Computers Today July 1-15, 1999: Circuit

July 1-15, 1999 THE CIRCUIT

Networking Master

Anil Batra If you were looking for the true essence of networking, access Cisco (Anil) Batra. The country manager, India & SAARC region, Cisco, has all the easy answers. "Networking is all about information access and making it available to all levels of people-from employees to CEOs to partners and suppliers" he says. "It is not about fast computation or creating databases but accessing the information available." The 23-year industry veteran who joined Cisco in 1995, has applied the logic of fast computation to propel Cisco's 100 percent growth in India. And now, Cisco has announced a fully owned subsidiary (with Batra as managing director, naturally), a global R&D centre at Bangalore and $20 million investment in the next one year. Batra finds the expansion timely. "The proliferation of the networked economy has spawned fundamental changes in how corporations conduct business. The reduction in leased line tariff is leading companies to connect their remote offices."

Piyush Patel has been named chairman, chief executive and president of Cabletron Systems Inc., US. He has been head of Cabletron's engineering division since last year when the company acquired the start-up he founded, Yago Systems Inc. Patel has been instrumental in reviving Cabletron's flagging fortunes. Riadh Boukharis

Riadh Boukharis is the new services development manager at the sales and marketing headquarters for Alcatel, Paris, with the overall responsibility to develop the all-in-one-Alcatel Service worldwide. Boukharis has a track record of successfully managing large projects. Prior to the new assignment, he was instrumental in establishing the business systems division of Alcatel in Pakistan.

Vivek Gokarn

Vivek Gokarn has been appointed head-global consulting operations for SAS Institute India's Global Consulting Division (GCD). He will oversee the business, marketing, project execution at the new division. Earlier, Gokarn had a long stint with Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd (CITIL) and Citicorp Overseas Software Ltd.

Richard C. Miller

Geometric Software Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Geometric Software Solutions Co. Ltd, Mumbai, has named Richard C. Miller as chief executive officer. The US subsidiary manages global business development and marketing for the development centre in India. Earlier, Miller contributed to software development at General Motors Corporation.

NIIT Ltd has inducted Shrikant Inamdar as senior vice president, software engineering business. He was earlier managing director of Motorola's software operations in Australia and helped set up software facilities in Sydney and Adelaide. As general manager, Motorola India Electronics Ltd, Inamdar helped create India's first SEI CMM Level 5 organisation.

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