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Minding Your Manners on The Internet
Published in ‘Times Computing’ on 19th July 2000Where are your manners young Man – A phrase we are all too familiar with in our younger days. Well it’s here to haunt you again if you are a new entrant to the dynamic world of the Internet. And if you are planning to be a law-abiding netizen you need to read on to discover the world of Netiquette. Look up the dictionary for the meaning of Etiquette and you would come up with – the forms required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be required in social or official Life. So what then is Netiquette, well simply said its network etiquette. In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules that govern how one should behave on-line. If you are new to cyberspace culture you are bound to make a few mistakes and social blunders. There is a chance you may offend someone without meaning to or even worse, you may misunderstand someone and take offence of it when its not been intended. The problem with the net is that most people tend to forget that they are interacting with a real person on the other end and could land up being insensitive to this fact. Some basics of Netiquette may seem very obvious but its surprising how we conveniently forget these tiny details which help to lead a smooth and harmonious existence in cyberspace.
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Welcome to the boomtime rap
Published in ‘The Economic Times’ and ‘ The education times’ on 19th June 2000AS COMPETITION hots up companies have realized the need to concentrate on core competencies. Corporate houses are now leaving unrelated activities to specialized organizations. This practice has created a market for outsourcing IT-enabled services. IT-enabled services are IT-based, decision-enabling and deliver services from a remote base through high-speed telecom links. India is emerging as a preferred destination for IT-enabled services largely because it has a 12-hour lead from the American subcontinent, it has a huge, cheap, English speaking computer-literate work force. Industry experts estimate the IT-enabled service industry at Rs 81,000 crore by ’08. Some of the IT-enabled services applicable to India are call centres, medical transcriptions, back office operations, payroll and logistics etc. And, the sectors that are likely to gain the kost from such services include the airlines, banking, legal firms, financial institutions, hospitals, manufacturing companies and software companies.
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