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Progressing in the SOA World
Cover Story

In its quest to solve how the world integrates software, Progress Software constantly augments its SOA portfolio. Read how the India centre exploits new advances in software technologies, anticipates market trends and provides business advantage to its customers.
Jaya Smitha Menon

Concept to Success: Milestones for Success

Read Ashish Gupta discuss the question of not whether one must be an entrepreneur or not, but rather what are the downsides of not being entrepreneurial.
Ashish Gupta

3G: Will it be the Start of a 'Fast' Era?

It is fascinating to see how 3G will pan out in India and what could be the 'killer application' that could drive mass to go for 3G? In Japan the video telephony and downloading music. What 3G will hold for India?
Jayakishore Bayadi

Open Sesame

The author talks about the emerging opportunities in the area of speech technology
Sankaran Namboothiri

IMS: The Hot ‘Revenue Mantra’!

The offshore delivery of Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) is gaining momentum nowadays, is creating plethora of opportunities especially for Indian IT, due to decline in their growth fuelled by the economic downturn in the U.S.
Jayakishore Bayadi

Growth and Complexity in Automotive Electronics

The author speaks of the automotive electronic industry, its trend, growth and complexities.
S. Sundarajan

Corporate Growth Engines: Driving Sustainable Strategic Advantage

The article makes it clear that an organization needs to concentrate on a set of core competencies so as to generate a sustainable competitive advantage as well as to remain competitive in global markets.
Nanda Ramanujam

Making the Case for IPTV in India

The author tells that DTH and IPTV have their place of value for customers, and integrated service providers need them both to improve their market position.
Himanshu Sahu

Improving Customer Experience CRM Is Dead, Long Live CEM

Nowadays many companies are failing to meet customer expectations, often because they simply do not understand or even realize these expectations.
Mehdi Quraishi

Engaging People During Difficult Times

Managers are the linking pins in any organization. With senior managers busying themselves with managing difficult business conditions, the onus of ensuring that people stay focused and deliver value to customers is squarely on the middle and first line managers.
C. Mahalingam

When the Going gets Tough..

IT industry is facing a tough weather since the U.S. economy went into recession. Companies are resorting to cutting cormers the cost of employees. Read what is happening and how it is going to affect you.
Jaya Smitha Menon

“Socializing – An amazingly effective concept”

The author focus on Socializing and the applicability of the same at work, especially to managers globally.
Sridhar Jayanthi

'Take a chance, don't be scared to enter uncharted territory'

Malini Rao, Head - CAS, HP GDAS India Cluster, shares her career journey and shares the lessons she learnt on the way.
Saheer Karimbayil

iKen SOLUTIONS

Read about iKen Solutions' novel approach to deliver the digital content to a mobile customer by applying several Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and methodologies.
Jayakishore Bayadi

Unified Communications and Collaboration Tools Transforming Enterprises

Novell is a player in enterprise-class infrastructure software and services, offering flexible solutions that combine open source and commercial technologies based on open standards.
Jaya Smitha Menon

Infineon Chips Pull iPhone in to Trouble

Reports indicate widespread problems related to Infineon chips in the iPhone.
Christo Jacob

Scratch@MIT Conference Witnesses Idea Convergence

The struggle to build open source community still continues. As part of this effort, now they are looking to attract kids.
Christo Jacob

Cuil Not So Cool

The much-hyped ex-googler’s attempt of swinging and knocking its guru Google has stumbled.
Christo Jacob

University of Toronto and IBM Develop Supercomputer

The University of Toronto and IBM have teamed up to build Canada’s most powerful supercomputer and the largest one outside the United States.
Christo Jacob

Focus on channel driven initiatives

Giridharan Govindswamy has recently donned a new role as the India Country Manager of Corel.
Vimali Swamy

Open to Ideas

Raghunath Vijayaraghavan has moved to India recently and has taken over as the Marketing Director at BayTalkitec.
Vimali Swamy

Leveraging Growth with Quality Resources

EskoArtwork has recently appointed Dinesh Chandra as Managing Director for its India operations.
Vimali Swamy

Evangelizing New Technologies

The Bangalore based Aurigo Software Technologies has brought Sheila Gulati to its advisory board.
Vimali Swamy

Bringing a global perspective

Recently J Ramachandran has taken over as the CEO of Birlasoft.
Vimali Swamy

Geared for the next leadership level

AMD has appointed Dasaradha Gude, fondly known as ‘GD’, as the Managing Director for AMD India.
Vimali Swamy

SaaS: A disruptive solution for India?

