People News - Page 23

IGNOU Inks MoU With IBM India To Reform ICT Education

IGNOU and IBM India would partner to skill students on the IT standards in emerging verticals like healthcare, financial services and retail.

Finnet Technologies Introduces Performance Appraisal Tool

The Simple Performance Appraisal and 360 Degree Feedback modules work in a facilitated regime with a smart questionnaire system directed to give a full evaluation of the staff.

VMware Appoints MD To Lead Indian Business

Srinivasan is responsible for running all aspects of VMware's business operations in India and the SAARC economies.

Suman Bose To Head Siemens PLM Software India Operations

Bose will be responsible for increasing Siemens PLM Software's market share and extending its position in India's PLM field.

Avaya Appoints Jangoo Dalal As India MD

Dalal will be responsible for overseeing all business operations and driving growth for the company in the India market.

SAP AG Names Oliver Bussmann As New CIO

SAP AG has announced the appointment of Oliver Bussmann as chief information officer (CIO), effective September 1, 2009.

MCPO Growing Faster Than Multi-Country HRO Market: Everest

The MCPO market shows prevalence of co-opetition, where suppliers partner with each other and also with local payroll vendors to offer adequate country coverage across regions.

Sage India Targets SMEs With Sage Pocket

Fit for the SME segment, Sage Pocket has been developed and designed indigenously keeping the Indian conditions in mind.

Raghavendran To Head Cisco India Commercial Strategy Division

Raghavendran will focus on reinforcing Cisco's presence in the commercial segment, which is among the key growth markets for Cisco in the region.

EPM Live v2.2 To Offer New SharePoint Resource Mgmt Capabilities

The new Resource Management capabilities of EPM Live v2.2 allow for more efficient and effective project and work management.

'CEOs Should View The CIO Role As Complementary'

Jana Matthews, CEO, The Jana Matthews Group, speaks about the essential management skills for CIOs, the art of persuasion and IT from a CEO's viewpoint.

'IT Recruitment Should Centre On Core Skills'

Despite core systems being valuable to business operations during a recession, the majority continue to focus on the recruitment of IT skills for newer Web 2.0 technologies.

Pramod Bhasin Appointed Chairman Of Nasscom For 2009-10

Bhasin has been a member of Nasscom Executive Council and is the president and CEO of Genpact.

Deshmukh Appointed As Vice President For SAP BusinessObjects India

Deshmukh's responsibilities will include driving strategy, business development, and sales of integrated solutions for the business user.

Unisys Names Suresh Mathews As SVP And CIO

As Unisys CIO, Mathews will lead and direct the company's internal information technology (IT) organisation and resources.

Kenexa Brings Employee Survey Solutions To India

Kenexa's survey solutions include employee engagement surveys, 360 multi-rater feedback, exit interviews, compliance surveys and action planning.

India Infoline Signs Up With First Advantage For VerifyDirect

VerifyDirect can be used by any bonafide company for conducting background checks on potential employees, contract/vendor staff or customers through secure online transactions 24/7.

'Enterprises Should Maintain Investments In Training'

Shailesh Mehta, eLearning evangelist and founder CEO, GOLS, speaks about the latest buzz in the online learning space.

Caliber Point Partners With Oracle To Offer HR Outsourcing Solns

Caliber Point can now offer its customers, multi-process HR solutions such as workforce administration, payroll and recruitment across multiple geographies.

Mastek Puts 425 Employees On Virtual Bench

Employees have the option of working with a fair monthly compensation or leaving the company with a compensation package.

Steven Campbell Joins Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

In his new role, Campbell will have global responsibility for all aspects of the company's product development and technical vision.

People, Corporates Easily Conned Into Parting With Vital Information

Social Engineering in the IT context refers to the art of using social codes and knowledge of human behaviour to get people to provide sensitive information.

Proquest Implements Adrenalin HCM At Serum Institute

Integrating the Adrenalin HCM solution into the existing back-office IT infrastructure of SAP will ensure that Serum's employees can rely on a strong support system to track their personal career growth.

Sage Enters Indian Payroll, HRMS Space With 'Pocket' Acquisition

The acquisition of 'Pocket' will enable Sage to enter the fast growing 'Payroll and HRMS' space in India.

Wipro's Answer To Recruitment Challenge: IP Video Phones

The company is using Nortel Video phones to interview the huge number of potential candidates.

Emerson Network Power Appoints Stephen Liang As President, Asia

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson has appointed Stephen Liang as President for the Emerson Network Power Systems business in Asia Pacific.

Brocade Appoints Ashis Guha As Country Manager For India

Guha will be responsible for driving Brocade's business development, marketing and sales initiatives in India.

Patni Appoints Jeya Kumar As Chief Executive Officer

Kumar will come on board February 2009 and will be responsible for driving the company's operations.

MindTree Appoints P K Gopalakrishnan As India Business Head

In this role, Gopalakrishnan will hold business responsibility for Indian enterprises, defense and government sectors across both the IT Services and R&D Services business.

EMC Appoints Anantharaman To Western Region Growth

In this role, Anantharaman will be responsible for spearheading EMC's enterprise business strategy and growing EMC's business in the western region.