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I had a hectic two week trip to the US to meet our customers.  During this trip, I visited New York, San Jose, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin TX, Naples FL and Boston. Overall, the business climate is tough! People are waiting for the bold moves promised by President Obama.  Since it is not [...]

The Satyam saga is really shameful. It is hard to believe that a fraud of this magnitude was happening at Satyam Computers for so long.
I sincerely hope that we get to the roots of this and the guilty are punished.
- Anand

I’d like to wish all my readers a very Happy 2009!! I hope this year brings peace, good health and cheer in all our lives.
As we step into the new year, I’d like to take inspiration from nature.  We know that after every cold winter, the spring is around the corner. Every dark cloud [...]

What a difference a year can make!
We started 2008 on a high… The BSE SENSEX was in excess of 20,000,  we had received our clearances from SEBI and our IPO seemed imminent. We were coasting along with a steady month-on-month growth and everything appeared to be on track for a sustained period of stable growth.  [...]

We have been Bridgestone Europe’s software engineering partner for five years now and have been instrumental in developing and driving their mobile strategy. Bridgestone has a very innovative way of how they charge for their tyres. Essentially, large European fleet companies pay Bridgestone monthly on the basis of the number of kilometers run per tyre.
Keeping [...]

The kingdom of Bhutan is really beautiful. I had attended the NASSCOM Executive Committee meeting in Bhutan in the last week of November. To get to Thimpu, we took a short flight on a Druk Air from Kolkata to Paro. Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, is about an hour drive from Paro. We were in Bhutan [...]

The news of doom and gloom has seriously impacted everyone. In today’s time it is essential and pragmatic to consider all facets of the business before making a financial commitment. We need to plan how to operate at the low-end of the revenue growth curve and implement a cost structure that aligns with the extreme [...]

The terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai were really shocking. Our heartfelt condolences to the families of all those innocent citizens who lost their lives in these dastardly acts.
Clearly, this is an attempt by anti-social elements to destabilize our country and as proud citizens, we cannot let that happen! The need of the [...]

I was the keynote speaker at the IndicThreads.com conference on Java Technology today. This conference had technical sessions on a wide range of topics in the Java space where key Java community members presented and discussed many concepts and innovations.
My talk titled- “What is the context for Java programs?” was about technology advances and the [...]

This week promises to be very busy. I am speaking at the IndicThreads.com conference 2008 on Java Technology - Architect the Future on November 25, i.e., tomorrow. It’s a three day conference held in Pune, India.
Coming together are some of the key people from the field of Java technology to discuss architectural issues, latest software development tools [...]