April-2012 issue
Cover Story
Author: Vimali Swamy
Dinesh C. Paliwal: The Rainmaker
It is often said, that change is the only constant but it is how one embraces the change that decides whether one is to stay for long or just perish. Founded in 1953 by Dr. Sidney Harman and Bernard...
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In My Opinion
Tiger Ramesh
-CEO, CSS Corp
Many people ask me why I prefer to work with firms that are perhaps not performing at the peak of their potential. Or which...
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CEO Spotlight
Venu G. Somineni
- Founder & CEO, MyDeals247
California based MyDeals247 is a personalized social E-commerce platform that offers real time buying and selling option,...
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VC talk
Ankur Jain
-Vice President, Blumberg Capital
Founded in 1991, Blumberg Capital is an early stage venture fund based in San Francisco focusing on Digital Media, Social...
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Technology
Sanjay Dholakia
-CEO, CrowdFactory
Established in 2005, CrowdFactory is a Social Promotion and Referral Platform used by both B2B and B2C companies as well as...
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Business
Vinay Shukla
- Co-founder & Director- Sales & Marketing, Endeavour
Everyone has seen the bold predictions and hype filled IT news reports. The sale of smart phones has eclipsed the sale of PCs....
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Sanjay Sathe
Risesmart is a provider of next-generation outplacement solutions. The company leverages a cloud-based technology platform,...
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Rajat Mohanty
Over the last two years, risk landscape has changed. There have been a number of high profile attacks across the globe which...
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Kumar Goswamy
-VP of Products for the VDI-in-a-Box product line, Citrix
Your kids, your mother and your grandparents are doing more to impact the IT industry than you can imagine.It’s called...
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Management
DeLisa Alexander
-Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer, Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) is the world's leading open source and Linux® provider. Founded in 1993, Red Hat is headquartered in...
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CIO Insights
Vimali Swamy
Dr. Sunny Dronawat is the CIO of the Quantum Group. Headquartered in New York City, it provides point-of-sale credit card...
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Munwar Shariff
-CTO, Cignex Datamatics
Munwar Shariff is the CTO of Cignex Datamatics. He has served as the Chief Architect and manager of engineering teams for 19...
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In Conversation
Vimali Swamy
Tony Mira, Group CEO & Founder, Ajuba Solutions Pvt Ltd, shares his thoughts on the emerging opportunities in the healthcare...
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Jay Mastaj
-Senior Vice President & General Manager, EMC Infrastructure Management Group
Converged infrastructure is one of the fastest-growing opportunities among growth drivers for enterprises today. By...
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Ashish Vikram
-VP- Engineering, Heads User Data and Analytics (UDA) Group, Yahoo!
The success of several product changes (such as new features, user interface improvements, content and design concepts) at...
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Entrepreneur Corner
Naveen Bisht is a serial entrepreneur and Board Member, Chair – Programs, The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE ) and member of TiE...
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Rear View
Ganesh Pai
-Head of Insurance Market Unit, MphasiS
Ganesh Pai is the Head of Insurance Market Unit at MphasiS and is based out of Chicago, U.S. In this role, he is responsible...
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VC Chakra
si Team
Massachusetts based WAN optimization solutions provider Exinda raises $12 million in Series B round of funding from Greenspring...
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A commercial building energy analytics company, FirstFuel, secured $10 million in its series A round of funding from RockPort...
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In Focus
si Team
High inflation and weak global growth may pull down India's GDP to around 6.7 percent in 2012. "In India, high inflation and...
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si Team
An IMF Working Paper that there is a considerable room to improve the business environment in India and boost the corporate...
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si Team
Reflecting positive hiring trends, an estimated 16 lakh new jobs could be created in the country's organized sector this year....
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si Team
Despite "impressive" achievements in various sectors in recent years, India is unlikely to be a superpower and in fact, should...
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India has become the world's biggest importer of arms, displacing China by accounting for 10 percent of global arms sales...
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Tata Steel and Wipro have been named among the world's most ethical companies by an American think tank. Tata Steel and Wipro...
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Editor's Desk
Christo Jacob
In the current scenario of ever changing enterprise needs and strategies, I have come across many leaders so anxiously saying,...
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