‘Is SaaS, an elephant in the room for outsourcing providers?’ or ‘SaaS being good for some of the successful companies?
ST Team

Two Indian Americans among top paid U.S. CEOs

Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen and Cognizant's CEO Francisco D’Souza could make it into Forbes list of America’s 15 top-paid young CEOs.
ST Team

Motorola entraps Qualcomm’s Sanjay Jha

Sanjay Jha has been snared by Motorola from Qualcomm to entrust its ailing mobile device business.
ST Team

Indian Universities rope in more foreign students

To counter the competition from foreign universities in the country, Indian universities also started vying for wooing foreign students.
ST Team

XEROX 650/1300 CF Printer

Take a look at Xerox India's fastest yet continuous feed (CF) printing system Xerox 650/1300.
Vimali Swamy

Dell Studio 15 & 17

Dell has unveiled five bold and contemporary Special Art Edition designs for the Dell Studio 15 and 17 laptops.
Vimali Swamy

Creative ZEN X-Fi Media Player

See this new Creative ZEN X-Fi digital media player.
Vimali Swamy

GIGABYTE Intel G45 Express Chipset Motherboard

Read about the GIGABYTE United's new GIGABYTE EG45 Series motherboard.
Vimali Swamy

Cheerfully enthusiastic

An insight into the professional life of Satheesh Ram who is working with Stream Processors.
Saheer Karimbayil

Thinking creatively

An insight into the professional life of Gargi Prasad working with Hewlett-Packard.
Saheer Karimbayil

Developing software cautiously

An insight into the professional life of Harish Manoharan working with Cisco Systems.
Saheer Karimbayil

Infosys Adds One More Muscle

India's IT major Infosys Technologies has made its second acquisition of an entire company.
Saheer Karimbayil

Apple’s 3G iPhone Launched in India

The much-awaited Apple iPhone hit the Indian market exactly at 12 a.m. on August 22.
Saheer Karimbayil

BangaloreIT.biz to Kick off on 6th November

The 11th edition of Karnataka’s premier IT event BangaloreIT.in will be held at Palace Grounds from 6th to 8th of November this year.
Saheer Karimbayil

IT City to Host Asia’s Largest Entrepreneurial Event

‘TiE entrepreneurial Summit 2008’ will be held from December 16-18 in Bangalore.
Saheer Karimbayil

Openstream Unveils Multimodal Mobile Phone Browser

Openstream has launched its multimodal browser Cue-Me for Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry phones.
Saheer Karimbayil

Kingfisher Opts for IBS Cargo Solution

Kingfisher Airlines has chosen IBS to provide software solution to its cargo business.
Saheer Karimbayil

Where’s the answer for piracy?

Despite several attempts by the government and corporate vendors to encourage the use of legitimate software, piracy is on its rampant spell in India. Read on to know what The Smart Techie has to say on this.
Pradeep Shankar

CURRENT ISSUE September , 2008

		Progressing in the SOA World Cover Story In its quest to solve how the world integrates software, Progress Software constantly augments its SOA portfolio. Read how the India centre exploits new advances in software technologies, anticipates market trends and provides business advantage to its customers. Jaya Smitha Menon

Guru Talk

Concept to Success: Milestones for Success Read Ashish Gupta discuss the question of not whether one must be an entrepreneur or not, but rather what are the downsides of not being entrepreneurial. Ashish Gupta

Technology

3G: Will it be the Start of a 'Fast' Era? It is fascinating to see how 3G will pan out in India and what could be the 'killer application' that could drive mass to go for 3G? In Japan the video telephony and downloading music. What 3G will hold for India? Jayakishore Bayadi		Open Sesame The author talks about the emerging opportunities in the area of speech technology Sankaran Namboothiri
IMS: The Hot ‘Revenue Mantra’! The offshore delivery of Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) is gaining momentum nowadays, is creating plethora of opportunities especially for Indian IT, due to decline in their growth fuelled by the economic downturn in the U.S. Jayakishore Bayadi		Growth and Complexity in Automotive Electronics The author speaks of the automotive electronic industry, its trend, growth and complexities. S. Sundarajan
Corporate Growth Engines: Driving Sustainable Strategic Advantage The article makes it clear that an organization needs to concentrate on a set of core competencies so as to generate a sustainable competitive advantage as well as to remain competitive in global markets. Nanda Ramanujam		Making the Case for IPTV in India The author tells that DTH and IPTV have their place of value for customers, and integrated service providers need them both to improve their market position. Himanshu Sahu
Improving Customer Experience CRM Is Dead, Long Live CEM Nowadays many companies are failing to meet customer expectations, often because they simply do not understand or even realize these expectations. Mehdi Quraishi

People Manager

Engaging People During Difficult Times Managers are the linking pins in any organization. With senior managers busying themselves with managing difficult business conditions, the onus of ensuring that people stay focused and deliver value to customers is squarely on the middle and first line managers. C. Mahalingam

Career

When the Going gets Tough.. IT industry is facing a tough weather since the U.S. economy went into recession. Companies are resorting to cutting cormers the cost of employees. Read what is happening and how it is going to affect you. Jaya Smitha Menon

