Culture and Workplace Branding
Culture is values in play. Culture is something, we absorb and make it part of us. Not something outside of us. Culture exerts a tug that might even run counter to the diktats of those in authority...
View ArticleAbout our values and working with others
Organisations are becoming more and more amorphous. With much work getting done through part timers, apprentices, trainees, consultants, suppliers, partner companies etc. It is therefore hard to have...
View ArticleQuality Indices
I’m very happy to note that Price Waterhouse Coopers has ranked us amongst the top 100 software product companies in India. It is specially satisfying to know that this has happened without us seeking...
View ArticleNot another Steve Jobs
No, I don’t want to be another Steve Jobs. Though there is much one can learn from emulating him. And though I have copied him (often with disastrous effect), I’d rather like to see this become...
View ArticleThe Donkey and the Meadow
It was a beautiful morning bright and new The meadow shone as the sun lit up the morning dew The squirrels ran up and down On the few tree that were around The butterflies skipped from flower to flower...
View ArticleThe Tiger’s Pride
The dog stirred from his rest Oh! my legs they hurt so much Sleep is never quite enough I wonder today what I’d get to eat Hope I can find some tasty meat The mouse who neither had much heart nor a...
View ArticleWhat it means to be Apple – Part 1
Who but Steve Jobs can describe what it means to be Apple. Here is what Jobs had to say- 1. Do what you love: Steve Jobs had followed this principle and that has made all the difference. 2. Put a...
View ArticleWhat it means to be Apple – Part 2
Products before Profitability - When describing his period of exile from Apple — when John Sculley took over — Steve Jobs described one fundamental root cause of Apple’s problems. That was to let...
View ArticleA new normal
Blog edited by Tarun Malaviya Live interaction in our company between the Product Manager and the Engg head Product Manager: I gather that the release has slipped by about 3 weeks. Engg Head: Yes, we...
View ArticleDo you Flit a lot?
Some Live situations during my work day: Sir, Can you help me compose a reply for the ticket raised by MKS Ring, Ring (phone call), Hello, Sunil, I need your intervention with a ticket I raised...
View Article7 reasons why you must stop using free email for your business
Most small businesses use free email services or email ids provided by their local ISP to transact business messages. Here is why you shouldn’t. Company Image: Since building trust online is not easy,...
View ArticleReasons why Enterprise choose Mithi’s SkyConnect over an ISP mail solution
SaaS or PaaS ? Abstract Business should consider carefully whether they want to be delivered a true SaaS solution (Software as a Service) or an infrastructure-focused PaaS solution (Product as a...
View Article2 Restaurants: Same Location: 1 a Success: 1 a Failure
One of our favorite holiday spots is Goa. We enjoy relaxing on the beach spending the whole day alternating between the water, sun and shade and recharging our batteries with the solar energy ....
View ArticleThe Myth of Delegating Responsibility via Email
Yes! Yes! the post title has a contradiction, which is deliberate…please bear with me and read on. Dropping the ball 1. Sales team requesting for special help from the product management team Mail from...
View ArticleThe One Page Execution Plan for a business of any size
Greetings! Is your business stuck in a low/no growth rut? In your business, do you observe any of the following symptoms Symptoms: Your company consistently misses financial targets (even realistic...
View ArticleHow does Connect Xf or Mithi SkyConnect prevent email spoofing?
Q We have our hosted setup and we had one very bad experience of an email compromised after sending. It was in between changed/manipulated and sent to the recipient. That resulted in major loss. The...
View ArticleHow does Mithi SkyConnect co-exist with Google Apps on the same SMTP Address...
Requirement: There is a requirement to host the email infrastructure of a company across 2 different solutions, such that both the solutions share the same SMTP address space and the company can divide...
View ArticleSECURITY ALERT: Impact of Heartbleed bug of OpenSSL on Mithi Connect Xf
This security message is to notify you of a major security vulnerability that has just surfaced within the past 3 days, and referred to as Heartbleed. We urge you to read up our security...
View ArticleGreat Blogging…..Great low cost Marketing: 5 ways to Connect the dots
A lot has been written (blogged and flogged) about what is blogging, the benefits of blogging, leveraging blogging for building your brand (self and/or business), share ideas etc. With this article, I...
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