Outsourcing: Martin Migoya, CEO Of Globant (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: Who are your competitors and how do you compete with India’s players? There are players in India who are also focusing on these kinds of niche applications. They have different cost  structures, and in terms of cost structure, India still has an advantage over Latin

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Outsourcing: Martin Migoya, CEO Of Globant (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. I have spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires. One of the observations you are making is that there is more of an artistic blend, I suppose, in the workforce that you are trying to hire, and that workforce one that sits on the cusp of design and technology and is

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Outsourcing: Martin Migoya, CEO Of Globant (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and Rajesh Nair Sramana Mitra: You are all over Argentina, so is the workforce in Argentina more distributed? Is the talent pool you are trying to tap more distributed? Martin Migoya: No, it is not that way. For the most part, we grew first in Argentina; hence, we are distributed there and

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The Apps Store Wars

By Guest Author Saad Fazil Apple’s iPhone has triggered “apps store” wars (with the iPhone as the clear leader so far), with almost every major mobile platform vendor now launching its version of an apps store. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to even remember their names: Google’s “apps store” is called Android Marketplace, RIM’s is called

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Deal Radar 2009: Life:WIRE

Life:WIRE offers a cost-effective solution for users to proactively manage their disease and health conditions by giving any regular cell phone the capability to be a health management tool. This web-driven solution is gaining traction in the market through case management trials and research studies. 

Deal Radar 2009: SnapMyLife

SnapMyLife, a mobile social media site, was founded in April 2008 by George Grey and David Chang. The company was initially a side ‘project’ on their first venture, mobile content directory Mobicious.com, when they noticed that many users were submitting their own user-generated content to the site. The ‘project’ took off immediately and soon became the pair’s

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