Conducting business overseas October 18, 2007
Posted by Shel in Globalization.2 comments
Almost all kind of work these days involves some amount of global business and more and more companies are preferring to go in for TANDBERG Video Conferencing Systems rather than actual travel for meetings. When it is avoidable, it just makes more sense to use the highly advanced technology of these video conferencing systems, which give professional lots of options on how to conduct meetings with clients and associates no matter where they are located.
Air travel for business has already decreased in the past few years, although there are a lot more new businesses around now. With the rise of terrorism and air travel being one of the strongest targets, the use of video conferencing has made it a lot easier to conduct business no matter where in the world you or your clients are located. The systems are so advanced that it offers an as good as you are there kind of atmosphere, making it a much more realistic experience than ever before.
Chandigarh’s appeal is rising internationally May 15, 2007
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Things are really looking up in Chandigarh since the new IT Park has come up. The city has a great combination of super infrastructure, great educational institutions, the highest per capita income in the country which ensures that all new things come quickly to the city, a rapidly growing workforce in fields such as IT, technology etc and has lots of options for weekend breaks to the Himalayas.
I was happy to read in the news this morning that Singapore based firm e-Sys Technology will be relocating its global business to the city and will be investing Rs 100 crore for its integrated facility at the Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Park. The centre in Chandigarh will be integrated in manufacturing, logistics, R&D and services as well as serve as it’s international headquarters.
Vikas Goel, chairman and managing director of eSys said that, “I believe that Chandigarh has the best infrastructure and clean environment and many of my employees in Singapore are keen on working in Chandigarh with eSys.” Read the full story in Business Standard.
Being a global citizen April 17, 2007
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I wonder if most people realize the importance and the responsibility of living in a global world. One always thinks of just the advantages of globalization but not of the contributions that we must make to it. Learning a language is one of the best ways to start being global, to think outside of one’s own culture and mindset. My hubby is very keen on my taking German Classes, since he studied in the German speaking area of Switzerland and is fluent in the language.
Learning a foreign language is a great way to open up the mind to new possibilities, to new thoughts, to be inspired by a new culture and to be a global citizen. We will be moving to Dubai next month and I hope to learn some Arabic there. Dubai is a truly global city and will be a great place to meet people from all over the world. What really impressed me is that real estate agents in Dubai, list the languages they speak in their advertisements, since they have customers from all over the world. The agency we are keen on using has agents that speak French, German, Afrikaans, Russian, Japanese, Hindi and Arabic. It’s a great example to the world of how to be truly international.
