Information technology

High Speed Internet Connectivity in India might as well be called an Oxymoron.Despite the larger than life claims from the Service providers, the broadband speeds have been rather sub standard or even if they deliver on the speed , the…

Its high time our IT service providers moved into Product development (especially for Web & Mobile) and creating IP for themselves rather than just servicing clients. These are the companies best suited to take the risk creating cutting…

I have always believed that the Indian IT services ran a close ship with analogies to the traditional manufacturing industries. I actually wrote a satire post distinctly relating the IT industry concepts with the Supply Chain Management.…

Bangalore, the next Silicon Valley? Now, the community has always been divided on this one. With its early mover advantage and it being home to probably the highest technology companies in India , some say Bangalore is ‘the’…

We have written a lot about it and have been blown away with the new operating system called Windows 7. One of the very few products that has managed to create right kind of buzz ! Indian Consumers were quite happy that not only did…

Yeah, we have a top list today for our readers today – The best 20 Information Technology Employers in India. The survey was conducted by Dataquest and IDC jointly – The DQ-IDC Best Employers Survey. This survey surprisingly does not…

We have published number of posts over last couple of years on Top Outsourcing companies, best managed outsourcing companies and Top outsourcing Destinations, but this list is exactly opposite to that. This list gives you the riskiest…

There are so many articles surrounding the advantages of National UID system in India. Here are some of the advantages I see going forward. Increased efficiency in public spending To control corruption at Govt offices More…

Nasscom recently released EMERGE 50 – Listing the top emerging IT and Software services companies in India. We present you the list of these emerging stars of tomorrow. EMERGE 50 looked at following parameters to arrive at top 50…

.India is miles ahead of the rest when it comes to its popularity as a offshoring destination. China is making progress, but so far India has managed to keep the threat at bay. (source) Although the top order looks pretty much settled…

Cloud computing is the latest buzzword in the information technology world. Everybody is in it. Most famous of it is the Amazon’s cloud. This of course comes after twitter has taken the top 5 places. A little bit of low-down on how I…

Obama’s tailor isn’t exactly outsourced, but that title satisfied my ego. Hartmax a Chicago based tailoring company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2009. Hartmax has tailored the tux, which Obama wore on the…

The problem with search today - and we all know that - is that we’ve all figured out that if you type less keywords, you get better results. That’s crazy. - Steve Ballmer I agree with Mr. Ballmer. That is exactly the problem we have…

TCS is looking to double its India revenues in the next 3-4 years. It has earned $500 million in 2008-09 fiscal and wants to make it $1 bn in the next 4 years. From the way things are going for TCS I don't see a problem. Geographically…

Longer working hours, sabbatical options, cost saving measures are the things we have seen already. We felt like it cannot get any better. But, now we got one more thing to talk about. IT companies in Pune are pushing their employees to use…

Tech Mahindra has a new middle name and it is Satyam. The new kid is Tech S. Mahindra. Coming to the real deal, Tech Mahindra is the successful bidder for the Satyam Computer Services. It has offered 58 rupees per share, which values Satyam…

Forbes has recently published its Global 2000 companies list and placed Infosys at 891. Not only that as per Forbes, Infosys is among the companies that are hiring along with TCS and Wipro. Quite contrary to what Forbes has said, Infosys…

I found this for the first time. BPO Voice an online network of BPO professionals has a survey and a report about the economic outlook for BPO and outsourcing industry. I felt it is appropriate to get a broader sense from our readers.…

453 container ships or 11% of global ship capacity is lying idle. With the kind of job's being shipped overseas at least some of the ships can be put to use. The latest in the line of shipping jobs overseas to India is IBM. It plans to…

It has been 3 long and painful months for Satyam - the company. Lot of things happened in 3 months. So many things have happened that one can even just blog about Satyam only and nothing else. Now, the sad story might have a happy ending.…