Why captive outsourcing centers are “imploding”
Basab Pradhan, former head of sales at Infosys, has his own take on the recent Forrestor Research report on how captive centers of MNCs are underperforming their third-party outsourcing peers.…
Social Networking sites: The VC View
Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners and Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners India have triggered off an interesting discussion at VentureWoods on Social Networking start-ups in the Indian context. Extract from…
Gaurav Dalmia on the Real Estate correction
Business Standard has an interview with Gaurav Dalmia, Chairman of Landmark Land Holdings, on the correction in various pockets of the Indian Real Estate market. Instead of maximising returns from…
More Middle East money flowing to India
Economic Times article on how more and more middle east based banks and financial institutions are investing in India. Corporate India will have a new set of deep-pocket investors eyeing…
How will Indian outsourcing cos. impact Open Source software?
Bill Burnham has a post on how Indian IT outsourcing companies are promoting open source software among their enterprise customers and, in the process, also taking away some service revenues…
Summer Edition of Proto.in to be held on July 21-22
The second edition of Proto.in, an event that showcases technology start-ups along the lines of the well-known DEMO conference in the US, is to be held at IIT-Madras on July…
Shantha Biotech post acquisition
Businessworld has an article on life at Shantha Biotech post the acquisition of a 60% stake by Merieux. While Merieux is expected to make use of Shantha’s existing line of…
Pricol at the crossroads
Businessworld has an article on how leading Coimbatore-based auto component maker – known best for its speedometer products – is struggling with an uneasy relationship with its Japanese technology partner…
Indian media houses make big moves online
Businessworld has a cover story on the Internet businesses of leading Indian TV and print media companies. Most old media companies know that they are investing in the Internet a…
Prescription eye wear market
Businessworld has an article on Titan’s entry into the emarket. Every third person in India wears glasses. And that translates into a Rs 1,800-crore prescription eye wear market. While small…