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"When I'm hungry, do you mind if I place an order for a snack or two online?"
Information Technology
Enabling the Enablers
``Look around at the faces here. The dotcomers are all unhappy and the technology people look full of hope,'' said a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) at a recent conference of the organisation on venture funding in Mumbai. ``People with plain Inte
rnet portal ideas are not even able to introduce themselves to funds.''
Time for tracking stock?
FOR the Indian old economy companies, the infotech saga appears to have suddenly offered a glimmer of hope. The valuation of the assets of the infotech operating division or business unit or subsidiaries which used to be buried in the corporate balance s
heet have come into sharp focus in recent times.
Take the CRM route to the market
GLOBAL organisations have a top-line view of their entire sales pipeline across business units and products. With this view, sales organisations can better qualify leads and assign their top sales reps to the top accounts that have the highest win probab
ility.
High-tech's political colours
THE American people went to the polls last week to elect a new President and decide the balance of power in Congress. What does American politics have to do with high-tech and the new economy? It matters because the American Government stewards what is s
till the world's largest economy and especially high-tech through regulation, basic research innovation, tax breaks, labour policies, and interest rates.
Web exchanges:2B or not 2B
THE basic strategy of manufacturing companies hasn't changed much over the years: beat the competition by delivering innovative, industry-leading products to market faster and cheaper.
`Smart' software
GREAT people, team work, accurate identification of a crying market need. What's common to all these? Well, venture capitalists (VCs) will fall for each and all of these, when you present them a case for funding your latest venture.
Learning to fly
IT was only in the last fifteen years or so that most college students in urban India displayed a marked preference for computer education. It provided them a portal to a brave new world of high-tech tools and gadgets -- and unheard of applications.
CYBERQUEST
1. What is the code name for a new 64-bit microprocessor being developed jointly by Intel and Hewlett-Packard?
EYE FOR EYE
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rs common HTML code errors with just one click!
Getting IT Right
Mass Storage device is a device in a computer which allows storing of a large volume of data.
Tip Off
After you click the Start button, that handy Start menu stares at you, full of programs, documents, settings, and icons galore. What if you decide against using it?
Netting a catch
JAVA is all the rage these days, which is of little surprise considering how much can be done with it. Here is a collection of programs, mostly for those who do not have the time or resources to get neck-deep in Java, which are testimony to its many poss
ibilities.
Learning to fly
FOR Natraj Subramaniam, a software buff, keeping in touch with the latest developments was a challenge. As a project leader and a senior team member in his company, he spent most of his time in the office or on tour and was not able to keep pace with sof
tware changes.
