It is the most contemporary face of modern-day India. They are the ones who made Friday dressing an every day affair. They made strolling into business meetings in Jeans and t-shirts a fashion statement. They banished, `Yes sirs and No Sirs’ from the office lexicon and made addressing the CEO’s and CFO’s by the first names sound so hip and happening. They were the first ones who had gyms and swimming pools and mini golf courses in their campuses. They made double figure salaries a thing of yore and made megabucks even before you could say `Dollars’. They made the world sit up straight and look into the so called `third world country’ and realize that India was no longer `Third World’. They ARE the young Turks of business India. The IT set, as they are known in local parlance –the most modern face of contemporary India. More...

Corporations worldwide understand that there is a constant need to devise high productivity, high quality, cost effective solutions to sustain business profits. One such initiative being driven by IBM Corporation is the Right to Left Strategy in one of its Delivery Centers in Bangalore. The objective is to move work from high end resolver teams towards the helpdesk to ensure quicker resolution of end user issues and increased customer satisfaction. Critically, the savings are derived out of doing a 3rd level job by 2nd level personnel, so savings in terms of billing for the same work. More so, this gives the people working on 1st level a definitive career progression path and a potential salary raise around 15 to 20 percent. So, it is a win-win strategy - for people and organisation. More...

Forrester thinks that chances of success are bright only for TCS, WIPRO & INFOSYS amongst offshore providers.  The rest of them need to re-strategize and it advises clients to move away from using smaller players!! More...

Panic struck Bangalore on Monday (Feb 5)  when the verdict was out that Karnataka had not received a favorable hearing on the Cauvery water issue.  The Tribunal, after years of delay, finally ruled that Tamil Nadu would get more Cauvery water than Karnataka. More...

While Nasscom might think of itself as an Indian IT industry body with a lot of clout, the ground reality is far different. Sample this: On the third day of the recently held Nasscom summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was slated to make closing remarks on the event. His slot was the final one and the address was supposed to start at 4 pm. More...

Indian IT business is going global to repeat a cliché. Indian industry bodies that have been traditionally looked upon as a gathering of tie-clad 'babus' have decided to focus on branding. Taking a leaf out of tennis for e.g. Wimbledon or US Open which sells the tournament branded polo shirts, mugs, caps and even towels, Indian IT industry body NASSCOM has gone for something similar. During this year's annual summit, Nasscom had a stall near the 'Press Centre' that sold Nasscom-branded mugs, caps, tee shirts and even pen stands. More...

The police department of  the City and County of San Francisco has written to Gurgaon (India)  police to take action against a person who was allegedly sending obscene and derogatory emails to a girl living in this city of California in USA. More...

AMR Research, like Gartner, does in-depth research on what is happening in the tech world.  Last month, AMR Research     presented their survey results on a ''Global Service Provider Study'.  It makes for interesting reading More...

Stiff resistance put up by the residents of a locality in Gurgaon forced cellular major Hutchison to suspend civil work of installation of its cellular tower in a community building here. The residents opposed the cellular tower alleging misuse of the community building for commercial purposes, and also feared cellular transmission could cause health problems for the people living around. More...