By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Bhavana Sharma
SM: Let’s talk about impact of cloud computing on the IT organization. How do you perceive the impact of cloud computing with reference to your technology strategic planning, its relationship with the rest of the organization and how is the relationship with technology vendors changing? Is the role of your IT team changing in the cloud environment? Read the full article »
SM: What are your thoughts about data residing in different places? Is there a barrier to adoption? Let’s say you put your data in China or somewhere that is questionable from the buyer’s point of view. Is this an issue that’s coming up? Read the full article »
With Germany’s feed-in tariff cuts for the solar industry kicking in from February 2011 and Spain having announced 45% tariff cuts for new solar farms, 25% for large rooftop installations, and 5% for residential systems, solar players are looking at alternative markets for growth. The United States itself offers tremendous opportunity because solar demand is expected to grow 75% over the year in 2011. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in 2009, Germany was the leader in global installed solar capacity with 9.79 GW, followed by Spain with 4.01 GW, Japan with 2.68 GW and the United States with 2.09 GW. But analysts estimate installed capacity within the United States to grow faster than international capacity growth, making it a more dominant market by 2014. Today, 23 GW, equivalent to the needs of 4.4 million households, is already under development in the country. Read the full article »
Music Wizard Group is a software company that creates, develops, and produces music video games that use real music on real instruments. Its flagship product, Piano Wizard, has been developed into a full-blown music-education-in-a-box product known as Piano Wizard Academy. Read the full article »
SM: People who have made career moves like yours, which are risky, can do wonders for their careers. Nobody at that time was going to hire you to be CEO of Microsoft. Instead, you can take a bad project and turn it around. In the end it becomes a great move.
TM: There are a lot of things I would do differently. I learned that if you are going to work with VCs then you need to be realistic regarding what their business is. They must deliver a return to their investors. Be real about it and don’t get your feelings hurt if they treat you like an investment and not like a friend. Read the full article »
Earlier this year I interviewed Jean Cholka, president and CEO of Freeborders, an outsourcing company with most of its delivery team based in China. Jean joined Freeboarders in 2007 after seven years at Kanbay, where she held various executive positions including president – North America, executive vice president – global client relationships, and chief people officer. Her accomplishments at Kanbay included helping the company achieve a 200% increase in revenue within four years, while increasing profitability by 15%. Kanbay was named among the top 100 (55th) information technology employers in 2004 and top 10 IPOs in 2004. Prior to Kanbay, Jean held a variety of executive positions at Sears, Roebuck and Company and Ameritech (now part of AT&T).
Tony: Jean, can you start by give me a bit of your background in the outsourcing world? How did you come to Kanbay, and what made you decide to join them – and then how did you get to Freeborders? Read the full article »
Irina: Nurture Talent workshops are live, right? They’re not online?
Amit: They are not online. We are going to start our online training programs in the near future, but these workshops are completely offline as of now.
Every Saturday we take a conference room and anywhere from ten to thirty people come for these workshops. We spend a full day on going through exercises, question and answer periods, and personal discussion. We guide them on early-stage business concerns and how to proceed. Read the full article »
