Technology Magazine | January 2012 Issue

"An IT product company from India! You got to be kidding me," this would have been the standard response from anyone who heard about the idea back in the late 90s. By that time, Indian IT service companies had already made a name in the... more>>

In My Opinion

Outstanding Customer Experience, the only Sustainable...

By Kaushal Mehta -Founder & CEO,Motif, Inc

The retail industry is witnessing an increased migration of customers from traditional brick and mortar retail to E-commerce... more>>

VC talk

Misers Live Longer

By Rehan Jalil -venture advisor, Mayfield Fund

Rehan Jalil is a venture advisor to Mayfield Fund, a 42 year old venture capitalist firm. With $2.7 billion investment fund,... more>>

Intersections of Several New Age Technologies will be the Future

By Jishnu Bhattacharjee - Principal,Nexus Venture Partners

We invest in early to early-growth companies that can grow into category leaders globally. We have companies based out of... more>>

CEO Speak

Transforming the Payment Industry in Asia

By SI Team

India – A promising market? India is an emerging market and it is totally different from U.S., which means we have to... more>>

CEO Spotlight

Maturity is Next Business Cycle for Social Media

By Dilip Venkatachari -Co-founder & CEO,Compass Labs

Up to this point in its young, hyperactive lifespan, social media has been all about growth. I expect a bit more maturity in... more>>

Customer Expectations are Changing, Entrepreneurs need to...

By Puneet Jetli - President & Co-CEO,HappiestMinds

Emergence of a disruptive technology, has always presented a great opportunity for our Industry. After the Internet revolution... more>>

Personalizing will be the Next Big Thing

By Bhaskar Enaganti -Founder & CEO,GloMantra, Inc

Moving ahead from Social Networking and Web 2.0, the next big thing will be personalization. Everyone is looking for... more>>

Embrace Mobile, it is the Future

By Ashish Toshniwal -CEO,Y Media Labs

In the near future, social networks for particular verticals will become a very hot technology. There will be mini social... more>>

Technology

Engaging the Returns on Social Media

By Kailash Ambwani -President & CEO,Actiance Inc

It’s not just the Government that wants judicial of social media, in March this year the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI)... more>>

U.S. or India: Where to File for a Patent First?

By Bindu Sharma -Founder & CEO,Origiin IP Solutions LLP

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) often is one of the favorite or lucrative destinations for the applicants for... more>>

By Gurvinder Batra -Founder & CTO,KiwiTech

The rapidly growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers has led to an explosion of mobile apps that has been a... more>>

Management

Outsourcing + SaaS: Beyond the Convergence

By Phani Nagarjuna -CEO,Nuevora

There’s no denying it, we live in the era of Big Data. A recent report of McKinsey Global Institute titled “Big Data:... more>>

Believing in Innovation: The 'mantra' for the changing world

By Sarv Saravanan -Senior Vice President & Managing Director,EMC Corporation

Today, there is a significant focus on the topic of innovation. While it may sound like an oxymoron, when we say "process of... more>>

View Point

2012: Where's India headed?

By Pradeep Shankar

2011 has been defined by historic, dynamic and tumultuous events that will shape the world in the years ahead. From the Arab... more>>

CIO Insights

IT Department still Undermined and Underfunded in many...

By Jaya Smitha Menon

Avinash Jhangiani is the CIO, Global Head IT & Digital at Reliance MediaWorks, a part of the Reliance Group. He is based out... more>>

Entrepreneur Corner

Board of Advisors: 4KTA

By Naveen Bisht -Board Member and Chair, Programs,TiE Silicon Valley

We know, most start-ups have a Board of Advisors, but who are they and what are their roles and responsibilities? I highly... more>>

VC Chakra

Fab.com secures $40 Million in Series B Funding

By SI Team

Fab.com, a New York based e-commerce company, raised $40 million in series B round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.... more>>

xAd raises $9 Million to fuel its Technology Advancement

By SI Team

xAd, a San Francisco based mobile-local ad network, has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Emergence Capital Partners.... more>>

With $33.5 Million Series C Funding, Actifio to grow at a...

By SI Team

A Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) platform company, Actifio, has raised $33.5 million in series C round of funding... more>>

Poshmark receives $3.5 Million Series A Funding

By SI Team

Manish Chandra, Founder of California based Kaboodle, launched Poshmark, an e-commerce store with a fund of $3.5 million. The... more>>

In Focus

Startup Ecosystem to Face Realism Rather Than Optimism In 2012

By SI Team

Reports from this year’s Venture predictions survey conducted by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Dow... more>>

Do Startups Have Future In Mobile Segment?

By SI Team

A report from the analyst firm Berg Insight mentions that the mobile marketing and advertising industry is expected to grow... more>>

Indians Top Founders of U.S Venture-funded Firms

By SI Team

Immigrants, with the largest number coming from India, have started nearly half of America's top 50 venture-funded companies in... more>>

PE Investments saw a downfall in 2011

By SI Team

It was predicted that 2011 will see smooth exits from its investments since most portfolio investments will ripe. Around 800... more>>

Indo-Americans most inspiring Diaspora: Blake

By SI Team

With more than three million in numbers, Indian Americans are not only the most inspiring diasporas in the U.S. but their... more>>

Editor's Desk

A Year of Changes!

By Christo Jacob

Now that most of you might have had a blast during the New Year celebrations, it’s a good time to reflect on our resolutions... more>>

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