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December-2013 issue
Cover Story
Author: Pankaj Kundwani
Globalization has become a widespread and significant practice across a multitude of industries. In this flow, technology and software development companies have seen a prominent expansion globally, with a vast number of activities to... more>>

Company of the Year

SI Team
The rapid acceleration of technology, along with a difficult economic climate is presenting quite a few challenges for midsize... more>>

Company of the Year: Cloud

Pankaj Kundwani
To make the challenging task of adopting next-gen technologies for startups and established enterprises Devendra Deshmukh... more>>

Company of the Year: CRM

Mewanshwa Kharshiing
On-demand CRM is getting popular and organizations are taking advantage of cloud solutions, especially in SME segments which... more>>

Company of the Year: BPO

Mewanshwa Kharshiing
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has evolved tremendously since its inception in the 1990's and has unprecedented potential... more>>

Company of the Year: IT Consulting

Sudhakar Singh
Having recovered from the Eurozone financial crisis in 2012, the global Information Technology consulting market is on a... more>>

Company of the Year: Software Testing

Vignesh Anantharaj
Coverity, a development testing company with headquartered in San Francisco and an office in Bangalore, offers solutions for... more>>

Company of the Year: OPD

Pankaj Kundwani
In today's highly competitive marketplace, it is critical for organizations to adopt new and emerging technologies to... more>>

Company of the Year: e-Commerce

Sudhakar Singh
The internet has transformed the retail experience for consumers by activating their emotions and sparking the desire to buy... more>>

Company of the Year: IT Services

SI Team
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is going through the transformation to meet customer’s need in... more>>

Emerging Company of the Year

Rachita Sharma
In today's world of ever increasing competition, organizations are forced to look for new ways to generate value. The world has... more>>

Company Spotlight

Neha
With the Digital Marketing space transforming into a competitive asset in India, the Marketing Leaders are making sure that... more>>

STARTUP of the year 2013

Sudhakar Singh
India is transforming into a world IT hub and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is playing a major role in growth of small and... more>>
Nandini Mukherjee
The current crop of young tech enthusiasts in India is highly enterprising and does not shy away from taking the plunge into... more>>
Nandini Mukherjee
Indians have two common interests, one is cricket, and the other is mobiles plus social media. Cricket is followed like a... more>>
Dylan D'Souza
Two years ago, when 3G networks were being developed for mobile devices, most people were still using the low bandwidth 2G... more>>
Pankaj Kundwani
This is the age of sharing and accepting technology. The Indian market that was once unaccepting of simple concepts such as... more>>
Nandini Mukherjee
The Telecom Services Industry in India is dominated by the likes of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance on the service... more>>
Rachita Sharma
In today's fast paced world, a company’s various resources are either on the move or scattered across different locations... more>>
Nandini Mukherjee
The Real estate industry faces a number of issues and challenges in terms of inconsistent levels of service to clients &... more>>
Rachita Sharma
Back in 2003, outsourcing was a major technology trend that brought a change in the industry and the way it functioned. more>>
Rachita Sharma
Mobile phones are a boon for marketers. The device’s deep penetration across India and the increased use of smartphones has... more>>
Sandeep Sen
SME – Small and Medium Enterprise segment is the fastest growing segment in India today and they are the backbone of Indian... more>>
Sarath Syam K
Ramesh Baswa, Co-Founder and MD/CEO of Sollet Soft Solutions Pvt Ltd believes that innovation should be imbibed into the... more>>
Dylan D'Souza
With the advent of social media websites like Facebook and Twitter and the amount of time people spend on them, a huge amount... more>>

In My Opinion

S. 'Soma' Somasundaram - President & CEO, Dover Energy
It's a well-acknowledged aphorism that the only constant in the business world is change. However, in recent years our ways of... more>>

CIO Insights

Salil Mahajan - Vice President & Head-IT, Bharti AXA Life Insurance
In the era of technology relevance and evolving maturity of new technologies such as Smartphone, tablets, social media,... more>>
Francis Rajan - CIO, Bangalore International Airport ltd
Cloud technology is here to stay. Today it is a major role player in the current market bringing different flavors to the... more>>
Satyadev Adurti - Sr VP of IT, Uflex Ltd
Service industries are ruling enterprise industries with various solutions on different verticals. Enterprises are in need of... more>>
Vinod Bidarkoppa - Director (IT) & CIO, Tesco HSC
Rising GDP growth, burgeoning population, greater disposable income, and increasing consumer spending are combining to drive... more>>

View Point

Subhasish Gupta - Country Manager India & SAARC, Allied Telesis
Network Architectures' predicts that the OpenFlow and SDN market will grow to almost $2 billion by 2016. more>>
Gaurav Ahluwalia - Managing Director, R&M India
The Internet is becoming increasingly popular. We can see people are always available online in today's world. more>>
Ajit Melarkode, Managing Director & Alan Perkins, Chief Technology Officer, Asia Pacific, Rackspace
With the increasing information load and the need for speedy, cost effective and flexible data management, many companies are... more>>
Somesh Singh - Vice President, Product Management & Engineering, NetIQ
Aquiet revolution is taking place in the world of business information technology. And like many revolutions through history,... more>>
Ashutosh Parasnis - Managing Director, QLogic India
Increased server performance, higher virtual machine density, advances in network bandwidth, and more demanding business... more>>

VC talk

Upal Basu - Managing Director, NGP India Advisors
Disruptive shifts in technology are capable of creating lasting impacts and can change the way we lead our lives. more>>
Venky Ganesan - Managing Director, Menlo Ventures
"Wearable computing" is an area that is gaining importance across the globe and it withholds great opportunity. more>>
Neal V Goyal - Founder & CEO, Caldera Investment Group
In believe that an investor must get involved in a number of different asset classes. more>>
Parag Shah - Group Head of Life Sciences and Senior Managing Director, Hercules Growth Capital
The firm’s Life Science team has deep domain expertise in biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and medical device... more>>
Rajeev Batra - Partner, Mayfield Fund
The technology industry is going through an evolution where we can see new technologies picking up pace and transforming the... more>>

Entrepreneur's Corner

Naveen Bisht - Board Member and Chair, Programs, TiE Silicon Valley
This month's article brings you lessons from Raj Parekh, an extraordinary entrepreneur, prolific angel investor, intrapreneur... more>>

Venture Beat

SI Team
Bangalore based Aujas Networks, a Global Information Risk Management (IRM) services company, has raised Rs. 33 crores in its... more>>
SI Team
Aurigo Software Technologies Inc. has received $6.3 million as funds from four investors including venture capital firm and... more>>

Editorial

Christo Jacob
Siliconindia is 16 years old -- yet as we grow, we still aim to retain the nimble, adaptive culture of a startup. We have... more>>
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