'The present-day developers prefer to focus on the new-age languages ...'

COBOL — ‘going strong'

Travelling backwards more than fifty years in computing is perhaps as stretched as rewinding by as many centuries in travel or commerce, politics or cuisine; but that's what happened when I met Ashish Masand a few weeks ago. For, we were discussing COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language), one of the oldest programming languages.

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'The real customer for AMI is the platform manufacturer '

‘Big role for BIOS, boss’

While most people tend to stop with bland statements, such as innovation is key in the technology industry, S. Shankar, President and CEO of the US-based American Megatrends ( http://www.ami.com/), goes a step further. We should be talking not just about the adoption of new technologies but about the experience of choosing the ones that are key to the customer’s needs, he explains, during an interaction

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'Database security is a controversial and important topic for all CIOs'

‘Wrong technology can mean poor ROI’

Currently, the absence of a 3G/4G next generation network within India
has slowed down the process of adopting mobile applications, feels Sunil Jose, Managing Director, India & Sub-Continent Region, Sybase Software (India) Pvt Ltd, Mumbai ( http://www.sybase.in/).
With the impending announcements of the 3G-rollout across India, this scenario is bound to change, he adds, during a recent interaction with eWorld. “Telco operator VAS (value added services) departments are sure to change their strategies and seek more revenue from mobile application deployments.”

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'Indian e-commerce volumes are still low compared to the world markets'

`E-com, still the next big thing in India'

One good thing about successful entrepreneurs is the resilience with which they cope with their problems. And, interestingly, even long after the dust has settled and their deep cuts have become shiny scars, there is the unmistakable involvement with which these entrepreneurs recount their battles, list the takeaways, and reason out the venturesome trajectories.
Nishanth Chandran, Co-founder and Executive Director, E-Billing Solutions Pvt Ltd, Chennai (www.ebs.in), whom I met on a crisp morning in Nageswara Rao Park a few weeks ago, provided me with all that over a two-hour interaction.

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A Code of practice is not used for certification purpose, but serves as guidance

Managing risk by design

Information security (IS) is a topic of continuing interest. For instance, “Lax security left employees’ data vulnerable,” reports Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Universities and their students can be identity theft hacker’s ‘Dream’,” cautions Reuters. And guardian.co.uk talks about ‘Huge rise in cash-machine crime.’ Guiding organisations in information security are standards in this space, such as the ISO 27001:2005. As a trainer in information security standards, Govind Srinivasan, CEO, Paramount Dataware Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, ( http://www.paramountworld.com/) interacted with Business Line to explain the related issues.

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In the current state, it is a highly people-based business with a lot of unnecessary forwarding points.

Build efficiency into realty — with IT

Property business is generally perceived to be a murky one. The image associated with key players is one of flashy cars, smooth talking, dream weaving, and a generous waving of hands to offer a free view of gold and precious stones on their person.
The young man in front of me that Saturday morning in Nageswara Rao Park (a popular spot of green in Luz, Chennai) seemed to fail on all those parameters: Biju Savindran, Director of SA Metroplots Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based real-estate solutions company ( http://www.metroplots.com/), is an MS in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University, with work experience as Member Technical Staff in HCL Technologies, Software Developer in Tata Consultancy Services, Business Process Management Consultant in Project Performance Corporation, and Computational Finance Teaching Assistant in Tepper School of Business.

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'It will be difficult to compare India and Sri Lanka on the IT destination front...'

IT, key business enabler in downturn

In today’s difficult environment, prudence in spending is driving organisations to cut costs, and IT (information technology) is helping them to make that possible, says Yamajala Krishna Murty, Vice-President and India Centre Head, Virtusa (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad ( http://www.virtusa.com/). Over the last decade or so, IT has been central to the way an organisation runs, and the current economic recession has reinforced IT to be the key business enabler, he avers during a recent interaction with eWorld.

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