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PC
satrap strikes back
After losing ground in the booming notebook segment, HCL Infosystems
is attempting to claw back into the top three using both its
PC channel and a wider product range, says Atanu Kumar Das
Upfront
US
mortgage outsourcing will grow to $1 billion in 5 years
With increasing competition in the low-end BPO space, many
Indian BPO organisations are realising the need to focus on
niche verticals. One such vertical that is relatively untapped
by most Indian BPO vendors is the Residential Mortgage banking
market in the US.
FMCGs
announce launch of GDS
Some of India’s top FMCG manufacturers and retailers
have announced the launch of GDS (Global Data Synchronisation)—a
common standards-compliant information data pool.
HP
is Bank of Baroda’s IT partner
Bank of Baroda has announced that it has chosen HP as its
strategic IT partner for its technology-enabled business transformation
project.
SAS
targets drug development market
SAS, a significant player in the Business Intelligence space,
has announced the launch of the SAS Drug Development 3.0 tool
with an aim to tap an estimated $100-million clinical research
market in India.
Tata
Infotech signs strategic alliance with FileNet
Tata Infotech and FileNet Asia Pacific have entered into a
strategic alliance to offer their Indian and international
customers enterprise content management (ECM) solutions.
“Many
of our Indian customers prefer the hosted model”
“Our
strategy is to lead in tape innovation. 10-11 percent of our
revenue goes towards R&D”
Wooing
the Indian entrepreneur
Rediff is targeting small Indian enterprises with a package
designed to help them go online, says Venkatesh Ganesh
Call
centre theft could burst India’s outsourcing bubble
Just when India’s BPO industry was looking for better
times after the backlash issue, the Mphasis incident looks
set to snowball into a bigger problem which can mean severe
implications for the whole industry.
King
console
With growing server density in data centres, India Inc is
adopting KVM switches to control hundreds of servers from
a single box, says Venkatesh Ganesh
Adoption
of VoIP, IP-based PBX and Centrex systems on the anvil
In 2004, medium businesses (MBs) in India invested almost
US $596 million in various telecommunication-related technologies.
This overall spending is dominated by local, long distance
and cellular services that comprise a mammoth 73 percent.
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