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September-2004  issue
Cover Story
Author: Karthik Sundaram
There is a video-tape sized carton on a shelf in Dayakar Puskoor’s chambers, showing a generation-old Palm Pilot (as it was called then) wired to a Motorola pager. Puskoor has very fond memories of this technology he soldered together... more>>
On The Cover
Karthik Sundaram
There is a video-tape sized carton on a shelf in Dayakar Puskoor’s chambers, showing a generation-old Palm Pilot (as it... more>>
Feature:Coming to India
Pradeep Shankar & Harish Revanna
Reverse brain drain is a new wave phenomenon; it is ephemeral in nature. In the next five years you can see global... more>>
Achyut Menon
Naresh Jhangiani admits that returning Indians are worth hiring at a premium. “For a Project Manager with about 9-10 years of... more>>
si Team
According to the 2003/2004 IT Function Salary Differentials Worldwide report from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, pay levels... more>>
Pradeep Shankar
“India is now one of the most exciting places to live and work,” says Manish Sinha who has recently relocated to Microsoft... more>>
si Team
Four year-old Pooja Tadepalli goes ballistic on seeing the balloon peddler parked on her street in Bangalore. In the last two... more>>
Entrepreneurship
Venkat Ramana
Legend has it that the Rana of Mewar, Kumbha never lost a battle even when confronted with the toughest of adversaries. He... more>>
Business
Stephen Mathias
Businesses around the world are negotiating contracts with India’s software and BPO companies to outsource software and... more>>
VC Chakra
si Team
TZero Technologies Inc., a developer of ultra wideband (UWB) chipsets and solutions, has closed their round of funding totaling... more>>
si Team
Led by Ironside Ventures, CXO Systems has raised $7 M in its series B of venture financing. CXO Systems, a leading business... more>>
In My Opinion
Rajesh Setty
My friend Matt Filios in Colorado launched a publishing business last year called Sourcebeat. Sourcebeat is a digital... more>>
In Focus
si Team
A couple of months ago the $165 Billion pension fund, CalPERS decided to invest in India. CalPERS’ move was seen as a... more>>
si Team
Nandkishore Rathi’s research on ‘Top 10 Human Resource (HR) challenges’ has won the Mercer Award 2003 for the... more>>
si Team
Mumbai-based Marvel Comics has launched “SpiderMan India,” the first ethnic adaptation of the popular comic-book... more>>
si Team
According to Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA) about $750 million of venture capital was invested in 2003. It is slated... more>>
Last Word
Martin Tobias
The night before I spent two hours trying to pay $15.99 for 24 hours of broadband connection only to have to debug their system... more>>