Deal Radar 2009: Wirkle

By Guest Author Shailesh Otari Wirkle is a mobile consulting firm specializing in the end-to-end development of mobile applications. The company provides application development (both client- and server-side) on a host of platforms such as the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. Applications range from social networking to enterprise productivity. The company was founded by Varun Khurana,

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Conservation of the Urban Identity (Part 3): Cultural Tourism

By Guest Author Vaswar Mitra The Indian state of Rajasthan, a conglomerate of princely provinces, is dotted with palaces belonging to former royalty who were fast losing their means of income after India gained its independence in 1947. Through the help of private and government initiatives, many of these old palaces have been converted into

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Shailesh Otari

Shailesh Otari is an MBA student at Boston University. Prior to his MBA, he worked as a project lead at Syntel Consulting Inc. His expertise include systems and business analysis. Shailesh is passionate about new IT ventures and entrepreneurship in emerging economies. Deal Radar 2010: WebyogDeal Radar 2009: ClearpathDeal Radar 2009: WirkleDeal Radar 2009: OrangescapeDeal

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Food Entrepreneurs: Sugardaddy’s

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Brownie lovers, this is for you! Our food entrepreneur series continues with the story of Mark Ballard and Tom Finney, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Sugardaddy’s Sumptuous Sweeties, an award-winning company that has redefined the “cozy, American classic brownie into a truly luxury dessert indulgence, gifting, and special occasion experience.”

Intel vs. ARM: In the Smartphone Era (Part 5)

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala It is a tremendous victory to ARM’s business model that the Cambridge, UK-based company (with a market capitalization of $3.2 billion, $550 million in revenue and 1,740 employees) is causing executives at Intel (the semiconductor behemoth with market capitalization of $106 billion, $32.8 billion in revenue, and 83,900 employees) to

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Intel vs. ARM: In the Smartphone Era (Part 4)

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Licensees ARM licensees comprise big and small IC vendors. They can be broadly classified into two groups: those that build around ARM cores and those that develop their own CPU implementation compliant to ARM instruction set architecture. The former group covers implementation licensees such as TI, Broadcom, and NXP,

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Intel vs. ARM: In the Smartphone Era (Part 3)

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Software and OS As the adage goes, “Software sells hardware.” Apple probably knows this best, but Intel understands it as well. Intel acquired Wind River in an effort to spruce up its offerings outside of the PC market.

Intel vs. ARM: In the Smartphone Era (Part 2)

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala The landscape of computing is undergoing a fundamental change. Mobile computing is gaining ground at the expense of traditional desktop-based computing. Computers are no longer merely productivity tools; they are increasingly being used for communication, networking, and entertainment on the go. To be sure, powerful desktops will still be

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