Gurgaon is one of the most important tech hubs in India.  The IT software Sector in this ‘Millennium City’ earns revenue of $4 billion dollars a year.  Gurgaon is also the Head Quarters of India’s top BPO Genpact.  Raman Roy, whom many see as the founder of the Indian BPO industry, runs his company Quattro from this city.  40 percent of Fortune 100 companies have some presence here. More...

Corporate and professional rivalry between Avaya and CISCO has scaled new heights. Looks like they cannot even stand each other’s presence anymore (professionally speaking). And the brunt was borne by one of the largest and most prestigious exhibitions - Call Center Demo and Conference India (ccdci.in).   Avaya quietly left once competitor CISCO decided to sponsor the event. More...

In a bizarre incident reported recently in Gurgaon, a newly-wed young woman, aged about 23, allegedly conspired with the family driver to eliminate her father-in-law, a senior manager with a top notch Indian telecom company, in an apparent bid to take control of his property and wealth. For this, the Bahu had promised to gift the driver Rs. 50 lakhs after the 'assignment' was over. More...

Some people may find it annoying, but I think I must write about this. Almost a month back, I received an Email from NEN for participating in the hottest startup contest. I looked at the website and was impressed by the participation. What was annoying was the classification of a “startup”. I could see companies founded in 2003 with 70+ employees nominated by NEN with expert rating 8+. More...

Every wondered how Google just keeps getting bigger and bigger?  Much of their multi-billion dollar success is because of their superb search engine and innovative products like Google Maps.  Other Google offerings like Google Apps are used by a number of universities (and other sectors) as they offer popular Email, calendar, word processing and collaboration tools.  And now students are being rewarded for promoting Google More...

In the United States, politicians have been successfully using social networking to further their political aims. Case in point is Barack Obama who has close to 1 and a half million supporters on his Fan Page on Facebook.  Barack Obama had the foresight to hire Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to join his team in 2007, a move which paid rich dividends.  Obama has also raised tens of millions of dollars via the net. More...

Yet another incident of anonymous vilification of people by posting lewd remarks and photographs on a social networking website has come to light in Cybercity Gurgaon, India. This time the family of a serving Major in the Indian armed forces has become an innocent victim. The photographs of the Major, his wife and niece coupled with derogatory remarks have been posted on Orkut which is owned by Google. More...

The leading English business newspaper, The Economic Times, had on Monday, 25 August 2008, carried a story on UST Global, which is Kerala’s largest IT services company. With over 5500 employees and offices across four locations in India and many overseas, UST Global is part of the over $6 billion Comcraft group owned by the NRI Chandaria family based in Geneva. ET had reported the possibility of the Comcraft Group selling its stake in UST Global. More...

Terrorists aim to create a climate of fear and insecurity to achieve their ends.  Is India’s generally lax computer security providing terrorists, militants and cranks the opportunities to threaten others without fear of being tracked down? Last month, an organization claiming to be the Indian Mujahideen, hijacked the WiFi connection of Mumbai-based American Ken Haywood to send an email to TV Channels claiming credit for the blasts which killed many. More...

Uday and Vinay Kadbe are shocked brothers-in-arms. Vinay was well employed with Infospectrum India Pvt Ltd at Nagpur. Uday was doing well on his own in the US. When an opportunity presented itself, Vinay referred his brother for a senior job in his company. Uday landed the job given his skill set, and left his cushy life in the US to be back with his family. All went well for over 5 months. Then everything went wrong. More...