December-2006 issue
Cover Story
Author: Pradeep Shankar
Enterprise systems is a strategic product area for Dell,” heralded Kevin Rollins, chief executive officer of Dell when he visited India early this year. As Dell sees growth in its server and storage shipments, it is putting development...
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Feature
Thomas B Gilliam
Sure you’d like your employees to drop a few pounds. It’s no secret that an overweight work force is a liability, thanks to...
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Leadership
Harish Revanna
One year into my PhD at Rutgers, I dropped out thinking ‘what value does my invention of a problem, and its solution, have on...
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Career
si Team
Remember the days when mobile phones used to be dull, slow and bulky as bricks. Times have changed and technological...
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People Manager
C Mahalingam (Mali)
In this column, I propose to borrow extensively from Peter Drucker’s seminal work entitled “Effective Executive” and...
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In My Opinion
Uma Krishnamurthy
A Classic situation in the Indian IT industry. Mallika has a team of 400 people based in India across Chennai, Pune and...
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Tech Marketing
Shivani Mody
Surfing through online videos you might bump into this one: A kid hanging a PC from a hanger, tied to a long rope on his...
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Woman Achiever
Vidya Balakrishnan
Achiever. For many, the word creates a vivid image of a survivor, fighting against odds to emerge victorious, taking the...
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Tricks of a Good Manager
Aritra Bhattacharya
“What could it be?” thought Hareesh Ramanna. As project manager in Motorola, he was in London in 1995, overseeing the...
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Sage Speak
Ganesh Devaraj
A leader’s sense of right and wrong comes from deeply held convictions while lesser mortals follow the crowd. Leaders reach...
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Joga Ryali
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves… And the choices we make are ultimately our own...
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Kayomarz B Shroff
Last week my 12-year old daughter returned from school, as thrilled with herself as a Cheshire cat. The reason – she had just...
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VC Chakra
si Team
Security Risk and Compliance provider, Agiliance, has recently raised $6.5 million in a second round of venture funding led by...
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si Team
In our feature on India’s 25 Upstarts [October 2001], we had said, if Tejas can get a piece of the telecom action Asian...
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In Focus
si Team
Global Indus Technovator Awards 2006
Ten Indian Innovators and entrepreneurs were honored at the annual Global Indus...
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Editor's Desk
Pradeep Shankar
India has long enjoyed a reputation as a destination for IT Services and business process outsourcing. Now, the country is fast...
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Last Word
Venkatesh Valluri
A techie is essentially like a marathon runner. His efforts need to be spread over the entire duration, unlike the burst of...
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