Protocol@Work

“Socializing – An amazingly effective concept” The author focus on Socializing and the applicability of the same at work, especially to managers globally. Sridhar Jayanthi

Woman Achiever

'Take a chance, don't be scared to enter uncharted territory' Malini Rao, Head - CAS, HP GDAS India Cluster, shares her career journey and shares the lessons she learnt on the way. Saheer Karimbayil

STARTUP CITY

iKen SOLUTIONS Read about iKen Solutions' novel approach to deliver the digital content to a mobile customer by applying several Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and methodologies. Jayakishore Bayadi

In Conversation

Unified Communications and Collaboration Tools Transforming Enterprises Novell is a player in enterprise-class infrastructure software and services, offering flexible solutions that combine open source and commercial technologies based on open standards. Jaya Smitha Menon

Tech Tracker

Infineon Chips Pull iPhone in to Trouble Reports indicate widespread problems related to Infineon chips in the iPhone. Christo Jacob		Scratch@MIT Conference Witnesses Idea Convergence The struggle to build open source community still continues. As part of this effort, now they are looking to attract kids. Christo Jacob
Cuil Not So Cool The much-hyped ex-googler’s attempt of swinging and knocking its guru Google has stumbled. Christo Jacob		University of Toronto and IBM Develop Supercomputer The University of Toronto and IBM have teamed up to build Canada’s most powerful supercomputer and the largest one outside the United States. Christo Jacob

Movers and Shakers

Focus on channel driven initiatives Giridharan Govindswamy has recently donned a new role as the India Country Manager of Corel. Vimali Swamy		Open to Ideas Raghunath Vijayaraghavan has moved to India recently and has taken over as the Marketing Director at BayTalkitec. Vimali Swamy
Leveraging Growth with Quality Resources EskoArtwork has recently appointed Dinesh Chandra as Managing Director for its India operations. Vimali Swamy		Evangelizing New Technologies The Bangalore based Aurigo Software Technologies has brought Sheila Gulati to its advisory board. Vimali Swamy
Bringing a global perspective Recently J Ramachandran has taken over as the CEO of Birlasoft. Vimali Swamy		Geared for the next leadership level AMD has appointed Dasaradha Gude, fondly known as ‘GD’, as the Managing Director for AMD India. Vimali Swamy

In Focus

SaaS: A disruptive solution for India? ‘Is SaaS, an elephant in the room for outsourcing providers?’ or ‘SaaS being good for some of the successful companies? ST Team		Two Indian Americans among top paid U.S. CEOs Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen and Cognizant's CEO Francisco D’Souza could make it into Forbes list of America’s 15 top-paid young CEOs. ST Team
Motorola entraps Qualcomm’s Sanjay Jha Sanjay Jha has been snared by Motorola from Qualcomm to entrust its ailing mobile device business. ST Team		Indian Universities rope in more foreign students To counter the competition from foreign universities in the country, Indian universities also started vying for wooing foreign students. ST Team

Tech Product

XEROX 650/1300 CF Printer Take a look at Xerox India's fastest yet continuous feed (CF) printing system Xerox 650/1300. Vimali Swamy		Dell Studio 15 & 17 Dell has unveiled five bold and contemporary Special Art Edition designs for the Dell Studio 15 and 17 laptops. Vimali Swamy
Creative ZEN X-Fi Media Player See this new Creative ZEN X-Fi digital media player. Vimali Swamy		GIGABYTE Intel G45 Express Chipset Motherboard Read about the GIGABYTE United's new GIGABYTE EG45 Series motherboard. Vimali Swamy

Engineer's Diaries

Cheerfully enthusiastic An insight into the professional life of Satheesh Ram who is working with Stream Processors. Saheer Karimbayil		Thinking creatively An insight into the professional life of Gargi Prasad working with Hewlett-Packard. Saheer Karimbayil
Developing software cautiously An insight into the professional life of Harish Manoharan working with Cisco Systems. Saheer Karimbayil

Tech Buzz

Infosys Adds One More Muscle India's IT major Infosys Technologies has made its second acquisition of an entire company. Saheer Karimbayil		Apple’s 3G iPhone Launched in India The much-awaited Apple iPhone hit the Indian market exactly at 12 a.m. on August 22. Saheer Karimbayil
BangaloreIT.biz to Kick off on 6th November The 11th edition of Karnataka’s premier IT event BangaloreIT.in will be held at Palace Grounds from 6th to 8th of November this year. Saheer Karimbayil		IT City to Host Asia’s Largest Entrepreneurial Event ‘TiE entrepreneurial Summit 2008’ will be held from December 16-18 in Bangalore. Saheer Karimbayil
Openstream Unveils Multimodal Mobile Phone Browser Openstream has launched its multimodal browser Cue-Me for Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry phones. Saheer Karimbayil		Kingfisher Opts for IBS Cargo Solution Kingfisher Airlines has chosen IBS to provide software solution to its cargo business. Saheer Karimbayil