June-2005 issue
On The Cover
Author: Robin Joseph Mathews
Jane Smith, a subscriber of British Gas, in Europe is happy and delighted with the company’s gas installation and repair service. She not only gets things done fast and on time, but also at greater flexibility and timely service from...
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Feature
Harish Revanna
“Welcome to the VC world. Don’t expect too much money. You can’t be the next IBM, EMC or Hitachi. But of course, you can...
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Rajeev Atluri
Remote Data Continuity (RDC) includes Disaster Recovery (DR) measures that protect a business at the site level and the...
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Don Chouinard
The amount of data stored on business computers has grown at an astronomical rate. Today, many small and midsize businesses...
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Brad 0'Neill
There is no shortage of innovation in the storage industry in 2005! In fact, it is now clear to close industry observers that...
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Ram Gopalan
Digital data continues to grow at an exponential rate and disk storage is becoming cheaper and abundant. With the explosion of...
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Technology
Manoj Semel
Right after 9/11, a major retailer identifies a surge in demand for the American flag and the ability to meet the demand and...
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Dr. Kumar N. Sivarajan
Convergence is commonly understood as the availability of voice and data services including Internet access, multimedia,...
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Sanjeev Jain
Emerson is known around the world for making products and systems for companies ranging from telecom to appliances and...
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Business
Harish Revanna
Intel Capital’s India head and Director of Strategic Investment, Dr.Kumar Shiralagi is talking about the company’s growing...
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Priya Pradeep
Competition has happened because of our own success,” is the emphatic statement of Captain Gopinath, Managing Director, Air...
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Sanjeev Jain
Mumbai-based second tier software company, GTL is sailing against the winds of software companies in India and elsewhere. The...
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Navin V. Nagiah
At one of the places I recently consulted, both the CEO and VP, Marketing referred to marketing collateral as...
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Entrepreneurship
Ashwini Kachapeswaran
Yes, Aha! that’s what Energen a diversified energy holding company said when it came to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Sounds...
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In My Opinion
Dev Ittycheria
In real-estate, there’s a common saying that the three most critical factors that drive value of any property are location,...
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Leadership
Deepak Puri
Leadership Style
I am a born entrepreneur. I have not worked under anybody. I don’t like working under anybody. But I...
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si 20 Company Performance
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BSE: IFLX.BO Founded: 1992 IPO: 2002
Chairman & Managing Director: Rajesh Hukku
In just 12 years, i-flex Solutions Limited...
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Magma Desigh Automation
NASDAQ: LAVA Founded: 1997 IPO: 2001
Chairman & CEO: Rajeev Madhavan
San Mateo, CA based Magma...
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People Tracker
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Ranjit Prithviraj
Intelligroup appoints Ranjit Prithviraj as COO
IT Consulting and Outsourcing Partner, Intelligroup has...
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VC Chakra
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Online authentication and identity management solutions provider, Arcot Systems, has closed $11 million in Series A Prime round...
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Led by Interwest Partners Optena Inc. raised $3 million in Series A round of financing. Founded in 2002 by Surendra Reddy,...
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Career
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T.S. Santhanam, founder and chairman of Chennai based Sundaram Finance passed away at age 92.
The last son of the legendary...
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Satish Mugulavalli
My passion for product companies prompted me to start Teneoris Networks – a digital home software startup. I have always been...
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Swati Govil and Sreeram Rajakrishna
H1B Visa has traditionally been the most common non-immigrant visa used to employ foreign talent in different specialty fields....
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A day of perfect synchrony dawned on siliconindia on May 03, 2005. A typical Californian weather with that slight tinge of...
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The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart wants India’s cap on retail Foreign Direct Investment to be uncapped. And John B....
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Not long ago, computers in India were synonymous with high breed computer engineers and software companies who bought...
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With the economy growing at a scorching pace, foreign private equity players are smitten with India. There is a surge in growth...
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Three strong themes that emerged from The Indus Entrepreneurs 12th annual conference “Energizing the Global Entrepreneurial...
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Pinnacle Systems Inc. decided it could reach its business pinnacle by being bought out by Avid Technology Inc. Now what’s the...
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With India’s high-tech industry expanding, a sizeable portion of the best and brightest talent from the Indian Institute of...
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Tata Sons Limited Chairman Ratan Tata’s dream project, the ‘people’s car for Rs. 1 lakh ($2200) is all set to become a...
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In Focus
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T.S. Santhanam, founder and chairman of Chennai based Sundaram Finance passed away at age 92.
The last son of the legendary...
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Satish Mugulavalli
My passion for product companies prompted me to start Teneoris Networks – a digital home software startup. I have always been...
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Swati Govil and Sreeram Rajakrishna
H1B Visa has traditionally been the most common non-immigrant visa used to employ foreign talent in different specialty fields....
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si Team
A day of perfect synchrony dawned on siliconindia on May 03, 2005. A typical Californian weather with that slight tinge of...
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si Team
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart wants India’s cap on retail Foreign Direct Investment to be uncapped. And John B....
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si Team
Not long ago, computers in India were synonymous with high breed computer engineers and software companies who bought...
more>>
si Team
With the economy growing at a scorching pace, foreign private equity players are smitten with India. There is a surge in growth...
more>>
si Team
Three strong themes that emerged from The Indus Entrepreneurs 12th annual conference “Energizing the Global Entrepreneurial...
more>>
si Team
Pinnacle Systems Inc. decided it could reach its business pinnacle by being bought out by Avid Technology Inc. Now what’s the...
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si Team
With India’s high-tech industry expanding, a sizeable portion of the best and brightest talent from the Indian Institute of...
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Tata Sons Limited Chairman Ratan Tata’s dream project, the ‘people’s car for Rs. 1 lakh ($2200) is all set to become a...
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Last Word
Ray Umashankar
People around the globe have been wonderstruck by the accomplishments of Indian professionals in the U.S, especially in Silicon...
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