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January-2008 issue
Cover Story
Author: Jaya Smitha Menon
Huawei Technologies, with its high quality products, and excellent services, has matured into a global telecom solution provider within a short span of time. more>>

Guru Talk

Subramanyam GV
The author speaks about innovation in the service sector and its contribution to the GDP of the country. more>>

Woman Achiever

Jaya Smitha Menon
Celebrating her Silver Jubilee year in TCS, Vijaya Deepthi a quick learner who brings passion and fervour to whatever she does... more>>

Technology

Sujay Koduri
The author writes about the Lucene search engine which is a free open retrieval library implemented in Java. more>>
Ralph Vaz
The author refers to .NET as a framework rather than a technology. One can build products on .NET or build an extensible... more>>
Loganathan Natarajan
The author writes about Struts and JSF (Java Server Faces), two web application frameworks used to develop enterprise... more>>

People Manager

C. Mahalingam
The author talks about the good and bad aspects of the modern corporate world and how to tap the right talent in an organization. more>>

Management

Shyamkumar Narayana
In this article, the author speaks about the limitations faced by a consulting project manager and gives some tips to overcome... more>>
Shombit Sengupta
The author speaks about the discomfort employees should undergo to create business differentiation in the market. more>>

Protocol@Work

Sridhar Jayanthi
In this article the author speaks about the emerging trends among the modern techies in relation to career planning. more>>

Leadership

Mohit Rampal
In this article the author speaks about some 'don'ts' which should be kept in mind to become a good leader. more>>

Engineer's Diaries

Vimali Swamy
An insight into the professional lives of IT engineers. more>>

Tech Buzz

Compiled By Christo Jacob
Read to know more about the latest developments in the tech world. more>>

Campus Reporter

Christo Jacob
The article talks about 'GoPro' a campus program offered by HCL Technologies to accelerate gender representation in their... more>>

Semiconductor

Rahul Arya
The author speaks about the challenges faced by IC designers. According to him manufacturability, complexity, and scale are the... more>>

Corporate Training

Aritra Bhattacharya
The TechWiz centers started at Symantec appreciate, appraise and reward for the work done by the employees. more>>

Tech Snippets

ST Team
Yahoo! Its party time.The annual year end party in Yahoo! more>>
ST Team
Vasundhara Das rocked the crowd during the inaugural ceremony of D-link's new R&D center in Bangalore. more>>
ST Team
Infy BPO conducted the Bangalore Walkathon to commemorate the World Disabled Day. more>>
ST Team
The Inauguration of the new R&D center of AMD by CEO Dr. Hector Ruiz more>>

Company Spotlight

Aritra Bhattacharya
The author speaks about Cable & Wireless India, a firm that has won the trust of customers in a unique way. more>>

Tech Product

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

Movers and Shakers

Vimali Swamy
MindTree consulting has undergone its first major organizational restructure to facilitate newer business oppurtunities. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Dr. Anil Gupta has been appointed as new COO of Aditi Technologies. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Karan Bajwa appointed new Group Director-Public Sector Microsoft. more>>
Vimali Swamy
Uday Vijayan has been appointed as Head of Global Marketing,iGate. more>>

Career Tracker

Priya Pradeep
IT executives share their mantras for a successful career. more>>

Tech Tracker

Christo Jacob
Read more about Tomcat, an application server designed specifically for Java applications. more>>
Christo Jacob
Read more about Rubi on Rails 2.0, a new solution process. more>>
Christo Jacob
Read about Google's new venture into the knowledge sharing field. more>>
Christo Jacob
Read about an innovation by Taiwan’s Asustek Computer. Asustek has created an eco-friendly notebook encased in bamboo. more>>
Christo Jacob
Read about the new version of CRM software introduced by Microsoft at the end of 2007. more>>

Last Word

Anilesh Seth
The author shares with the readers his experiences of making a captive start-up successful. more>>

In Focus

ST Team
Web 2.0 is the next generation technology in Web applications. more>>
ST Team
The article is about Nasscom's IT women Leadership Summit 2007, which speaks about the need for gender inclusivity in... more>>
ST Team
The article talks about Nasscom's demand to the Finance ministry for tax concession as the STPI scheme is about to end by March... more>>
ST Team
As the electronic and technology industry is booming in India, the hazard caused by the this industry is also whopping up. more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
Read about Huawei Technologies, a global telecommunication company, which is planning to increase its share in the world-wide... more>>
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