VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS)  has announced that it had won a 6-year contract from the Department of Posts for an end-to-end IT modernization programme to equip India Post with modern technologies and systems to enable it to serve more services to more customers in an effective manner. The IT modernization project dubbed India Post 2012 will help the Department achieve a wider reach among the Indian population through increased customer interaction channels and through new lines of business. The project will help India Post provide better customer service through IT-enablement of business processes and support functions. P. Gopinath, Secretary, Department of Posts , said, "India Post has a vision of being a technology-enabled self-reliant market leader and is looking to move from a government service provider to a customer-enabled world-class service provider where the customer will be the focus of...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) , in collaboration with the  Government of Maharashtra , has started  Windows AppFest  to build apps for social good. The initiative will encourage app developers to  create solutions that address social and civic issues . These apps will help civil authorities, seeking alternative methods of interactions with citizens. The top three apps will be selected for presentation at a conference hosted by the  Asian Development Bank . “App marketplaces are now proving to be viable platforms to host e-governance and socially relevant apps. Such apps can provide citizen-centric services in a secure manner, while ensuring increased transparency, reliability and efficiency in services. Cloud computing also enables e-governance solutions to be much more scalable and accessible. Microsoft, with its various initiatives including the Windows AppFest for social good in Pune, provides a good platform f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   EduKart.com and Computer Society of India (CSI) have together launched online certificate courses in Programming languages. Duo will provide a certificate at the end of these courses, along with a Rating of Employment.  CSI will periodically review the content of the courses and online assessments to ensure they are updated with requirements of the industry. S. Ramanathan, Hon. Secretary, Computer Society of India,  said.... more