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October-2011 issue
Cover Story
Author: Hari Anil
‘It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars, and vice versa,” more>>

Guru Talk

M. R. Pamidi, Ph. D.
The United States and India are the world’s richest and largest democracies, respectively. Democracy has survived and thrived... more>>

10 Most Promising Software Companies

ST Team
Although software testing has undergone significant progress in recent years, organizations have been demanding something new. more>>
ST Team
40 percent of activity in any software project is predominantly related to testing and in reality it only about 15 percent of... more>>
ST Team
Today, about 32 percent of global IT revenue comes from testing services, which accounted for $30 billion of IT revenue in the... more>>

Company Spotlight

ST Team
We are living in a whole new India now; where new college graduates are earning six and seven figure salaries, where people are... more>>

Technology

Ash Patel
The semiconductor design services industry is a growing field, due to rising costs and shortage of engineers in countries,... more>>
Vineet Jain
In both the consumer and business worlds, there is a thunderous stampede to adopt the cloud. more>>
Sridhar Jayanthi
When I first joined McAfee in 2002, most people (including myself) thought information security was all about anti-virus... more>>
Balaji Gadicharla
We see people pick on companies that outsource their IT or engineering operations to countries like India and China,... more>>

Business

Ruchit Patel
Mobile applications have become a technological battlefield today. more>>
ST Team
After a period of slump, the EDA industry is back to its feet. more>>
Rajesh Rege
Businesses today face a growing, and increasingly complex set of challenges in the datacenter. more>>
Indraneel Ganguli
Much has been made of Generation Connected: It demands this; buys that; and aspires for those. more>>
Somenath Nag
Organizations invest millions of dollars in developing and maintaining software products/applications that are core to their... more>>
Chris Blees
What color of car would you rather buy? more>>

Management

Mohan Vellanki
Wireless connectivity with Wi-Fi®, has become pervasive across many applications, from wireless devices, to medical devices,... more>>
John Treace
We have been part of many business turnarounds in my career, and in all situations I have noted the errors consistently made by... more>>

Feature

Hari Anil
What if the IT industry goes down? Yes, it is a highly unlikely, but is it an impossible scenario? more>>

Leadership

ST Team
The title of the father of e-commerce in India sits lightly on K Vaitheeswaran, the entrepreneur who founded Indiaplaza,... more>>

People Manager

C Mahalingam (Mali)
As a manager, have you ever wondered why the performance review sessions are not enjoyed by your direct reports? more>>

Buyer's Perspective

ST Team
It is an era of retail boom. With malls and hyper markets mushrooming everywhere, people are inadvertently drawn to them but... more>>

Venture Beat

ST Team
SMS GupShup, a mobile group-SMS service company based out of Mumbai, has raised $10 million in Series E round of funding. more>>
ST Team
New Delhi based group buying site mydala.com has raised $3.7 million from InfoEdge India in Series B funding, the funding is... more>>
ST Team
ReNew Wind Power will raise $201 million from the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs Group. more>>
ST Team
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization, plans to invest approximately $20 million, in six Indian companies. more>>

Tech Buzz

ST Team
HTC Corporation, a global mobile innovation and design company, unveiled its most affordable smartphone HTC Explorer in the... more>>
ST Team
To counter advanced persistent threats and stealth attacks McAfee has unveiled a new technology named McAfee DeepSAFE. more>>
ST Team
YouTube launched YouTube Partner Program in India. more>>
ST Team
Nokia launched of three new smartphones, bringing market-leading innovation with Symbian Belle. more>>

In Focus

ST Team
In today’s economic turmoil, many IT organizations are under intense pressure to continue to implement cost-cutting initiatives. more>>
ST Team
Email spam or Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) is on a rise irrespective of all the counter measures taken against them. more>>
ST Team
Major IT and BPO companies in the country are nervous due to the fears of another economic crash in the U.S. and a debt crisis... more>>
ST Team
Three Indian Americans, two inventors and a researcher, are among a dozen top scientists and innovators named by President... more>>

Tech Product

ST Team
Genius Infotech launched its new USB powered speakers, SP-U150, to India. more>>
ST Team
BlackBerry is in market with their new smartphone, Torch 9860. more>>
ST Team
Logitech expanded its range of tablet accessories in India by adding Logitech Tablet Keyboard for Android 3.0+ to the product... more>>
ST Team
Vodafone has launched its Facebook Blue, a Facebook centric phone in India. more>>
ST Team
iBall’s Slide tablet PC is now available in India. more>>
ST Team
Acer launched two portable speakers, C100 and K330, in India. more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
It is true that Tablets are here to stay. These small, sleek and easy to use devices, have definitely caught the consumer’s... more>>
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