January-2006 issue
On The Cover
Author: Ashwini Kachapeswaran
For an entrepreneur to go after an idea; form a business plan; build a team and to establish an organization is a road usually taken to reach greater success and the final dream.
Many organizations have failed despite boasting a...
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Cover Feature
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The siliconindia Top 10 Innovators has been compiled by a panel of experts and Senior IT professionals from the tech field. We...
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Sharad Sharma
Lenovo in China; Samsung in Korea; Acer in Taiwan; Comverse in Israel; and Infosys in India. What’s wrong with this picture?...
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Technology
Imran Shahnawaz
“Existence of information technology is to serve the business; if it can solve business problems then the work is done,”...
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Business
Sanjeev Jain
In 2000, after a bitter and protracted legal battle, Japan based Fujitsu Corp. and India’s RPG Group settled for an out of...
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Leadership
Harish Revanna
It was 1987 and Microsoft’s IPO closed a year ago, Bill Gates was already the richest man in the world and computer was...
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si 20 Company Performance
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Mumbai based Patni Computer Systems is a global IT Services provider. The company reported significant revenue growth of 30.1...
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People Tracker
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AOL’s Chamath Palihapitiya quits, joins Mayfield
Not even 30, yet has a mature head on his shoulders directing a va va vroom...
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In My Opinion
Rajaraman Iyer
It is the BPO blitzkrieg and it’s not a short-term phenomenon. The global BPO market is expected to swell to $146 billion by...
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Career
Dr. Sumantra Sengupta
I recently attended a talk given by a partner from one of the leading recruiting firms on the topic-"career management and...
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Sridhar Jayanthi
Never ask a man’s salary or a woman’s age”—this old saying has never caught on in India over the ages. It takes just 10...
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Sanjeev Jain
Experiment for Experience
I wish I could imitate the unbelievable memory of Pawan Kumar the ex-chairman of vMoksha,” says...
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VC Chakra
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Dr. Anand Deshpande’s Persistent Systems, a software product development company, has picked up $18.8 million in Series A....
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Mimosa Systems Inc., a provider of next-generation information management solutions, headed by T.M. Ravi has bagged $11 million...
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Editor's Desk
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Gaming has always captured one’s imagination, be it video games, play stations, online gaming and now with mobile games the...
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India produces a large number of engineers every year. But multinationals find just 25 percent are employable, according to a...
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Growing options in the job market and a booming economy have resulted in more and more people with stable jobs looking for...
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“India has made tremendous progress in the field of information technology in the last few years and I am very optimistic...
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With the expansion of the Indian Aviation sector, many airlines now want a share in the pie of the Low Cost Carriers. However...
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Management guru Peter Drucker has always been in news for bold talks. Whether he talks of the fall of the U.S. in global...
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India seems to be the flavor of the season. Not only is the economy blooming but the country has also attracted global...
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Pradeep Shankar
Career tracks in India are gaining momentum. In fact, at this point in time, India is the most preferred location for IT...
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In Focus
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Gaming has always captured one’s imagination, be it video games, play stations, online gaming and now with mobile games the...
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si Team
India produces a large number of engineers every year. But multinationals find just 25 percent are employable, according to a...
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si Team
Growing options in the job market and a booming economy have resulted in more and more people with stable jobs looking for...
more>>
si Team
“India has made tremendous progress in the field of information technology in the last few years and I am very optimistic...
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si Team
With the expansion of the Indian Aviation sector, many airlines now want a share in the pie of the Low Cost Carriers. However...
more>>
si Team
Management guru Peter Drucker has always been in news for bold talks. Whether he talks of the fall of the U.S. in global...
more>>
si Team
India seems to be the flavor of the season. Not only is the economy blooming but the country has also attracted global...
more>>
Pradeep Shankar
Career tracks in India are gaining momentum. In fact, at this point in time, India is the most preferred location for IT...
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Last Word
Arshad Matin
If everything is acquired by birth what’s the fun in living? Will there be anything called learning? Leadership qualities...
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