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Thanks Pramila for referring us to Mindmeister, on your Knowledge Links you shared.

I have been an active user of MindMap, earlier with paper and multi-colour pens, and now with Freemind.

• Satyam Q4 net rises 18.5%
  Satyam's Net Profit rose to Rs 4.67 billion ($117 million) up from 3.94 billion a year ago.
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Our tech team is working on some new functionalities on our site ITVidya.com, we hope to launch it in a few days, where users will be allowed to share Knowledge Links on a variety of IT and related topics. 

NASSCOM, the premier trade body representing the Indian IT-BPO
industry, today announced its roadmap for FY 2009 with key focus areas
outlined. These were shared at a press conference addressed by the
recently appointed Chairman - Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman - Pramod
Bhasin and NASSCOM President, Som Mittal.

A friend referred to this interesting CMS and beyond, called GoodBusiness.

GoodBusiness is a all-in-one solution to run an effective online business. 

It very nicely integrates some of the most common applications required by Small Businesses such as

a) Site Management with CMS

Uk offers phenomenal opportunity for Software Service Providers and Product companies.  The trade between the two countries is currently at its all time peak. Close to over 1000 Indian Companies operate in UK , and in recent years we have seen quite a few takeovers of British companies by Indian companies.

Good news for people planning to access Internet on the move.

According to the Budget Notification, excise duty has been completely waived on data cards from 16% to Nil.

Below is the extract from the Budget Speech

NASSCOM and the IT-BPO industry welcome the fact that the Union
Budget is inclusive and has a strong focus on the social sector.

NASSCOM
is however disappointed with the absence of any discussion on the
extension of the STPI scheme. This is extremely critical for small
enterprises and the BPO industry, as well as for expansion in tier 2

The New Income Tax Slabs in the Budget 2008-2009 are

Exemption upto Rs. 1,50,000 ( earlier it was Rs. 1,10,000 )

From 1.5 L to 3 L - 10 %

From 3 L - 5L - 20 %

Over 5 L - 30 %

For small service providers, the threshold has been raised from Rs. 8 L to Rs 10 L

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today on 29th Feb 2008, unveiled the General Budget for the fiscal year 2008-09 in the Parliament.
Following are the highlights for the IT

Dear Friends,

This is one of the better ventures I have come across, leveraging the power of community to empower entrepreneurs.

Its a matchmaking project, connecting entrepreneurs who need loans with lenders who can offer loans.

Mr. Chidambaram and the Finance Ministry in Delhi must be working round the clock
to unveil the Budget for the year 2008-2009. At ITVidya.com, our team is working round the clock too to bring out how the budget will impact us all in the IT Industry.

We asked ourselves and a few of our members on what they would like to see, and the following questions emerged.

Read this nice story featuring Indian Entrepreneur Sridhar Vembu on Forbes.

Sridhar runs a company Adventnet ( Network Management Software Company ) and Zoho.com ( Software as a Service Company )

Internet marketing is radically changing and newer ways are emerging to leverage the various social networks and web 2.0 projects to your advantage.

Don Crowther shares the major DNA changes of Internet, the social media, and how social marketing can bring overnight results to your business in a systematic and strategic way.

Traffic to social media is multiplying, almost doubling every few months. Youtube Page views are near to double than google search, Facebook is adding nearly a million members in a week

Thanks to Freeman who referred me to Planhq.com. I took out time today to register and play around with it, it sounds a very promising tool for entrepreneurs who want to be on top of their plans and follow through their goals they have set.

PlanHQ is a web based business plan tool targetted towards startup companies, growing companies, business coaches and investors.

I think a must have business productivity tool. In a age of collaboration where teams are spread across or on the move, such tools are likely to get more and more traction