SPACE, not as in galaxy or universe, is the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment, and is a non-governmental organization in Kerala which has been in the news recently for bagging several of the ostensibly big-budget projects under the Kerala IT Mission.  Last month, prestigious national paper Indian Express published an ‘investigation’ into SPACE More...

New year 2009 began on a bad note for the Managing director of a software solutions company, E-ware Technologies of Gurgaon, as a local Court remanded him into 14-day judicial custody in Gurgaon Jail on Jan 2. E-ware MD Rajeev Nagpal and HR manager Shalu Sharma were arrested on Dec 30 by police on charges of criminal breach of trust and intimidation inflicted on engineers. More...

In India, politics rules. In Kerala it is a way of life of the people; the cent per cent literate politically conscious people take politics as a part of their daily bite. Not surprisingly, the Government of Kerala takes huge steps to promote free software and wage battles against proprietary software as well, probably as a part of a left wing stand against American MNCs. More...

Yesterday, I-flex solutions, the premium technology company that became a stalwart in finance vertical with flexcube - the core banking product - was truly one of the big fish in the pond.  Today, it became just another company to merge with Oracle. It seems to become petite by the day.  And the cost cutting steps include the stoppage of free snacks and travel. More...

The British High Commission saved an IT professional from falling prey to a fraudulent GSM Promotion that promised to ‘reward’ him 450,000 pounds.  The sender of the SMS remained in touch with the WNS employee for about ten days through phone calls and emails using a fictitious name Garry Miller before finally promising to meet him outside the office of High Commission  More...

Indian tech powerhouse Infosys held its 13th Annual Awards for Excellence 2008 ceremony this week.  Being an international company, the ceremony was held across 12 locations.  The Annual Awards for Excellence is the biggest event in the Infosys calendar to recognize the achievements of Infoscions.  Indian cricket super hero Anil Kumble graced the occasion as well. More...

In a glaring example of how daring the robbers are in Cyber City Gurgaon and have no fear of the law, the executive of a multinational media consultancy firm who was robbed of his cash, ATM cards, wrist watch and Honda City car at gunpoint on November 28, has started receiving threatening calls from the same criminals.  Naturally, he is nervous. More...

Even as the cowardly, cruel terrorists plot their next attack on an increasingly prosperous India, some of our iconic tech companies are preparing themselves for a worse case scenario.  Infosys, as a respected symbol of India’s growing empowerment, is well prepared.  Techgoss spoke to a few Infosys managers about the well planned security cocoon for their techies. More...

Every large company in India employs IT contractors or ‘vendor-supplied’ techies.  These contractors provide specialist skills and can step into the IT Department for terms as short as 3 months.  Some contracts last for years. The contractors are always paid a premium but the trade off is less job security. Some techies prefer contracting as they get bored at one site. More...

Armed goons waylaid an executive of a multi national media consultancy firm, snatched his belongings  including ATM cards, dumped him gagged and handcuffed before speeding away with his Honda car. Ironically, the goons forced the executive Chirantan Chandran to halt his car at an unmanned police barricade and then forced him to drive to the ATM kiosk at gunpoint.  More...