A panel working on the Indian government's cloud computing policy wants data generated in India to be stored within the country, according to its draft report — a proposal that could deal a blow to global technology giants such as Amazon and Microsoft who offer such services.
Symantec formally launched its next-generation security operations centre (SoC), expanding its decade old security SoC in Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The Indian government has finally taken a step toward creating a comprehensive set of data protection rules to safeguard privacy, but the proposed regulations released this spring are likely to have a major impact on the global enterprises doing business with Indian outsourcers.
India will provide a US$35 computing and access device for students of colleges and universities nationwide, the country's Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced.
Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies plans to start having some equipment manufactured in India, a company spokesman said on last week. The company also plans to invest US$500 million over the next five years to expand its research and development (R&D) facility in Bangalore.
A US VoIP phone service kept one of the terrorists who carried out deadly attacks in Mumbai, India, in November in touch with his handlers based in Pakistan, according to reports describing a dossier of evidence compiled by Indian officials.
New Zealand needs to stop watching exchange and interest rates and start building a society that can succeed in times of extreme change, says author and consultant Steven Carden.
After a decade watching US IT jobs get siphoned off to India, there’s been an interesting turnabout lately: Indian companies are increasingly recruiting throughout the world. Some claim that the trend is a reaction to a shrinking talent pool in India. But companies such as Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Patni Computer Systems say they’re merely responding to the same strategic and competitive pressures that are pushing other global services firms to find and place employees internationally.
Wipro has introduced new PCs that are compliant with the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.
Christchurch’s Jade Software has signed a memorandum of understanding with CMC Limited, the publicly listed IT services company that is 51% owned by TCS, which is, in turn, part of Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Corporation. The latter boasts annual revenues in excess of US$22 billion (NZ$30 billion).
Motorola has opened a new research and development facility in Hyderabad.
When Mukul Agrawal was headhunted three years ago to establish an Indian off-shoring centre for Unisys, he had to pluck a number out of the air when asked how many staff he would need.
The Indian government has told ISPs to stop blocking entire blog websites, such as Blogger.com.
North America’s share of the IT market is shrinking as China’s share grows, says Philippe de Marcillac, president of the international business unit at research company IDC. He forecasts that the IT market will more and more resemble the telco services market, where North America’s and Europe’s market shares are decreasing while the emerging countries’ market share is growing rapidly.
Intel has launched a low-power, rugged PC platform that has been developed to work in rural India’s extreme conditions.