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November-2003  issue
On The Cover
Author: Karthik Sundaram
SEEMS THE RULE OF THUMB IN naming your next wireless LAN startup is to be inspired by an exotic island or retreat: Tahoe, Shasta, Meru, Aruba...the last one, claim founders Pankaj Manglik and Keerti Melkote, was chosen by some judicious... more>>
Cover Feature
Rahul Chandran
Walter Lippman once said, “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the... more>>
si Intelligence Bureau
So how have the siliconindians fared this year? Check out the 2003 edition of the si100 top 100 companies to see who's in from... more>>
Technology
Karthik Sundaram
VIC DATTA IS IBM’S BUSINESS INFORMATION Executive, Americas—the CIO who has been a bean counter in previous stints.... more>>
Rahul Chandran & Venkat Ramana
A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE NEW PRODUCT Induction (NPI) team of electronic contract manufacturer SMT Unlimited (SMTU) are in... more>>
VC Chakra
si Team
The investment was led by CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) and venture firm DCM-Doll Capital Management apart from current... more>>
Business
Pradeep Shankar & Robin Mathews
RECENT REPORT BY THE INDIAN VENTURE Capital Association (IVCA) found that India ranks third in Asia in venture capital... more>>
V. Anantakrishnan
PAY-AS-YOU-GO COMPUTING. WHAT A concept! Such ideas that turn established norms on its head are usually the ones that define... more>>
Stephen Mathias
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ARE INCREASINGLY turning towards outsourcing as a means of cutting costs. India is the leading... more>>
Career
Arun Veembur
The INS Vikrant, in its lifetime, generated enough power to light up the whole of Mumbai. The very fact that there are a couple... more>>
Aparna Dave
BCIS’s Latest Memo on AC21’s 180 Day Portability Rule and How it Applies to Concurrent Filings of Forms I-140 and... more>>
In My Opinion
Vivek Paul
OVER THE PAST FEW months, we have heard statements like “technology does not matter”, that somehow investments in... more>>
Leadership
Karthik Sundaram
Since getting out of graduate school, Githesh Ramamurthy, currently the Chairman and CEOof CCC Information Systems Group... more>>
Letters
si Readers
Sachar hits home! Quite shameful, indeed that we have not lifted a single finger in negating the bad PR that has been... more>>
Online Special
Aditi Banerjee
My parents came to Chicago from Calcutta in the 1960’s. They associated with Bengalis and their closest friends have... more>>
In Focus
si Team
EVEN AS GLOBAL INVESTORS ARE RUSHING INTO India, Indian companies have been abroad on a shopping spree. Since January 2003,... more>>
si Team
“Sales Force Effectiveness” and “Marketing Effectiveness” solutions company marketRx received $10.25 million in Series... more>>
si Team
In another instance of Indian American achievements in the field of cutting edge medical research, Dr. Tejal Desai, Associate... more>>
Editor's Desk
Harvi Sachar
This is our 6th edition of the si100, top 100 high tech companies founded and managed by Indians in the U.S. Normally this is... more>>
Last Word
Romi Mahajan
The Big Lie has almost worked. If enough powerful people continuously repeat something that is absolutely false, falsehood... more>>