Indian IT cos. giving headaches to large US system integrators In an interview to BusinessWeek, Chell Smith, Global Managing Director of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s Technology Services group, talks…
The booming market for outsourced Clinical Trials Several companies are tapping into the market for “clinical trials” or testing of new drugs in India. Recent articles in Far Eastern Economic…
What’s Dr.Bala Manian up to in India? Despite his sterling track record as a serial entrepreneur in the US, Dr.Bala Manian, has maintained a very low profile in the media.…
Nanotech start-ups bullish as Bush signs off on $3.7-B federal grant US President George Bush signed off on the $3.7 billion National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) bill which provides for four…
Productivity is the real “villain” for job losses; not outsourcing China lost 16 million manufacturing jobs, a decline of 15 percent, between 1995 and 2002, says The International Herald Tribune…
Private Equity Week features heated debate on offshore outsourcing Though it isn’t clear why the social implications of offshore outsourcing is a fit concern for a magazine focussed on Private…
Kumar Mahadeva’s exit from Cognizant and heavy stock sales raises eyebrows The retirement announcement of Cognizant Technology SolutionsÂ’ Chairman & CEO Kumar Mahadeva has caught stock market analysts and industry…
It’s not always cheaper to build start-ups in India With people like Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz saying things like “We can barely imagine investing in a company without at…
The winners and losers in offshore outsourcing Some interesting extracts from New York Times’ coverage of a roundtable discussion on the topic of job migration: Stephen S. Roach (managing director…
US programmers now willing to work at Indian-level salaries, says BW column According to a column in BusinessWeek, when Jon Carson, founder of cMarket, recently felt an urgent need for…