Oracle is the second largest software products company in the world.  Oracle India is an integral pillar of the company with more than $2.5 billion invested in Indian operations since 2001. Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison, who is the fourth richest person in the world, has just announced that he would be reducing his salary to a token $1 for next year. More...

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy is one of the most respected names in international business.  Mr. Murthy was the face of Infosys and is largely credited for it ethical business practices and transparency and making it such a valuable brand.  Much of his success can be attributed to his highly qualified, intelligent wife Sudha who devotes her energies to charity. More...

Even as America and United Kingdom struggle their way out of the recession, they are tightening rules to import techies.  Even though the new rules apply for everyone,  Indians are the hardest hit as they were the largest recipients of these working visas. First, the Americans tightened up the rules and regulations for H1B Visas.  Now Britain is doing the same. More...

Sramana Mitra is a well known tech success story in USA.  After a Masters from MIT, Sramana founded 3 successful companies and consults with a number of organization.  She also writes for international media including Forbes. Sramana recently blogged about the 18,000 people on the bench at Infosys and offered advice on how some of them can boot their own startups.  More...

When Pres Obama appointed 34-year old Indian-born technocrat, Vivek Kundra, to the position of Federal CIO of the US Government, it made front page news. The CIO is quickly learning that public office in USA means you are fair game to the media.  The baptism of fire started with an ex subordinate being arrested for corruption. Then youthful indiscretions cropped up. More...

Based on whatever you have read and known, do you see UK becoming an important outsourcing hub by next year?  Yes, UK to become a key offshore destination by mid 2010 for those who want to outsource.  It does sound a bit far fetched. Every since the economic crisis hit America and Europe, they have actually increased outsourcing to India to save costs. More...

I quite like Apple products and am a big fan of Linux/Open Source movement.  Perhaps, this soft spot coloured my view of Microsoft for many years.  For a short while, I genuinely believed that Microsoft was the evil empire which would decimate smaller, clever competitors. Now I realize that my anti Microsoft bias was based more on some emotion rather than all fact. More...

Genpact is the most successful BPO in India. Genpact is credited with laying the foundation of the booming BPO sector in the sub-continent.  It has more than 36000 employees operating in 12 countries. Techgoss has learnt that Genpact has hired a security chief who started his career with the British Army and went on to serve in a number of trouble spots. More...

Infosys has been trying to keep the story under wraps but the ostrich can't keep its head in the sand permanently. Allen Lam, blue eyed boy and Head of Infosys Asia Pacific BPO business has pleaded guilty for insider trading during his stint with CLSA in 2005. Lam tipped Ryan Fong, a friend and ex-hedge fund manager at HSZ Ltd with inside information More...

After a four-year stint with India’s largest real estate and infrastructure development company DLF , Shalini Vig Wadhwa has moved to Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL), the latest entrant in the Indian mobile telephony space, as Director, Corporate Communications. SSTL has acquired licenses to provide mobile telephony services in all the 22 circles across the country. More...