“Individual developers influence 60 to 70 percent of technology decisions”
Gina W Poole, IBM Developer Relations’ vice president for Developer Marketing and Web Communities has worldwide responsibility for IBM’s online and offline developer programmes including developerWorks, alphaWorks and Developer Community Outreach. She spoke to Prashant L Rao about IBM’s developer programmes in India and the company’s contribution to open standards and emerging technology

“India is the second most important market for us”
Daniel S Goldberg, chief executive officer, New Skies Satellites explains what New Skies has to offer and its strategy for the Indian market in a conversation with Gaurav Patra

Implementing IT on a shoestring budget
The article title was just meant to draw your attention. Actually, Anil Seth is not against spending money on highfalutin software—if you really need it. But for the rest of us, he recommends that even a simple solution like e-mail can work wonders for efficiency and responsiveness, and implemented correctly, can enable even small organisations to compete with the big boys