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 Google Is World's Most Attractive Employer;
October 2010/ 21 C‐EX www.addwiser.blogspot.com Microsoft Drops (Wall Street Journal)
http://bit.ly/ctcDHh
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 Blackberry launches Playbook rival to iPad (BBC)
http://bbc.in/dpK5mE
" Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.” - Abraham Lincoln
GADGET BRIEF Industry Updates (IT-ITES)
Contd…
 AOL Acquires Technology Blog Network TechCrunch  Accenture bags supply chain BPO deal (Times Of India)
 Playbook ‐ Blackberry http://bit.ly/arzFYC
TABLET (Mashable) http://goo.gl/AhAC
+7 inch Screen, Twin Camera,  Nokia replaces CEO, gets Microsoft Biz head (Times Of  Google Reported To Buy Quicksee (Techcrunch)
1080 HD Video Playback, 1 India) http://bit.ly/ctrLpm http://tcrn.ch/byZ464
Ghz Dual Core Chip
 Google Instant: It Searches Before You Type (TechCrunch)  Subex bags contract in South America (Economic
 N8 ‐ Nokia http://tcrn.ch/aPPfeO Times) http://bit.ly/aacouQ
CAMCORDER
+ 12MP camera, Amoled  Nokia Siemens selects Capgemini for mgmt serv;
Screen, Launches & Innovation transfer 400 emp (Economic Times)
‐Processor, Symbian 3 http://bit.ly/aUVeHh
 WATCHOUT!  Goo.gl Is A Go. The “Stablest, Most Secure, And Fastest  Accenture and DnB NOR Sign Five‐Year Application
 WP7 URL Shortener On The Web” (TechCrunch) Outsourcing Agreement (Marketwatch)
 Desire HD ‐ HTC http://goo.gl/bEKK http://bit.ly/a3N6G6
 HP Slate
 Explore the world with Street View, now on all seven  Cognizant in talks to buy Genpact (Business Standard)
continents (Google) http://bit.ly/aRHtBK http://goo.gl/RNWL & also chosen for Oracle Fusion
HEALTH BRIEF
applications integration (Economic Times)
 Oracle unveils new hardware for managing cloud
http://bit.ly/9uHHTs
computing (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/lJun
Long hours of watching TV  MindTree bags two infra mgmt deals in Q2 (Financial

Microsoft releases newest version of Web browser
can harm child’s mental Express) http://bit.ly/adhwwW
(Reuters) http://bit.ly/chx3xm, launches developer tools
health‐‐study  HCL, TCS bag contract for BoI's IT‐based inclusion plan
(Times Of India) http://bit.ly/asWUzh & unveils Arc Touch
(MedGuru) mouse (Telegraph) http://bit.ly/ddolo6 (Business Standard) http://bit.ly/aWWkNX
http://bit.ly/dj7W67  Facebook and Skype exploring partnership (Reuters)
 Left Out By Apple, Intel Launches AppUp (Forbes)
http://reut.rs/cg1DPM
http://bit.ly/cHj0uB
Taking Early Retirement
 Dell aims Streak tablet at medical community (Reuters)  Wipro, Oracle to offer fraud solution (Times Of India)
May Retire Memory, Too
http://bit.ly/czPzfi http://bit.ly/9mMgu3
(NY Times)
 Google ‘Health Speaks’ for online medical info in Hindi  Amazon Acquires Amie Street (TechCrunch)
http://nyti.ms/cfhvcl http://tcrn.ch/c3yhh8
(Live mint) http://bit.ly/bo1P2l
 Apple’s Ping Music Social Network Starts With 160 Million  Firstsource signs 5‐yr outsourcing pact with
Barclaycard (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/ajlHHg
Users (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/bwle9Q
JOB BRIEF
 Amazon Grabs the TV Remote ( WSJ) http://bit.ly/aKxFTC
 Who’s hiring ?
CEO for a leading Italian Mozilla bringing Firefox Home to BlackBerry, Symbian,
and Facebook and Twitter access (Wall Street Journal)
Construction Equipment
http://bit.ly/c4dsM1  WNS sees strong recovery in BPO industry, to add jobs
company. To be based out of (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/asKvvj
 Intel to unveil chip with graphics (Times Of India)
India.  Mahindra Satyam removes freeze on hiring
http://bit.ly/d9Al1p
 Skype Introduces 10‐Way Video Calling (Mashable) (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/BKwU & on the other
HRBP, HR Manager, http://bit.ly/aVVrAZ hand M Satyam staff under pink threat (Economic
Staffing Manager, Staffing Times) http://bit.ly/bkqxAX
Consultant.. for a TOP IT  Infosys BPO to hire 550 employees (Times Of India)
Deals & Expansions http://bit.ly/cU3ooM
Company to based out of
Hyderabad.  Accenture to employ 1,000 in first phase (Sify.com)
 Cognizant, Microsoft team up for cloud computing
http://bit.ly/9mzYqs
(Times of India) http://bit.ly/cTzhPS
GM E‐business, DGM/ GM –  Symphony Services Acquires Core Objects
 Capgemini to hire 500 in India by Dec (Times of India)
CRM for a pioneer organization http://bit.ly/95lVvu
(The Hindu Business Line) http://bit.ly/cKwJOC
in automobile domain.
 HP Acquires 3Par, $2.35 billion Merger Now Complete
(Indyposted) http://bit.ly/d9nqLH & also close to $1.5bn Other updates
(contact@addwiser.biz) deal for ArcSight ( Financial Times) http://bit.ly/aISNGP
 KPIT Cummins acquires CPG Solutions for $13.2 million  SAP sees new round of global growth (Times Of India)
(SiliconIndia) http://goo.gl/GuRE http://bit.ly/aIroLg
Feedback - Suggestion?  TCS bags IT contract from Karnataka government  Facebook Opens India Office (Wall Street Journal)
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/9yablH & buys captive unit http://bit.ly/b4P701
Best one will get a
FREE resume make of SuperValu for $100 mn (Economic Times)  Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files
http://bit.ly/cOCzvx (Reuter) http://reut.rs/bO2uuR
over – Resfolio
from Addwiser.  TCS inks deal with British Airways to develop IT solution  IBM to Open Three Analytics Centers in Europe
Send @: for aviation (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/dplsBK & bags
m.singh@addwiser.biz
(PC World) http://bit.ly/a0RD2P
infra management contract from Australia's AGL
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/9bgyap  HP names SAP ex‐chief as its new CEO (Reuter)
NFOLIO TEAM http://reut.rs/alWxzr
 IBM acquires private software company OpenPages
Chief Coordinator:
Subin Amarnathan (Bloomberg) http://bit.ly/dgwH6y, to buy analytics
company Netezza (Reuters) http://reut.rs/94w5ea & also Addwiser Pick of the Month
Coordinator:
to handle IT for Bharti Airtel's Africa operations (Economic
Smita Philip The Leadership Lessons of Ants
Consultants: Times) http://bit.ly/9kdnsU
http://goo.gl/8v1v
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