Face recognition system

And an innovation centre in Mumbai has also come up recently to add to this list. Adds Rahul Aggarwal, VP, Global Marketing Hub & India Marketing, Lenovo, “The company believes in making the best engineered products.” He mentions at length the superior, innovative additions in Lenovo desktops, “The think light for reading in the dark, the face recognition system, the hard disc protection system, the jog dial for quickly moving from music to movies to photos, the roll cage for protecting the screen…” The IBM effect is still visible here. Then, one wonders, what gives Lenovo a better chance than IBM, which was always famed for these technologies, but failed to convert them into market gains. Here, Rahul clarifies, “IBM’s focus was slowly shifting towards large enterprises, services and soft ware. In client PC segment, on the other hand, the rules of the game had changed...” This, according to him, is where the Chinese edge is helping now.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Clebration honoring

Several years ago, we attended a celebration honoring the 50 fastest-growing entrepreneurial ventures in the Atlanta area. Th e room buzzed with excitement as everyone waited to hear who would get the top award. Th e winner ended up being a three-year-old company that had discovered a better way to de-ice airplanes. Undoubtedly, the company had great leadership, but its revenues were growing 55% a year because it had an idea that changed the market. Look, all around the world, we’ve seen successful entrepreneurs, young and old, literally changing the world for the better. So we don’t want to dissuade you from going out on your own. Just know that there is more to being an entrepreneur than meets the imagination. And there’s a lot less without a great idea to start with.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

And while we were debating over the sad plight of localites in this area, Raju, a labourer in one of the units blurted in a fit of agony, “Why would any one go and fight for us? They are earning so much. Due to this noise pollution, many people residing here suffer from listening problems and throat problems as well.” While returning, we saw an open area toxic waste garbage heap and that too amidst a domestic area at Tikiapara which has industrial units on one side and residential area on the other. Hence, lack of proper waste management & pollution control means, were the only truth we could talk of.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Disassociating

Of course, as Murthy is disassociating himself, the company’s brand image has slipped a few points too. Yet, what distinguishes Infosys from the rest is that “it doesn’t come from a rich parent; it comes from a one room apartment,” says Indus- View’s analyst Akshun Gulati. So, Infosys may have slipped from Rank 4 to Rank 6, but remains firmly etched in the minds of the common Indian as the country rides the IT wave. Nilekani clearly can keep this ship’s engine gunning.

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YOUNGEST & FASTEST GROWING BRAND OF 2006-07

• Kingfi sher Airlines
• Reliance Infocomm
• Wills Lifestyle

Youthful and spirited – a combination of character that can offset growth of even the most seasoned of foes. And when we look at the names in the category of the youngest and fastest growing brands in India, we conclude that Kingfisher Airlines (known for its spell-binding and exemplar service), Reliance Infocomm (which has spread its wings beyond just mobile service and within a short time has created waves in CDMA category) and Wills Lifestyle(ITC’s apparel brand which has redefined fashion) – all rightfully deserve a place in the list.

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SBI's Operations

Yet, sheer size of SBI’s operations, helps SBI leverage and feed on the ever growing appetite of Indian business and consumer. Plus, in an industry, here one is allowed to do business worth Rs.100 with just Rs.8 in the pocket, you need players, who can withstand crests and troughs of business cycle. And SBI, which just celebrated it’s bi-centenary celebrations, is a testimony of the resilience that bank craves. Like arch rival ICICI, SBI is building a war chest of funds. The bank plans to offload a part of the promoters’ holding by way of a Follow-on public issue in the current fiscal to fund credit growth and keep pace with technological upgradations. This one’s all about pure banking, no frills attached.

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The next version (of internet)

The next version (of Internet) brought with it Google, Yahoo, Technorati, Digg, Del.ici.ous networks and the likes to organise the data strewn all over the place. We suddenly could search through tonnes of data. We could tag our websites and allow users to discover us without any advertising help. Social networks like MySpace, Orkut and Facebook brought us closer, or at least attempted to, by giving our ‘real’ lives a mirror image on the net. At the same time, massively multi-player online games (MMOGS), which are like the earlier versions of Sims or The Age of Empires, attempted to build communities based on ‘surreal’ lives. Online concepts like SecondLife and Active Worlds, went innovatively tangential, allowing avatar-based profile-building in online worlds, based on concepts similar to those on earth, some say akin to the Matrix trilogy – the famed movie series by the Wachowski brothers. Unlike virtual multi-player gaming concepts, the impact of recreating the real life experience has been so powerful and empowering that let alone individuals, even corporations have started building their virtual offices.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative