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VASCO Plays Authenticator To RBI's New Rural Banking Initiative

VASCO Plays Authenticator To RBI's New Rural Banking Initiative

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In order to improve confidence of people in remote areas in banking operations, the Reserve Bank asked business correspondents to operate from Ultra Small Branches.

Bharti Airtel To Name Manoj Kohli As MD

Bharti Airtel To Name Manoj Kohli As MD

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Bharti's founder Sunil Mittal, who is currently its chairman and managing director, will become executive chairman of the company, after Kohli moves to his new role.

Infosys Unveils Business Portal For Commerce Ministry

Infosys Unveils Business Portal For Commerce Ministry

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The eBiz portal will be a single platform for online G2B (government-to-business) services for domestic investors and businesses, reducing delays and complexity in getting information and services.

Indian Banking To Spend Rs. 416 Bn On IT In 2013: Gartner

Indian Banking To Spend Rs. 416 Bn On IT In 2013: Gartner

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This forecast includes spending by financial institutions on internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications.

UP Govt To Buy 15 Lakh Laptops From HP India

UP Govt To Buy 15 Lakh Laptops From HP India

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The purchase cost of the 15 lakh laptops would total about Rs.2,858 crore.

LPU Upgrades Infra With IBM BladeCenter

LPU Upgrades Infra With IBM BladeCenter

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Lovely Professional University installs IBM BladeCenter solution which included the IBM Blade Server HX 5 as well as the Blade Center H chassis.

Implementing A Financial Inclusion Plan In Banks

Implementing A Financial Inclusion Plan In Banks

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Merging the Balanced Scorecard and BI.

OnMobile Supports Karnataka's m-Governance Project

OnMobile Supports Karnataka's m-Governance Project

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OnMobile is providing the platform and services to help launch and manage the pilot phase of the project on m-Governance.

Airtel Replaces India CEO Sanjay Kapoor In Management Shake-Up

Airtel Replaces India CEO Sanjay Kapoor In Management Shake-Up

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Sanjay Kapoor, a 15-year veteran of the company, will be replaced by group director of special projects Gopal Vittal as chief executive of India operations.

Radico Khaitan Fills Its IT Basket With SAP

Radico Khaitan Fills Its IT Basket With SAP

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Neeraj Srivastava, Jt. GM – IT, Radico Khaitan talks about implementation of SAP for TMS, MRP, BPC and an employee self-service portal.

Mobile Broadband Largest Opportunity For Telco Revenue Growth: Ovum

Mobile Broadband Largest Opportunity For Telco Revenue Growth: Ovum

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Global telecom operator revenues exceeded $2 trillion in 2012, with 60 percent going to mobile operators, finds Ovum.

ECS' Electra Enables SBI's ATM Network Expansion

ECS' Electra Enables SBI's ATM Network Expansion

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SBI, with over 10,000 ATMs and kiosks today, had selected ElectraCard Services' electra payment platform to strengthen and support its plans to significantly grow its ATM and Debit Card base.

ZTE To Sell Off Stake In Unit Worth $206 Mn

ZTE To Sell Off Stake In Unit Worth $206 Mn

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ZTE Corp, China's second largest telecom equipment maker, plans to sell an 81 percent stake in its unit Shenzhen ZNV Technology.

YES Bank Selects Triple Point Technology To Manage Bullion Biz

YES Bank Selects Triple Point Technology To Manage Bullion Biz

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Triple Point's Commodity XL will help YES Bank meet domestic and international regulatory requirements.

UBI Selects Accenture For Management Consulting

UBI Selects Accenture For Management Consulting

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Accenture will advise the bank on ways to develop and optimise its operating model, with a significant focus on strengthening the bank's branch network and other customer channels.

Security And Data Protection Will Continue To Be Very High Priorities In 2013

Security And Data Protection Will Continue To Be Very High Priorities In 2013

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According to the latest 2013 predictions from the European Vertical Markets group at IDC, IT spending will grow above the market average in the professional services industry.

Air India Goes Live On Ramco For Fleet Maintenance

Air India Goes Live On Ramco For Fleet Maintenance

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Ramco Aviation Suite will help Air India in maintaining its fleet of over 125 Boeing and Airbus.

DIAL Receives BSA's CSS(O) Certification For Software Asset Mgmt

DIAL Receives BSA's CSS(O) Certification For Software Asset Mgmt

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CSS(O) was developed through a collaboration between BSA and leading Indian knowledge partners including KPMG and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited.

IDC Financial Insights' Top 10 Predictions For 2013

IDC Financial Insights' Top 10 Predictions For 2013

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Long term success expected for organisations that embraced and invested in four key technology disruptors: big data/analytics, mobility, cloud computing and social.

Challenge Of Regulatory Reporting In Banks

Challenge Of Regulatory Reporting In Banks

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A case for automating dataflow.

Potential Of ERP Untapped In Oil & Gas Sector

Potential Of ERP Untapped In Oil & Gas Sector

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Mathew George, Chief Manager, Petrochemical Exports, IOC feels integrating ancillary systems with ERP will unleash its potential, which has remained under-utilised in the Oil & Gas sector

Hughes India Wins Rs.200 Crore Ministry Of Finance ATM Project

Hughes India Wins Rs.200 Crore Ministry Of Finance ATM Project

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The Company has been contracted to connect 27,000 offsite ATMs with a secure broadband satellite network over the next two years.

Wipro Technologies Launches SmartOffers

Wipro Technologies Launches SmartOffers

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Wipro SmartOffers is a location-based solution for banks, launched in partnership with Intuition Intelligence.

APAC Insurers To Focus On CRM And Analytics In 2013: IDC

APAC Insurers To Focus On CRM And Analytics In 2013: IDC

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IDC projects that APAC insurers will increase technology spending by 8 percent to $18.2 billion in 2013.

IBM Establishes Centres Of Excellence In Ghaziabad

IBM Establishes Centres Of Excellence In Ghaziabad

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Centres at Academy of Business and Engineering Sciences and HR Group of Institutions to train faculty and students on IBM technologies.

Essar Steel Consolidates Legally With SAP

Essar Steel Consolidates Legally With SAP

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Suneel Aradhye, Group CIO, RPG Enterprises shares how SAP Business All-in-one helped Essar Steel with the legal aspect of consolidating plants across India. Aradhye was formerly CIO, Essar Steel.

Work On Kochi Smart City To Be Speeded Up: Minister

Work On Kochi Smart City To Be Speeded Up: Minister

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The much-hyped and much-delayed Rs.5,000 crore Kochi Smart City mega IT project will start rolling soon, a Kerala minister said.

Nokia Siemens To Sell Optical Networks Unit

Nokia Siemens To Sell Optical Networks Unit

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The move may hint the company is preparing itself for further consolidation in the sector by cutting overlaps with other players.

Banking Dynamics And The Role Of BI

Banking Dynamics And The Role Of BI

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Getting an enterprise-wide view.