 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375392http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/02iRtuU0Y88/storypage_c.phpIts been a fortnight since Windows 7 was officially launched worldwide. It now makes up more than 3.6 per cent of all PCs tracked by research firm Net Applications.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375391Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:20:01 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375391http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/QlL2YbXFwjE/storypage_c.phpProcess already stuck for a year on Chinese bidder concerns.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375425Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375425http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/k1U9fR13ISQ/storypage_c.phpA team of researchers including professors of University of Brighton published a report in July 2009 titled Crime online Cybercrime and illegal innovation. It was picked up by online news channels and quoted in news items to propagate lies about so-called cybercrimes in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry of India. The report tries to present data from the annual reports of the Indian Computer Emergency Team, and Symantec in a way that suits its story, of India being a centre of cybercrimes and in general being a weak state. We want to set the record straight.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375390Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:16:17 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375390http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/0X6Y-nkGDrw/storypage_c.phpTheres a mad scramble for mindshare in the Indian telecom handset market with about 30 handset makers battling it out in the estimated Rs 20,000 crore (annual) cellphone market.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375389Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375389http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Tech-World-All/~3/-U33q_ULQys/storypage_c.phpThe total telecom subscriber base in India crossed 500 million at the end of September, taking the overall teledensity to 43.5 per cent. India is the second-biggest and fastest market for wireless services, behind China, which has over 600 million users.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375415Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375415