CURRENT ISSUE July , 2009 
 
Building the Next Generation Company
Cover Story

The technology bellwethers of tomorrow are gearing up to check on all the hurdles that usually force most of the startups to nip their ideas in the bud.
Saheer Karimbayil



 
 
 Guru Talk
Quo Vadis?

The article encloses that businesses should focus on 'fulfilment of orders'.
Bharat Goenka

 Engineer's Diaries
Staying afloat with a cool head

Gopinath K is a Software Test Engineer for 5 years and 1 Month
Saheer Karimbayil





Maneuvering through challenges

Leena Meenakshy W V is a Software Engineer with SPAN Infotech India
Saheer Karimbayil

Security guarnteed

Yogesh P is a Senior Software Engineer with Wipro Technologies from past 3 years and 5 months.
Saheer Karimbayil

 VC talk
Internet: Is This Really a Hot Space

Most analysts are predicting that the internet boom is going to continue in India. Ritesh Banglani in this article talks about the trends in the Indian internet market.
Ritesh Banglani

 Movers and Shakers
With Fire in the Belly

Manish Soman is appointed as Vice President and Cheif of Operations of Patni Computers
si Team





Efficient Leadership with Definite Perception

K.Ramakrishnan is the new Country Manager- Marketing at Lenovo India
si Team

Innovative Approach to Go Ahead

N Venkatraman is the newly appointed Head-Strategic Finance and Risk Management at Sonata Software
si Team





Reinventing, the Key to Success

Sharad Sharma is the new Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) in Canaan Partners
si Team

New CEO for Mahindra Satyam

CP Gurnani is appointed as CEO of Mahindra Satyam
si Team

 Technology
Exploring Synergy between SOA & Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is at he leading edge of its hype curve. On the other hand, Service oriented architecture (SOA) hype is subsiding.
Yogesh Devi





DATA CENTER STORAGE TRENDS, CHALLENGES, & SOLUTIONS

The data center has become the heart and soul of a company. It is very necessary to protect the data centers specially when in recent years number of threats like terrorist attacks, statewide power outages, and the hurricane and tornado have increased.
Mike McNamara

CRM from Customer to Community

Social Networking websites have increased recently and so has opportunity to leverage a customer’s network to influence behavior.The focus has widened from just the customer to the community that surrounds the customer.
Shaju Nair





Real Software Architectures, not the Fanciful ones Work

To get success in a software project, Software requirements analysis is critical.
Shailesh Goswami

ESB, Does My Project Need it?

ESB is mainly used as silver bullet to clean up the enterprise integration spaghetti
Srikanth Seshadri





Trends in Enterprise Wireless Space

The Enterprise Wireless Space is undergoing a similar evolution where some technologies are being shoehorned into spaces where they don’t fit.
Anurag Goel

 People Manager
Managers Inform, Leaders Connect!

Communicating without connecting amounts to merely sharing information. How well and how often one communicates hence becomes vital.Mahalingam talks about how smart managers go beyod just communicating to become successful leaders.
C. Mahalingam

 Events
Entr epreneurs' Day to Remember

Startup city event looked like a mini Silicon Valley with over 80 startups, 5,000 tech enthusiasts, and 40 investors participating in it.
Benny Thomas

 STARTUP CITY
Mobien Technologies

The wireless technology is plays a vital part in a company's business process. Mobien Technologies strives to carve a niche for itself through its services.
Jayakishore Bayadi

 Woman Achiever
Dare to Dream

There are very few women who dare to venture into the semiconductor field. Padmini Sampath however, left no stone unturned to ensure that she achieves this fete regardless of the challenges she had to face.
Zoya Anna Thomas

 Tech Product
Nokia N97

Nokia will soon launch N97, a touch phone to compete with Iphone and other companies in touch phone market.
ST Team





Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR

Fujifilm has launched FinePix F200EXR to give viewers option to click high definition images upto 12 mega pixels
ST Team

MacSpeech Dictate 1.5

MacSpeech has unveiled MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 which gives an accuracy of 90 percent and works with softwares like Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and Apple applications like iChat, iPhoto,
ST Team





Acer Timeline notebooks

Acer’s new sleek and light Timeline provides battery backup upto eight hours which is a feature much sought after by busy users.
ST Team

 Tech Buzz
8KMiles to Help SMBs Cut Cost

Virtual outsourcing is the next big thing, given the increasing need to cut costs. 8KMiles is a player providing this solution.
Saheer Karimbayil





3i Infotech has set up BPO Subsidiary

The BPO sector is going through a lot of transformation. IT solutions provider 3i Infotech has set up 31 BPOs in a bid to streamlize its services.
Saheer Karimbayil

Over 90 Percent Firms Reduce IT Budget in First Quarter of 2009

The credit crunch has resulted in budget cutting by various sectors. The Gartner survey reveals the affect of recession on the IT budget of different firms.
Saheer Karimbayil

 In Focus
Indian Internet Startups Fail to Meet VCs Expectations

VCs perceive that Internet companies have not set up proper business models and the traffic is too low to spawn healthy revenue.
ST Team





Indian Entrepreneurs Can't Pitch: Vani Kola

The article wobbles about the presentation skills of the Indian entrepreneur, though they are equipped with an innovative business model.
ST Team

IITians Queue up for Defense Jobs

Scientists getting more inclined towards the Defense jobs associated with better pay packages.
ST Team





A Quiet Force Behind Innovation

The death of Rajeev Motwani is a loss to the computer science world, where he had contributed immensely to researches in theoretical computer science.
ST Team

Rural Connectivity Dream to Turn Real

The article projects about the broadband connectivity reaching the rural areas of the country.
ST Team

 Last Word
Aware! Why You Wanna be An Entrepreneur

The article reflects the trend of entrepreneurship, which is in fashion now.
Krishnan Ganesh