August-2007 issue
Cover Story
Author: Pradeep Shankar
When GlobalLogic co-founder and president Sanjay Singh picked up best selling business author Jim Collins’ book ‘Built to Last’ from the Borders book store near Washington DC, it was clear he needed to change the direction of the...
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Cover Feature
Priya Pradeep
Outsourced product development (OPD) space is a differentiator in the choc-a-bloc IT world where specialists like Aspire...
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Jaya Smitha Menon
Compassites tells a different story in the Outsourced Product Development (OPD) space. When the other players in the OPD realm...
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Aritra Bhattacharya
These days, when CEOs of tech companies the world over get “Jack Welched”, they no longer limit their thoughts to...
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Sudin Apte
As increasing number of product firms across the globe are boarding – or at least thinking to board - the offshore bandwagon,...
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Leadership
Anil Chakravarthy
Management and leadership, two interconnected features
Management is basically about achieving the desired outcome with...
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Business
Robin Joseph Mathews
Jajah, a Silicon Valley company that strives to lead the next generation of communication (VoIP 2.0) is leading an initiative...
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Entrepreneur
Michael Paulraj
Possession of a rare combination of industry know-how and business acumen has propelled Bhadresh K Shah, Managing Director, AIA...
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Entrepreneur 101
Gunjan Sinha
In the last few issues, I have talked about social entrepreneurship as a theme. In this issue, I change the tack, and share my...
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In My Opinion
Sashi Reddi
Many leading venture capital firms from the U.S. are willing to invest in, and have begun to bet on, niche Indian players....
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Inventors Corner
Ash Tankha
I want to monetize my idea.” “At what stage should I consider selling my invention?” Most of us who are bitten by the...
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In Focus
si Team
Here is good news for the managers and would be managers of MNCs in India. According to a survey by McKinsey, a strategy...
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si Team
The annual survey on the performance of the Indian software and services sector (excluding hardware) and outlook for FY 2007-08...
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si Team
As per the annual NASSCOM survey on IT industry performance Genpact, WNS and Transworks were declared as the top three...
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si Team
Framingham based Netezza, a global data warehouse appliance developer, went public on July 19 2007 with an initial public...
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si Team
The general perception of IT as the best paymasters remains a myth. The reality is that only a very small number get a...
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VC Chakra
si Team
Led by Gabriel Ventures and Startup Capital Ventures, Puneet Gupta founded Connect beam closed its series A funding of $3.5...
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si Team
Co-founded by Kumar Malavalli and Rajeev Atluri in 2001, InMage Systems is a provider of business continuity and disaster...
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Editor's Desk
Pradeep Shankar
A research report that Forrester put out earlier this year noted that nearly 60 per cent of the 300-odd product development...
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Last Word
Inder Thukral
The world is at a historical inflection point today, with the character of business and business models undergoing rapid...
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