IT news
Oracle to acquire cloud-based customer service firm RightNow for $1.5 bn
24 Oct 2011
Enterprise software developer Oracle Corp today said that it will buy cloud-based customer service company RightNow Technologies Inc for around $1.5 billion.
Oracle to add 3,500 people to its workforce by May 2012
21 Oct 2011
Oracle, said it would vigourously promote its recruitment drive through social media like Facebook, twitter, Linkedin, YouTube
China follows US as biggest Apple market
19 Oct 2011
China contributed 16 per cent of Apple’s fourth-quarter sales, or about $4.5 billion.
With 250 million tweets a day, Twitter worth around $8 billion: CEO, Dick Costolo
19 Oct 2011
Twitter’s problem is how to monetise the wealth of information that flows through its site every day.
Hewlett-Packard rethinks spinning-off PC unit
14 Oct 2011
Infosys denies talks over Thomson Reuters healthcare business
13 Oct 2011
Infosys Ltd today said it was not in talks to acquire the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters Corp
Infosys keen to buy Thomson Reuters healthcare vertical
13 Oct 2011
The healthcare unit of Thomson Reuters supplies healthcare data and analysis to customers including corporates, government departments and healthcare professionals.
Draft policy sees ITeS sector growing $300 billion-strong by 2020
07 Oct 2011
Since, 80 per cent of the IT industry revenues come from exports, the draft policy proposes to encourage growth of indigenous demand and market to sustain the current growth.
Oracle to pay $199.5 million for overcharging US government
07 Oct 2011
Oracle will pay $199.5 million plus interest to settle allegations that it overbilled the federal government for nine years
India launches digital revolution with $35 tablet computer
05 Oct 2011
The tablet, with a 7-inch display of 800x480 pixel resolution, 256MB of RAM, 2GB flash storage and a 366MHz processor from Connexant, runs the Android 2.2 operating system
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