The IT recruitment scene these days is buzzing with activity. The top three multinational software/BPO firms, IBM, Cognizant and Accenture possibly added more people to their Indian operations than the top three Indian IT/BPO companies TCS, Infosys and Wipro. While the net additions made by TCS, Infosys and Wipro to their headcount in 2006 were […]

HCL Infosystems Limited, an information enabling company, plans to set up 100 career development centres (CDC) across the country in the next 12 to 15 months.    Addressing the media here, STM Eswar, associate vice-president (technical support and services) of the company, said 20 centres were already operational in seven cities and the company planned […]

Asked whether Nokia plans to invest further to ramp up its capacity, Mr Peterson said, “I expect that we shall increase the capacity. But how much and when and what what will be the investment, we are looking at all these issues.”   Having shipped more than 25 million phones in one year, Finish mobile […]

Microsoft Corp. has stepped up its pursuit of a deal to buy Yahoo Inc., two newspapers reported on Friday, as the two companies reenter talks to strike a deal amid huge growth from rival Google Inc. Yahoo shares jumped 14.6 percent to $32.20 in electronic trading on Friday, while Microsoft shares fell 1.4 percent to […]

With popular networking sites as their tool, spurned lovers are closing in on their ‘chosen targets’. With cyber stalkers prowling in the digital world, it is youngsters who fall prey the most. One such is a 20-year-old city college girl who was shocked to find her contact number doing the rounds on a meet-up site. […]

Pune-based BPO company HOV Services Ltd has moved its headquarters to Chennai. This follows the company’s recent acquisition of BPO services provider Lason, which has a large presence in Chennai.  Suresh Yannamani, president and chief operating officer – BPO services, HOV Services, said, “The acquisition deal was struck in February end, and takes HOV to […]

The California head-quartered Secova eServices, an HR and benefits management services company, has announced its plans to open its second knowledge centre in Chennai. It is proposing to raise its headcount from the current 300 to over 400 by the year end. Secova is expanding its best-shore activities at the 26,000 sq ft facility, with […]

Commercial satellite launches by India were given a recent boost after it successfully executed its first such deal with Italy in this $2.5 billion-a-year market. Placing an Italian satellite in orbit on Monday, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is charging 11 million dollars, according to a report by Press Trust of India. The ISRO […]

Yahoo! India, the leading search engine-cum-web services provider, Wednesday launched two new links to browse 20 Indian cities and access maps, a day before AOL LLC is scheduled to launch its portal in the country. The first link, which can be accessed by users at http://in.ourcity.yahoo.com provides an updated perspective of a city as seen […]

Secova eServices, a leading HR and Benefits Management Services Company, today announced its plans to open its second knowledge center in Chennai. The company plans to increase its headcount from the current 300 to over 400 by end of December 2007. Secova has added 12 new clients over the past one year, including 4 Fortune […]

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C8 (PSLV-C8) has been launched successfully today from Sriharikota. PSLV is carrying the Italian Satellite Agile along with it. The countdown progressed smoothly for the first commercial launch of PSLV-C8 with a 352 kg Italian astronomical satellite onboard from Sriharikota spaceport, about 150 kms from Chennai. “The atmosphere is calm and […]

International Business Machines (IBM) is set to open its next major facility in Chennai. The 3.75 lakh square feet centre, presently under construction at the DLF IT park at Manapakkam, will be IBM’s fourth facility in Chennai and is expected to be operational by the end of June this year. The facility, which will function […]