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Industry
Perspectives
The
way forward
Ganesh Natarajan and Parul Vaidya focus on the key trends
in and the future of India’s software exports industry
Software
exports: the next big opportunity
Ashok Soota talks about the roadmap for Indian software exports
which would largely center on customers’ needs in the
backdrop of a global recession
Manufacturing
electronic products in India
K R Naik says that high duties and lack of government support
have hampered the growth of IT manufacturing in India
Hope
and wisdom for the IT Entrepreneur 3.0
Jaideep Billa talks of how the movers and shakers of Indian
software have evolved from Entrepreneur 1.0 to Entrepreneur
3.0 and says that an opportunity exists in using SaaS to deliver
products
Walking
down memory lane
Vinnie Mehta takes us through the journey of the Indian IT
industry and urges that we need to focus on innovation and
R&D going forward
Data
Centers: a paradigm shift
PK Saji describes the changing face of the data center against
the backdrop of IT budgets being slashed and the rising cost
of power and cooling
MNC
R&D in India
India’s talent pool has attracted MNCs to set up R&D
centers where they are developing cutting edge technology
solutions, writes Nivedan Prakash
Indian
R&D sector: the cost advantage paradise
Fostering R&D in India will keep research in close proximity
to business as the country is a burgeoning market for software
products and services. By Vinita Gupta
Interview
“West
Bengal will soon become one of the most attractive IT destinations
in the country”
Siddharth, Principal Secretary, Department of IT, Government
of West Bengal talked to Joy Roy Choudhury about the state’s
readiness in supporting IT growth and its roadmap for the
future
IT Leaders
The
IT function as a profit center
T G Dhandapani discusses how IT can be treated as a profit
center
Business
challenges in the paint market in India
Manish Choksi justifies how IT can enable a business to deliver
a better customer experience and improve business processes
The
role of a CIO
Vijay Sethi believes that a CIO today is more of a change
agent rather than a technologist
IT—a
cost or a profit center?
Vinay Hinge reveals that to determine whether IT is a profit
or a cost center you need to examine IT’s strategic importance
in the organization along with its leadership and governance
structure
Managing
transformation
IT initiatives cannot succeed unless transformation is managed
holistically involving people, processes and all the concerned
stakeholders says Satish Pendse
Managing
software licensing
Hilal Isar Khan shares his views on how Honda Siel manages
software licenses and reveals the secret behind some innovative
software deployments
CIOs
don a business hat
Pravir Vohra says that today’s CIO is donning the hat
of a strategic business enabler
Revenue
streams backed by IT
Sanjay Sharma says that IT is no longer perceived as cost
center and that today more projects move from costs savings
to a revenue generating stream backed by IT
IT
as a business enabler
Daya Prakash talks about how IT can play a strategic role
in enabling business growt
Next
generation networks
Arvind Mathur talks about how next generation networks can
ensure faster provisioning and accelerated time to market
for services with better service profitability
Aligning
IT to business is irrelevant!
Arun Gupta argues that alignment is no longer relevant as,
to deliver real results for the enterprise, leaders from all
functions have to work together in cohesive teams following
a singular agenda leading to a survival of the fittest organization
Is
IT a strategic weapon for competitive advantage?
Vikas Gadre busts a few myths regarding the key factors of
decision-making in organizations
Analyst Commentary
Managed
IT services to beat the economic slowdown
Managed IT services are rapidly becoming an attractive solution
as enterprises look to improve efficiency and cut costs, says
Anirudh S Srinivasan
The
need for proactive, holistic security solutions
Arun Nirmal suggests that Indian companies and SMBs need to
take a proactive and holistic approach towards securing their
IT infrastructure
The
business impact of social computing
Diptarup Chakraborti examines security threats that have arisen
from social computing and how CIOs can deal with the same
Gallery
of green storage technologies
Aman Munglani evaluates green storage technologies such as
virtualization, thin provisioning, deduplication and disk
technologies that can significantly reduce the power and cooling
costs in a data center
Industry
Reactions
Industry
Reactions
The leading lights of Indian IT compliment Express Computer
on its 1000th issue
Technologies
Changing
the face of Indian banking
Core Banking Solutions have revolutionized the way banks do
business in India. Sudipta Dev traces its origin and evolution
Transforming
business
ERP has transformed businesses and manufacturing outfits giving
them automated processes and visibility into the supply chain.
By Vinita Gupta
The
foundation stone of the IT revolution
Notwithstanding the negative growth witnessed for the first
time in PC sales, the market is buoyant about the opportunities
that lie ahead. By Sudipta Dev
Mobile
telephony
The Indian mobile telephony market has seen unprecedented
growth. Carriers are rapidly expanding into rural markets,
which will drive the next wave of usage. By Nivedan Prakash
Tech
backbone of manufacturing
PLM has played a significant role from design to manufacturing
across verticals and has made great contributions to India’s
growth, writes Varun Aggarwal
Supercomputing
for the masses
HPC has been a catalyst for advanced research in India and
its adoption is rising across verticals says Varun Aggarwal
HR Perspectives
The
training focus
Renuka Vembu on the training scenario in India, that transforms
students into employable resources, and sets professionals
on their career growth path
Skill
sets for the future
Renuka Vembu finds out about the current industry skill requirements
and the future trends
Bridging
the labor gap
The disconnect between industry needs and education has led
to the widening of the labor gap. Renuka Vembu tracks the
initiatives that companies are coming up with to tackle this
concern
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