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AT&T is launching transformative solutions that lets businesses easily and flexibly manage their network services. With AT&T Network Functions on Demand, businesses can deploy a single universal piece of equipment, choose virtualized functions and set them up in different countries. It helps save costs, it’s quick to set up and easy to manage. Businesses will benefit from the consistent, integrated management experience – in locations around the globe. AT&T Network Functions on Demand simplifies the process of buying and adding network functions. It reduces hardware requirements so businesses can create...

India’s only global Financial and IT hub, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), is attracting interest from domestic and global IT & ITeS companies to set up operations there. More than 500 employees are working in some of the leading institutions that have already begun operations in GIFT domestic zone as well as in GIFT’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ) area. The companies functioning out of GIFT City include MNC players like Oracle; Maxim Integrated, a US$ 2 billion plus US-based integrated solutions company and Befree, a leading book-keeping company from...

Brightstar Corporation has appointed Deval Parikh as the CEO and Director of Beetel Teletech Limited, a Brightstar Company, effective immediately. Parikh will lead all Beetel business lines to include the growth of handset and accessories services, sales and distribution presence, as well as the fixed line telephone, enterprise solutions and IT peripheral functions. Parikh has more than two decades of experience in the telecommunications and technology domains in both Silicon Valley (U.S.) and India, with a focus on marketing, product management, engineering, supply chain and sales. He joins Brightstar from...

Neoteric Infomatique, one of the prominent IT distribution companies in India that has been in business for the past 25 years, has confirmed its exit from the IT distribution business. It is speculated that by the end of July, it will close down its IT distribution operations across the country. However, the company said in a statement, it ensures a safe future for its employees. “We are trying to ensure almost all Neotericians are well-placed and reviews are being conducted on a weekly basis to achieve this goal. Actions such...

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of Happy Hours for its prepaid customers. An industry first innovation, Happy Hours allows Airtel pre-paid customers to get 50 per cent data back for all in-app content downloads scheduled between 3.00 am and 5.00 am. E.g. If a customer schedules a video download of 100 MB then 50 MB will be credited back to his/her account. Any App developer can integrate with Airtel Happy Hours in four simple steps and give their users the option to automatically...

SAP SE and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have announced a strategic partnership to nurture the social entrepreneurship ecosystem with relevance to national priorities. The ISB-SAP Social Enterprise Jumpstart will identify five social enterprise startups and provide training, mentorship and access to networks to accelerate their growth. SAP’s collaboration with ISB is in tune with its strategy to drive social entrepreneurship through alliance with leading Indian academic institutions. With this initiative, SAP will expand its thought leadership to much wider segment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. SAP will bring in...

Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services (KBITS) will organize an event in Mangaluru to promote Information Technology (IT) sector. Chairing a preliminary meeting in this regard in Mangaluru on Thursday, AB Ibrahim, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district, said such an event will help showcase the potential of Mangaluru in the areas of IT and electronics manufacturing. However, the representatives from the IT industry, who attended the meeting, stressed the need for government support in bringing more IT players to the region, The Hindu reported. Praveen Kalbavi, Managing Director of the Mangaluru-based...

In a bid to retain its current market lead and boost smartphone sales, Samsung India Electronics will focus on all smartphone categories with different price tags. The company will also focus on new launches with innovative features to maintain its position and gain more market share, a top company official told IANS. Samsung currently has 48.3 per cent market share in terms of value while in January 2015, it had a share of nearly 35 per cent, and with the new launches it is looking to gain even more ground....

Business leaders are always in a search for the best team management practices to keep their employees focused and motivated. Now they are taking cues from video games (and other virtual games) to build a great team that is essential to an organization’s success. Experts now suggest, Pokemon Go, which has taken the world by storm, may be one of the best ways for CXOs to imbue new energy into their corporate culture. The augmented reality game released by Nintendo on July 5, did strike gold as Pokemon Go quickly...

In an effort to increase the number of women and other underrepresented groups in the computer science field, Facebook will be investing $15 million over the next five years to Code.org to enable the nonprofit to train teachers to teach computer science in urban public school districts and to expand learning opportunities for students. Facebook released a report on the diversity of its own employees, admitting the company has a long way to go before it has a diverse employee base, particularly for its technical departments and senior leadership. Only 17 percent...