Empowering Technology Leaders Of Tomorrow
 
 
 ISSUE : April , 2008 
 
They're after your data!
Cover Story

Despite ever increasing information security threats, many of the Indian companies are not geared up to address the new challenges posed by the cyber criminals. They are still struggling to combat the assailants.
Jayakishore Bayadi



 
 
 Business
Social Networking opening new vistas in e-commerce

Rodrigo Sales, CEO of Vendio shares his views on the key trends in the fast growing e-commerce space
Jaya Smitha Menon

 Company Spotlight
McAfee-The big 'M' of security

The life and culture at McAfee is driven by innovation which enables the engineers to come up with robust products to check security threats.
Priya Pradeep





RSA: Securing an emerging market

With thrust on innovation,the enginers in RSA are focusing at storage and security in a cohesive fashion.
Vimali Swamy

 Engineer's Diaries
What I like about my profession?

An insight into the professional lives of IT engineers.
Saheer Karimbayil

 Guru Talk
Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India

The author talks about the transformation of the Indian entrepreneurship scenario.
S Ramdorai

 How I Got Where I am Today
ChipShape Passion

Venkat Rajaraman, currently CTO, Su-Kam Power Systems seems to make his moves well in advance of the prevailing career climate and thus has the early mover advantage before the rest follow suit.
Priya Pradeep





Paving the path to progress

Vani Sharma, Director - Engineering, Citrix has led teams at technically challenging situations
Jaya Smitha Menon

 In Conversation
Betting on Virtualization

Diane Green, CEO, VMware, shares her views on developments in the field of virtualization, challenges and the company's road map for India
Christo Jacob

 In Focus
Pune catching up with Bangalore in IT wages

Bangalore’s dominance in offering highest compensation to software product engineers is being challenged by Pune.
ST Team





A Day celebrating Feminine Leadership

Read on to know what do women IT leaders think: An account of the thougts shared at 'Women 2.0', a two day event conducted by The Smart Techie Magazine.
ST Team

A peek into the Indian R&D landscape

Read on to know what transpired between the best brains of the Indian IT at the ‘Offshoring R&D-2008’ event held at Leela Palace.
ST Team





Convergence showcases the telecom boom

Know about the opportunities, potentials, and challenges in the IT, related and other satellite based communications channels as shared at 'Convergence India 2008' organized by Exhibitions India Group (EI) at New Delhi.
ST Team

 Movers and Shakers
Adapting to new roles

Prashanth G. J. joins Hitachi Data Systems as the Regional Director.
Vimali Swamy





Twist in destiny

Sundar Balasubramanian takes over as the General Manager - Strategy & Business Productivity at the India Center of Excellence (COE), EMC.
Vimali Swamy

Managing project deliverables

Pallavi joins Marlabs as the Delivery Manager.
Vimali Swamy





Mentoring young talents

Ramesh Loganathan starts a new innings in his career as the MD - Development Center, Progress.
Vimali Swamy

Creating and Innovating

Ramesh Gudalur takes over Mphasis as the President-BPO
Vimali Swamy





Visioning new designs

Dinesh Tiwari is appointed the Head of Pune Operations at Ranal Engineering
Vimali Swamy

 People Manager
Dealing with the Alpha professionals

Mali takes the reader to the world of Alpha professionals -the people who are unhappy if they are not the top dogs - the ones calling the shots.
C Mahalingam (Mali)

 Security
Test Your Test Metrics

The author gives tips on analyzing, defining and collecting metrics.
Venkata Ramana L





No Longer for Fun: Exploiting the Internet for Profit

The author gives tips on tracking the attacks and how it can be countered.
Vinoo Thomas

Making Data Center Security a Priority

The author talks about the improtance of protecting data center as it is the heart of the enterprise network.
Sumit Mukhija

 STARTUP CITY
Movico Technologies

A peek into the innovative work at the start-up company Movico Technologies.
Jayakishore Bayadi

 Tech Buzz
Enhancing their reach

Read to know more about the latest developments in the tech world.
Christo Jacob

 Tech Product
What's new

Read to know about new tech products in the market
Saheer Karimbayil

 Tech Tracker
Intel unveils Atom

Chip making giant, Intel, has unvieled world's smallest processor for MIDs.
Christo Jacob





AOL gulps Bebo for $850 Mn

Withthe acquisiton of the social networking site, Bebo, AOl aims to transform itself from an Internet access subscription business into an advertising focused one.
Christo Jacob

IBM develops world's tiniest Nanophotonic Switch

IBM reasearchers have reached another milestone in their ongoing research in nanophotonics.
Christo Jacob





Internet Explorer 8 Beta released

To get a lead in its ongoing battle with Google, Microsoft is all set to launch the all new “Internet Explorer 8 Beta’.
Christo Jacob

 Technology
The Sweeping Wave of Software as a Service

The article seeks to throw light on the business model, ‘Software as a Service’ or ‘SaaS’.
Pramod Jajoo





SaaS - The emerging model for packaged software

The author explains the evolution of the enterprise business processing solution SaaS and the benefits of using this solution.
Ramesh Loganathan

Accelerating Web Applications development using frameworks

This article discusses the various Web frameworks available today, specifically comparing the frameworks available in Model2 architecture.
Suresh Reddy





Erlang - Software for the Real World

Thae author talks about Erlang's advantages that can exploit the power of the hardware and can take on the much avoided concurrent programming with great ease.
Karthik Ramchandra

 Editor's Desk
The Startup City

The Smart Techie is building a vibrant ecosystem for startups.
Pradeep Shankar

 Last Word
Top Myths About Data Protection

Through this article, the author is trying to debunk some of the myths that exist around data protection.
Surendra Singh

 Leadership
Leadership is about Respect and Rotation

Shan Ponnambalam, Head of Operations, Applied Materials India, shares his view on leadership.
Aritra Bhattacharya