Archive for January, 2009
Do you need a company policy on Internet use?
To give staff members the feelings of autonomy and ownership, they need to know the terms and rules. These go beyond what time to reach office, vacation time and last date to complete any project. You need a written company policy that covers computer and Internet use.
NASSCOM announces the Top 15 – “Exciting Emerging companies to Work for”- 2008
We released the findings of our second annual survey – ‘Exciting Emerging Companies to work for’, along with the ranking of top 15 emerging companies in the IT-BPO sector in India. The survey looked at HR practices to benchmark the small and mid-sized IT-BPO organizations in India. We had over 13,000 employees from 61 companies participated in the second edition of the survey.
Made in India: Featuring WOLF, Platform as a service
Founded in 2006, WOLF Frameworks has introduced a path breaking platform which allows business users to design & deliver all sorts of business applications over the internet without writing a single line of technical code. First of its kind, offered over the web, this framework fundamentally revolutionizes the way companies can access Business software’s OnDemand, manage change, lower cost, unlock their intellectual potential by rapidly transforming ideas as deployed applications & in turn increase Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption worldwide.
Hey, Who is in your team?
Hey, Who is in your team?
BTW Word of Caution – I won’t guarantee any expected flow in the blog and might waver from very disparate fields!!! Please note that I am not an expert in the subject and I will pen my experiences and my perception of the whole topic. Expert comments are welcome – positive, negative – any and all are fine J
Dealing with the Recession – what you could do, other than worry
The sentiment, as the say in stock market parlance, is negative, with the IT BPO industry bracing for a business slowdown. So, the question on the wall for small and mid market players is: What should one do? Answers are varied, but one truth holds clear – ‘You better have a plan, and fast’.
The sentiment, as the say in stock market parlance, is negative. Notwithstanding that some of the IT- BPO sector’s largest companies have’nt done too badly in Q3, the industry as a whole is bracing for a business slowdown. The buzz on the street is that the market situation will only get worse with US-based recession hit clients slowing decisions and spending. So, the question on the wall for small and mid market players is: What should one do? Answers are varied, but one truth holds clear – ‘You better have a plan, and fast’.
An Idea can change the fortunes of your company
We are living in times where enterprises and entrepreneurs are made by the day, and so are the fate of companies. In our day and age, where information travels as fast as the speed of thought and the conventional boundaries of businesses do not exist, companies need to think differently to stay competitive. Constant innovation is the key to competitiveness and sustainable growth for any company, and such innovation can seed only from ideas.
HCL Technologies – Employee First, Customer Second
It’s the Customer Age like never before and all focus and initiatives are geared towards keeping him happy. In such an environment, what do you say about a company that boldly declares, “In a world full of customers, I see my employee first…”? To answer this question, read on.
Failing to respond: Are we eroding brand equity?
A couple of months ago on a Sunday, I was at the supermarket picking up groceries for the week. I am a great fan of confectionary and quickly ended up at the biscuit shelves which had neatly stacked packets of a variety of biscuits, Indian and foreign, piled virtually ceiling high. A new brand of cookies from a local Indian manufacturer caught my eye and I put a packet in my basket. I especially asked the checkout staff to carefully pack all the biscuits I had bought in a separate bag to avoid them crumbling. But to my dismay, I found not even one cookie in its original shape. The least battered one was in three pieces!! I quickly realized that while I had taken all the care possible, the biscuits had probably lost their original form while being transported from the factory to the store.
The Satyam Crisis and its aftermath
The Satyam saga has been a black spot in the hitherto untarnished reputation of the Indian IT industry with the unprecedented scale and seriousness of the fraud perpetrated on all the stakeholders by the promoters. While the quick actions taken by the Government have restored the confidence of shareowners, customers and employees to a certain extent, the next few days will determine the direction the new Board will set to resolve the liquidity crisis in the firm, to address business and employee continuity issues and to set a process in place to ensure that the root causes are eliminated and financial veracity is restored.
Made in India: Featuring Mooga from Iken Solutions
The section features emerging player Iken Solutions, whose flagship product ‘Mooga’ is a hybrid AI framework that uses a holistic approach to personalize the end user experience across online, mobile, and other platforms.
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