Guess why Bobby Deol doesn’t like the BPO industry?

The actor says the BPO staff has not focussed on long-term career planning and live only for the weekends.

Is Bangalore a completely stressed-out city?

If the number of suicides is anything to go by, it sure does indicate that India’s IT capital is also tops in terms of work-related stress.

Porn is not the only online dangers to kids

Common Sense Media and Trend Micro Internet Safety for Kids & Families team-up to educate parents, educators and youth on both Web site age-appropriateness and Internet security issues.

New match-making site for call centre employees

Now a new portal where employees from the call centre industry can meet and make a match.

We shall overcome! Call Center staff form e-Unions

Stressed employees of the Indian BPO industry are setting up a trade union of their own to negotiate working conditions with clients

TCS eyes $2 bn revenue from emerging markets

The emerging markets strategic business unit (SBU) of the countrys largest IT services provider TCS aims to touch the revenues of $2 billion by 2011-2012.

PC, laptop prices may soar on duty

While the Budget is largely being perceived as a “non-event” for the IT hardware sector, the proposal to levy excise duty on the minimum retail price (MRP) of desktops, laptops and peripherals...

Villagers across 12 states to benefit from mobile banking

Thousands of people from rural areas across 12 states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme...

IT companies rush to smaller cities

Tier-III cities are set to encore the bull run observed in real estate sector in metros and other cities as the real estate prices are touching a plateau in metros and tier-II cities.

'India not a tech guinea pig'

The Union minister of communications and information technology, Dayanidhi Maran, is a very happy man with IT and telecom developments over the last two weeks in India and abroad.

Wipro on prowl for buys in US, Europe

Wipro plans to acquire 9-12 companies in the US, western Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The deals – worth $50-200 million, are across the healthcare, travel, telecom and manufacturing verticals.

Infy retains top ranking: AC Nielsen

For the fourth consecutive year software major Infosys topped the AC Nielsen Corporate Reputation Index, according to the 2006 AC Nielsen Corporate Image Monitor.