Good customer service is at a premium these days, from the Starbucks barista around the corner to the IT help staff in Bangalore. So it was interesting to read their side of the story, in this case, through the eyes of a bouncer in ...READ»
Outsourcing consulting firm Alsbridge has compiled a list of India’s top five up and coming cities for setting up outsourcing centers. A multitude of reasons ranging from infrastructure breakdowns to rising salaries and turnover ...READ»
There was a time, not too long ago, when being sent to work in India could be considered a punishment posting; when an India stint would include a ‘hardship allowance’. Well, times surely are changing. Today, getting an India ...READ»
John Thackara's Doors of Perception conferences are always high-design, high-energy, and high-minded global gatherings of business leaders, designers, and innovators.
DoorsEast, rescheduled for this December in Bangalore, India, ...READ»
As the current issue's cover story makes clear, creative and productive cities need to offer creative cultural outlets and options for the people who live and work in the area in order to succeed. So it's slightly interesting to see ...READ»
The next time you fly, you can forget about paper tickets -- in fact, you can forget about e-tickets, too. Moveo Systems, a Bangalore-based startup that was seed funded by the likes of IBM and GE, is developing “M-tickets”. ...READ»
You know your work day gets crazy when you can't read the news until after work:
Bangalore Latest Indian City to Drop English Name
"High-tech capital to be 'Bengaluru,' but not everyone likes the switch"
Chief of Wipro Says US ...READ»
I flew half way across the world day before yesterday- further even- due to certain mishaps that occurred along the way. While doing so I came to certain conclusions. Here’s how it all unfolded…
I missed my connecting flight ...READ»
Not so long ago, India's Wipro Ltd. sold cooking oils and knockoff PCs. Now its 15,000 technologists cook up vital software applications and research for Ericsson, GM, the Home Depot, and other giant customers. Are you prepared to go head-to-head with the best the world has to offer?READ»
Outlook for Bangalore: Cloudy. Experts on cloud computing -- that fancy term for using supercomputers and amped-up servers for remote services -- will gather in India. Ahead of the meeting, we called Ramnath K. Chellappa, the ...READ»
Can a country where a third of the population is illiterate be an Information Technology superpower? Can a country where 78 million rural homes have never seen electricity be an economic superpower? Can anyone feel safe living in ...READ»
"White collar people are afraid of everything except following instructions," says Seth Godin, the Fast Company columnist and marketing guru. But Seth points out if you merely do what you're told to do it's the quickest route to the ...READ»
Indian call centers are in the news again, and yet again it’s for the wrong reasons. Faced by increasing customer complaints on quality of call handling in Indian call centers, a number of large British firms are shifting their ...READ»
Based in Bangalore, Sachin Maheshwari is a principal with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Founded in 1985, DFJ has backed such companies as Skype, Feedburner, Hotmail, and Baidu. DFJ India's investments have been in early and ...READ»
It’s the annual placement season in Indian business schools. To nobody’s surprise, starting salaries of fresh MBA grads continue their northward ascent, breaking new grounds and creating new records. However, an interesting trend ...READ»
The weather conditions in India during the last few weeks strongly indicate the disasters that await our world due to global warming. The months of May and June saw North India wrapped in an unprecedented heat wave. Temperatures in ...READ»
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Parvez Ahmed, a Bangalore, India-based member of the Technology & Computers Company of Friends group, recently shared a list of his favorite technology-related news sites with other members. FC Now readers might find them ...READ»
There has been some interesting discussion on my previous blog entry about outsourcing to India. FC Now reader "M" comments:
what are we gonna outsource next? the president..well that might not be such a bad idea. no offense, but ...READ»
Outsourcing is creating ripples – not just in global business, but in the social fabric of India. As more Indian youth turn to outsourcing work, a relatively easy career option, cracks are beginning to show in youth culture and ...READ»
