iGate led group to buy Patni Computers

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A consortium of Apax Partners and iGate are close to buying 63 percent of Patni Computer, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday, in a deal valued at about $915 million. The Apax-iGate consortium has offered about 500 rupees a share for the stake, the source said, adding that a [...]

Google Seasons Greetings

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This time Google has come up with an active doodle instead of a static image. This is the most wonderful doodle of this year and probably the yester-years.From today till Christmas Google’s home-page doodle will feature 17 interactive cartoonish illustrations. These images are mostly of people and places; however some of them are about foods. [...]

25 years of Microsoft Windows

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Happy birthday, Microsoft Windows! 25 years ago on this day, Windows 1.0 was released by Microsoft. May versions of Microsoft Windows has taken shapes and presently Windows 7.0 dominates the PC world. Initially the project was named as Interface Manager, basically a GUI for the DOS operating system. When released in 1985, Microsoft chairman Bill [...]

Microsoft outsource IT to Infosys

Image via Wikipedia We have learned recently that Infosys gets a major contract, which spans over three years, from Microsoft. In this contract Infosys will manage services like IT helps desk, infrastructure application support, desk-side services etc. for Microsoft. These services will be provided at 450 locations in 104 different countries. This includes the services [...]

Wipro, HSBC, Google, Mahindra Satyam alert staff members

Three days of communal riots in several parts of Hyderabad and the subsequent curfew in parts of the old city have brought back nightmares for the information technology and BPO (business process outsourcing) industry. The IT industry, whose confidence was shattered after violent incidents during the Telangana agitation, has just begun to recover. Wipro, Mahindra [...]

CISF cover for Infosys campus at Mysore

Image via Wikipedia Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were Friday deployed in Infosys Technologies’ Mysore campus to guard the IT company’s largest facility outside Bangalore. Home minister V.S. Acharya and CISF inspector general R.K. Mishra and Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy were present on the occasion, the company said in a statement. ‘Our [...]

Increased need for testing professionals

Image via Wikipedia In the recent days, India Inc is facing a urgent need of testing professionals, which is once considered as less glamorous job compared to the software development roles. Presently there is a shortfall of around 15000 to 20000 testing professionals and is likely to increase. According to a Gartner research, Indian companies [...]

iPhone 3GS in India

Bharti Airtel to Bring iPhone 3GS to India on March 26. iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance – up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G – with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording [...]

HCL plans R&D wing at Technopark

As the clouds of recession are fading out from the IT sector, the Technopark here is gearing up to accord a red-carpet welcome to major players in the IT sector. Image via Wikipedia HCL, one of the leading IT firms in the country, is planning to set up its own campus at the Technopark. Many [...]

Kochi Smartcity- Board meeting on 29th

A crucial Board meeting of the SmartCity Kochi project will be held on March 29, 2010 in Kochi. The meeting of the SmartCity Board will have representatives from Tecom, the promoters of the SmartCity Kochi project and the Kerala Government. Fareed Abdulrahman, CEO of SmartCity, is also expected to attend the Board Meeting. The meeting is [...]

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