Wikipedia has strong roots in India, and is among the top ten websites here. Wikimedia has announced the new engineering team for their internationalization / Localization features. The four new faces announced include Santhosh Thottingal, a FOSS evangelist from Kerala, currently employed with Infosys, who has been associated with Wikimedia projects since a couple of years. More...

Cyber law expert Na.Vijayashankar, also known as Naavi in Cyberspace, is one of the most respected names in the Indian tech and online world.  As Chairman of the Digital Society Foundation and as a Director of Cyber Law College, one of Naavi’s life mottos is “Let’s build a responsible Cyber society”.  His views are highly regarded and he is regularly quoted by Indian media. More...

Intelenet Global Services describes itself as a leading global third party BPO Company that delivers Business Process Outsourcing services to many Fortune 500 companies in India, USA, UK, Australia, Mauritius, Philippines and Poland. Intelenet is backed by Blackstone, a leading global Private Equity player. Sparsh BPO, with 16,000 employees, is Intelenet’s subsidiary in India. More...

Chief Minister Mr. Oommen Chandy has said that the IT industry in Kerala has not made much progress in the recent years. “Though we were the first to establish a Technopark in the country more than 20 years back, we have not made much progress since then. Our share of total IT exports from the country is hardly one percent”, said the CM while interacting with students at IIM-K. More...

Over the last 18 months, Techgoss had published a series of exclusive reports giving details of all that was happening inside the BPO, KPO and IT divisions of one of India’s most successful IT-ITES companies Syntel.  One report showed how that in the recent past Syntel BPO was overly reliant on couple of key clients. Also, reported were the exits of the CEO and key HR people. More...

Intelenet Global Services describes itself as a leading global third party BPO Company that delivers Business Process Outsourcing services to many Fortune 500 companies in India, USA, UK, Australia, Mauritius, Philippines and Poland. Intelenet is backed by Blackstone, a leading global Private Equity player. Sparsh BPO, with 16,000 employees, is Intelenet’s subsidiary in India. More...

On March 30, 2011, I had reported on how Infosys was trying to avoid a legal battle in an open court and was pushing for court directed mediation with an ex American employee who has alleged the tech giant had indulged in Visa fraud and tax evasion It all started when a Principal at Infosys Enterprise Solutions, Jack Palmer, accused Infosys of systematic visa and tax fraud. More...

Kerala was always a key IT ITES hub, but is now growing at a rapid pace. There has been a spurt in the number of IT companies moving to Kerala.  As per a communiqué from the Registrar of Companies, Kerala and Lakshadweep, based in Kochi, 79 new companies in the Information Technology and Computer related field were registered in Kerala between April 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011. More...

CISCO, with the largest share of the global network equipment market, earned revenue of $10.9 Billion in the Quarter ending May, 2011 which was an increase of 5 percent over the previous year.  Its net income in those last 3 months was $1.8 Billion.  CISCO has been struggling and in April, 2011 CEO Chambers announced a revamp.  In May, 2011, TG had reported job losses in India. More...

The Wikimedia Foundation has recently launched the India Education Program. The goal is to encourage professors in India to join a growing global community of educators who use Wikipedia as a teaching tool in their classes. Teachers and students will receive guidance and support from Wikipedia experts as well as free educational materials developed by the Wikimedia Foundation. More...