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Is growth and hiring back in the Indian IT-BPO sector? This question is the most debated and discussed across our companies, media and government today. The second quarter results of the listed companies certainly indicate, that the outlook is becoming more positive. However, I do think it is too early to revisit the NASSCOM forecast of a 4-7 per cent growth for FY2010.

After an extremely challenging two-year period following the global economic slowdown, the Indian industry is now gradually coming back to normalcy. The country’s IT-BPO sector, impacted by changes in the international environment, is also viewing the year ahead, with cautious optimism and defining fresh strategies as it exits the slowdown.

The Indian IT-BPO industry has been facing a significant challenge in the area of hiring, where companies have been unable to verify the credentials of the people applying for jobs in their organizations.

Findings of the NASSCOM-McKinsey Report 2005 indicate that, while more than three million students graduate from Indian colleges and the nation produces 500,000 engineers annually, only a very small percentage are directly employable by the industry...

At eBay announced Tuesday plans to spin off its Internet phone and video-conferencing service, Skype, with an IPO in the first half of next year.The decision comes four years after online auction giant eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion, with the plans ....

Changes Microsoft has made to its desktop-virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can virtualize Windows XP or Vista on corporate desktops, but it's still a complicated and relatively expensive endeavor, according to a recent report by Forrester Research.

At the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver BC, hackers were invited to find and exploit holes in modern browsers. A popular target for hackers at this year’s conference was Safari on a Mac — definitely the lowest hanging fruit.

Microsoft is restricting the Azure platform to its datacenters, shooting down rumors that it might let companies host Azure services on their own networks. Microsoft has no plans to let businesses license and host its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure on their own premises, the company said this week.

For its latest regular Patch Tuesday booster shot, Microsoft snuffed out vulnerabilities surrounding its Server Messenger Block Protocol. The vulnerabilities allowed hackers to bust into unpatched computers and do what they please -- create accounts, install software under the radar, etc.

It's no secret that companies often look to cut IT budgets in times of economic difficulty. But as McKinsey Consulting recently reported, it doesn't make sense to do across the board IT budget cuts. Instead, the business should still make targeted investments that actually cut costs and prepare for the future. CIOs who take this advice to heart can present their board a strategy that delivers savings today and greater opportunity in the future.

Shocked by the revelations of Satyam co-founder and chairman B Ramalinga Raju that the software services firm had overstated profits and hidden liabilities in a Rs. 40 billion scandal, leading industry lobbies called for stricter corporate governance norms.

It's no secret that companies often look to cut IT budgets in times of economic difficulty. But as McKinsey Consulting recently reported, it doesn't make sense to do across the board IT budget cuts. Instead, the business should still make targeted investments that actually cut costs and prepare for the future. CIOs who take this advice to heart can present their board a strategy that delivers savings today and greater opportunity in the future.

Excess use of Internet at workplace by employees is creating a significant drain on productivity , says the Employee Computing Risk Assessment (ECRA) conducted by Websense India.

Microsoft is investigating reports that a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being exploited. So far, Microsoft has found out the attacks are against Internet Explorer 7 on supported editions of Windows XP Service Packs 2 and 3, Windows Server 2003 Service Packs 1 and 2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008.

The first time ever the Indian IT industry tasted a downturn was in 2001. That is when 9/11 sealed the doubt over whether the dot.com and telecom busts as well as a recession were all real. At that time, at MindTree, we were a less than 500 people. We did two things immediately: the internal board took a 25% salary cut and everyone else took a 10% cut. Those steps were not enough. So, we seriously considered asking the “bottom 5%”, formally assessed as “non-performers”, to be let go.

The Indian Animation and Gaming market has shown considerable growth over the past few years, with a larger number of players foraying the space. Large global studios have also shown interest in offshoring parts of their animation and gaming work to India, and take advantage of what it has on offer – low-cost labour, English-speaking talent, graphic designers and animators, who can be quickly made, “industry ready” with relevant training and gradually improving telecom infrastructure.

According to a recent PC World Business Center report, the US economy is heading towards a recession, taking with it - a normally resilient tech sector. Recent financial reports from leading companies paint a gloomy picture and that does give us an inkling of the sordid times that are yet to come.

India might be better known as a software services outsourcing giant to most but if you look internally, there is a new revolution brewing–the product revolution. There are hundreds of startups in the software products space, which are throwing up some very interesting products in the market.

Shares of software companies took a beating Tuesday after an industry estimate that export-focused software and back-office services companies will see slower revenue growth of 25 percent in the current fiscal year to March because of tighter technology spending.

Dorothy Parker once said: “Compared to men, women have to work twice as hard to be thought half as good.” Breaking the invisible glass ceiling has always been difficult, especially for women aspiring for leadership roles. Women in the boss’ chair are no longer a rarity. But in almost all fields, women’s