Sometimes just having a good product is enough.  Google never had a huge advertising budget and grew to its gigantic size only because of a great product.  Sometimes, you have the best product, but still keep a tight leash on the media.  Apple gives access to its managers and products only to journalists, who in their view, write positive or ‘balanced’ stories. More...

When President Obama wanted to tweak tax laws so that American tech companies investing in USA are not overly disadvantaged as compared to companies setting up shop in India, he used the rhetoric ‘Say no to Bangalore and Yes to Buffalo, New York’. This Presidential rhetoric led to Indians talking boycott.  Now Microsoft has threatened that it will move jobs out of USA. More...

LIRNEasia describes itself as a regional information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation capacity-building organization active across the Asia Pacific.  Put simply, it is a think tank and research body which strives to improve the lives of the people in the Asia Pacific. Now, LIRNEasia is raising funds for Tamils who were held as human shields. More...

Greenpeace, the global environment warrior NGO, has hosted a challenge to the IT world, a Cool IT Challenge! In this ‘Climate Change Campaign to Greener Electronics’, Greenpeace tells the IT industry that ‘It’s No Time to be Sleepwalking!” and has just assessed the green credentials of the leadership of IBM, Oracle, Dell, Microsoft and other international companies. More...

Bangalore-based Kennametal Shared Services Private Limited (KSSPL) is a captive unit set up to provide Information Technology support to Kennametal Inc., one of the leading manufacturing organization and provider of Metal Cutting solutions. Kennametal Inc. is based in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in United States and is the market leader in providing Metal Cutting solutions. More...

The Indian tech community is in mourning this week. Five young Infoscions met with a tragic death when the bus they were traveling in overturned at Avandhi Ghat near Nipani town. 43 freshers were traveling from the Infosys Mysore Training hub to their first job at the Pune facility. Techies are angry that a border dispute between States prevented medical help on time. More...

In times of recession, when most companies see sacking as the only alternative for those on bench, Mphasis, a software application & business process outsourcing (BPO) company, has requested its benchers in Mumbai to report from home for six months. The EDS acquired Mphasis has also assured those reporting from home that this will make no difference to the salary drawn More...

Most Indian security experts feel that the biggest threats to our country come from Pakistan and China.  Conversely, the Chinese and Pakistanis will have their own views on which nations pose a danger to their own countries.  Any overseas Telecom company that has the potential to harm national interest is banned or restricted from operating in the host country.  More...

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is one of the key players in the world of tech journalism and outsourcing.  Mark is so highly regarded that he has been invited as one of the judges for Computing Magazine Awards, NOA Outsourcing Awards as well as CNET Tech awards.  He has been invited to speak by a number of prestigious organizations like NASSCOM and London School of Economics More...

When American President Obama wanted to tweak tax laws so that American tech companies investing in USA are not overly disadvantaged as compared to companies setting up shop in India, he used the rhetoric ‘Say no to Bangalore and Yes to Buffalo, New York’. This Presidential rhetoric was meant for Americans and not for the Indians. Now some Indians are talking boycott.  More...