The capital of Indian State Karnataka will initiate its LED bulb scheme from Dec. 11, 2015, according to a report from The Times of India. The project to be launched in Mysore will replace 60 million traditional bulbs with LED bulbs to ...
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India and the European Union will resume talks in August after a two-year gap on the proposed free trade agreement for boosting two-way commerce and investment, the media has reported. "Sometime in August, the EU chief negotiator will ...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to spend more than £300m on a new IT system as it prepares to sell off 314 branches under the Williams & Glyn's moniker. RBS is reviving the Williams & Glyn's name after 30 years, with the ...
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The Senate immigration bill's H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian IT services providers. But sometimes being in a tough spot can prompt a company to find new ways of approaching problems, as Infosys is doing with a plan to use ...
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Indian outsourcer Infosys saw its profit drop even as revenue grew in the first quarter, as margins were hit by staff salary increases, and investments and acquisitions by the company in new technology areas and markets. The ...
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Google will invest about US$10 million to nurture 10,000 new businesses in five years in India, says a report. Eric E. Schmidt, chairman of Google, will launch this ambitious programme for technology entrepreneurs in this week in New ...
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Changes in the competitive smartphone market look set to cost more UK jobs as smartphone producer Nokia and telecommunications provider Everything Everywhere (EE) both announce a programme of cuts. Nokia outlined plans to cut over ...
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Friends Provident International said that UAE investors are increasingly turning to real estate as a preferred asset class. Almost half of respondents said that they expect the property market to perform strongly over the next 5 years.A ...
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Indian IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is taking on 60 UK interns this year as part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). The wider Tata group will take on a further 42 students for work experience. ...
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"Indian providers have had to deal with these contingencies-international telecom cables being sliced, large union strikes that impact workers-so they are generally more prepared to deal with [them]," says Steve Hall, partner with ...
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Capita Unite union members are to strike following proposals to offshore work to India. The dispute centres around four sites employing 220 staff in Reading, Craigforth, Birmingham and Bournemouth. The affected sites serve Prudential ...
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There is a difference in the way U.S.and Indian IT firms report their headcounts,and it tells a lot about globalization. Indian firms diligently report hiring quarter-to-quarter.It's a key metric and a source of pride.Among those ...
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Nearly half of all companies in India have security policies prohibiting employees using their own mobile devices for work purposes,a survey has revealed. A survey by IT security association ISACA polled more than 4,000 members from 83 ...
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The number of global IT services deals with a cloud computing element have tripled since 2010,according to research from IT outsourcing consultancy Information Services Group(ISG). ISG used its TPI index to analyse IT outsourcing deals ...
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Indian IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services(TCS)is to be awarded a contract to support the government's Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS),according to the Public and Commercial Services Union. The DBS has resulted from the coming ...
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