E-commerce giant, Flipkart has appointed two new members, former MakeMyTrip CTO Sharat Singh and Ravi Krishnaswamy, as VP of engineering for content and infrastructure, respectively. In their new role, Singh will be responsible for will lead the CMS engineering team which includes CMS data management, quality, content relevance, development and creation. He will drive technical strategy for content to transform […]
» Read moreEdurance International Group Holdings on Monday said it would buy online marketer Constant Contact Inc in deal valued at about $1.1 billion to expand beyond its traditional web-hosting business. The deal will add Constant Contact’s online marketing tools such as email marketing, events management and social media integration to Endurance’s portfolio of web-hosting software for small and medium-sized businesses. Endurance, […]
» Read moreA research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International in October this year showed that in the last 12 months, one in four internet users had at least one of their online accounts hacked, leading to unauthorized messages being sent out in the user’s name, sometimes with a malicious link included, and the loss or theft of personal data. However, another […]
» Read moreGogle is reportedly merging its two operating systems: Android and Chrome. According to a report in Walls Street Journal, “Google plans to fold its Chrome operating system for personal computers into its Android mobile operating system…” The report, which cites people familiar with the matter as source, says that the company plans to preview the combined new OS in 2016 […]
» Read moreFashion focused e-tailer Jabong has appointed former Benetton India MD Sanjeev Mohanty as its chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD), effective early December 2015. With his appointment, perhaps for the first time, Indian e-commerce would witness a chief executive from a traditional retailer heading an online venture in India. Jabong has been making headlines owing to multiple reasons, […]
» Read moreInfosys has appointed Jayesh Sanghrajka senior vice president (SVP and corporate financial controller, as deputy CFO. This is the first time that the $9-billion IT firm has created that position, and is seemingly designed to free up the CFO’s time for strategic business responsibilities. Infosys recently elevated Ranganath Mavinakere as the CFO, after his predecessor Rajiv Bansal resigned to pursue […]
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