Bharti Airtel wins awards

Bharti Airtel won the award for 'Best project management' and the 'Best content service' at the World Communication Awards, held in London, states Tech Whack.

Airtel states the E-gram connectivity infrastructure project is the largest e-governance rural connectivity initiative at the village level.

The Indian telecommunications company had partnered with the Gujarat government to set-up telecom infrastructure to connect panchayats and common service centres across 13 716 villages in the state.

As businesses tighten their belts in response to the recession, they're turning to project and portfolio management software to help them identify which IT projects are mission critical, and to help them execute those projects as efficiently as possible, says NetworkWorld.

Increasingly, they're opting for software as a service (SaaS) versions of project management and portfolio management solutions, because SaaS is cheaper and easier to deploy than traditional, on premise software, according to tech industry analysts and customers who've gone the SaaS route.

Melinda Ballou, programme director for IDC's application life cycle management research, says demand for SaaS versions of project management and portfolio management tools was on the rise prior to the collapse of the financial services industry in the fall, and that despite the recession, she expects demand for hosted project portfolio management solutions to continue.

Co-Operative Systems has been signed up as PC giant Dell's first UK certified partner covering the voluntary sector, reports Channel Web.

The south London-based firm provides hardware, software and telecoms kit to charities, as well as voluntary organisations and NGOs. The Microsoft Gold Partner has been operating for more than 20 years and also provides services, including project management, installation and configuration.

The company will work closely with Dell on marketing and will demonstrate their technologies at conferences and events. Dell will also provide Co-Op Systems with specialist speakers for such events.