Where to try Madoff and Satyam's Raju? Texas!
60 Years for Texas Ponzi SchemerTexas is not a place where you want to be tried for crimes. Take it from someone who lived most his life there, criminality is very much frowned upon there.
Software & Services Safari
Many writers explore just one tech sector. Brian looks at the entire tech ecosystem to better understand the often conflicted relationships between software vendors, integrators, outsourcers and more.
Brian Sommer
Brian is currently CEO of TechVentive, a strategy consultancy serving technology providers and other firms. He is also a research analyst with Vital Analysis.
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Satyam – Can anything be trusted in Raju’s resignation letter?
Why he couldn’t have acted aloneAccording to the Financial Times, former Satyam chairman Raju may have been quite busy in the deception he orchestrated. In this article, we learn that:The former chairman of Satyam Computer Services inflated the size of the outsourcing company’s workforce by nearly one-quarter and siphoned off the wages of the fake employees, Indian authorities have claimed.
PPM & IT Management – is now finally the time?
Best Practice in IT Management - Has PPM's time come?PPM (Project Portfolio Management) software products have been around several years now.
Using Web 2.0 to Extend Your Firm’s Brand
CEO InterviewA couple of weeks ago, I chatted with Oren Michels of Mashery and that conversation is still rattling around my mind. Why?
NetSuite & Salesforce.com Integration
A PSA and CRM Link-upLast week, NetSuite made a number of announcements regarding their OpenAir PSA (Professional Services Automation) solution and the integration this product line has with Salesforce.com’s CRM product line.
Ethics and Indian services firms
What was going on at the World Bank?Check out this piece in the Guardian.
Layoffs at large software firms - Fact or Fiction?
Did SAP & Oracle cut loose staff?There have been a number of web sites reporting planned or executed layoffs at various software firms.
SAP & Oracle - Settling or Nettling?
Psst - Hey, what kind of margin is that software getting?The long-running dispute between SAP and Oracle over the TomorrowNow case is moving to a settlement stage but not without some fireworks along the way.
More Litigation for Satyam & trouble for their ex-CFO & PWC
What you can learn from a court filing and some news storiesThis weekend, I read about (by my count) the fourth class action suit being filed against Satyam, its management and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC). This particular filing Satyam court filinghas a very up-to-date and complete chronology of events in it and provides a great backgrounder for anyone just catching up on the Satyam situation.
Will the Satyam incident spur real change?
Indian Media Sees Overly Kind Treatment of Ex-ChairmanThe Hindu today reported that former Satyam Chairman Ramalinga Raju has been treated with "white gloves". Specifically, the former executive has been given a very different treatment than that encountered by another famous Indian executive involved in a less spectacular situation.