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The article focuses on Dalit activist Chandrashekhar Azad and his challenge to India's Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and its caste system.

The article presents the views of several chief information officers (CIOs) and information technology (IT) executives on the future of IT in India. Arun Gupta, CIO, Cipla, says that Indian IT companies will move up the value chain, and also start designing products for global customers. Hemal Shah, CIO, Dell India, says that in the next decade, IT must increase investment for new capabilities, reduce the cost of running the business, and support a smart mobile workforce.

The article focuses on the continues growth of Indian institutes of technology (IITs) and non-IITs. The author mentions that India continues to nurture and develop great engineering talents, who posses great abilities and potential for developing technical benchmarks. He states that top IITs continue to focus on key parameters such as information technology (IT) infrastructure and academic environment, to advance their growth. He also presents charts depicting the top IITs in the country.

The article discusses the growth of the data center (DC) equipment market in India during 2012. The market was driven by economy, data center construction and refurbishment, and the trend towards virtualization and server consolidation. In 2011, the DC equipment market showed promising growth with structured cabling and racks and enclosures equally contributing to its growth.

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- "I'd seen so much corruption in politics when I was younger, I didn't want to become a politician", says Chandrashekhar Azad. It's not Azad's first swipe at Modi: In 2019 he said he would challenge the prime minister for his seat in Parliament before withdrawing, out of concern, he said, about splitting the Dalit vote. [Extracted from the article]

The article states that India should follow the example of U.S. and China, and set up an army of cyber warriors to defend the country against cyber attacks. It discusses the emergence of cyber wars and its negative consequences across the world. It states that cyber attacks can cause damage to both physical infrastructure as well as the economy of the country. It discusses the various types of cyber attacks that have taken place all over the world and includes a list of viruses too.

The article reports on the growth of VSAT deployments in 2012 in India. The growth was driven by on-the-move mobility application for voice and video, adoption of ATMs and branch connectivity of banks and financial institutions. It cites the trends for VSAT such as security, multi-service integration, routing and adoption of Ka-band spectrum.

The article reports on the efforts of telecommunication providers to improve the international long distance (ILD) service in India. Tata Communications Ltd. partners with Formula 1 management in delivering connectivity in 20 race locations over its global network. Bharti Airtel Ltd. invests in international infrastructure such as cable systems and submarine cable system that connects Chennai to Singapore and Europe.

The article focuses on the growth of the enterprise network equipment market in India. It notes the high demand of enterprise equipments and solutions from small businesses (SMEs). The International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts the enterprise networking market to account for 3 billion dollars by 2015. The author further highlights the statement of Hemant Joshi of Deloitte Haskins & Sells which comments on the infleunce that the increased use in Internet telephony have on the market growth.

The article reports on the government policy to digitize cable television (TV) in India by June 30, 2012. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), ensuring a 60 percent digitization will enable the country move a step forward to be at par with the developed economies in the cable industry. In addition, digitization will revolutionize consumer entertainment and enable subscribers to experience superior high-definition TV (HDTV) and future connected home services.

The article profiles Indian data center provider Tulip Data City. The author mentions that Tulip Data City is set to enter a growing market for data centers in India, which is expected to grow 24 percent in 3 years to 11,800 crore rupees. The author also states that Tulip remains to be a main bandwidth provider in India.

The article discusses the issue facing the Indian telecommunication industry regarding the budget for 2012-2013. The author mentions that industry leaders are disappointed as the budget planning did not favor the needs and demands of the country's struggling telecom industry. The author also adds that the increase made by the government in service tax from 10 percent to 12 will likely hinder the growth of the industry.

The article discusses the condition of the telecommunication industry in India which has been passing through an interesting phase. It notes that while the industry struggled with the conversion and development of new business models, it needs to focus on the information technology (IT) innovations. It also highlights the vision of the industry to roll out a Networked Society that will converge a universal information infrastructure from a combined mobility, broadband and cloud services.

The article discusses that the information technology (IT) security firm Symantec Corp. has retained its number one position in the security solutions segment of the DQ-CMR Customer Satisfaction Survey 2013 in India. It states that the company scored highest in overall product reliability and product performance. It mentions that the company's products gain customer trust and support.

The article focuses on Vserv.Mobi, a start-up in India which used cloud platform to meet critical challenges it faced such as cost and infrastructure. It says that Vser.Mobi delivers mobile advertising and has 30 billion advertisement requests per month. It mentions that the company used Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) from Amazon Web Services LLC which had helped them reduce cost of information technology (IT) manpower and infrastructure.

