Our top story is from Mumbai where Web18 Software Services Ltd, which is part of the TV18 Group in India received $10 million in funding from Tracer Capital. We have an exclusive interview with Surya Mantha, who recently joined Web18 as its new CEO.

The senior police officer, currently director, cybersecurity, at NASSCOM, India’s IT industry heavyweight association, talks about bringing about awareness on security issues to various stakeholders, including law enforcement, commerce and industry, users and foreign organisations outsourcing work into India.

About Vickram:
Vickram Crishna, a graduate of IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta, has worked in and around the Indian technology sector for three decades, including ten years spent in mainstream media. His stint as deputy editor at the fortnightly Business India, industry’s reference point, witnessed the desktop PC in India in the mid-90s mature from its niche to the mainstay of India’s booming business sector. Meeting the global industry’s major movers and shakers, from Bill Gates to Eric Schmidt, complemented the galaxy of Indian IT majors with whom he often interacted.

Philipp Bodzenta, director of global marketing communications for Coke tells how 30 bloggers in more than 15 countries (working all in one flat in Berlin) blog for Coke and football. The initiative pushes social media and user participation in marketing to a new level.

For more info:
WeAllSpeakFootball.com

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Dr. Shashi Tharoor is the Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations.

“In a world where groups and even nations have little or no hope of reaping the benefits of globalization, who can be surprised that they view it as something to be derided and ...

Dr. Shashi Tharoor is the Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations. He spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at TiEcon 2006 about the concept of global imagination and the role that technology would take in creating it.

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TiEcon.org

Polycom announces a Skype client for Skype. The first joint product from this alliance is the Polycom Communicator(TM), a Skype Certified, co-branded USB speakerphone that leverages Polycom’s renowned Acoustic Clarity Technology(TM) to deliver hands- free, natural, two-way voice communication for Skype voice and video conversations, without echoes or feedback. ...

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I had a chance to sit down with VoIP guru Opher Kahane. Opher Kahane is vice president, voice technologies at Juniper Networks, where he oversees VoIP strategy. Before its purchase by Juniper, Mr. Kahane co-founded Kagoor Networks, acting as its CEO and primary driver behind the session border control ...

Sandy Berger the former National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton and sat down for a podcast at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit to talk about the intersection between technology, national security, and the globalization of economies and government.

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