India based BPO Companies have become very aggressive in recent times and expanding their operations all over the country. Infosys, Tech Mahindra and Aditya Birla Minacs have opened new units and creating many jobs in BPO/KPO sector. Infosys BPO Limited, a subsidiary of IT major Infosys, signed an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to [...]
Archive for October, 2009
23 Oct
Time to work for free in IT companies. No pay for 5000 employees of Mahindra Satyam for 3 months. Take it or leave it.
Mahindra Satyam announced that it will not pay salaries to employees in the virtual pool after December 18. The employees under this virtual pool program (VPP) will, however, have the option to stay on the company’s rolls without pay till March 2010. In a recent email to the associates, the Satyam management stated, “We continue [...]
22 Oct
To buy or not to buy Microsoft Windows 7 ? Windows 7 vs Vista vs XP.
Earlier OS released by Microsoft was Windows Vista and it got horrible response from the users. Microsoft Vista was any way not good as it requires and consumes too much of memory. They would definitely stop the support for Microsoft Vista in few years from now. Give this, it is better to stick with Windows XP [...]
22 Oct
Planning to purchase Microsoft’s new OS Windows 7. Please hold on your purchase and read and compare features of Windows 7 with Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Microsoft India has announced on 22nd Oct the arrival of Windows 7 for its customers in India. As per Microsoft, this OS will be reliable and responsive but they had claimed similar for Windows Vista. We all know what happened to Windows Vista, and image of the Microsoft company post Vista release. Microsoft releases new [...]
22 Oct
Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam) plans to layoff 5,000 employees on bench.
Post Diwali weekend, many Satyam’s employees on the Virtual Pool Program (VPP) of the company were given a formal notice of two months by e-mail. Virtual Pool Program (VPP) were for people in bench. The mail reads, “In our earlier communication dated June 11, 2009, you were placed on VPP for a period of six [...]
21 Oct
Sun MicroSystems to layoffs 3,000 more jobs this fiscal
Sun Microsystems Inc is planning to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide, or about 10 percent of its staff, blaming delays in its $7 billion sale to Oracle Corp . According to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Sun is losing about $100 million a month because of uncertainty about the computer maker’s future as European antitrust regulators pursue [...]
18 Oct
TCS to be fined 2 Lakh per day for passport project delay
Tata Consultancy Services, has been reportedly asked by the government to pay penalty for missing the second deadline in implementing Passport Seva Project. TCS was to set up seven pilot Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) in Chandigarh and Bangalore by October 1. According to a report, the government has sent a notice to the company asking [...]
18 Oct
Wipro planning to hire 'more affordable and eager for employment' US workers.
Wipro Ltd plans to hire more ”more affordable and eager for employment‘ workers in the US to take advantage of a rebounding technology market. Premji is betting that US employees will help the Bangalore-based company win local orders, including contracts with the federal government, as the world’s largest economy starts to recover from the worst [...]
18 Oct
TCS planning to distribute 150% of Variable Pay to all of its employees and adding 8000 more resources. Ahoa.
TCS gives Diwali gifts to all of its employees. For first time in its history, TCS planning to distribute 150% of Variable Pay to all employees for last quarter in October salary slip. This way employees will be getting 50% more variable pay than what was agreed with them. Apart from this, TCS is planning [...]
18 Oct
HCL Info corners $114 mn Rajasthan govt deal for power distribution. TCS bags the similar project from MP and West Bengal govt.
IT hardware firm HCL Infosystems has been awarded a Rs 529 crore ($114 million) IT project for Rajasthan’s power distribution utilities, a top official of the utilities said. The project involves applying technology to identify power losses across all cities and villages of Rajasthan and has to be completed in 18 months, he said. A [...]
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