UK-based Alamy claims to hold the largest and most comprehensive online collection of commercial photography in the world. Established in 1999, Alamy pioneered the concept of an unedited collection and offers millions of images from thousands of photographers and photo agencies. Its ex-CEO operating from Technopark, Kerala has left but not updated his LinkedIn profile More...

American blog TechCrunch is one of the most powerful media organizations in the world.  TechCrunch founder and CEO Michael Arrington is on first name basis with most senior managers of many tech companies.  In a record of sorts, last year TechCrunch had a million readers to its RSS feed which is more than the figures of the top 10 blogs in India combined together. More...

Vivek Ranadive left Juhu in Mumbai with less than $100 in his pocket to study in America.  Only the first quarter tuition fees were paid and the rest had to be earned while studying.  After graduating from MIT he went to Harvard Business School. Today, as the Chairman and CEO of Tibco, he earns millions.  As a successful author, he is a sought after public speaker. More...

By Indian standards, American politics has two streams – right wing and right of centre.  The economic policies of Democratic Clinton were in the same capitalist vein as his successor and Republican President Bush.  Founded in 2005, iconic American website Huffington Post is often described as having  ‘Liberal’ policies.  Liberal in USA means closer to the Democrats. More...

Naveen Jain grew up in middle-class Uttar Pradesh but always aimed for the top.  To his credit,   he studied at IIT (Roorkee) and then did an MBA for the prestigious XLRI.  Naveen got his first big break when he joined Microsoft and had a chance to study the success of his role model, Billionaire Bill Gates.  He made his way up to one of the Group Managers at Microsoft. More...

American intellectual Thomas L Friedman is one of the great gurus of our generation.  Winner of 3 Pulitzers, Thomas had the foresight to see a more collective and collaborative world. Thomas writes for the New York Times and many other international media.  In India, he is best known for his brilliant book ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century’ More...

Nikhil Pahwa of MediaNama scooped one of the biggest manager movements this year.  MediaNama was the first to report that super executive and President Asia-Pacific, Monster, Arun Tadanki, would be the new Managing Director of Yahoo looking after South Asia, Middle East and Africa. Arun Tadanki has studied at IIT and IIM and is highly regarded for his managerial skills.  More...

This is a love story that warms your heart.  Bollywood could make a hit movie based on how an Indian super techie in USA moved countries for a love whom he first saw on the cover of an Indian newsletter. Teenage Sanjay Mavinkurve and his parents made their way from Mumbai to USA a little more than a decade ago.  He excelled at school and won a scholarship to Harvard. More...

Aegis BPO, in its quest to becoming a $500 million dollar company, is on an acquisition spree.  With more than 30 thousand employees, Aegis was telling analysts that it plans to add 1,000 employees a month to meet its target of a double digit growth in 2009.  Earlier in the year, a number of respected HR managers resigned. Now, there has been another high profile exit. More...

Sam Pitroda, widely regarded as the father of the telecom revolution in India, released this historical book by Dinesh C Sharma, a senior tech journalist. “The Long Revolution: The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry”, while detailing every important milestone in the tech sector, tells us the real story behind what was perceived as IBM's eviction from India in 1977. More...