Published in 2005 This is the second in the three-part series. To read the first in series click here. In this article I will focus on encouraging innovation. On my way from hotel to the airport in Shanghai I pulled out the departure card and started filling in the details. I was able to fill it…
Published in 2005 Is India the next technology leader? Will we ever take on the US and show them the way, so to speak? For the last couple of years, the media has been rife about how India and China can take the lead from US, especially in the hi-tech. At home in India, the media and the…
Published in 2003 While I have been following the news articles and opinions about how US may lose its edge on technology leadership, I differ from majority of the views that have been expressed so far. What we see in the media and what is shared by the industry are mere indicators that reflect a…
Published in 2001 Lately it seems that India is waking up to the concept of e-governance. The irony is that our government has yet to understand what governance is and they are already moving forward with automating whatever we have in the name of governance. When President Clinton visited India, he proudly proclaimed that India…
Published in 2000 The penguin has attacked! If you have been reading the war of OSes it seems that Linux is gainingground against Microsoft in the server space. Now, with ‘Lindows’, which is a Windows UI plastered onLinux, the penguin is eyeing desktop users. While the various open-source and free-software groupsmay be busy writing obituaries…
Published in 1999 I have always wondered – why does India not make progress like the rest of the world? Almost all nations in the world started off at the same or similar level after WWII. Given India’s rich history and knowledge we should have leapfrogged the world and should have been one of the leading super-powers…
Published in 1999 Everyone can see the fire burning, expertise lies in smelling the smoke – a quote that all of us has heard more than once in our lives. Translate that into biz world and it sounds similar to – ‘I should have bought Yahoo stock in 1996’ vs. ‘I bought Yahoo stock in…
Published in 1999 The other day when I visited Amazon to order additional books, I was happy to see that I was welcomed by name and the page listed some recommendations based on my previous purchases. So, I thought of browsing the list of recommended books but to my disappointment I already had all of…
Published in 1999 That is what everyone hears these days, mostly from the executive staff of dotcoms, that the ‘old’ rules of business no longer apply. It is being said that the e-commerce and e-business is so different from bricks & mortar business that we cannot measure, be it stock price or other indicators, with…
Published in 1997 One of the most challenging but often underestimated task is that of managing an IT (software development) project. It is disheartening to see that almost everyone assumes that software projects will overrun their budget and will always be delayed, no matter how much money or resources you throw at them. Thanks to…