Technology Sector

Netgear Adds Another Feather To Its Cap

Netgear Adds Another Feather To Its Cap Netgear, Inc, a global supplier of technologically advanced, branded networking products, announced that it has been awarded the ‘Fastest Growing Networking Solution Vendor’ for SMBs  by VARIndia during its annual Star Nite Awards, held in the Hotel Eros Intercontinental on Nov. 14, 2008.  

ZTE, Qualcomm and Aircell Collaborate On Industry-First In-Flight Internet Service

ZTE, Qualcomm and Aircell Collaborate On Industry-First In-Flight Internet ServiceZTE USA, Inc. a division of ZTE Corporation, a top worldwide provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, and Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, made announcement about their partnership with Aircell® to make the networking platform for Aircell’s new Inflight Internet service, Gogo®, which first began service in August on select American Airlines flights.  

Tata Consultancy Inaugurates Fourth Delivery centre in China

Tata Consultancy ServicesTata Consultancy Services (TCS), largest IT services provider in India, has further expanded its operations in China by inaugurating its fourth global delivery centre at Tianjin, which will have capacity of 300 seats. The other centres in China are at Bejing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. With this, the company will have a staff strength of over 1,300 in the region.

Cisco to stop fresh hiring

CiscoLeading networking company, Cisco Systems has announced to halt recruitment of fresh staff following global slowdown. The move would enable it to cut costs by 2 billion dollar. It would also employ other cost cutting measures to deal with the situation. Cisco has 30% market share in the Unified Communications (UC) domain and it is facing stiff competition from Microsoft and Avaya.

Cisco Systems Executive Vice-President and Chief Globalisation Officer, Wim Elfrink ruled out any retrenchment but maintained that it would not hire new staff. He was addressing reporters in the side lines of the World Economic Forum's function in New Delhi.

A Double Whammy for Kobian Pte Ltd

A Double Whammy for Kobian Pte LtdKobian, one of the well-known vendors in the IT hardware sector, announced that it has been awarded ‘Best PC Casing (Cabinet)’ and ‘Best Speaker for its Mercury iXA range of Speakers’  by VARIndia at its Annual Star Nite Awards, held in the Hotel Eros InterContinental on Nov 14, 2008.
 
IXA speaker range is the fresh range rolled out by the company. The lifestyle product range from Mercury has been branded as iXA with Sub Woofers and Home Theatre systems being the first of the range announced in India.
 

With Yang out, Microsoft may come back

Jerry YangWith Yang out, Microsoft may come back

On Monday many sources reveled that the resignation of Jerry Yang as chief executive of Yahoo might invite another offer from Microsoft.

Eric Jackson, an activist Yahoo shareholder who was among the investors angry with Yahoo's management for not accepting Microsoft's previous bid, reported, "I would expect Microsoft to come back within the next three or four months. I think Microsoft will come back because Microsoft needs Yahoo, despite what they've been saying publicly, and I think they know that."

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