Go Socially… Confidently

Lately I have been involved in helping companies leverage social networking tools for business development. It has been a nice experience of sharing what you learnt and what you practice to help others. Straddling across so many tools – FB, Twitter, Orkut, Linkedin, Buzz etc –  becomes a daunting task. To update the status acrossContinue reading “Go Socially… Confidently”

Beyound “Oracle buying Sun” … Into the “Open Source Governement”

Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems is the news getting lot of attention tonight. This is a big news in the industry as once upon a time both were poster boys of the internet boom. A lot is being written and speculated about the impact of this development. A real picture would emerge only after theContinue reading “Beyound “Oracle buying Sun” … Into the “Open Source Governement””

Opensource – IT Policy – Impact on the society

I am very happy to note that one of the key political parties in India- BJP – has unveiled a comprehensive IT policy. Reference to the use of open source software is even more noteworthy. It is very nice to see that a political party acknowledges the role of open source software in innovation. (asContinue reading “Opensource – IT Policy – Impact on the society”

Why Indians can not make good IT products, but make good solutions

Indians are good at services and solutions but can not make good IT products – this is the old problem that we keep hearing about in the industry. I have been meeting software companies in APAC in last one year. I meet lot of small and medium size companies. One common thing that I hearContinue reading “Why Indians can not make good IT products, but make good solutions”