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Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:35:14 -0700Subject: [WaterWatch] India 46th Rank In IT &
Bajaj Story
India 46th Rank In IT
Microsoft produce more IT value than entire Indian IT sector built over 17
years. I consistently held the view India is doing garbage IT though most our
engineers are deployed in this sector and the yield is mere $50b or GDP
contribution of just $15b. This is worst performance.
46th rank is very pathetic considering glamour and priority attached to this
sector.
Mind you India is taking advantage of English taught to our graduates. There
are not many large countries. After US, UK, Canada, Australia population of
English speaking nations is in millions.
Incompetence of IT leaders including Narayan Murthy are responsible for.
In another story Rahul Bajaj took “Fake Patent” and threatens TVS who
introduced Double Spark plug technology ahead of it.
Double spark plug was introduced in 1917 just when Rahul’s father might have
been born.
His brother Shekhar Bajaj simply imported Chinese pedestal fans from Medea of
China that cost Rs.600 and retailed it by putting Bajaj stamp on it for Rs.
1600/-.
Ravinder Singh, September04, 2007
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And you thought India is among the best in IT!
IT Competitiveness Survey Ranks Nation At 46th In World, 10th In Asia
Our Bureau NEW DELHI September04, 2007
NOTWITHSTANDING India’s emergence as an IT superpower, a global study has
ranked India 10th in Asia-Pacific and 46th worldwide in terms of IT industry
competitiveness.
In the study commissioned by software industry association Business Software
Alliance (BSA) and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the US, Japan,
South Korea and the UK ranked the highest among 64 countries in terms of IT
industry competitiveness. The study evaluated countries on factors like supply
of skills, a pro-innovation culture, world-class technology infrastructure, a
robust legal infrastructure, government support and a competition-friendly
business environment.
China was number 49 globally and 12th in Asia-Pacific. Japan, South Korea,
Australia, Taiwan and Singapore were the top five countries in Asia-Pacific.
“India and China have been able to parlay unique factors, such as workforce
size, low wages or language attributes, into strong IT sector performance,
compensating for glaring weaknesses in the industry environment,” the study
noted.
However, the two countries will have to innovate more in terms of products
and services to remain competitive, as their cost advantage erodes over a
period of time.
“Developing a stronger legal and R&D environment, complemented with
appropriate support for the IT industry and a better IT infrastructure, will
help make Indian firms more competitive in this sector in the years to come,”
said BSA India Committee chairperson Sanjay Gupta.
The study said India and China will see greater competition from Russia,
Brazil, Malaysia and Vietnam and even smaller markets like Estonia, Lithuania
and Chile in future.
Of the world’s top 22 countries according to IT labour productivity, all but
four figure in the top 22 of the IT industry competitiveness index. “The four
exceptions — China, India, Brazil and Greece — are all in the bottom half of
the index, suggesting they are able to leverage other factors to achieve
relatively high levels of sector output and productivity,” it noted.
Citing legal regime as an important differentiator, the study said countries
must balance open competition with robust protection for intellectual property
rights. “While the US and western Europe stand heads above the rest in the
degree of protection afforded, only Australia in Asia-Pacific registers
relatively high scores in IP protection, enforcement and online legislation,”
it said. TOP OF THE WORLD TOP COUNTRIES IN IT INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS 1.
UNITED STATES, 2. JAPAN, 3. SOUTH KOREA, 4. UNITED KINGDOM,
5. AUSTRALIA, 6. TAIWAN, 7. SWEDEN, 8. DENMARK, 9. CANADA, 10. SWITZERLAND
BAJAJ V/S TVS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Twin_Spark_engine
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200413/000020041304A0427989.php
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1742-6596/45/1/008/jpconf6_45_008.pdf
Bajaj,TVS fail to fit on the silencer
Team ET CHENNAI | PUNE | NEW DELHI September04, 2007
THE war of words between two-wheeler giants TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto
intensified on Monday, with both companies issuing ultimatums to each other.
While TVS insisted that Bajaj withdraw “its malicious charge”, the latter
promised “to inflict the maximum permissible damage upon the offender”.
