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August-2003  issue
On The Cover
Author: Karthik Sundaram
IT CAN BE A BLADE. IT CAN BE A CHIP. IT CAN ALSO BE PURE code. Today, it is a box called the XPE 2000 sitting above the network and performing cop duty—capturing incoming messages, reading off the XML schema on it, and then sending... more>>
Feature
Ted Schadler
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS QUIETLY changing the dynamics of the software industry. Enterprises as diverse as FedEx, Morgan... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
IT WAS A BIG FIRE DRILL FOR ME,” SAYS KEVIN Harvey, a partner with Benchmark Capital. “I cleared my calendar a lot of... more>>
Sanjeev Jorapur
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, some organizations had strict rules against putting any open source software... more>>
Velan Thillairajah
DESPITE THE SOMETIMES-GRANDIOSE CLAIMS about open source software creating entirely new ways of developing and using... more>>
Features
Rajesh Setty And Munwar Sheriff
TIMING IS EVERYTHING IN BUSINESS. FOR OPEN Source, the timing couldn’t be better. The dot com bubble burst, weakened economy,... more>>
Career
si Team
THE DIN OF OVER A 1,000 ATTENDEES crowding the halls of the event location could be heard quite a distance away. The first ever... more>>
Anja Freudenthal
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL), THE AGENCY charged with protecting the labor market in the United States, recently announced... more>>
Business
Rahul Chandran
JAGDISH KHATTAR IS A VERY BUSY MAN. HE IS just back after the formal listing of his company Maruti Udyog Limited, in the Bombay... more>>
Yatin Patel
IF YOU ARE LIKE MOST BUSINESSES, IT IS A REAL challenge to attract paying customers to your site and still meet your ROI needs.... more>>
V. Anantakrishnan
IT’S THE ROAD NOT TAKEN THAT ALWAYS RANKLES a restless mind. Coulda…Shoulda…Woulda…If only we had a... more>>
Rahul Chandran
“LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE VERTICALS,” Anand Sudarshan, chief executive officer of the Bangalore based NetKraft Pvt.... more>>
Mohan Babu
IN TODAY'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, SENIOR executives are focused on differentiating their business strategies, and are looking... more>>
Karthik Sundaram & Rahul Chandran
When he was brought in as chief executive officer of Planar Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR) in September 1999, Balaji Krishnamurthy... more>>
Leadership
Rahul Chandran
JAGDISH KHATTAR IS A VERY BUSY MAN. HE IS just back after the formal listing of his company Maruti Udyog Limited, in the Bombay... more>>
Yatin Patel
IF YOU ARE LIKE MOST BUSINESSES, IT IS A REAL challenge to attract paying customers to your site and still meet your ROI needs.... more>>
V. Anantakrishnan
IT’S THE ROAD NOT TAKEN THAT ALWAYS RANKLES a restless mind. Coulda…Shoulda…Woulda…If only we had a... more>>
Rahul Chandran
“LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE VERTICALS,” Anand Sudarshan, chief executive officer of the Bangalore based NetKraft Pvt.... more>>
Mohan Babu
IN TODAY'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, SENIOR executives are focused on differentiating their business strategies, and are looking... more>>
Karthik Sundaram & Rahul Chandran
When he was brought in as chief executive officer of Planar Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR) in September 1999, Balaji Krishnamurthy... more>>
Letters
si Readers
Gaitonde Tells The Truth Girish Gaitonde’s cover story reflects the true state of the Indian software services... more>>
In My Opinion
Dr. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande
Are entrepreneurs born or made? This is a classic question which is often asked. Is there a most appropriate time when one... more>>
Personal Finance
si Team
WHO: Varun Mehta is Director of Public Fixed Income at Mason Street Advisors, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, a subsidiary of Northwestern... more>>
si Team
SanDisk Corporation NASDAQ: SNDK Founded: 1988, IPO: 1995 Founder, Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Eli Harari Co-Founder,... more>>
Technology
Karthik Sundaram
IN 1981, WHEN VIJI MURALI CAME TO THE U.S., HER first attempt was to rekindle her research work from India. “My... more>>
VC Chakra
si Team
The round was led by Sevin Rosen Funds, with co-investors Noro-Moseley Partners, H.I.G. Ventures, Gray Ventures, the Yamacraw... more>>
In Focus
si Team
Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a known opposer to immigration, has introduced a bill in the House to shut down the H1B visa category... more>>
si Team
President George W Bush announced on July 10 that he intends to nominate an Indian American, Karan K Bhatia of Maryland, to be... more>>
si Team
The man who once nursed an ambition to become an astronaut has turned his attention to politics. Amidst growing concerns that... more>>
si Team
Sania Mirza became the first-ever Indian girl to have won a Grand Slam title when she triumphed in the girls' doubles event at... more>>
si Team
In its first round in May 2000, Infravio had raised $7 million from the same investors. A provider of web services... more>>
Editor's Desk
Harvi Sachar
When we first spoke, did we have a language? How did we as a people develop one? By adding to a common repository. By... more>>
Last Word
Romi Mahajan
COUNTLESS DEBATES HAVE OCCURRED ABOUT WHAT services are low-end and what are high-end and definitions change as often as the... more>>