tech-industry on S Anand

Who is afraid of Google

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Business continuity planning

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:00:00 +0000

The Economist on Business Continuity Planning.

The effect on Ericsson, a Swedish mobile-phone company, of a fire in a New Mexico chipmaking plant belonging to the Dutch firm Philips, has become a legend. The fire, in March 2000, started by a bolt of lightning, lasted less than 10 minutes, but it caused havoc to the super-clean environment that chipmaking requires. Ericsson, unable to find an alternative source of supply, went on to report a loss of over $2 billion in its mobile-phone division that year, a loss that left it as an also-ran in an industry where it had once been a leader.

Bottom line

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Bottom line. A blog on the economics of IT.

Consulting Central ranking

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Having seen a bit of it from the inside, I agree with Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting companies.

Impact of the US slowdown

Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:00:00 +0000

With the US economy slowing down, the need for technology workers has dropped 44%. Those with H1-B visas, and body shoppers, are facing the brunt.

Amazon handing out stock options to laid off employees

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Amazon is handing out stock options to laid off employees. That’s a good one!

Write on computers

Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I thought the next generation devices would use voice input. But maybe written is more likely. You can write on IBM’s Thinkpad and on Sony’s VAIO desktop.