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May-2004  issue
Cover Story
Author: Karthik Sundaram
The startup world is familiar with garage days, maxing out credit cards, knocking on Sand Hill Road doors, and trading options for free help. If you are lucky, your project may just take off. If you are Dev Itticheriya and Vijay Manwani,... more>>
On The Cover
Karthik Sundaram
The startup world is familiar with garage days, maxing out credit cards, knocking on Sand Hill Road doors, and trading options... more>>
Feature:Data Center Automation
Pradeep Shankar & Robin Mathews
Managing 50,000 servers across 155 data centers worldwide can turn into a Herculean task. It also speaks volumes about the huge... more>>
Entrepreneurship
Arun Veembur
Ask him how he is doing, and he always says, “Awesome! I couldn’t be better!” He says he is crystal clear about what he... more>>
Career
Romi Mahajan
What is the key to being a good peer in the business world? In my view, there are two tests that tell you if you are a good... more>>
Entrepreneur
Pradeep Shankar
Every year, about 40 million patients in the U.S. acquire nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections during their stay in the... more>>
In My Opinion
Niraj Patel
The decision to implement a new technology, one that is most likely untested and unknown can be scary. Many companies shy away... more>>
Leadership
Arun Veembur
When Gregory Mankiw, George Bush’s top economic adivsor remarked that outsourcing was the “latest manifestation of free... more>>
Online Special
Varun Kohli
Every time I hear or see India’s governing party’s (BJP’s) revered slogan ‘India Shining’, I want to take the phrase... more>>
Subhash Desai
Many Indian VCs have sweated to make their portfolios work and bring returns on investment (RoI) to investors. Some have been... more>>
Business
Arun Veembur & Robin Mathews
Generous skepticism greeted Anita Manwani, VP and GM of Global Sourcing at Agilent, when she proposed that all of Agilent’s... more>>
Karthik Sundaram
In the wake of the disastrous 9/11 attack, the U.S. Immigration Department issued a string of notices requiring companies in... more>>
Stephen Mathias
The outsourcing movement to India is seeing an increase in the number of cross border companies that develop their products or... more>>
Karthik Sundaram
For a fortnight every year, Sandeep Manchanda retreats to a remote nook in California where he spends time with the most... more>>
Girish Juneja
Name: XML, born 10th February, 1998, at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in Cambridge, MA. XML has had a short life span... more>>
Technology
Arun Veembur & Robin Mathews
Generous skepticism greeted Anita Manwani, VP and GM of Global Sourcing at Agilent, when she proposed that all of Agilent’s... more>>
Karthik Sundaram
In the wake of the disastrous 9/11 attack, the U.S. Immigration Department issued a string of notices requiring companies in... more>>
Stephen Mathias
The outsourcing movement to India is seeing an increase in the number of cross border companies that develop their products or... more>>
Karthik Sundaram
For a fortnight every year, Sandeep Manchanda retreats to a remote nook in California where he spends time with the most... more>>
Girish Juneja
Name: XML, born 10th February, 1998, at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in Cambridge, MA. XML has had a short life span... more>>
VC Chakra
si Team
Santa Clara, Ca-based Intoto, a provider of integrated security, wireless and voice software platform, has secured $11 million... more>>
Letters
si Readers
Clark is Cool In a predominantly man’s world does one have to “swigbrew-with-the-crew” to be part of the gang? I agree... more>>
Editor's Desk
si Team
Will Indian stocks see more foreign buyers? The world’s largest pension fund—the California Public Employees’ Retirement... more>>
si Team
Needham, Ma-based research and consulting firm Tower Group expects a big push in outsourcing by global financial institutions... more>>
si Team
Sanjay Kumar, who has led Computer Associates since 2000 and has been credited with reshaping the company’s internal and... more>>
si Team
What keeps Madhu Yakshi busy these days? As President of International Legal and Trade Consultants in New York you expect him... more>>
si Team
Asians need to break out of their parochial mindsets and get to know about each other. With our vast network, we can create... more>>
Harvi Sachar
My visit to india Last month was a revelation of sorts. It was pre-election time and my office team in Bangalore was very... more>>
In Focus
si Team
Will Indian stocks see more foreign buyers? The world’s largest pension fund—the California Public Employees’ Retirement... more>>
si Team
Needham, Ma-based research and consulting firm Tower Group expects a big push in outsourcing by global financial institutions... more>>
si Team
Sanjay Kumar, who has led Computer Associates since 2000 and has been credited with reshaping the company’s internal and... more>>
si Team
What keeps Madhu Yakshi busy these days? As President of International Legal and Trade Consultants in New York you expect him... more>>
si Team
Asians need to break out of their parochial mindsets and get to know about each other. With our vast network, we can create... more>>
Harvi Sachar
My visit to india Last month was a revelation of sorts. It was pre-election time and my office team in Bangalore was very... more>>
Last Word
S. Subrahmanya
CNN’s business news anchor Lou Dobbs has been attracting a lot of attention to his “Exporting America” segment with... more>>