Lee Joins K7 as CTO
K7 Computing has appointed Andrew Lee as its chief technology officer. He is a founding member and current CEO of AVIEN (Anti-Virus Information Exchange Network), and a board member of the fledgling AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization) Group, in addition to being a member of AVAR (Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers), a reporter for the WildList organization and a contributing author to the recent AVIEN Malware Defense Guide.

Banerjee as New CEO, L&T

L&T Infotech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen&Toubro has appointed Sudip Banerjee as its chief executive officer. Banerjee is expected to drive the companys ambitious growth plans, add strategic depth to its wide-ranging offerings, and secure greater traction from its unique business-to-IT connects. He joins L&T Infotech from Wipro Technologies.

Rangieni is COO for Satyam BPO

Satyam BPO has appointed Vijay Rangineni as chief operating officer. Prior to joining Satyam BPO, Vijay was associated with GE Money, India, as chief operating officer. He has over 20 years of experience in the service industry with leading organizations. His previous responsibilities include operations, finance, and technology with global organizations like American Express and California Micro Devices (CMD).

Cambridges Brian Courtney now SrVP

Cambridge Technology promoted Brian Courtney as senior vice president and general manager of the government solutions arm of CTE. In his new role, Brian will lead the government operations of the company and assume responsibility of all programs. He joined CTE in 2005 and has held key roles in various business divisions.

Camus is Alcatel-Lucents New CEO
Communication provider Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Philippe Camus as the companys non-executive chairman with effect from October, 2008. The company also announced the appointment of Ben Verwaayen as its chief executive officer. Verwaayen would also join the companys board of directors. Before joining Alcatel, Philippe Camus was associated with European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), Lagardre, an international media group. Ben Verwaayen was associated with the management board of Lucent Technologies in the US, and with British Telecom as chief executive officer.

Murthy Joins Pro-Tata Campaign

NR Narayana Murthy, chairman of the Board, Infosys Technologies said that what has happened in Singur is unfortunate and it is time to settle the issue of farm land in Singur and elsewhere in India. He also opined that this is a setback for the job opportunities for youngsters in West Bengal.

MULs Uppal is Champion CIO 2008
CIOL in association with Dataquest magazine instituted the Enterprise Connect Awards to recognize and award the pioneering works done by CIOs in large and medium enterprises. Rajesh Uppal of Maruti Udyog is the Champion CIO this year in the above Rs 1,000 crore category. Daya Prakash of LG Electronics won the Gold CIO award, and Raja Sharma of Shree Cements won the Silver award.

PM Inaugurates Training Center in Assam

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the new TCS training center in Guwahati, Assam. The Prime Minister also made joint address to the current batch of TCS trainees and IIT students.The new learning center is based at the sprawling IIT campus in Guwahati. It has the capacity to train up to 200 professionals at one time.

Delhi CM Inaugurates Learning Center

Sheila Dikshit, honorable Chief Minister of Delhi inaugurated the first NIIT Community Learning Center (CLC), set up in association with NGO, ABHAS, at the Tughlakabad village. In its endeavor to bridge the education-employability gap, and harness the latent talent pool existent in urban slums, the NIIT Institute (TNI), a not-for-profit society by NIIT promoters, has set up the first-of-its-kind CLC here in Delhi.

Subramanian is VP Sales and Marketing, AMD
AMD announced the appointment of Ramkumar Subramanian as VP, sales and marketing for India and Saarc region. His responsibilities include collaborating with AMD Indias managing director, Dasaradha Gude, to drive AMDs aggressive growth plans for the region and strengthening the companys relationships with customers, partners, government and education audiences.

Jeff Epstein, Oracles New CFO
Oracle has named Jeff Epstein as its new chief financial officer. He would replace Safra Catz, who had been serving as both president and CFO of the company since 2005. Catz would remain with Oracle as president, and Epstein would be reporting to him. Prior to joining Oracle, Epstein was with Oberon Media, DoubleClick (now owned by Google), King World Productions, and ADVO.

Experian Appoints Grady

Experian has appointed Bernie Grady as data strategy director within its business information division. Prior to his appointment, Bernie was general manager responsible for PH, following Experians acquisition of the B2B analytics company in July 2007. In his new role Bernie will lead a dedicated team focused on developing and executing the divisions data, matching, and scoring strategy to ensure it continues to maximize its data assets to meet its clients needs.

King Appointed New COO of Acision
Acision has appointed David King as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the company. He would be responsible for worldwide sales and the operational functions of Acision to ensure continued growth. Prior to this, he was associated with UTStarcom, where he held the role of senior vice president of international sales, marketing, and operations.

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