“A terrific alternative for database users”
Mike Babin, director at IBM for Worldwide Database Sales, shares his views on DB2 and the competition with GAURAV PATRA

“The Rs 15,000 PC has become a brand”
If you have a system running at 600-800 MHz, which is still good for most computing applications, you don’t need gigabyte capacities—that is the key idea Ravi Pradhan, country manager of Via India brings out as he speaks to Chris Ann Fichardo about the challenge he faces in making the thin-client concept a commercially viable option in India

Five steps to successful strategic partnering
The ability to develop and nurture strategic partnerships can make the difference between success and failure in the high-tech industry. Just ask independent software vendors, a segment of the industry that earns more than 40 percent of its revenues through successful partnering. ISVs have created an entire ‘ecosystem’ of partners that open up new opportunities, and new revenue streams for them, says Frank Luksic