Toluu : deal architect

The only good thing about the Satyam saga...Today: ...is it did not happen last year.As I wrote earlier, the Satyam meltdown will have its customers scampering. But the offshoring market has cooled down substantially. As I wrote a few weeks ago"the rupee has depreciated (so the firms make...
SaaS and vendor viability concernsJanuary 5: Every disruptive technology has powerful enemies. Over the last few years, SaaS has battled a cynical Wall Street, FUD from on-premise software vendors, lack of support from systems integrators and outsourcers who have vested interests in sustaining their larger on-premise...
Tradition versus technologyJanuary 4: Football (the N. American version) is probably the most accepting of new technology as I wrote on the New Florence blog. Instant replays, jumbotrons, helmets with communication devices and much more.But as the playoffs kick off, The New York Times...
Weekend Stuff: Reverse PsychologyJanuary 3: Poor Chrysler. It spends plenty on a "Thank You, America" ad after the recent bailout loans were approved and its blog is flooded with comments such as "You took my hard earned tax dollars without congressional approval. This is not...
How will history judge 2008?December 31 2008: This time of the year my family is into movies. But the teenagers, ours and the visiting ones, and the grown-ups have really outdone themselves this time around. Slumdog movies, movies about dogs, dogs of movies - one of us...