June-2009 issue
Cover Story
Author: Aritra Bhattacharya
Ram Gopalan and Ravi Gopalan are brothers in arms with a mission. Though they went their different ways, they were entrepreneurs at heart. In fact, the spirit must run in the family as their father also began his entrepreneurial stint...
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Management
Stephanie Moore
It's a fact: today corporate governance and IT governance are inextricably linked. However, while it is obvious senior...
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Rakesh Kaul
It has been a roller coaster ride, which we don’t know when it all will end. With each passing day, the ride seems to be...
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Technology
John G. Waclawsky
Social Networking is driving the Internet into the Fabric of our Lives.
While technology is helping us to adapt to living in...
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Chetan Sharma
Over the last 2-3 years, consumption of digital media has evolved significantly. As content is becoming more digital, as...
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Vijay Rajapat
Thanks to the new digital platforms like social media where technology is empowering people to create, participate, and share...
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Raghav Gupta
“While online video has been around for a while (.rmv anyone?), it has only been coming into its own over the past few years....
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Jaya Smitha Menon
What would a 10 year old ideally be interested in? Gaming, baseball, trekking? But Ankur Jain was different. He would make his...
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Arish Ali
The Cambrian Explosion in Digital Media Evolution
In the Darwinian theory of evolution, the Cambrian Explosion is the name...
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Business
Saheer Karimbayil
The tourist ecosystem of the country was always plagued by several concerns like inadequate infrastructure and therefore lagged...
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In My Opinion
Pramod Bhasin
The world has changed dramatically in the last 6-12 months, as we all know. The weak economic scenario has changed the business...
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VC Chakra
si Team
Subodh Toprani led ZettaCore, a developer of molecular materials and technology for current and next-generation semiconductor...
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Santa Clara based Beceem Communications, a provider of mobile WiMAX chips, has raised $20 million in a strategic financing...
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In Focus
si Team
India has a total of 92 full-fledged airports that includes 12 international airports. Out of the 92 airports, only five...
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si Team
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is all set to revolutionize the way the television functioned so far. IPTV enables one to...
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IBM’s old strategy of buying smaller software firms has resurfaced in 2009, with its acquisition of a U.S. based Indian...
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An increased dependency on digital data over the years is witnessed. Especially with the Internet boom, more digital...
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Though India is hailed as a technology hub, when it comes to search engines, the country is yet to churn out its own Google....
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Last Word
Robert H Chapman
Why is it so important to touch the lives of people? In business, we touch the lives of many people. We touch the lives of our...
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Editor's Desk
Harvi Sachar
On my recent visit to India, I was intrigued by a leading carrier’s ad beamed over several television channels. The...
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Entrepreneur 101
Gunjan Sinha
During these difficult and recessionary times, it becomes particularly important for entrepreneurs to know the rules of the...
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