Five rules of outsourcing IT to the cloud

Moving to a cloud platform to outsource IT operations is a big consideration for many businesses at present, considering it cut costs and gives a higher degree of flexibility

Google+ starts service for businesses and brands

The new feature ‘Google+ Pages’ will allow organizations to connect with their customers

Accenture bags order to set up website for Sikkim government

Accenture will make government services available online through a unified portal, streamlining efficiency and reducing administrative functions

Etisalat signs MoU with HCL Technologies

Collaboration will offer joint IT solutions to business customers in the areas of mobility and IT services

IBM signs a 10-yr deal with Caparo India

Caparo will host its datacenter on IBM’s system in a cloud model

TCS appointed technology partner to Garmin-Cervelo

TCS will work with the team’s sport science group to see how performance can be enhanced with the use of technology

TCS hopes to cash in on higher IT budgets

India’s largest software company hopes to cash in on higher IT spend among its list of clients

Wipro to bring out India’s fastest supercomputer

Supercomputer being designed at Thiruvananthapuram’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to be ready in three months

Google sets up Hyderabad call centre for local language support

Center to provide support to SMEs in India for AdWords platform in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam

Cloud computing to hit mainstream in five years: Gartner

Hype Cycle report says data centre bridging and fabric-based computing may have less than 5 per cent market penetration

Indian BPOs to invest in customer-centric tech

A survey says 65 percent of total investment in technologies in all centers is made in quality management software

Tech trends in 2010

Security, disaster recovery, and cloud computing will drive technology infrastructure within a BPO