Mobile Apps are firing on all cylinders and expected to be a USD 63.5 billion market by 2017. It is expected to grow 5 times in 5 years, having just crossed USD 12 billion in 2012. Come to think of…
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What computer are you wearing today?
It has been less than 6 years since iPhones made their debut into our lives, and what a profound impact it has on us as individuals and businesses. After the launch of Apple’s iPhone, smartphones have become an integral part…
Technologies and Industries: Converging for a Better Tomorrow
Convergence is fascinating, as it brings new possibilities of change to a better life every single day. Innovation, at the dual axis of technologies and industries, is driving its rapid adoption. Significantly enhanced functions and services orientation are aiding the…
Business Impact through New Technologies and Product Engineering
It is always encouraging to meet with customers and partners to explore new dimensions of possibilities in engineering and technology… Doing so with global customers across industry segments makes it more interesting and challenging at the same time. More and…
A view on the advancing world of secondary education
I remember when my son had his high school group projects 5-6 years ago, the house used to be filled with his friends who crammed into his room to complete the project in multiple sittings. Some did group discussions, some…
The next phase of smartness…
Look around yourself and the chances are you will find a smart device around you. We are living in a world where devices are now becoming smarter at a much faster pace than ever before. Devices are connected, not just…
Rejuvenation of US Manufacturing – an opportunity to reinvent
As per The Wall Street Journal, “The improving prospects for the (US) manufacturing sector — which is so large, it would be the world’s ninth-largest economy if it were a country — are becoming a hot topic.” News about manufacturing…
Remembering Steve Jobs…
The world suddenly stopped yesterday with the stunning and deeply sad news of Steve Jobs’ death. Even though eventually death is certain, and even if doctors give up during a terminal illness, our hearts still want to go on living;…
The magic of Steve Jobs
Apple is Steve Jobs. His magical and emotional connect with consumers is simply beyond compare. Steve’s intense focus on innovative products with intuitive user experience has not only charmed the world, it has created many new categories of businesses and…
The swell of Innovation waves
Ignore innovation at your own risk or peril. Highly successful companies have the unique ability to continually leverage the innovation band wagon, irrespective of whether they have created the discontinuity or not. The tsunami caused by delay, avoidance or ignorance…
Convergence – bringing life together
Given that your smart phone can be used to control your car, make payments for your shopping, or work as an entertainment device, convergence is certainly closer to us than we think. Devices are becoming platforms rather than point products;…
Culture of innovation in the emerging economies
The need for innovation from the emerging economies is well established. 70% of the incremental GDP growth expected over the next ten years will come from there. If the future of incremental growth is with the emerging economies , it’s only…
Parallel lines meeting? Time to zoom ahead…
The standard knowledge on parallel lines is that they meet only at infinity. Rarely do we question what is normally seen to be the basic fact. Do we ever stop to ask the question – are they parallel lines in…
Indian Engineering and R&D Services Industry
Indian Engineering and R&D (ER&D) is coming off age and doing so far more rapidly now to create its own identity within the overall IT segment. Engineering and R&D Services is a ~ $10 B industry and approx 20% of…
Risk-Reward Partnership – Some Key Attributes
Risk-Reward (R2) partnership has caught on to be among the key discussions in the Global IT services business – more so in the Engineering and R&D services wrt technology and product companies. Having implemented this over the last couple of years…
Consolidation will be Mainstream now
I had talked about Consolidation being one of the main themes in IT Strategic Sourcing couple of weeks back. The last 5+ weeks of development in the financial worlds, have started to show its impact to the rest of the…
The 3 Cs of New Trends in IT Services
Like All Hands on the deck, Enterprise companies are putting everything on the table when planning the next phase of IT Strategic Sourcing. There are some early indicators on 3 main theme that are likely to become more prominent as…
Key Themes in IT Strategic Sourcing
I participated in a panel discussion in Denver in Aug 08, organized by CSIA and shared my views on four key themes that are emerging in IT strategic sourcing discussions – Collaboration, Community, Governance and Results, In short lets call…
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