PC Quest 20091201 Scan03 Hot Jobs 2010

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Even though the recovery from the economic downturn is still debatable, the outlook seems positive with more and more enterprises interested in deploying IT for streamlining their processes. Professionals who understand industry dynamics and who can see the big picture would find more takers.

J2EE and .NET are evergreen because they use an intermediate layer (JVM and CLR respectively) that keeps getting optimized for new hardware without the software having to be rewritten. Umesh Wason has rightly pointed out the need for greater technical experience, GUI development skills and for development of hand-held device apps.

PC Quest 20091201 Scan02 Web 3.0

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Till now, human beings had to tell machines what to do, which the machines then did faithfully and rapidly. But this model is getting stretched to the limit by the Internet, which is generating too much data for humans to track on their own. Web 3.0 is the name given to the so-called Semantic Web where machines are able to make sense of data because it is enclosed in special tags. This is the reason Web 3.0 is centered around APIs and web services.

It is not a magical wand that would solve all our problems. Rather it is the beginning of a more intense machine processing of information than has been carried out till now. The overall aim is to bring the information overload we are all suffering from down to something our brains can handle.

PC Quest 20091201 Scan01 Real Time Collaboration

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In any business setup and especially across Enterprises, collaboration is most critical in enhancing productivity. Earlier, with phone calls, then email, then mobile phones and laptops, collaboration had seen quantum jumps but with the Internet have come not just cost savings but also convergence. It is now possible not just to talk and send messages and files but do it all in real time and within a single framework.

PCQuest 20091101 Scan02 Users Choice Awards

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The survey questionnaire sought information on the following 5 basic areas:
1. 'Top of Mind recall' for various brands in each product category.
2. Primary brand owned.
3. Brand preference for future purchase.
4. Reasons for using current brand.
5. Reasons for preference of future brand.

PCQuest 20091101 Scan01 Users Choice Awards

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Find out which IT brands are ruling the minds of key IT decision makers across Indian enterprises, how brand loyalties are shifting, and reasons for the same, along with analysis of various brand strengths across seven potential industry verticals.