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Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been selected by Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE), a global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions, as a Premier Partner, the highest level of partnership among Adobe’s global ecosystem. This new partnership enables TCS clients to fully leverage Adobe’s Marketing Platform and its …

Soon Kwon to take over as Global Head, Information Display (ID) business based in Seoul, South Korea LG Electronics has announced the appointment of Mr. Kim Ki-Wan as the Managing Director of its India operations with effect from August 01, 2015. Presently, Mr. Kim is the Executive Vice President of LG’s Home Entertainment Overseas Sales & Marketing Group. LG India …

BICSI, the association advancing the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) in India. TSSC is an industry-led apex body, jointly set up by The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) to ensure adequate availability of skilled …

Foxconn is already manufacturing for Chinese phone maker Xiaomi and Micromax in India Foxconn Technology Group, the manufacturer of devices such as iPhone and Amazon Kindle, plans to set up an India investment fund and an incubator to invest and mentor technology start-ups in the country.  Foxconn is already manufacturing smartphones for Chinese phone maker Xiaomi and local rival Micromax …

Canon India Pvt. Ltd, has opened a new training centre4000 sq. feet  big in Noida to provide technical skill development to its engineers and channel partners. The new centre will empower them with techniques and information which will equip them to handle customer queries and installation. This is a first of its kind training facility that has been initiated with …

HP announced the expansion of its HP Helion Network in Asia Pacific and Japan with the addition of a community of 50 channel partners, system integrators (SIs), service providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and developers working with HP to deliver open standards-based hybrid cloud services designed specifically to customer needs, the company said. The extension of the Helion Network will …

Microsoft Corp. announced plans to restructure the company’s phone hardware business, resulting in a reduction of up to 7,800 positions, primarily in the phone business. The company said this was to‘better focus and align resources’. Microsoft also announced that the company will record an impairment charge of approximately $7.6 billion related to assets associated with the acquisition of the Nokia …

Rashi Peripherals successfully concluded a two days“Proud to be a DIYPC champion” program along with vendors Asus, Crucial by Micron, Intel and Toshiba. The aim of the conclave was to train the champions on improving the market share and upselling components such as CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Drive, and Graphics card in the current stagnant market conditions. Over 60 ‘champions’ …

Canonical announced that Lenovo will be shipping Ubuntu preloaded devices starting with ThinkPad L450 laptop series starting early July 2015. The laptops will be available to purchase from selected commercial resellers and distributors throughout the region at prices starting from INR 40,000.The ThinkPad L450 laptop series will come preloaded with Ubuntu 14.04 (the long term support version) which affords support and …

NASSCOM, along with Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) and Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India announced their collaboration to host a two day conference and exhibition to be held on September 28th and 29th, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya – The Indo – Africa ICT Summit 2015. The event will be aimed at evangelizing trade relations …