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...

Over the past 5 years, Kerala has maintained a GDP which is higher than the national average of 7.4% and has a strong potential to set an example for other Indian states to achieve its current economic status. With a new Govt focussed on development and investment, KPMG envisions Kerala as the next corporate hub. This was the outcome of a panel discussion facilitated by KPMG. More...

About 117 Government and Quasi Govt Societies and Organisations registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and the Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act including IT Parks in Kerala - Technopark, Trivandrum; Infopark, Kochi and Cyberpark, Kozhikode and the Kerala State IT Mission will be brought under the ambit of Lok Ayukta. More...

Technology giant Hewlett Packard (HP) has announced a number of key organizational changes to more closely align its corporate structure with the strategy it announced in March, 2011.  Ann Livermore has been elected to the HP board. During her 29-year career with HP she worked on a number of products and services, and her last assignment was looking after HP Enterprise Business. More...

The US had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America. While most Indian tech firms win contracts based on their quality computing skills and competitive costs and treat their H1B techies well, there are others which exploit Indians at every opportunity.  The US Govt had announced huge fines for some such firms. More...

In Dec, 2009, I had reported that Vikram Buddhi, an IIT alumnus and a PhD student at Purdue Uni, had been in a Chicago jail for 3.5 years waiting trial. He was jailed in 2007 for using the identities of other people to post online threats against President Bush and others. Vikram insisted that his views were protected under the free speech guarantees of the US Constitution. 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...