Open-source products are great. But know the limitations before you use it.
Apart from doing software / web development on Open-source platform, Indus Net Technologies also customize and implement open-source products for clients on demand. Some popular (and free) open-source products are SugarCRM, Drupal, osCommerce for CRM, content management and e-commerce respectively. IMHO, these are some limitations that I have observed. It is important to know them […]
Offshore outsourcing in India – going through a tough time.
Offshore outsourcing – a concept that made IT & India synonmous with each other in the first decade of 21st century is loosing its glamour quotient consistently. It seems that by 2010, hundreds of software companies will run out of steam as they loose their competitiveness in the ever changing industry, since their business model has […]
SEZs are not good for Small & Medium sized IT Enterprises
With the uncertainty over the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme after the union budget, a mad rush towards Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is very much expected. I have been studying about SEZ or last three weeks and two things are very clear – The SEZ Act is under constant change. So whatever is stated […]
Virtual Tables – A problem solving technique for small networking groups
Among all the social-business networking sites, I find Ecademy and LinkedIn to be the best ones. Ecademy is my favorite since it has very nicely integrated offline networking in its system which results in creating trusted networks. I experienced a very nice group-problem-solving technique called Virtual Tables during an offline networking event organized by Ecademy. I found […]
Take a positive attitude to work
I often hear from people: I hate my job. I don’t feel like going to work. I have no excitement in my career. It is the same old grind. This happens more so often because most people are doing things that they never wanted to do in their professional life. I have written about this problem […]
Can entrepreneurship be taught?
I was recently speaking on "Myths & Facts of Entrepreneurship" in Entrepreneurship Summit 2007 at IIT Kharagpur (KGP) on behalf of NEN. Overall, the event was nice, but it made me think over few points. 1. Can we really teach entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship, as I see is, An instinct, An attitude to create something new, An activity […]
Visiting London from 13th October till 23rd October 2007
Hello Friends, I will be visiting London from 13th October till 23rd October for some business meetings. If you – are an existing client of Indus Net Technologies (or any of our service brand) OR are a business considering outsourcing your web design, web development or Internet marketing business OR just want to meet up […]
Effectiveness of online candidate search databases offered by job sites
IMHO, online candidate search is a great service. I currently use two such websites and shell out almost $5000 per annum for the same. I always do a solid cost / benefit analysis and I have found that I am saving almost $15-$20K on my recruitment cost alone. We manage to find decent candidates. However there […]
The Hari Sadu advertisement – Instilling the right culture?
Everyone who watches television in India must have come across the "Hari Sadu" advertisement aired by Naukri.com. This ad became very popular for its creativity and also won the award from the Advertising Club Kolkata. Here is the full story board followed by the video of the ad. There has been a lot of controversy around the […]
Businesses can never be in equilibrium
Business organizations can never be in equilibrium or achieve stable position. Either they are moving up or they are moving down, depending upon their innovation quotient. If you are trying to keep things stable, they won’t remain so. You will slowly slide down simply because: there is no exclusivity, competition will catch up on the technology […]