In a late evening statement on Monday, TVS Motor said it is “insisting on
Bajaj Auto withdrawing its malicious charge. If they do it, TVS Motor will
leave it at that. Otherwise, it will go ahead with its libel suit”. The company
also said it will ensure, by appropriate legal means, that Bajaj Auto does not
interfere with the use of its (TVS Motor’s) CCVTi technology, on the basis of
which it has already announced new launches from November. The company appears
determined to pursue the revocation petition filed by it before the Patent
Office in Chennai.
“Bajaj will take every step to safeguard its interests as also to inflict
the maximum permissible damage upon the offender so as to set an effective
precedent for the future,” said Bajaj Auto CEO (two-wheelers) S Sridhar.
On Sunday, TVS had threatened to file a suit, claiming Rs 250 crore in
damages from Bajaj Auto for alleging that the former had infringed on
intellectual property rights by using the digital twin spark ignition (DTSi)
technology patented by Bajaj.
On August 30, TVS had unveiled its 125cc bike Flame, just before the
scheduled launch of Bajaj Auto’s 125cc platform bike, Exceed, on September 10.
Bajaj has accused TVS of copying its DTSi technology for Flame.
Though neither party seemed prepared to budge from their respective
positions, they have not moved the courts either. “We feel we have a strong
case. They (Bajaj) feel they have a strong case. We will act as per the
considered opinion of our legal advisors,” TVS Motor CMD Venu Srinivasan told
ET. Bajaj market largely based on DTSi WE will act with sagacity,” added Mr
Srinivasan.
In its revocation petition, TVS Motor has sought cancellation of Bajaj
Auto’s patent on the widely-used DTSi technology. According to TVS, it is a
universally-used technology and its application should not be restricted to any
particular company in India. The petition, filed in the week beginning August
20, has contended that the twin spark-plug technology is a “known prior art”
and hence not patentable. TVS head of international business and
three-wheeler project HS Goindy told ET, “It’s a commonly-used engine
technology, without any kind of exclusive rights. Our 125cc Flame on the same
technology will be launched as per our original plans in October.”
Bajaj too is not leaving any stone unturned to protect its market, which is
largely based on its DTSi platform. Most of its motorcycles, including the
high-volume Discover, Pulsar and Avenger—which have made Bajaj Auto the
domestic leader in the premium (125–250 cc) segment and also the largest
two-wheeler exporter from India—are based on the DTSi technology.
“We are the creators of the technology and we will defend at any cost since
our future product portfolio rides on this technology,” said Mr Sridhar, adding
that statements from TVS Motor about seeking to revoke the Bajaj Auto patent
were “a means to work themselves out of the situation”. Our patent (number
195904 and approved on July 7, 2005) remains valid,” he said.
The 125cc motorcycles are all set to become the largest segment in the 7.8
million unit strong two-wheeler market. Bajaj Auto plans to make the 125cc
segment its entry level, where the DTSi technology will play the major role.
“They (Bajaj) have not seen the product (Flame),” maintained Mr Goindy. The
TVS statement said, “Bajaj Auto does not even know what the configuration of
TVS Motor’s new technology, CCVTi, is.” It claimed that TVS Motor had developed
the wholly in-house technology for the first Indian motorbike, Victor, as early
as 2002.
The new technology of TVS Motor has been developed along with
globally-renowned engine research institute AVL of Austria, and is totally
different from the technology used by Bajaj Auto, the statement said.
“Bajaj is preparing to defend its intellectual property in the event that
such a product is eventually introduced. If evaluation of the actual product
appears to suggest reasonable grounds for infringement, Bajaj will take all
necessary steps to safeguard its interests as also to inflict the maximum
permissible damage upon the offender so as to set an effective precedent for
the future,” said Mr Sridhar. “We cannot proceed against them till they launch
the product and we believe they may well postpone or delay the launch of the
bike on technical grounds,” Mr Sridhar said.
Clearly, TVS, which is set to roll out as many as 12 products from now until
July next year, did not expect this backlash from Bajaj.
Market circles feel the attack from Bajaj has come at a time when TVS is
entering the three-wheeler segment, a strong domain of the former, and is also
set to bring in a few high-powered bikes for the executive and top-end
segments.
Even as both the companies are preparing for a showdown on the legal front,
observers feel the issue is also likely to assume political overtones, with
both sides trying to mobilise support in the political corridors of power.
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