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November-2010 issue
Cover Story
Author: Vimali Swamy
Incubated from IIMB-NSRCEL in 2006, GLOPORE IMS is a Bangalore based fast growing globally focused IT Service and Infrastructure Management Services (ITSM/IMS) Company. GLOPORE IMS aims to be among the leading Indian IMS company to set... more>>

Guru Talk

D. Ravi Kumar
Building up a medium scale organization needs a focused approach to meet the end goals, which in turn need to be clearly... more>>

10 Most Promising IMS Companies

ST Team
In an online business, profit lies in great user experience and performance of the online app. more>>
ST Team
In 1998, outsourcing was restricted to Y2K remediation and Off-shoring was still in its nascent stage with body-shopping being... more>>
Hari Anil
Companies which used to keep IMS services in-house due to data sensitivity issues are now increasingly outsourcing their IMS... more>>
Hari Anil
Infrastructure management is a critical function where even minutes of downtime can cripple a client’s business and this... more>>

Company Spotlight

Vimali Swamy
Founded in 1999, Vernalis Systems is a pure play IT services company, specializing in critical custom applications development... more>>

Technology

Edgardo Salinas Contreras
Virtualization has changed the world of IT, as it provides significant cost savings and business flexibility. more>>
Sanjiv Pande
It is very rightly said that ‘Nothing is permanent but change’. However if we look at how the world has changed around us... more>>
Roger Li
Everyone knows the importance of real-time access to real-time information. Organizations that are integrating data from... more>>
Saji Thoppil
Cloud computing should be the most talked about buzzword today. Hardly a day passes when one is not confronted with one or... more>>
Ajay Pal Singh Arora
Today, the technology industry has reached a state where the leadership potential is inherent and developed in the discipline... more>>
Srinivasan Viswanathan
Forrester in one of its 2007 report mentioned the need for Indian IT industry to be more like value add advisors and innovators... more>>
Rajamani Srinivasan
In today’s context, the definition of business users has been extended to people who perform business functions, beyond the... more>>
Vishak Raman
Are mobile phones and other wireless devices the new weakest link in securing information outside of corporate networks? With... more>>
Bob Johnson
The choice on how best to consume software — whether on-premises or through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model — is based... more>>
Binu T Paul
India’s inspiration machine and former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam had shared his vision of Indian tele-density reaching... more>>
Renjith VP
Gone are those days when cyber attacks were an issue of unease only to the government and military. Increased use of... more>>
Team Talisma
With customer satisfaction and customer delight being the cornerstone of success in today’s corporate world, Customer... more>>

Feature

Binu T Paul
Indian IT companies have realized that infrastructure management services (IMS) as the next big opportunity for business. India... more>>

Event

Eureka Bharali
At a time when even unborn kids flaunt the web with their own accounts and the cybercrooks globetrot virtually to exploit every... more>>

VC talk

Hemant Taneja
Unlike traditional energy and much like technology, clean energy offers an opportunity for entrepreneurs to play a significant... more>>

Venture Beat

ST Team
Netmagic Solutions, a Managed IT Hosting Service provider, has raised close to $16 million in Series C financial round lead by... more>>

Tech Product

Hari Anil
Dell’s android run tablet Streak arrives in India. It sports a five inch capacitive multi-touch WVGA display and Android 1.6... more>>
Hari Anil
Kobian introduced their new Mercury IXA 480U sub woofer speaker system, which they promise, with its clear sound, will be a... more>>
Hari Anil
Kingston has come with a new 32GB microSDHC Card. It is capable of storing nearly 29,000 photos, over 6,000 songs and more than... more>>
Hari Anil
Genius’ new Navigator 905 mouse with BlueEye Tracking technology provides a powerful optical engine with high laser precision... more>>
Hari Anil
Beetel’s new phone TD590 comes with 3G compatibility. It has a front VGA camera and a 3.2MP rear camera. It is a Dual-SIM... more>>
Hari Anil
Transcend rolled out three new 4GB DDR3 DRAM modules using high-density 2-gigabit (2Gbit) DDR3 chips. more>>

Tech Buzz

Hari Anil
National Instruments, a developer of automated test equipments and virtual instrumentation software, has launched LabVIEW 2010,... more>>
Hari Anil
Sociètè Gènèrale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC), a subsidiary of the France based Sociètè Gènèrale Group, as part of... more>>
Hari Anil
Lattice Semiconductor launched its third-generation mixed-signal devices, the Platform Manager family, consisting of two... more>>
Hari Anil
Alcatel-Lucent has opened a new regional delivery center (RDC) in Bangalore providing services to manage, operate and maintain... more>>
Hari Anil
Nokia Siemens Networks, a global enabler of telecommunications services, demonstrated the Time Division Duplex version of LTE... more>>

People Manager

C. Mahalingam
When you watch highly successful managers, you will notice a distinct characteristic. They are very focused on the... more>>

In Focus

ST Team
With over 150,000 skilled animators, Indian animation industry is currently a $1 billion industry but is expected to grow at a... more>>
ST Team
Two software engineering centres set up by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), in Bangalore and New... more>>
ST Team
Harvard Business School (HBS) has received a $50 million gift from Tata Group for the funding of a new academic and residential... more>>
ST Team
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value in India has reached a record high of $44.2 billion so far this year. more>>
ST Team
India has been ranked as the 88th country among the 110 countries ranked in the 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index. more>>
ST Team
The ‘IT in the Healthcare Industry - Emerging Trends and Market Opportunities in India’ report from Springboard Research... more>>
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