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April-2009 issue
Guru Talk
Author: Sridhar Vembu
The author is discussing the Challenges being faced by software product companies in India to survive as professional services companies dominate. more>>

Management

Rishi Das
The author explains and gives tips on effective management of talent during tough times. more>>

People Manager

C. Mahalingam
Performance management is always deemed to be a tricky task and as a people manager, Mahalingam clarifies all the self-created... more>>

Woman Achiever

Vimali Swamy
The articles explores the journey of a lady who proves that a right attitude and the zeal to succeed can break all barriers to... more>>

STARTUP CITY

Jayakishore Bayadi
Vaakya Technologies, a Bangalore based four-year-old startup, focused on fundamental research and development of innovative... more>>

Tech Tracker

Eureka Bharali
Of late Mozilla, the second best browser that has partnered with the Internet giant Google to include its search engine in... more>>
Eureka Bharali
Microsoft, on a quest to retrieve its lost shares in the browser market, which dipped below 70 percent, unveils 'Internet... more>>
Eureka Bharali
Sun Microsystems has unexpectedly emerged a competitor through its Open Cloud Platform to the cloud-based giant Amazon. more>>
Eureka Bharali
India-born Pranav Mistry, a researcher at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has pulled off a new... more>>

Women in IT

Jaya Smitha Menon
The first thing a woman needs to do to become a leader is to break away from unfounded myths. Read the thoughts of some of the... more>>

Tech Product

Vimali Swamy
Here you will see the world’s first KVMP Switch with ‘Finger Identification System’. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Hitachi's blockbuster hard drive Deskstar is here with some real-time features that one cannot miss to explore. more>>
Vimali Swamy
The internet has become one step more secured with MicroWorld's new version 10 of eScan Internet Security. more>>
Vimali Swamy
EON48 is not just a phone rather its intuitive user interface makes it much more than that. more>>

Movers and Shakers

Vimali Swamy
Sridhar Mani in AMI India, is all set to beat the challenges that lie in establishing and increasing the market share for... more>>
Vimali Swamy
As the new Managing Director, Kuldeep Tikoo aims to establish an undying footprint of the RFS brand. more>>
Vimali Swamy
After a long journey in the IT industry Andy Kalambi have gained the position to use his long experience to drive Dassault to... more>>
Vimali Swamy
After years of selfless service in Texas Instruments, Biswadip Mitra has been rightfully chosen as the President and Managing... more>>
Vimali Swamy
UST Global dons a new face named Alexander Varghese to take on the Indian market. more>>

Tech Buzz

Shoukath Koduvally
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a provider of wireless solutions, has opened a new manufacturing plant for microwave antenna... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
Indian IT biggie Wipro has begun the process of boosting its consulting business by setting up a dedicated research and... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
Testing major Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched HP Software University (HPSU) in partnership with Indian Institute of Hardware... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
Looking to increase the storage capacity and efficiency of its servers, Paprikaas, one of the animated content providers has... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
The mobile phone number may soon become an individual's identity number (ID) on account of its uniqueness, if Alcatel-Lucent's... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
Sun Microsystems has extended its partnership with Redington, an IT product distributor, to tap the reseller market by using... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
The communication technology enabler AT&T is planning to invest approximately $1 billion in 2009, of which a part of the money... more>>

Engineer's Diaries

Saheer Karimbayil
Read about Amit Kumar, an Application Engineer in Ikanos Communication India. more>>
Saheer Karimbayil
Read about K. Vijaya Kumar, a Quality Assurance Analyst, in Management Dynamics. more>>
Saheer Karimbayil
Read about Shilpa J Babu, a PG Engineering Analyst in Dell International Services India. more>>

Cover Story

Jayakishore Bayadi
Interchain Solutions, a Bangalore headquartered Location based services (LBS), Telematics and Social Media Company is... more>>

Company Spotlight

Jaya Smitha Menon
Incorporated in the year 2000, Talisma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Campus Management Corp., provides true Customer Lifecycle... more>>

Technology

Bikram Barman
Here is a detailed note on the advantages of cloud computing and the factors that restrict companies to adopt this system. more>>
Anuj Magazine
The article tries to differentiate between a hacker and a cracker and attempt to counter the negative impression that exists... more>>
Gaurav Agarwal
The author explains on how organizations should approach the accompanying security challenges, especially the top three... more>>
Subhash Parameswaran
The author talks about the best practices of risk assessment when dealing with offshore vendorsand how potential risks can be... more>>
Akshay Chitlangia
A vulnerability management program must play a key role in managing a company’s overall security posture and risk... more>>
Sankalp Saxena
The present crave for the mobiles will take some some unprecedented curves and Sankalp Saxena enlightens on this aspect in the... more>>
Prakash Prabhu
Security is becoming a major concern for nations in the light of recent terrorist attacks in many parts of the world. In this... more>>
V. Sridhar and Pramod Pagare
The author speaks about a less expensive alternative to increase the capacity of the Radio Access Network. The concept is... more>>
C Mohan Ram
Recession is not about losses and pessimism rather there is a silver lining to it and here C Ram Mohan evaluates the optimistic... more>>

In Focus

ST Team
Over 1000 women from all levels of the technology industry attended Women 2.0 Summit on March 13 in the honour of International... more>>
ST Team
Over 1000 women from all levels of the technology industry attended Women 2.0 Summit on March 13 in the honour of International... more>>
ST Team
Indian CEOs simply outshine their foreign counterparts in terms of confidence in running a business. more>>
ST Team
The hype surrounding a degree obtained from IITs and IIMs has gained more glitz as more than half of the country's chief... more>>
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