Imagine arriving in Australia as a struggling student and working casual part-time jobs to make two ends meet.  Intelligence and hard work pay off, and soon you are working as a successful computing professional at one of Australia’s most prestigious bank. More...

Does TCS not have a formal policy on how to grade WIPRO professionals? Or are a couple of TCS HR managers scoring brownie points by hiring talented people at cheaper salaries? Fortunately for WIPRO employees, giants like IBM have more clarity on this issue. More...

He calls himself Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ) and runs one of the most popular blogs in the world. Business 2.0 magazine listed him as the 41st most influential person in business.  America’s most prestigious tech magazine ‘Wired’ has advertised on his blog.  Every month, hundreds of thousands of his loyal readers  log on to read his humorous take on Apple computers and everything that happens in the tech industry and more. More...

The case of Venture Capital giant Sequoia Capital India and social networking website Minglebox.com leaves at least one question unanswered.  And potentially a few executives’ hearts broken.  Who in Sequoia is the primary contact person for Minglebox? More...

An Infosys driver runs into the newly married wife of a TCS employee.  A police case is registered.  The TCS employee alleges speeding and attempts to flee the accident site.  The Infosys employee does not go to the hospital to provide solace to the victim’s family. More...

It is the most contemporary face of modern-day India. They are the ones who made Friday dressing an every day affair. They made strolling into business meetings in Jeans and t-shirts a fashion statement. They banished, `Yes sirs and No Sirs’ from the office lexicon and made addressing the CEO’s and CFO’s by the first names sound so hip and happening. They were the first ones who had gyms and swimming pools and mini golf courses in their campuses. They made double figure salaries a thing of yore and made megabucks even before you could say `Dollars’. They made the world sit up straight and look into the so called `third world country’ and realize that India was no longer `Third World’. They ARE the young Turks of business India. The IT set, as they are known in local parlance –the most modern face of contemporary India. More...

Corporations worldwide understand that there is a constant need to devise high productivity, high quality, cost effective solutions to sustain business profits. One such initiative being driven by IBM Corporation is the Right to Left Strategy in one of its Delivery Centers in Bangalore. The objective is to move work from high end resolver teams towards the helpdesk to ensure quicker resolution of end user issues and increased customer satisfaction. Critically, the savings are derived out of doing a 3rd level job by 2nd level personnel, so savings in terms of billing for the same work. More so, this gives the people working on 1st level a definitive career progression path and a potential salary raise around 15 to 20 percent. So, it is a win-win strategy - for people and organisation. More...

Forrester thinks that chances of success are bright only for TCS, WIPRO & INFOSYS amongst offshore providers.  The rest of them need to re-strategize and it advises clients to move away from using smaller players!! More...

Panic struck Bangalore on Monday (Feb 5)  when the verdict was out that Karnataka had not received a favorable hearing on the Cauvery water issue.  The Tribunal, after years of delay, finally ruled that Tamil Nadu would get more Cauvery water than Karnataka. More...