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Saturday, January 31, 2004

Singapore annouces variable pay guidelines

Singapore annouces variable pay guidelines- expected to be implemented by this year end Singapore, one of the few developed nation in Asia, annouces variable pay structure to remain competitive. Singapore worried about its future is initiating a lot of measures to bring down the cost structure and maintain competitiveness

India booming but not for everyone says IHT

The economic restructuring of the last decade had finally taken root and helped Indian industry become globally competitive Interestingly,while the GDP is growing at 8%+, not even 2 percent of the Indian population has been directly affected by the boom, and point to the abysmal state of infrastructure in urban centers and the stark poverty in the villages.The challenge is making the growth more broadbased, easier said than done given the distribution of employed across organised and unorganised sectors and the need for enterprises to look more competitve.

Friday, January 30, 2004

Amazon and Ebay - opposite approach towards growth

Via washingtonpost - A very intersting study in contrast between Amazon and EbayEBay and Amazon.com, the Internet's top two e-commerce sites, are taking opposite approaches to growth. EBay raised its prices this month for the fourth year in a row, while Amazon renewed its pledge to keep cutting prices even if it means lower profits and more.

Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Cisco Chief Calls Productivity New Engine of Wealth -Via Rajesh

The next big thing in technology is going to change dramatically our standard of living,If productivity grows 1 percent per year, your standard of living doubles every 72 years. If it grows at 3 percent, which I think is probable, you're talking every 24 years - John F.Chambers, CISCO in NY Times Interesting article that include other observations like -There is a massive shift in wealth from West to East; Can innovation fill in displaced jobs in the western markets etc..

Usability analysis of US presidential campaign sites

This is a nice comparitive analysis of US presidential campaign analysis by a well known usability expert - Jesse James Garrett also called JJ Adaptivepath, the company that has published this report is one of my favourite places to visit - years ago when I was trying to understand websites - one of the frequent places I used to visit used to be this site and blogs associated with key people of the company like peterme.com.

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

The utility business model and future of computing business

IBM Research - The utility business model and its future role in computing A scholarly perspective of utility computing with a good historical view.

chinese product to compete against Microsoft office

Evermore's product product combines traditional productivity suite components into one application This is indeed interesting -- can you guess about the outcome in let's say 2 years from now - even if Evermore captures 10% of the world market - it could qualify to be called a success and what would be the implication if Evermore captures 25% plus in the chinese market....

The Four bases of organisational DNA - Execution culture in organisations

Trait by trait, companies can evolve their own execution cultures Consultants from Booz, Allen and Hamilton argue that the execution culture of an organisation rests fundamentally in the organisation structure. No company may ever totally master the enigma of execution. But the most resilient and consistently successful ones have discovered that the devil is in the details of organization. For them, organizing to execute has truly become a competitive edge concludes the report - A good report

Billion Dollar outsourcing on the rise!!

Datamonitor Study shows number of deals with a value greater than $100 million increased by 49 percent to 244, and deals worth more than $1 billion more than doubled to 29 Outsourcing has to be played differently - moreso when the government spending has doubled and there is a big surge in mega deals -IBM leads the list of service providers here - Very interesting report.

Hongkong is bouncing back?

A Boom Built By Beijing Hong Kong is coming back, thanks mainly to China's largesse

Monday, January 26, 2004

We shall end spam in 2 years : Bill Gates

Gates aims to wipe out spam Mr Gates' plans for anti-spam software include the inclusion of "human challenges" which force the e-mail sender to solve a puzzle or the computer sending the message to do a simple computation. This would be easy for a machine sending a few e-mails, but expensive and difficult when dealing with lots of spam. "The ultimate solution would be to make senders of e-mail pay a fee if their mail was rejected as spam. "Payment at risk", the electronic equivalent of a stamp, would not deter genuine e-mailers who would be confident their mail would be accepted, Mr Gates said

Sunday, January 25, 2004

Amazon can now recommend restaurants for you

Amazon.con can now recommend restaurants in US locations! ( Via Seth Godin) I have long tracked Amazon for various initiatives - several path breaking moves have propelled Amazon into a powerhouse that it is now. I wonder why Amazon does not want to have a footprint in Asia - why not set up an amazon warehouse in an Asian City - say Singapore or Hong kong?

NY TIMES special report on India's space program

The New York Times has published a special report on India's space program today.

Fedex charts growth initiatives

Six Degrees of preparation- Initiative at Fedex The initiative, called the 6x6 Transformation, aims to keep FEDEX nimble in the face of fast-changing customer needs - Proof that best performing companies keep investing in new initatives to become more competitive, change with the changing times and prepare to cover more ground. Fedex is always an inspiring company to watch - more so with new initiatives like this.

Ambition Syndrome and leading a meaningful and enjoyable life Mahesh Murthy's column in businessworld is known for its contrarian perspective - In this article Mahesh talks about finding happiness in measured steps - A simple idea expressed in a very nice way

Use amazon to donate for political campaigns

visitors to Amazon can use a feature to contribute up to $200 to their favorite U.S. presidential candidate. The megaretailer quietly launched the service late Thursday night to--in the company's own words--take "the friction out of grassroots contributions to presidential candidates." Amazon shall charge 5% service charge for this service!!

Micheal Dell speaks

Dell- Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers Dell is a fascinating company and is clearly poised to do much better in the months to come - a very down to earth speaking founder Michael Dell's interview

IT industry falling margins

IT companies are readjusting to a new thing - falling margins This is perhaps a sign of the industry maturing. This is perhaps headed downwards towards parity in margins with other industries..

Friday, January 23, 2004

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