Is there a US recession? If yes, is it going to affect India? In a candid interview with Vijay Subramanyam, Director - IT Advisory, KPMG, Prasad Ramasubramanian of CyberMedia News try to get some answers on possible recession.

Becoming more and more relevant to customer is name of the game, says N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor, Infosys, in an interaction with Pradeep Chakraborty, Executive Editor, CIOL. According to Narayana Murthy, companies of the future would have to focus even more on business value to customers, as he takes us through a journey of Infosys' past, present and future.

What does it mean to be a consummate entrepreneur? You might ask Sashi Reddi, founder, chairman, and CEO of AppLabs, a global IT services company specializing in testing, development, and certification solutions. Sashi has founded three companies since entering the workforce, and despite experiencing his share of lumps during the "DotBomb" explosion, he emerged to found his current, successful venture, and willing to share what he's learned from some of his hard-won experiences.

In this candid interview, Reddi shares his views on globalization, trends he is seeing in the software industry, and some of the joys and pitfalls of choosing the career path seldom taken, that of a "serial entrepreneur."

In the latest edition of Tech India Update, we have the father of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee as a guest and he talks about how India could play an important role in the evolution of WWW. Also, we touch upon the single biggest issue that is bothering the Indian IT industry, the rise of the Rupee.

This episode of the Cybercast features a discussion on Innovation Roadmap '07 with Pradeep Nair, Director, IBM Software Group, India/South Asia.

He is responsible for sales and support of IBM's software products and services in India. He's been involved with the software business in a variety of markets, having previously worked with IBM's regional team in ASEAN/SA in multiple roles.

In the latest edition of Tech India Update, we will talk about YouTube's latest move of launching an international edition. The Google subsidiary has gained immense popularity but can it sustain it is the big question. Also, let's touch upon the emerging mobile story in India, which seems to be getting better with each passing day.

This edition of Tech India Update, discusses the change of guard at Yahoo! and whether the Internet giant can reclaim the ground it has lost. Also this episode touches upon the latest DQ-IDC Tech School Survey and its key findings.

It has been 13 years since the Mp3 music format has come into being and it has affected our lives in ways we had not imagined. In this Tech India Update webisode we wish our good ol' Mp3 a long and musical life ahead.

On the domestic front, big companies are increasingly hiring foreign interns. What could be the implications and the reasons for doing so?

In this edition of Tech India Update, we talk about the second Browser War that has just got complicated with Apple launching Safari for Windows, what are the implications for Microsoft IE and options for Mozilla Firefox. And also discuss whether India can garner 15% of the global KPO business by 2010.

With the recent declaration of results by the IT companies in India, one thing is for sure, the bandwagon seems to be on the right track. This TIU websiode covers the performance of different companies, like TCS, Wipro and Infosys. Also we talk about the massacre at Virginia Tech and how one of the victim's profile at Orkut was deleted on her family's wish.

In the latest Tech India Update Webisode, we talk about the first nerd in space, namely Charles Simonyi, also renowned as the inventor of Microsoft Applications. This time round, Soumitra Dutta, co-editor of the Global Information Technology Report, speaks from Paris and shares his views on the latest report released by the World Economic Forum. Meanwhile, Pratima Harigunani takes to the streets of Pune and finds out what people think about the latest scandal at Orkut.
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The World Economic Forum recently released the Global Network Readiness Index Report in which India was ranked at 44. Do we need to be proud or ashamed is an argument that plays on the latest TIU webisode. Plus, we have the poster boy of Indian IT, Pradeep Kar, founder of Microland but famous as the man who bought the first page of Times of India for the launch of Indya.com. Hear now.

Recently Forrester Research released a report, ‘Polarization of offshore vendors' that analyses the trends in the IT industry. Prasanto Kumar Roy, group editor, Dataquest Group, CyberMedia, talks about the implications thrown by the report, and he does not believe that the grand Indian IT story is an over hype. Listen on.

In this week's TIU cybercast, Lord Chris Patten, chancellor Oxford University and last colonial governor of Hong Kong, speaks to Shashwat Chaturvedi on how the world needs both India and China to succeed, why the current BPO industry is not another form of western imperialism and why he thinks that the 'world isn't flat'. Plus the other regulars like PKR on polarization of offshore vendors and other news. Listen on.

The index finger seems to be up on P Chidambaram's budgetary levies on the IT industry. Everyone from Kiran Karnik (president, NASSCOM) to LC Singh (CEO, Nihilent) decry the imposition of Minimum Alternate Tax or MAT. In a Budget special on Tech India Update, Karnik, Singh, KR Naik (MD, D-Link India), R. Chandrashekar (JT. Secy. (eGovernance), GOI & DIT), and Prasanto Kumar Roy (group editor, Dataquest Group) share their views on the latest budget.

Prasanto Kumar Roy, group editor, Dataquest Group, CyberMedia is renowned for his forthright and proficient views on things that matter to the IT industry. In an interaction with Shashwat Chaturvedi, he shares his candid view on the Union Budget and separates the wheat from the chaff, so as to say.

Budget will adversely impact the IT industry, says Nasscom president Kiran Karnik in an exclusive interview with Shashwat Chaturvedi from CyberMedia News.

Welcome to the second episode of Tech India Update from CyberMedia News. This episode talks about the new semiconductor policy and its effect on the industry. Our guest this time is Vinod Dham, the father of the Pentium, who shares his thoughts on the role of innovation and the opportunities the semiconductor industry throws up for the country. Additionally, we have a segment on the high-potential animation industry, besides Dell's green crusade.

In this first episode of TIU, hosted by Shashwat Chaturvedi and Nelson Johny, there is the detailed discussion on the emerging trends of 2007, Time person of the year award and a brief bit on rural mobility. Prasanto Kumar Roy, president and Group Editor, CyberMedia will also be talking about the demise of Sunil Mehta, senior vice president, NASSCOM, and what it means for the IT industry.