The article presents a reprint of the article "The Transformers" by Akanksha Singh which appeared in "Dataquest." It presents a case study on the design and implementation of BSS stack on the cloud to meet business needs in India. The stack which is a re-architected system has reduced time for setup of an infrastructure. It has also a quicker revenue turnaround for MTS and its partners.

The article discusses the issues that the information technology (IT) hoped to be addressed by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget in India. It mentions that the sector hopes that tax breaks, transfer pricing guidelines,and clearance on backlog of service tax refund will be addressed in the budget. It notes that the industry calls for tax break to invest in research and development (R&D). It also mentions the need of the sector to increase its spending on higher education.

The article features 14-year-old information technology (IT) expert Nitnem Singh Sodhi from Lucknow, India. It states that Sodhi is a certified ethical hacker and presently helping the Lucknow police in cases related to cybercrime. According to Sodhi, the essence of social engineering and technique of hacking the human mind is the process of how to change one's identity and trick the victim and take sensitive information from the victim. INSET: Famous Social Engineers.

The article discusses the result of a survey conducted by the accountancy firm PwC to assess the state of information security in 17 organizations in India focusing mainly on aspects like information security behaviors, security spending, and safeguards. The responses captured are varied and presented in graphs. The survey created a great awareness on information security among the organizations and the necessity to secure information assets.

The article summarizes what the information technology (IT) industry should expect from the National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT) 2012 IT policy for the industry in India. The policy promotes public-private-partnership (PPP) in e-governance projects. It also plans to design and create a citizen engagement framework to use social media by the government and to implement a framework to place data in public domain.

The article reports on the increase in the number of data cards subscription in India. It notes that the number of subscribers opting for data cards has increased due to its mobility, affordability, and convenience and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. continues to lead the industry followed ZTE Corp. and Micromax. It also states that data cards will keep growing with the increasing demand for additional functionalities.

The article reports on the emergence of the wireless local area network (LAN) industry in India. It mentions that adoption and growth in the industry in areas including hospitality, education, retail was fueled by mass adoption of smart mobile devices and bring your own device (BYOD). It also notes that top players in the industry include Cisco Systems Inc., Ruckus Wireless Inc., and Aruba Networks Inc.

The article reports on the growth of the voice solutions industry in India. It explains the adoption of cloud computing, open standards, Internet protocol (IP) telephony, and mobility rich platforms are the main drivers of the industry growth. It states that market leaders in the industry in India include Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and Alcatel-Lucent SA.

The article discusses the conditions of the operations support system/business support system (OSS/BSS) industry in India. It mentions that factors including media, mobile solutions, and mobile number portability and analytics have driven growth in the industry which is being shaped by ease-of-use of services, service quality and availability, customer behavior, and social media. It notes that key players in the industry include Tata Teleservices Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., and Datacom.

The article focuses on the conditions of the telecommunication software industry in India. It mentions that areas including embedded software, mobile communications, support systems, and network management wherein communication service providers (CSPs) are investing heavily, have offered growth opportunities to the industry. It notes that market leaders in the industry include Tech Mahindra Ltd., TCS Inc., and Wipro Corp. (India).

The article focuses on the growth of the telecommunication cable industry in India in 2012. It notes that the industry shows positive growth and signs of revival driven by projects including the Defense and Navy projects and projects on fiber to the home (FTTH) after the huge crisis that hit the industry due to an intensive price war among the cable manufacturers. It states that major players in the industry include Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., Aksh Optifibre Ltd., and Finolex Cables Ltd.

The article focuses on the impact that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) finalization of the spectrum recommendation have on telecommunication operators planning to get out of business. It notes the suggestion of Trai that it will rule out new policy for operators who want to exit the market. The author further highlights the refund sought by S Tel, Etisalat DB Telcom India Pvt. Ltd., and Loop Telecom from the government. The three business enterprises plans to exit the market.

The article discusses the issues to face by India's very small aperture terminal (VSAT) industry. It mentions that the sector is confronted with applications demanding more bandwidth. It notes the difficulty to identify the source that VSAT generating any interference and the possibility that having VSAT at many geographical places can be ruled out in favor of alternate terrestrial low-cost media. It also emphasizes that the sector enjoys the expansion of the scope of VSAT modems utility.

