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October-2006 issue
Protocol@Work
Author: Sridhar Jayanthi
Being a global manager is an easy task. Follow these instructions and you can adopt anywhere. more>>

People Manager

C Mahalingam (Mali)
Managers are classified into four types. Which one are you? more>>

Company Profile

Sanjeev Jain
GCI is one of the fastest growing Indian owned IT companies in the U.S. more>>
Vidya Balakrishnan
Telelogic is a place where techies weaknesses turn into their strength. more>>

Guru Speak

Arun Jain
Polaris CEO Arun Jain says economics of expertise will fuel the Third Wave of Outsourcing. more>>

Tech Marketing

Sohini Bagchi
Cisco has captured 80 percent of the networking market in India. Ranajoy Punja tells how Cisco achieved this success. more>>

Tech Turf

Shivani Mody
Bangalore IT Pro Users Group allows members to develop their abilities, talent and enhance skills. more>>

HR Speak

ST Team
Biju Nair, Vice President-Finance & HR, FourSoft says he would give a techie a chance to rejoin as he brings some value to the... more>>
ST Team
Tony Webster of Centillium Communications says he keeps an open mind to employees who want to re-join the company. more>>
ST Team
Girish Rowjee, Director - HR, Delphi Software and IT (P) Ltd says rehiring old employees has its own advantage. more>>
ST Team
Ashish Mahajan, Assistant Manager - People Practices, eMids Technologies says returning employees are equipped with the... more>>
ST Team
Jagadishwaran Iyer, HR Manager, Mascon Global IT wants to take back old employee because the person has seen both sides of the... more>>

Tech Buzz

ST Team
Read about which company is hiring and opening new centers. more>>

Cover Story

Aritra Bhattacharya
Incubation facilities are starting across India to help young techies realize their entreprenurial dream. more>>

Leadership

Harish Revanna
Vivek Mansingh, Country Manager, PG India, Dell R&D speaks about his leadership skills and nine commandments he uses. more>>

My Toughest Challenge

Subhash Menon
Subex Azure founder Subhash Menon talks of the difficult moments of his company and how he overcame them. more>>

Made in India

Sanjeev Jain
Adobe Pagemaker Version 7 was completely developed out of India. Techies learnt many lessons along the way. more>>

People Tracker

ST Team
Deependra Chumble, Chief People Officer, Hexaware Technologies. more>>
ST Team
T.N Hari, VP and Global Head of HR, Virtusa Corporation. more>>
ST Team
Anil Kumar Pinapala, Chief Executive Officer, Virinchi Technologies. more>>
ST Team
Deepak Patel, Chief Operating Officer, MphasiS BFL and EDS India. more>>

Tricks of a Good Manager

Aritra Bhattacharya
Rangan Devarajan of Perot Systems has a unique way to convince his team. more>>

Woman Achiever

Keerthana Venkatesh
Profiling the career of Chitra Kasthuri of Lucent who says to grow in an organization one should have charm, vitality, energy,... more>>

Career

Sohini Bagchi
With the proliferation of mobile across the world, more companies are getting into this sector and throwing up career... more>>
Harry C.D.
The sense of insecurity has rendered the techies as conscious individual players rather than being a part of the team. more>>

In Focus

ST Team
According to a joint study by International Data Corporation (IDC) and Business Software Alliance (BSA), the PC software piracy... more>>
ST Team
A September 2006 report said 37 million Indians are using the Internet now as opposed to just 35 million in March 2006. more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
If India needs to emerge as a technology super power, innovative startups need to be encouraged. more>>

Last Word

Chinnikrishnan Kommi
All departments of an organization must also work in proper coordination to achieve business goals. more>>
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