February-2010 issue
Cover Story
Author: Vimali Swamy
There is a bittersweet smile among most telecom operators around the world. At more than $1.5 trillion annual revenue, telecom is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world today. Emerging markets, in particular are...
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In My Opinion
Nick Sharma
The recent economic recession has reiterated the need for IT companies, especially mid-sized IT companies, to revisit their...
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Company Spotlight
Sikta Samantaray
It was an interesting week for Sanjiv Goyal, the CEO, Droisys, his team were hunting for a right candidate for their projects....
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CEO Spotlight
Pradeep Rathinam
The last 12-18 months have made businesses realize the need for better collaboration, greater agility in operations , and...
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Promod Sharma
The current hesitations towards using public cloud services as storage will subside, cloud computing will become a norm both in...
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Santosh Sharan
Surrounded by a world of multi-level convergent media, there is a demand for separate technologies in terms of voice, data and...
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Dhiraj C Rajaram
As the world today becomes increasingly data-centric, organizations are realizing the need for intelligent, data-driven...
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Technology
Shridhar Mittal
Virtualization is being used today by many IT organizations seeking to reduce their costs and improve overall agility. There...
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Vikas Aggarwal
Software applications and the underlying computing infrastructure are essential enablers of business processes in today’s...
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Sudha Valluru
Today’s business environment is becoming increasingly complex and virtual, making the days of holding office meetings with...
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Business
Victor Kannan
The Indian IT services Industry has had a profound impact on the Indian economy, percolating down to the lower echelons of the...
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Arun Srinivasan
All signs point to the start of a much-awaited economic recovery worldwide, led by an increase in demand for temporary labor...
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Raja Mitra
The rapid expansion of the IT industry has been a key feature of economic development worldwide. The IT industry has become a...
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Jagdish Mitra
With the world going ‘mobile’ these days, the scope of enhanced mobility and VAS services play a crucial rule in peoples’...
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Shombhit Sengupta
Speeding through Europe either as a tourist or business person you may be pleasantly surprised to find how the Euro facilitates...
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VC talk
Kiran Hebbar
The massive changes occurring in video production, distribution, and consumption has unveiled better investment options....
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Dinesh H Patel
Personalized Medicine is a key trend in life science investing, and is being driven by two converging factors. The first being...
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Insights
Prof. Narendra M Agrawal
The Indian IT and software industry has had a phenomenal growth for the last two decades with year-on-year growth exceeding 30...
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VC Chakra
si Team
The online language learning community Livemocha has raised $8 million in Series B financing, led by August Capital, with...
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si Team
DataSphere, a Software as a Service (SaaS) Web technology and hyperlocal ad sales company focused on generating online profits...
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In Focus
si Team
The corporate budgets have begun rolling, however the CIOs are yet to turn aggressive in terms of technology usage. The cash...
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si Team
Bangalore has once again re-instated the popular notion of being the technology hub of the country. The city has the maximum of...
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si Team
The concept of zero or low maintenance, followed by ease of use associated with the software-as-a-service model is a huge...
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si Team
Robots will soon find a place at homes, according to robotics engineer Prahlad Vadakeppat. Vadakeppat who, along with his...
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si Team
Indian scientists are developing an electronic device that will sniff out explosives like RDX, which cannot be detected by the...
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si Team
Even though India has emerged as the largest growth market for Google, Shailesh Rao, Managing Director of Google India believes...
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si Team
The domestic IT services market in India is estimated to grow from $5.7 billion in 2008 to $12.8 billion in 2013, which...
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Entrepreneur 101
Gunjan Sinha
For many of the technology enthusiasts, the launch of Apple iPad is quite a landmark event this week. There is a popular belief...
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Editor's Desk
Pradeep Shankar
On December 15, the same day when several American companies, including Google faced cyber attacks from China, there were...
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