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February-2009 issue
Guru Talk
Author: Nandan Nilekani
The author here is discussing the role of new technologies in social development. more>>

Management

Arpan Banerjee
How can IT SMEs overcome the financial crisis? here are the answers. The Author puts forward some strategies to beat the slowdown. more>>
Rakesh S Shetty
To capture the most from the tight situations Rakesh Shetty has penned down some important points that we tend to miss out in... more>>

People Manager

C. Mahalingam
The article enlightens the role of leadership in the companies who dwells in the murky waters of recession. more>>

Woman Achiever

Vimali Swamy
The Article touches upon the women empowerment activities in the society and the needs to provide equal opportunities to women... more>>

Business

Jayakishore Bayadi
The article reveals the different shades of the biggest corporate scandal - The Satyam fiasco. more>>

Tech Tracker

Eureka Bharali
Being counted as the top player in the saturated networking market, Cisco forays into the virtualization posing a direct threat... more>>
Eureka Bharali
Brimming with novel technologies, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was presumed to wither away the strong blows of the... more>>
Eureka Bharali
Check out the world's expensive phone which may soon set a record for it. more>>
Eureka Bharali
Untying the knots that delimit the normal laptop from supercomputing experience, a new software will allow the conventional... more>>

Tech Product

Vimali Swamy
BenQ has introduced its new Joybook Lite U101 netbook. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Transcend DDR3-1333 Memory Kkits Transcend has launched its triple channel DDR3-1333 memory kits in India. more>>
Vimali Swamy
The latest in Motorola's portfolio is MotoYuva EM325. The music-centric phone offers one-touch access to MP3 library, 3.5 mm... more>>
Vimali Swamy
RIM's Blackberry 'Storm'has finally come to the Indian shores. more>>

Tech Buzz

Shoukath Koduvally
Technology major Hewlett-Packard is betting big on the Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) market in India. more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
LifeSize is geared up with a new center to set its footprint in Bangalore. more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
The IT industry has posted better quarterly result even as the recession is grabbing the sector tight. more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
As technology explores new ways and creates novel devices to make life advanced, it demands high quality and reliability to... more>>
Shoukath Koduvally
Wipro makes the police administration systems to go hi-tech through its software. more>>

STARTUP CITY

Jayakishore Bayadi
Polaris' own needs for managing its costs gave way to Adrenalin eSystems Limited.. The article givens an insight on the... more>>

Movers and Shakers

Vimali Swamy
Vying to capture the chip market, 'ON Semiconductor' roped in M.K. Mak as the regional vice president of Sales for Korea and... more>>
Vimali Swamy
Palanivel Kuppusamy has assumed the CEO position of Dexterity to steer the company with a new go to market strategy in the... more>>
Vimali Swamy
Vinod V Vasudevan has joined Flytxt as the Group CEO to gain more market and strengthen the workforce. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Brocade's new India Country Manager is all set to take the company to a higher level through his strong ties with the partners. more>>
Vimali Swamy
To ensure momentum to the enterprise business ,Balakrishnan Anantharaman has joined EMC. The article will give an insight to... more>>

Engineer's Diaries

Saheer Karimbayil
Read about Vishwanath Balekai, Senior Software Engineer, Dell India. more>>
Saheer Karimbayil
Read about Archana J , Web Developer, Kieon Consulting. more>>
Saheer Karimbayil
Read about Dipto Dey, Senior Software Engineer, Sasken Communications more>>

Cover Story

Jayakishore Bayadi
A realization that the biggest commodity houses still used obsolete IT systems with too many loopholes in it to run the... more>>

Technology

Jayakishore Bayadi
Opportunities for VAS players in Location Based Services (LBS) are being discussed here. more>>
John Samuel
The author stresses the need of integrated communication for the success of businesses. more>>
Rajagopalan
Ads without celebrities has become rare these days. In this article the author pinpoints the various pros and cons of such... more>>
Jayakishore Bayadi
In an exclusive interview with the Smattechie, Marc Naddel, VP, Partner and Developer Programs, NAVTEQ shares his views on... more>>
Krishan Dhawan
Read about how 2009 will drive organizations to re-look at IT to accelerate their business transformation for future growth. more>>
Dr. Ramanujan Kashi
Read through to enlighten yourself on the trends in video as a mode of communication. more>>
Amar Singh
In this article, Amar Singh takes a cut-through approach to enlighten about the new revolutions in enterprise software industry. more>>
Vidyadhar Phalke
Companies today find themselves managing their Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) initiatives in multiple silos along the... more>>

In Focus

ST Team
Read about Chipmaker Intel's strategic investment in three Indian firms through its global investment arm Intel Capital. more>>
ST Team
In terms of innovation, India stands far behind other countries. more>>
ST Team
The struggle to keep their foot firm amidst the sliding economy did not deter the IT sector to spark off their intellectual... more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
The Obama leadership has unveiled the truths that everyone failed to recognize before. more>>
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