In a study across BPOs and IT companies in India by BPONews and Agile Systems Consulting, it was shockingly found that only 391 Companies were ISO 27001 certified. ISO 27001, is a standard applicable to the industry, and considered to be the final certification of Management Systems to a secure Information security framework. One expert says cyber crimes will cost us hundreds of billions. More...

Guess who is leading the movement against illegal dumping of garbage near the posh locality DLF City in New Gurgaon? Having carved a niche for himself and his company Parsec Technologies in the global Corporate and IT world, Prabhat Agarwal has turned his attention to local issues.  Prabhat and his wife are organizing another demonstration to force authorities to stop the garbage menace. More...

It all began with a trivial remark to his female colleague in the Office cafeteria in IBM Daksh “If you sip it (the soft drink Maaza), it will become sweeter” in 2005 and ended up in 2007 when he allegedly forcibly washed the hands of another female colleague with water. And the former IBM Daksh employee Issac Mani lost his job which he claims was the outcome of cheap office politics.  More...

A Sparsh BPO executive was crushed to death by a speeding state roadways bus on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway when he was trying to cross this busy stretch on his way to his office. He was reportedly caught in the middle of the fast moving traffic with music earplugs on his ears, his colleagues revealed.  The 23-year old customer care executive Navnit Singh Saigar was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. More...

Foreign currency and gold coins worth Rs. 5.5 lakhs have gone missing in mysterious circumstances from the premier business process and IT services company Keane India Limited in Gurgaon, India. The police officials who are investigating the case are perplexed about the theft as all the access-controlled doors and locks of the safe where the currency and coins were safely stored have been found to be intact. More...

Copyrights? Yes! Patents? No! The Free Software Users Group in India emphatically protested against a back door attempt to create patents out of what is considered at par with an art form in the field of IT, viz. software. They held a candle light vigil attended by more than a 100 people in Bangalore, on the 23rd August 2008 in front of the Town Hall in India’s Silicon City. More...

“Abandon Ship - All on your own” is a very well known sailor’s distress call. The cry comes when a ship is sinking, so everyone can save themselves the very best they can. Something similar seems to be happening at Gurgaon based BPO Saffron. Our recent story few days ago detailed how 250 agents logged out for a few hours to protest their salaries not being paid on time. More...

A HR executive of a Gurgaon-based KPO firm was beaten black and blue by his drunken landlords following an altercation over the trivial issue of rent charges of the apartment in which he was living with his wife. The victim, Samir Dev, employed with EMR Technologies in Udyog Vihar suffered serious head injuries and bone fractures. Recuperating in a government-run hospital, Samir is reported to be stable and out of danger. More...

A number of successful bloggers are alleging physical threats, stalking, theft and abuse by popular Malayalam portal Kerals.com that runs matrimonial sites, classifieds, gift shops and even an adult site.  The bloggers are alleging threats of physical harm and abuse by the portal after they complained that Kerals was stealing their pictures and articles. Kerals.com is reported to be a part of Anashwara Group. More...

Abhinav Bindra, India’s ‘Man with the Golden Bullet’, is the epitome of taciturnity in front of the media.  His lack of dramatics and extremely calm temperament was eulogised as the result of nerves of steel and immense concentration. Abhinav played down the huge hype that followed his historic achievement saying that he was ‘just a normal guy’, but declined to play to the audience except while holding his rifle. Abhinav prefers blogging to press conferences. More...