‘PC players will inject new levels of efficiency in mobile phone industry’

World’s third largest computer maker, Acer has recently jumped into the smartphone market. Unfazed by a slowdown in mobile phone sales globally and disappointing earning numbers from mobile phone companies, Acer mobility division head Aymar de Lencquesaing is confident of smartphone sales.

‘Indian customers are very demanding’

It looks like retrospection time at IBM Daksh, as Daksh completes five years in “IBM family”. Co-founder Pavan Vaish, who led the integration with IBM in 2004, seems to be “excited that I am still around” to see the employment opportunities the merger created.

‘Customers now want best return for every dollar spent’

As customers today are very conscious and look for IT infrastructure that contributes towards data security and lowertotal cost of ownership, Hewlett-Packard’s workstations and servers are tuning in. Dennis Mark.

‘It’s not healthy to practice science with the goal of winning a big prize’

Nobel Laureate, molecular biologist and chief scientific officer of biotech R&D major New England Bio Labs, Sir Richard J Roberts is explicit in his opinion on the way science should be practiced.

‘We invest more in tech during a recession’

You can call John F Welch Technology Centre in Bangalore as the showcase research centre of General Electric. Built on a 50-acre plush campus, the nine-year old R&D centre boasts of 4,200 employees and 870 patents.

‘It might be late if you delay cloud computing’

Given the explosion in digital data, independent experts believe that an effective information infrastructure is essential for organisations to drive efficiency in tumultuous times. EMC, a big player in network storage, data recovery and information management, is now promising solutions to help companies sail out of the current economic downturn.

‘Server market is seeing a dramatic shift’

Servers are back in the limelight. Emerging technologies like virtualisation and cloud computing are changing the way servers are deployed today. The focus is slowly moving away from just raw performance to scalability and return on investment.

‘US and UK do not have the capacity to produce BPO services domestically’

With recession taking a toll on IT exports of the world’s two fastest growing economies, the key to the problem may lie in the development of domestic markets.

‘We need to dispose off gadgets more responsibly’

Corporates have adopted green for long. And now it’s time for consumers to embrace the environment. To help prevent your old gadgets from ending their life in a backyard-recycling unit and adding to pollution, Hewlett-Packard has extended its recycling programme in India beyond corporate customers to include consumers.

‘Growth will come from internet on mobile’

Adobe seems to be banking on creativity to sail out of recession and stand out from the crowd. Revenue targets might prove to be a struggle, but the company is working hard to identify new growth markets.

‘Currency and pricing are the biggest challenges’

EXL Service has probably seen more eventful life in its ten years of existence than any other BPO company in India. It started out as a venture-backed independent company and hit headlines when insurance major Conseco acquired it.

‘In these times we have to work twice as hard for half the gain’

US-headquartered offshore product development major, GlobalLogic boasts of a respectable growth despite the recession. Known as IndusLogic till a few years back, it has acquired the new name after expanding to several new geographies.

‘We expect piracy levels in India to drop faster this year’

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer counts piracy as Windows’ biggest competitor. And software giant’s anti-piracy chief Keith Beeman is banking on developing partnerships to fight piracy.

‘IT spending has not come to a halt’

Rick Becker is the vice-president, software & solutions group, Dell. In this capacity, Becker provides direction and support to the teams working on enterprise software and solutions.

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Cyber-crooks recently broke into the United States electrical grid and left behind malicious software programs that can be used to destroy the entire electrical system.

Powering ahead

An online remote monitoring system is helping Reliance Power monitor the development of its power plants from a centralised control room

'Maps and content will become an integral part of numerous devices'

Growing popularity of digital maps and personal navigation devices is creating new experiments in navigation technologies. Due to this, the demand from 2D and 3D city maps and famous landmarks has also been increasing.

‘Modernisation is about reducing costs in short term’

Micro Focus claims to be passing through the economic slowdown relatively untouched. The enterprise modernisation firm claims to have grown by 11 to 12% and growth swells to 25%, if one adds up acquisitions.

‘Buy American does not come free’

If Thomas Friedman raised curiosity about the offshoring opportunity in his bestseller ‘The World is Flat’, Robert Kennedy explains the what, why and how of offshoring to managers, who face global competition.

‘You can cut costs by managing printers well’

As businesses across the world face a challenging environment, they are seeking better returns from their investments. HP’s senior vice-president, Chris Morganis quick to respond with the theme of “when everything counts”. The idea is to help enterprises cut printing and energy costs.

‘Economic downturn is sparking interest in cloud computing’

Having pioneered the technologies that allow people to share and assist in community building, the developer community is upbeat as cloud computing is the new trend and Java technology is all set to take centre stage in a new era that connects everything and everyone worldwide.

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