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November-2012 issue
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Author: Rachita Sharma
how do some websites make it to the top while the others lose? The answer is Search Engine Optimization or SEO which today is an indispensable requirement for any business. This makes the SEO a highly sought after industry. more>>

In My Opinion

Navin Chaddha - Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
There are some key rules of the road that have guided my journey and these are especially relevant in the current era when the... more>>

CIO Insights

C R Narayanan - CIO, Tulip Telecom Ltd.
With the sand clock turning upside down, it is time for the CIOs to change their roles from just being technocrats to that of... more>>
Amit Sethi - Sr. President and Chief Information Officer, Yes Bank
IT leaders face a plethora of challenges both internally and externally. Our technical man force cannot do only with technical... more>>

Top 20 Distance Learning MBA colleges

SI Team
Here is Silicon India's list of Top 20 Distance Learning MBA Colleges. more>>

In Conversation

Lars Erik Holmquist - Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Labs
With grounded innovation, I try to balance the two axes of inquiry - understanding how the world works; and invention - coming... more>>

Leadership

Dr. Pallab Bandyopadhyay - Director-HR, Citrix Systems
At the core of the leadership effectiveness in today’s organizations, the emphasis is not what you can achieve yourself in an... more>>

Management

Ankur Lal - CEO, Infozech Software Inc.
With the increased prevalence of Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, the total messages we receive everyday... more>>

View Point

Sanjay Dhawan - President and CEO, Symphony Teleca Corporation
he software market is undergoing a dramatic change. New technologies, solutions and business model are not just redefining the... more>>
Floyd Christofferson - Director of Storage Product Marketing, SGI
The beauty of the system is that all the data appears to the user to be online in the high speed, expensive, production disk at... more>>
Jerker Hellstrom - CEO, Handheld Group
Rugged computers have become much more sophisticated and advanced in the last few years. They now have faster processors to... more>>
Sid Banerjee - CEO & Co-Founder, Clarabridge
In order to overcome the challenges of handling Big Data, such as efficiently analyzing vast quantities of unstructured content... more>>
Vivek Marwaha - Director Marketing, Siemens PLM Software India
Small and mid-sized manufacturers face the same challenges, and are increasingly turning to PLM to help them deal with the... more>>
Dr. Kshama Singh - Director, Institute of Management Social Sciences & Research, Pune
Try as we all may, time management is not an exact science. Do not stress out—and waste time in the process—by obsessing... more>>
Raj Reddy - Associate , Vice President – HR Business Leader & Head – Talent Planning, Infosys BPO
A leader should have an abundance mentality and belief that there is plenty for everybody. A leader does not believe that one... more>>
Dheeraj Nallagatla - CEO, Nalgan Technologies
India is a strong and emerging market with a strong GDP growth rate. It is important for small and medium businesses to invest... more>>

VC talk

Vishal Mehta - Co-founder and Partner, Lok Capital
How can we utilize technology for better reach and penetration (accessibility), and in a cost effective manner (affordability)? more>>

Venture Beat

SI Team
The developer of big data marketing apps company BloomReach raises Rs.125 crores in series C round of funding. more>>
SI Team
The Nexage founder Devkumar Gandhi founded Dobango in early 2011 as the first-ever social marketing platform for Pinterest. more>>
SI Team
Nitin Bhandari co-founded Skyfire pulls in Rs.50 crores in fourth round of funding led by a new investor, Panorama Capital. more>>
SI Team
Gurgaon based Power2sme, an eCommerce B2B portal focusing on the manufacturing SMEs, procured Rs.10 crore in their second round... more>>
SI Team
The digital marketing technology company, Vizury Interactive, raises close to Rs.45 crore in series B round of funding which... more>>

Editorial

Christo Jacob
It does not matter whether you are a slow starter, but if you stick around for some time, the added value you bring in to the... more>>
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