Indian Prime Ministerial Candidate L.K. Advani pledges to leverage IT in social, financial, administration, health and education

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To promote its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, the tech savvy Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has put out five ad campaigns on 2,000 websites, including those of the US, British and Pakistani media, which are frequented by Indians.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rs.70 billion (Rs.7,000 crore) accounting fraud at Satyam computer Services was not a corporate scam but a 'governmental scandal', senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said.

August 27th, 2009 BP selects Tata as technology vendorNEW YORK — Tata Consultancy Services, a unit of India's Tata Group conglomerate, said Thursday it was selected as a strategic information technology vendor for BP PLC, one of the world's biggest oil and gas companies. Terms were not disclosed.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday unveiled its IT Vision Document, which lays down how the party plans to use Information Technology (IT) as an important tool for change if voted to power. The party's prime ministerial candidate L.K.

January 16th, 2009 L.K. Advani's website proclaims that he puts the nation first, the party second and 'self last'. For the present, however, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate is probably concerned more about himself than about the first two.

August 12th, 2009 Computer Sciences receives $50M Air Force contractFALLS CHURCH, Va. — Information technology company Computer Sciences Corp.

June 30th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based software company Saksoft Limited Tuesday declared its 2008-09 net profit was up by 333 percent though its topline remained flat compared to the previous year. "In spite of tough market conditions, the company closed last fiscal with a turnover of Rs.120.48 crore (Rs.1.20 billion) and a profit of Rs.9.63 crore as against Rs.120.10 crore and Rs.2.22 crore, respectively, in the previous year," managing director Aditya Krishna told reporters here Tuesday.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at US DOE's (Department of Energy's) Argonne National Laboratory have devised a program that allows for Cyber Security defense systems to communicate when attacked and transmit that information to cyber systems at other institutions in the hopes of strengthening the overall cyber security posture of the complex. "The Federated Model for Cyber Security acts as a virtual neighborhood watch program.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As India seeks to emerge upfront in today's knowledge economy, the national elections will give its verdict on whether information technology can help politicians reach out to their vote banks, as US President Barack Omaba did last year. And Dataquest magazine, in its cover story on this aspect in its upcoming issue, feels it is the growing realisation of the power of IT that prompted the two main political parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress - to give significant importance to it in their manifestoes.

September 14th, 2009 NOIDA - The Amity Institute of Information Technology and CISCO Regional Networking Academy kick started CISCO CCNA-Exploration Course for six naval officers at the Amity University Campus on Monday. Professor O P Sharma, Director, Amity Institute of Information Technology, remarked that technology is changing fast with more and more enterprises coming closer and sharing their resources.

August 17th, 2009 UPS adds technology to speed up eBay shippingATLANTA — UPS Inc. said Monday it has launched a technology that allows sellers to import their eBay order information, export it and automatically update orders.

December 22nd, 2008 BANGALORE - India's second largest IT bellwether Wipro Technologies Tuesday announced acquisition of Citi Technology Services, the India-based captive provider of IT services and solutions to Citigroup entities worldwide, for $127 million in an all-cash deal. As part of the deal, Wipro and Citi will sign a Master Services Agreement for delivery of technology infrastructure services and application development and maintenance services for six years, which is projected to accrue $500 million during the contract.

June 23rd, 2009 GANGTOK - Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot has said that the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is to launch 3 G services in Gangtok by August 15. Announcing the extension of 3 G services to other three districts within 100 days, the Minister said, BSNL would increase its broadband strength to 30 GB PPS to improve services in Sikkim.

April 17th, 2009 The use of internet for campaigning, being tested in India in the ongoing general elections, will emerge as a powerful medium when the world's largest democracy is ready for the next polls in 2009, concludes a leading tech publication.'Cyber campaigning may come of age in 2009 elections if politicians see marginal gains by using Internet and mobile technologies,' says Ibrahim Ahmad, group editor of Dataquest, which has done a report in its e-governance magazine. 'Their faith in e-governance could go up significantly.' The magazine says parties are now moving to the next stage - from static websites to interactive net strategies by building online communities and social networking sites to actively use technology to reach out to the electorate.

October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The head of an Indian trade group fears proposals in US Congress to limit visas for foreign high-tech workers would be a "business killer" for India's burgeoning information technology industry and would not reduce US unemployment. Som Mittal, president of India's National Association of Software and Service Cos.