JOHN RIBEIRO

India Exempts Its Outsourcers from New Privacy Rules

India’s outsourcing industry breathes a sigh of relief as the government exempts it from strict new data protection rules.

Indian Government to Appoint Satyam Board Members

Satyam in need of reorganization after company scandal.

Indian Outsourcers Face Scrutiny After Satyam Debacle

Outsourcers' ethics called into question as some enterprises begin to better research their vendor options.

Nokia Introduces Handsets, Content Targeted at Rural Users

Nokia Life Tools will be rolled out in select countries in Asia and Africa, starting with India in the first half of next year, Nokia says.

India Targets US$15 Billion From Infrastructure Management

Indian outsourcers already have a large share of outsourced application development and maintenance and are dominant in business process outsourcing. The country is now targeting a larger share of the market for remote infrastructure management services (IMS), and is planning to more than double revenue from these services to US$15 billion by 2013.

Internet in India Slowed by Middle East Outage

Internet traffic from India to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. has slowed down, as Internet service providers (ISPs) have started diverting traffic from Middle Eastern links to slower links through the Asia-Pacific region.

IBM Expects $1 Billion in India Revenue This Year

Business is booming for IBM India, both in local services and offshore support for U.S. and European customers.

Business Objects to Help SAP Target Business Users

The proposed acquisition of Business Objects will help SAP accelerate its offerings of a new class of applications tailored for the business user.

Yahoo's Next Move: Structured Search

Yahoo's betting that when you search on a term, instead of just viewing one long list of results, you'd like to see results in pull-down menus organized by category.

Bangalore Tries to Decongest with New Townships

The local government of Karnataka is setting up new townships around Bangalore, hoping that new IT, call center, and BPO facilities will be set up there.