After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
Did we miss the DeepState's Brazil Model in action in India in 2004 and 2009, asks Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Brazil's then President Dilma Rousseff with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the......
I was personally rather astonished to hear that Sun Microsystems and Microsoft had buried the hatchet in their long running war of words. This startled me, because I had become used to Sun being......
An Indian computer programmer was convicted on Wednesday by a federal jury of planting a virus on Fannie Mae computer servers to destroy theAmericanmortgage giant's data. Rajendrasinh Babubhai......
The digital revolution in education is coming at a most opportune time for India. Leadership in this is something India could seize, if only it had the vision, feels Rajeev Srinivasan. Part I: Why......
HCL Technologies on Monday said its founder Shiv Nadar will take on the role of Chairman Emeritus and Strategic Advisor to the company's board. Nadar, chief strategy officer and managing director......
Campuses have witnessed a growing demand for technical and digital skills, even from conventional, non-digital sectors such as coal, energy and shipping and marine. Illustration: Dominic......
Last week, the whole world mourned the death of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. As sad is the event, very few noticed the death of another computer visionary - Dennis Ritchie. Dennis......
The processes that create a seven per cent-plus GDP growth rate without a similar growth in jobs are far from fully understood, says Ajit Balakrishnan. No topic engages the attention......
The spectacle of young men and women imbued with a get-rich-quick ethos and dreams of laziness is disturbing, notes Ajay Shah Everyone loves the computer revolution. We extol the greatness......