The article focuses on the need for the information technology (IT) industry in India to manage the new-grown IT network requirements while reducing its costs. It mentions the difficulties experienced by the IT managers in handling data while preventing the likelihood of data loss incidents. However, it emphasizes the importance for the chief information officers (CIOs) to embrace the multiple options of communication tools and strategies to increase business efficiency.

The article focuses on the business process outsourcing (BPO) which has set to attract customers by incorporating non-voice processes and social media in India. It notes that while the exchange of information about services and products has been extensively and dynamically faster, BPO needs to provide a more personalized service. It also states that with the help of the information technology (IT) and communication industry, BPOs integrated new technologies to penetrate new markets.

The article reports on the major information technology (IT) implementation in the public sector in India.

An interview with Hirak Kayal, vice president of Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. is presented. He states that Fusion is the next generation of computer application from Oracle. He notes that the demand and interest for cloud applications has been growing rapidly in India. He mentions that there is a number of adoption happening in the cloud space by Indian companies.

The article looks into five information technology (IT) projects of Indian Railways (IR) with the help of the Center for Railway Information Service (CRIS). The author mentions that IR's unreserved ticketing system (UTS) is providing a computerized ticketing system, which has been migrated to a high-end virtualized setup. The author adds that the Software Aided Train Scheduling and Network Governance (SATSaNG) project aims to build a tool for efficient scheduling.

An interview with Sunil Lalvani, director of enterprise sales of Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) in India, is presented. When asked on the focus of the company related to enterprise space, he refers to enterprise and customers. He says that RIM has evolved as a relevant consumer brand and is focused to expand its retail footprint in India. Moreover, Lalvani discusses the Blackberry mobile voice system (MVS).

An interview with Leslie Stretch, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CallidusCloud in India is presented. When asked on their expansion in India, he refers to the launch of their offshore development center in Hyderabad with 140 people. He expresses that the Indian market is still new for them but it is part of their global footprint and not a back-office outsourcing environment. He gives insights on the company's strategy, investment plans and its development center.

The article focuses on the warning by director Maj Gen Dhruv C. Katoch of the India-based Center for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) that 60% to 70% of the telecommunication software manufactured by ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is in a great risk. Katoch states that the lack of indigenous manufacturing in India is one of the factors that contribute on the risk. It also discusses a report recommending U.S. comapnies to consider doing business with Chinese telecommunication firms.

The article reports on the Citrix Systems Inc. survey which reveals that Indian companies are among the leaders in adopting mobile workstyles. The survey found that 83% of Indian organizations are able to support mobile workstyles, compared to the global average of 57%. Desktop virtualization is the preferred technology which is implemented by 71% of the organizations.

The article discusses the importance of innovative technology to drive significant competitive advantage, particularly for the Formula One (F1) racing. It highlights the contributions of AT&T, Dell Inc. and Tata Communications Ltd. in making the hundredth of a second count in racing events. Blue Coat Asia Pacific vice president Jonathan Andresen explains that the second edition of the Indian race in October 2012 will likely to take bandwidths away from business critical applications.

An interview with Annie Mathew, the head of alliances at Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) in India, is presented. She reveals that the company has a strong base of more than 36,000 application developers as the company continues to innovate. Mathew commends the Indian application developers who are well-equipped and skilled to develop mobile applications. The company's interests in launching tele-medicine and public safety applications are also emphasized.

An interview with Honeywell Process Solutions head Amitava Biswas of India is presented. He states that process industries are vulnerable to cyber attacks and need to leverage to protect their assets, profitability and intellectual property. Biswas highlights the importance of comprehensive cyber-security management system to address the growing cyber-security challenges. The company's role in reducing the risk while protecting the automation investments of the customers is also mentioned.

An interview with business development director Vivian Jamal of Bahrain Economic Development Board is presented. Jamal states that with the open and foward-thinking approach of Bahrain in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), its ICT market is expected to reach $180 bullion (bn) by 2012. She considers India as an important partner for Bahrain. She also discusses the underdeveloped market of the country.

The article focuses on the importance and possible challenges due to the transition of internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) to internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) in India. It mentions the deployment policy of the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the IPv6, which rules the use of IPv6 by all government ministries and departments by March 2012. Anuj Bhalla of Wipro Infotech says that the lack IPv6 performance and products could affect the network based on the IPv6 adoption design.