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February-2008 issue
Guru Speak
Author: Dr. Krishna Mikkilineni
The author discusses the paradigm shift in the R&D work and innovation from the West to East. more>>

Industry

Jayakishore Bayadi
Established in 2004, as a result of the series of 'BOB' meetings, today ISA is a trade body that represent's India's... more>>

Woman Achiever

Jaya Smitha Menon
In this issue, we present a few responsible women in the industry that dared to travel the road less traveled by women. more>>

Campus Reporter

Christo Jacob
Today blue chip companies in India are geared to build the available talent in the semiconductor industry. more>>

People Manager

C Mahalingam (Mali)
The author an insight into how good people managers need to devise a plan to navigate their people towards a path of development. more>>

Protocol@Work

Sridhar Jayanthi
The author talks about how a manger to handle his team if working in collabration with teams across different sites. more>>

Engineer's Diaries

Pradeesh Chandran
An insight into the professional lives of IT engineers. more>>

Feature

Alain Raynaud
The author talks about the communication barriers in silicon valley. more>>

Tech Tracker

Christo Jacob
Oracle acquiring BEA for $8.5 billion, finally gave an end to Oracle's chase on BEA systems. more>>
Christo Jacob
At the Consumer Electronic Show, Intel CEO Paul Otellini remarked the Internet posing a challenge to the existence of compact... more>>
Christo Jacob
Steve Jobs unviels world's thinnest laptop. more>>
Christo Jacob
Sony's Blu-ray disc wins over Toshiba's HD DVD disc format. more>>
Christo Jacob
Microsoft founder Bill Gates shared his visions about how the second digital decade will develop in his final International CES... more>>
Christo Jacob
Sun Microsystems has plunked down $1 billion to buy MySQL, an open source icon and developer of one of the world’s fastest... more>>

Tech Product

Vimali Swamy
Read on to know about the latest technology products in the market. more>>

Movers and Shakers

Vimali Swamy
Shantanu Ghosh has now taken over as VP – India Product Operations at Symantec. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Sagar Nandi joins Intense as the head of its worldwide delivery. more>>
Vimali Swamy
In a twin move, MphasiS witnessed a change in its executive team. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Raj Aji leaves Cisco to take over as the Vice President - Corporate Development & General Counsel at Tejas. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Arvind Joshi has joined SPI as the VP-India Operations. more>>

Tech Buzz

Compiled by Pradeesh Chandran
Read to know more about the latest developments in the tech world. more>>

Cover Story

Jaya Smitha Menon
With a well equipped core engineering and technology road map, Mentor Graphics is making waves in the EDA industry more>>

Company Spotlight

Aritra Bhattacharya
The India center of ARM has played a significant role inthe company's growth. All the five business groups of ARM - processor,... more>>
Aritra Bhattacharya
Neither a typical IP company or a pure services firm, Interra develops IP technologies in diverse areas — like memory... more>>
Jayakishore Bayadi
Since its inception, MosChip has introduced four key product families to ensure the growth of their customer base: Network... more>>
Vimali Swamy
For a company started two years back with a clear vision to engage in the challenging opportunity to design integrated circuits... more>>
Aritra Bhattacharya
Close to a decade of experience in the semiconductor industry has enabled SoftJin comprehend the emerging technology trends.... more>>
Michael Paulraj
Today, the methodology, tools, and the software platforms have changed dramatically. Device manufacturers are now facing new... more>>

Technology

Raj Sheelvant
The author talks about the failure of using Web 2.0 by conventional organizations for their advantage. more>>
Vineet Tyagi
The author compares the pros and cons of Ruby over Java more>>
Anuj Magazine
The author discusses how more than hundred individual personality traits can be revealed fairly accurately using graphology. more>>

Semiconductor

Praveen Acharya
The author talks about the rapid changes that the semiconductor industry has witnessed in the last couple of decades. more>>

In Focus

ST Team
Know more about what is happening in the IT world. more>>

Last Word

Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra
The author poits out that as the world becomes more digital, the more is the need for analog chips. more>>
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