Profile of IIT-B incubated EDA firm
Express Computers magazine has profiled Powai Labs, an EDA tools provider that is being incubated at IIT-Bombay’s “KReSIT”. An extract: Says Reapan Tikoo, chief executive officer, Powai Labs, “Today, there…
“Next wave of VC will target IP-based cos”
With the rapid maturing of the IT Services and BPO sectors, VCs – especially early-stage investors – will soon feel the need to spread their nets wider. Sanjay Anandaram, Managing…
VC Trends in India: The exit routes have become much easier
By Arun Natarajan, Editor, TSJ Media My article on the above topic was published recently in the AlwaysOn-Network “blogzine”. Here is the article’s introductory paragraph: In the first six months…
VCs with operating experience not necessarily superior: Bill Burnhan
Conventional wisdom has it that operating experience contributes significantly to making a successful VC. Bill Burnham, Managing Partner at Softbank Capital Partners, doesn’t buy it. An extract from his recent…
Kashmir says hello to call centers
Some enterprising folks in the troubled state of Kashmir have decided that would like to join other Indian states which are riding the boom in IT and BPO services to…
Now, offshoring gets good PR
The free publicity rain for Indian IT companies continues. After giving Indian IT companies several million dollars worth of column space in the form of anti-offshoring reports, the same US…
Phaneesh Murthy’s first year progress report at iGate
Business Today magazine reviews the changes at iGate Global Solutions since the former Infosys Technologies marketing head Phaneesh Murthy took over as the company’s CEO one year ago. Click Here…
Businessworld interview with Temasek’s India head Manish Kejriwal
Businessworld magazine has published an article on Singapore-based Temasek Capital’s investments in India as well as an interview with Manish Kejriwal, who took over as Managing Director of Temasek’s company’s…
New York Times profiles Indian returnees
The New York Times has published an interesting article featuring several professionals of Indian origin who quit successful careers abroad and returned to India. As the article indicates, several of…
How Symphony bags offshore development orders from software product vendors
While doing development out of India has become a “no brainer” for all enterprise software product companies, the most “obvious” way to go about exploiting the India advantage has been…