Bengaluru: After a year of praise, innovation and awards for its 2012 anti-virus software, Bitdefender® has opened up its much-anticipated 2013 generation for public beta testing.

The security company is offering beta testers the chance to further raise the bar for the global computer security industry by helping make the top award-winning software even better. Prizes for the best beta testers of the world's best antivirus software include a tablet, a laptop, a Windows phone and 100 Bitdefender 2013 licenses.

Mumbai: Global Management Consulting firm, BMGI has scheduled a 1 day workshop on the Balanced Scorecard in Mumbai. Research shows that 9 out of 10 companies* fail to execute strategy successfully. Behind this lies an undeniable fact: many companies continue to use management processes that are financially driven & tactical - that were designed to run yesterday's organisation and not drivers of performance.

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (C&IT) discussed draft National policies on Electonics, Information Technology and Telecom here last evening. The Meeting was chaired by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for C & IT and was attended by the two Ministers of State, Shri Sachin Pilot and Shri Milind Deora.

New Delhi: As on 26th April 2012, 1,23,255 patent applications, where requests for examination have been filed, are pending with the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. This information was given by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Location wise pendency of patent application where requests for examination have been filed are Delhi: 47082, Kolkata: 23857, Mumbai: 14415, Chennai:37901.

New Delhi: India is expected to witness a huge business opportunities with the optical fibre network getting completed by the Government of India. While speaking at the inauguration of 3rd LTE India 2012 International Conference at New Delhi, Shri J.K. Roy, Member Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT said, "For an effective utilisation of the possibilities which can be offered by LTE (Long Term Evolution), back haul is one of the most important components.