The Indian Bill Gates

If you believe the hype, then the CEO of InfoSys is the Indian version of Bill Gatse.... oh dear. NR Narayana Murthy was voted as one of the best CEOs in the world, as a result of the performance of his company.

It never ceases to amaze me. InfoSys has just announced record profits as more companies offshore work to them.

There is a huge lack of quality in work produced by companies like Wipro and InfoSys, afterall their job is to churn things out as fast as possible.

Its also becoming more of a myth that offshoring is cheaper, prices have risen dramatically, and when you factor in the time it takes to correct mistakes you quickly find you're spending more.

The lesson? Offshore with caution.

TrustE... not worth the paper its printed on.

I've always been skeptical of the truste certification program, mainly because its founding members are a bunch of big companies and the organization can hardly claim to be impartial., and who enjoy some good old back patting.

But what has made me even more furious is the pricing. A truste seal costs over $10,000 per year! This incredible pricing structure guarantees nothing, as their own terms of service shows how little they actually enforce.

For example, last year AOL (a founding member) disclosed 100,000's of subscribers info, including details on what they were searching for. And truste's response to this was? Nadda. Zip. Nothing.