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Welcome
back!
This is with reference to the columns in TechSpace, viz ‘TechForum’
and ‘The C# Column’, which were re-introduced by
Express Computer in the November 4, 2002 issue. These columns
are extremely informative and educative and also prove useful
in my teaching. We look forward to the columns every week.
My best wishes to Express Computer for the same.
-
J Sambasivarao
via e-mail
Geographic strategies
As reported by you recently, GIS seems to be the in thing
at the moment. Software companies operating in this space
have reported an acceleration in growth rates. The Indian
industry has finally realised the value provided by GIS. The
Water Board has already implemented a large-scale project,
which plans to collect and put online river data of the past
100 years. Even the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state governments
have adopted GIS on a large scale. However, what’s interesting
is that most vendors seem to be focusing more on the southern
states than on the north. The main reason for this seems to
be the friendly policies laid out by these state governments.
If
we want to see an even adoption of GIS throughout the country,
then other states should emulate the south’s friendly
nature and provide GIS players with the same opportunities.
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Namisha Patel
Jaipur
Foreign rule
India’s natural advantages in the ITES space, like fluency
in English, cost benefits and a huge graduate work force,
are no longer unique to us. Countries like Russia, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, etc have also realised the potential of this industry
and are offering their services at much cheaper rates. The
only way India can survive this onslaught is by offering services,
which require more technical skill or by tapping other markets.
Countries like Japan, Germany, Italy, etc are partnering with
Indian companies for IT services. They also hold a huge potential
for ITES. Policy decisions should be taken to encourage proficiency
in foreign languages other than English. Only by keeping ahead
of the competition and constantly honing our skills can we
survive the competition.
—Abhijit Makrand
Mumbai
Resourceful planning
ERP, which was the buzzword a couple of years back, seems
to have made a comeback. The advent of ERP 2 is one of the
key reasons for the buzz in the ERP job market. Other than
that there now seems to be a demand for ERP professionals
who can fine tune and integrate the solutions, which were
deployed a few years back. Also, EAI, a much talked, about
but little understood term, has caught the attention of the
collective IT industry. Even EAI requires one to be proficient
in ERP skills. This is another area where Indian software
engineers can make their presence felt.
—Ashish Chaturvedi
Delhi
Corrigendum
In the article, ‘A
matter of luck and worth’ (IT People, November 11,
2002), it was wrongly mentioned that Anita Manwani is the
COO of Agilent. Manwani is currently the vice president and
general manager of Sourcing at Agilent. We regret the error.
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