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Post online-CAT disaster, IIMs plan to switch to Foss
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| The leading IIMs, still smarting under the
| recent fiasco over the online CAT debut,
| are creating their own firewall against
| similar disasters in future. After an
| elaborate post-mortem of the recent
| disaster, many IIM officials are exploring
| the idea of using free and open source
| software (Foss), rather than going in for
| proprietary software, to prevent online
| common admission test disasters in future.
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| âOnline exams can be easily conducted using
| Foss as it can not only reduce costs by
| over 50%, but it is also safe against virus
| and malware attacks,â said one of the IIM
| officials. Infact, US-based Prometric â
| which bagged the high-profile $40-million
| contract to organise the online CAT using
| proprietary software like Microsoft
| Windows, along with NIIT â has pinned the
| main reason for this yearâs disaster on the
| virus attacks.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/internet/Post-online-CAT-disaster-IIMs-plan-to-switch-to-Foss-/articleshow/5338309.cms
Recent:
Microsoft cuts hiring in India
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| Venkatesan said the company hired a few hundred
| people last year in India, where it employs
| 5,300.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010237917_microsoft_cuts_hiring_in_india.html
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