Research
IBM, Qantas ink project delivery deal
IBM has announced the signing of a seven-year contract with Qantas, an Australian airline, for the provision of project delivery functions as part of the airline’s improved business efficiency goals. Under the agreement, IBM will bring a combination of project management delivery know-how to Qantas’ project portfolio to ensure timely delivery of business and IT [...]
Alcatel-Lucent launches IP Transformation Centre in India
Alcatel-Lucent has launched a new IP Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai, India. First centre of its kind in the sub-continent, the IPTC is aimed at developing, integrating and testing end-to-end IP networking solutions for Alcatel-Lucent’s Indian and global customers as they migrate to next generation architectures. The centre will enable service providers to design, test [...]
Alca-Lu appoints Subhash Bana as VP R&D for India
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the appointment of Subhash Bana as vice president R&D reporting to Vivek Mohan, managing director of Alcatel-Lucent India. In his new role, Subhash will be responsible for improving engineering performance across the carrier and applications software activities, including R&D service delivery, quality and innovation enhancing support to the Indian customers. He will [...]
KDF equips digital x-ray production facility in NY
KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services has announced its role in the opening of a $165m digital X-Ray mammography production facility in New York state. The facility is headlined by a health equipment OEM and will manufacture and transfer its technology to healthcare facilities worldwide. KDF, a New Jersey-based producer of batch-sputtering systems used in the [...]
IBM launches analytics centre in Tokyo
IBM has announced the launch of a Tokyo-based IBM Analytics Solution centre, which is part of a global network of analytics focused centres. Through these centers, IBM hopes to address the demand for advanced analytics capabilities need to help clients build smarter business systems and drive improved decision-making. The new centre is co-located at IBM’s [...]
Broadband services still a top spending priority: study
Consumers are unwilling to part with their broadband services at home even in the midst of the economic downturn, preferring to cut spending on things like dining out and leisure travel, according to a series of recent studies sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent. These findings were uncovered as part of a global study exploring the impact of [...]
Vdopia launches VDO Labs for video ad research
Vdopia, a Video Ad Network and Video Ad Platform focused on Indians across the globe, has announced the launch of VDO Labs. The research lab will focus exclusively on taking video advertising experience to the next level by creating innovations around video content. VDO Labs is building ad formats such as Skin Branding, Skin Branding [...]
Globant sets up shop in Colombia
Globant, the Latin American player in software product development, R&D, and IT maintenance outsourcing, is opening offices in Bogota, Colombia. With the intention of broadening its presence in the country and strengthening its growth in the region, Globant is inaugurating offices for working with clients such as Microsoft, the Ministry of Defense – with projects [...]
Microsoft, industry players team up against Conficker Worm
Microsoft has announced a partnership with technology industry players and academia to implement a coordinated, global response to the Conficker (aka Downadup) worm. Together with security researchers, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and operators within the Domain Name System, Microsoft coordinated a response designed to disable domains targeted by Conficker. The company [...]
Cygate signs cooperation deal with Sourcefire
Cygate, a provider of integrated information network solutions, and Sourcefire, an open source player, have signed a partnership agreement on selling systems for detecting and preventing network intrusion and vulnerabilities and on providing related system consultation and services for enterprises and public corporations. Sourcefire combines an Open Source product with its own commercial applications by [...]
