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Top Story - Chip Industry to See 'Remarkable' Growth This Year

After several years of suffering through a deep economic slump, the worldwide semiconductor industry is about to hit a high-water mark, signaling a rejuvenation of the industry.

Article - IT Industry Sees Defense-in-Depth As Emerging Trend With The Intel-McAfee Move

As rival companies engage in rumination over the prudence of the decision, a gamut of emotions - skepticism, optimism and enthusiasm, are being expressed. Nevertheless, the IT industry by and large confesses a sneaking admiration for the game changing move.

Case Study - Carzonrent Defines Industry Standards Using Web Business Integration

India's leading car rental company Carzonrent wanted to introduce a new breed of services and re-define its industry. But first it needed to get past many efficiency roadblocks. How a Web platform helped do that.

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  Reader ROI:

  :: How a Web platform can help integrate a business

  :: Why manual processes are hard to get rid of but need to go in the long run

  :: The importance of IT in re-organizing a sector

Top Story - Indian IT Industry Wants Environmental Laws To Cover E-Waste

India's IT industry, together with Greenpeace and other organizations, are pushing for changes in the country's environmental laws to better reflect the complexities of managing and handling electronic waste.

Top Story - Indian Industry Frowns On Employees Using Social Networks

A survey by an industry association claims a 12.5 percent productivity loss from social networking

Top Story - India IT/ITES Industry Expected To Cross $ 110 Billion By 2013

In 2009, the overall India IT/ ITeS industry is expected to grow at 10.8 percent, to touch over  $ 64 billion (about Rs. 3,09,573 crore). The domestic market is estimated to grow at 10.2 percent, to touch over $ 22 billion (Rs. 1,09,406 crore) and at the same time, exports are expected to grow at 11.2 percent to cross over  $ 41 billion   (about Rs. 2,00,000 cCrore).

Top Story - OECD Find IT Industry Is Recovering From Downturn

The worst of the recession may be over for the Information and communications technology (ICT) industries, according to a new OECD report.

Case Study - Shopper’s Stop: IT boosts Retail Industry

Shopper's Stop outlets see seven million instances of customers using technology, every month. Now it is now building on its IT capability to win the volumes game.

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  Reader ROI:

  :: How to keep pace with volumes

  :: Guaranteeing availability of merchandize

  :: Creating customer delight and ensuring consistency

Top Story - Red Hat Offers Its Cloud APIs as Industry Standard

As the industry call for cloud interoperability grows more fervent, open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has submitted its cloud platform, Deltacloud, to the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) as a potential standard for cloud interoperability, the company said.

Top Story - E-Commerce Industry Opposes New Indian Online Security Rules

A decision by India's central bank to mandate another level of authentication for card use for online transactions will deter such transactions in the country, according to an association of India's e-commerce industry.