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November-2004  issue
Cover Story
Author: Karthik Sundaram
“OH! PLEASE DON’T GIVE HIM ANY MORE IDEAS,” implores Virginia Kota, as she drives me and Subu Kota to Logan International Airport in Boston, MA. Kota, founder and Chairmain of the Boston Group, is on his way to Hyderabad, to launch... more>>
Cover Feature
Venkat Ramana
The buzz-word for the coming years will be business intelligence software. ERP, CRM, SCM and a host of other back office and... more>>
Siddhartha Agarwal
Enterprise software, as designed today, is like a one-legged robot. Customers have to spend a lot of money, time and energy... more>>
Navi Radjou
Vertical-specific Software Innovation Networks will become the hotbeds for technology advances, with multiple networks battling... more>>
Karthik Sundaram
After a seven-year run as the top investment-capital segment, software relinquished that position last year to biotechnology... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
Nelamangala, a suburb of Bangalore, is the hub for gherkin (pasteurized cucumbers) cultivation. Intergarden, a Belgium-based... more>>
Business
Harish Revanna
A couple of months ago, a clutch of partners from prominent Israeli venture firms landed in Bangalore to swap war stories, and... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
Manoj Benjamin, chief executive of Vancouver based Royal Indian Raj International Corporation (RRIC), is leapfrogging into the... more>>
Pravir Malik
Fractal Dynamics is a means of becoming aware of the system behind the obvious lines—tapping into the underlying system can... more>>
Harish Revanna
Redmond, WA-based software giant, Microsoft (MSFT), is trailing a new path to the ever-expanding markets of Asia. Microsoft,... more>>
Technology
Shankar Pennathur
As the semiconductor industry marches down the path prescribed by Moore’s law, the next hurdle in this path is expected to be... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
A score of chemists at ZettaCore are racing to build—hold your breath—the next-generation memory chips. Chemists and chips?... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
Jamshedpur in Jharkhand is little known for use of cutting-edge technologies. That Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)... more>>
In My Opinion
Shawn Banerji
I am often complimented on the accomplishments of the Indian outsourcing industry and it is with great pride that I point out... more>>
Career
John Epperheimer
When it comes to defining career success, “should” often replaces “want to” in our internal monologues. A manager in... more>>
In Focus
si Team
Four hours AFTER the QUOTA OPENED for H1B visas, it was filled out for the year. “The visa office is closed till the next... more>>
si Team
He resides on the prestigious Bishops Avenue, London, talks to the elite blue-blooded neighbors, owns assets across the world... more>>
si Team
Sashi Reddi founded AppLabs Technologies, a software testing and custom application development company, nested $7 million in... more>>
si Team
Sunnyvale, CA based Infinera hasn’t had a sale yet. But the venture capitalists are betting on Infinera’s technology.... more>>
Last Word
Kevin Laws
The 80/20 rule is a rule of thumb every startup should know. Economizing on time, management effort, and money has to be... more>>