Empowering Technology Leaders Of Tomorrow
 
 
 ISSUE : December , 2008 
 
Citrix: Delivering Applications for You
Cover Story

Since its entry into India in 2000, Citrix India revamped its channel program as well as its approach to sales and marketing as markets here evolved. With over 2500 customers in India, and India being one of the fastest growing markets with the growth rate of about 24 percent, the company is all set to leverage the opportunity.
Jayakishore Bayadi



 
 
 Company Spotlight
Check Point: Offering Total Security

'We secure the Internet’. This is how the Israel based Tel Aviv headquartered, Check Point had positioned itself as a security solutions company when the Internet was born in 1993. But today ‘Check Point’ is synonymous to ‘total security’. everywhere.
Vimali Swamy

 Engineer's Diaries
Enjoying juggling roles

Read about Harish Iyer, Co-Founder & Software Specialist, Signet Wireless.
Saheer Karimbayil





Following passion of his heart

Read about Shriram R Shivakumar Chief Technology Officer at Spire Technologies & Solutions.
Saheer Karimbayil

Staying updated

Read about Vipul Mittal, a Software Engineer at Satyam Computer Services.
Saheer Karimbayil

 Guru Talk
Million vs. billion paradox

To become globally competitive, India can use extreme discipline and customize the world’s best management practices for its multi-diverse people. In this regard, the author have coined a term 'Jalebi Management' to indicate this new organization culture.
Shombhit Sengupta

 In Focus
India stands 12th in generating malwares

India is ranked at 12th place in generating Internet attack traffic.
ST Team





Glitzy Phrases and No Hard Talk at Nasscom WIL Summit

The potential of women work force in Indian IT as said by leaders at Nasscom's Women Leadership Summit..
ST Team

11th Edition of BangaloreIT.biz focuses on ‘IT for B2B’

The 11th edition of the mega IT event BangaloreIT.biz gave opportunity for the ICT fraternity to update themselves on the trends and the future roadmaps of the industry.
ST Team

 Management
Fostering Productivity and Organizational effectiveness

The author talks about the rewards of measuring knowledge worker productivity and assessing how it contributes to an organization’s overall effectiveness is a difficult proposition.
Nanda Ramanujam

 Movers and Shakers
Scaling the business operations

Read on to know about Vijay Srinivasan, who has recenly taken over as Managing Director of Invensys Process Systems (IPS) in India.
Vimali Swamy





Helping combat the talent crunch

This is a short account of the 20 years' eventful career of Ranjan Sinha who has recently been appointed to Board of Directors of Global Talent Metrics.
Vimali Swamy

Moving Out to Drive Innovation

Read about Sudip Nandy, a former senior executive with Wipro, who has recently joined Aricent technologies as its CEO.
Vimali Swamy





Enhancing Brand Visibility

This is a short account of Mohit Anand, who has joined Belkin Asia Pacific as its India Country Manager.
Vimali Swamy

Providing Technical Guidance

Read about Dr. Sundeep Dronawat, who was recently appointed to e-sutra Chronicles' advisory board.
Vimali Swamy

 STARTUP CITY
SYNOVEL

This is a quick glance to Synovel, whose solution essentially provides a platform for collaboration onto which individual collaborative tools or services can be deployed with ease.
Jayakishore Bayadi

 Tech Buzz
iPOTT launches group of companies

Find out about the different companies started by iPOTT
ST Team





AMD’s Made-in India Chip

Read about India’s role in designing AMD’s first 45nm quad-core Opteron processor, codenamed ‘Shanghai’.
Saheer Karimbayil

Nokia Siemens to Open R&D Center in City Next Year

Nokia Siemens Networks will open its new R&D center in Bangalore next year.
Saheer Karimbayil





IBM Unleashes New Package of Storage Solution

Read about the IT major IBM’s newly launched storage hardware, software, and services.
Saheer Karimbayil

The MathWorks Launches Sales Office in Bangalore

The MathWorks, a developer of software for technical computing and model-based design, has opened an office in Bangalore with the responsibility to sell and support the company’s Matlab and Simulink product families throughout India.
Saheer Karimbayil





India All Set to be a Data Center Hub

Research firm Gartner says that the data center industry of the country is projected to grow by 31 percent from 2007 to 2012.
Saheer Karimbayil

'70 Percent of Global Offshore Spending Comes to India'

There was a lot of food for thought on testing softwares at QAI's 8th Annual International Software Testing Conference (STC 2008).
Saheer Karimbayil

 Tech Product
Intel Nehalem Core i7

Read about Intel's recently launched Nehalem Core i7 processors.
Vimali Swamy





Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Sony Ericsson has launched a smartphones - Xperia X1. Read on to know..
Vimali Swamy

HTC Touch Pro & Touch Viva

HTC has launched the latest HTC Touch Pro and the Touch Viva.
Vimali Swamy





MapmyIndia iNav and Navigator

Read about MapmyIndia's new GPS and map solutions to make travel in India safer and secure.
Vimali Swamy

 Tech Tracker
Will BlackBerry Toe the Flopped iPhone Line?

Canada based Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Storm is all set to give iPhone a run for its money.
Eureka Bharali





Resuscitated Botnet to Spur Spam Growth

With the cyberpunks brewing life to the Srizbi Botnet, which begets half of all spams produced, cyber space will see an intensified spam growth.
Eureka Bharali

Chief Yahoo! Bows Out of His CEO Position

CEO Jerry Yang has stepped out of Yahoo following its negotiations with Microsoft and Google failed to see an expected end.
Eureka Bharali





Online Ads Stagger Amidst Stagnant Revenue Growth

Online advertisement is facing a slowdown amidst a stagnant revenue growth.
Eureka Bharali

 Technology
Solar:The Next Growth Opportunity for the Chip and EDA Industries

Now, investments are starting to pour into the solar industry - and that presents opportunities for the chip and EDA industries.
Anand Anandkumar





Protect Your SaaS from Cyber Crimes

The article speaks about the vulnerability of SaaS to the cyber attacks from any part of the world.
Sasi Kumar Srinivasan

SCN: Hub for the Tech Savvy

SAP's Community Network has over million and half members, a large of which are from India, and is growing. The web-based forum witnesses more than 400,000 unique hits and a total of 6-7 million hits a month. Know the story behind.
Vimali Swamy





UTM: A Unified Approach to Security

A new breed of security solutions namely Unified Threat Management are quickly taking over the conventional firewalls. Read more about them
Vimali Swamy

Will Windows Open?

Despite Windows' supremacy in the market, open OSes are catching up among techie types. Also, There are many efforts by several organizations to come out of Windows’ shadows
Jayakishore Bayadi





Fostering Innovation through New Technologies: SOA, WOA, Web 2.0

The author here comes across various applications that the organizations implement for the successful operation.
Mahesh Subramanian

Top 10 Mobile UC Requirements

The author talks about the challenges of designing a mobile unified communications that meets individual as well as enterprise requirements.
A T G Srinivas

 Woman Achiever
Dream, and Believe in it

VN Saroja, Co-founder of 2 successful ventures, Naukri and now Movico Technologies shares her career journey and lessons learnt
Vimali Swamy

 Editor's Desk
Being Cost Prudent Helps

By saying 'it helps in the long run to be austere and survive than to be opulent and sink', The Smart Techie is putting forward a message for the corporate world: Be cost prudent.
Pradeep Shankar

 Last Word
Right Sourcing in an Outsourcing Strategy

The author talks about in order to be successful in the increasingly complex and competitive IT outsourcing industry, the organizations need to be effective right sourcers.
Sid Mookerji