| Cover Story |
After Intel Inside,
it’s Centrino in the air
After dominating desktops with its range of processors, Intel
is now looking to straddle the wireless space with the recently
launched Centrino—technology that could change the face of wireless
connectivity. Srikanth R P has the details |
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CKO
and CLO: The New Age change managers
The chief knowledge officer (CKO) and the chief learning
officer (CLO) are the hottest new portfolios in IT circles
that are suddenly evincing a lot of interest. |
Information Security: A new approach
Due to factors like globalization and directives from regulators, certain Indian companies are now more serious about Information Security. But the rest are complacent and need to do a lot more than just solutions implementation. by Brian Pereira
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| India News |
Infy missile knocks
106 points off Sensex
Briefs
$120 million boost
for SAP
Biggies vie for
AP project
Probe harassment
of techies: Industry
BPO hot despite
SARS, war: Infy
Progeon set to sign
deal with British Telecom
HCL Tech plans fourth
BPO centre
BT hands $160 mn
deal to HCL Technologies |
| News Analysis |
Malaysia no longer
IT pariah; Satyam to ramp up presence
Will GTL gain from
Redington acquisition?
Can Indian ITES companies
ride out the storm? |
| Focus |
Europe beckons Indian
software companies
With the US economy still not showing complete revival, Indian
companies are now eyeing Europe as the new shining star to guide
them to growth in the years to come. Srikanth R P has the details
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| Stock File |
Results dampen market
outlook
Markets have witnessed a sell-off after Infosys announced disappointing
results and poor guidance for the next year. |
| India Trends |
Kiosk market comes
of age
From railway reservation systems to insurance companies, from
retail outlets to e-governance, kiosks are now accepted as a
medium of information and have caught the fancy of users. Chitra
Padmanabhan has more on this trend |
| Opinion |
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“Customers want
to get their network back within an hour”
“India and Greater
China were the fastest growing markets last year”
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| E-Business |
IT leads Usha International
to an integrated work culture
Usha International’s is a simple success story of how a traditional
marketing company has embraced information technology to achieve
business objectives. Shipra Arora reports |
| Company Watch |
Blue Star explores
emerging verticals for growth
After achieving tremendous success in the air-conditioning and
refrigeration business, the Blue Star group is now all set to
replicate its success story in the information technology arena.
Christened Blue Star Infotech, the group’s software arm is exploring
new business avenues to foster growth in a market dominated
by the likes of TCS, Infosys and Wipro. Stanley Glancy and Srikanth
R P report |
| Technology |
Power of simple tools
for customer mining
While lots has been written about why CRM projects succeed and
some fail, ANKUR RASTOGI and AMIT SAXENA say that using simple
tools could also help a firm in generating anlysis that could
provide vital pointers for the future |
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