Newsfolio - March 2014

o H E A LT H B R IE F

Study Backs Nonsurgical Way to Fix Heart Valves.

(TIME) ti.me/1jNVwcu

The Healthy Wonders of Water. (Webmd) bit.ly/QxQ54z

f

“Intellectuals solve problems; Geniuses prevent them – Albert Einstein”

EC O- PR O D UC T S B R I E F

Green Apps. (Guardian) bit.ly/1hqSTd9

For the Tech-Obsessed (Huffington Post) http://huff.to/1cOK5bb

NFOLIO TEAM: Chief Coordinator: Subin Amarnathan; Coordinator: Smita Philip

Consultants: Saloni. FEEDBACK: [email protected]

JO B B R IE F

ETL Architect B’lore/SSIS, SSAS, Cognos/

MNC. 9-15+yrs exp.

Delivery Manager CIO: B’lore/Product

Delivery – Internal Applications. MNC. 10+ years

exp. Mention job title in the subject & send your

updated resumes to: [email protected]

O i l IT-ITES NEWS YOU SHOULDN”T

M I S S

Continued…

Samsung, Accenture team up to offer secure mobile platform

(Times Of India) http://bit.ly/1gEk3Zf

Dell to help Flipkart in data centre management (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/OCVEgZ

Dropbox acquires workplace chat solutions provider Zulip

(NDTV) http://bit.ly/1r38Ydq

Autodesk Buys Creative Market To Square Up To Adobe With A

Marketplace For Designers And Makers (Techcrunch)

http://tcrn.ch/1nFfPuk

Naspers-Backed ibiboGroup Acquires Online Bus Tracking And

Analytics Startup YourBus In India (Techcrunch)

http://tcrn.ch/1fLlt43

Who’s Hiring/Firing?

Senior-level hiring at Infosys set to get tougher (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/1eXRQ01

Infosys to open campus in Indore, create 5,000 jobs (Times Of

India) http://bit.ly/1jaiGJM

AOL Lays Off “Double Digit” Number Of Employees (Techcrunch)

http://tcrn.ch/1p1R0UG

Other updates

Wipro appoints Raja Ukil as chief information officer (Times Of

India) http://bit.ly/1l4Pb99

Accenture Opens New Innovation Center for Financial Services in

Jakarta (Business Wire) http://bit.ly/1gNo7uR

Symantec fires CEO Steve Bennett (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/1l9oGlY

Addwiser Pick of the Month

The Daily Routines of Geniuses

(HBR) http://bit.ly/1pbqbxu

March 2014 / 57 C-EX/ Addwiser++

Google's 10 little-known fun features (Times Of India) http://bit.ly/1g7sSiY

Industry Updates (IT-ITES)

The IT staffing crunch: a man-made crisis (Zdnet) http://zd.net/1fhmx4e

IT companies like Infosys, TCS, Microsoft, Cognizant hiring design students

at 50% higher pay packages (Times Of India) http://bit.ly/1ikLJGW

Wipro plans new US push with one-stop model (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/1dhxvI5

Microsoft releases OneNote for Macs, makes it free (Economics Times)

http://bit.ly/1oCMxcT

Facebook Messenger now supports voice calling in India (NDTV)

http://bit.ly/1iJ0zYA and also Facebook to use drones to beam internet

from the sky: Mark Zuckerberg (Times Of India) http://bit.ly/1jVM7ez

Launches & Innovation

Wipro Launches cloud-based product lifecycle management service

(Business Standard) http://bit.ly/1iJ8IfL

McAfee announces free Mobile Security solution for Indian consumers

(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/1fLlbdw

Nucleus Software launches banking solution FinnAxia (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/1ggKqdC

HP unveils virtualisation solutions for telcos (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/1nIhb7u and launches ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA

(ZDnet) http://zd.net/1gaJSpu

Google Announces New AdMob Features To Expand Support For In-App

Purchases (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/1iBMjku

Autodesk Launches Instant Mobile Messaging App For Enterprise Users

(Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/1kqdGxU

Deals & Expansions

TCS partners with Microsoft for product development (Economics Times)

http://bit.ly/1eXQ3rI

HCL Technologies signs deal with UK firm for payment service solutions

(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/1hLhcjH

Wipro signs 10-year deal worth 'well over $100 million' with UK-based

Carillion (NDTV) http://bit.ly/1lVbPB7

Infosys signs 5-year deal with Swedish firm Lansforsakringar (Times Of

India) http://bit.ly/1cY7FIP

Mindtree signs pact with SITA for finance system platform (Money

Control) http://bit.ly/1oD9dcT

MphasiS, Delta Power Solutions tie up to offer ATM solutions (Times Of

India) http://bit.ly/1l8Xrbg

Tech Mahindra to manage Volvo's IT infrastructure (Times Of India)

http://bit.ly/OCVypr

Infosys wins deal from Volvo cars (Times Of India) http://bit.ly/1ikHefz

Continued…

Ten IT Skills on the Brink of Extinction (IT Business Edge) http://bit.ly/1l98Bgf

Cash, Paranoia Fuel Tech Giants'

Buying Binge (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/1rFXgWj