July-2004 issue
Cover Story
Author: Karthik Sundaram
There is a picture of him shaking hands with the Pope, proof of his globetrotting experiences. On his desk rests a sculptured twirl of brass, proof of appreciation from his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. And...
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Feature:On Demand Computing
Karthik Sundaram
Heard this one about the salesman in the eyewear showroom? He says a pair of glasses will cost you $100. If you remain silent,...
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Pradeep Shankar & Venkat Ramana
Dr. Jai Menon, CIO of Bharti Televentures hasn’t driven a truck in his life before, but metaphorizes his on-demand experiment...
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Pradeep Shankar
When IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano touts his ‘On Demand’ strategy, HP’s Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina hits back,...
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Walt Culbertson
By any measure, the U.S. health care industry is far behind most others in automating data exchange to make their operations...
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Entrepreneur
Robin Mathews
Built a house recently? We guessed you didn’t. The trouble in materials, labor, and permits are gruesome enough. Now add all...
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Technology
Harish Revanna
SONET, the undisputed king of bandwidth continues to reign over the carrier space. Currently, data networks in the metro are...
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Pradeep Shankar
Sundarrajan has a great passion for clay modeling—intricate ones at that. In the last three decades, the man has...
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Business
Datta Nadkarni
The old adage “We think with our head but decide with our heart” could not be truer for branding for Indian services...
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Arun Veembur
Consider a small, a very small, gramin (designated village) bank in India, with a customer base of barely five thousand. Then...
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Harish Revanna
Have you seen this new detergent ad? The one in which stains are shown removed with just a bit of scrubbing, clothes that look...
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Stephen Mathias
The outsourcing movement to India is gathering momentum with such force that it is fueling the start of strong M&A activity in...
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VC Chakra
si Team
Cendura Corporation, an application management solutions company, has raised $8 million in series B round from Neo Carta, a...
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si Team
Epiance Corporation has garnered $7.5m in a series B of venture capital financing round, led by Norwest Partners and Outlook...
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In My Opinion
Venkat Raju
There is a lot of negativism around software. The HBR May 2003 article “IT does not matter” has been dissected and...
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Career
Arun Veembur
Bhavani Nirmal was well into a distinguished career in the Indian civil service, when she took extraordinary leave. In...
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Harish Revanna
Sethuraman senior had no fattened calf ready to welcome his son, Sriram Sethuraman back to India. The latest returnee evoked no...
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In Focus
si Team
How do you operate a computer with a single button? A team of two Indian software experts seems to have answered the question,...
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si Team
Carnegie Mellon University named Pradeep K. Khosla, the Philip and Marsha Dowd Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering...
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si Team
Sneha, the first overseas Telugu satellite television channel, is set to have a full-fledged launch soon to cater to...
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si Team
Lakshmi N Mittal, Chairman and CEO, of the LNM Group, has bought a central London house for a stunning £70 million ($128.25...
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Editor's Desk
Harvi Sachar
The ASP IS DEAD. Long live asp. now in a new and improved formula: on demand. The Big Blue and other brothers of the technology...
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Last Word
Romi Mahajan
A recent article in a weekly Indian-American newspaper argued that “entrepreneurship” is the solution to...
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