'LinkedIn ideal networking site'

It was the last Indian Premier league (IPL) season when Neeraj Gulati, managing director, Ciena India, savored the fantastic sound of Bose Lifestyle48 DVD entertainment system. The system allowed him to have all the music on the hardrive with play lists for each occasion. Online, he prefers social networking and e-groups.

Social networking site LinkedIn has acted as an ideal platform for him to seek and share business issues, but it is being member of Yahoo and Google groups what he enjoys most. He says: ���As we are settled in Delhi NCR, these groups help us to connect with varied places in Delhi. It was on these groups where my wife came across a bakery in Delhi which does authentic bagel.��� The seamless integration of BlackBerry Pearl with the existing set of devices made him buy one.

It helps Mr Gulati to constantly remain in sync with contacts via address book, tasks, notes etc. perfectly complementing his administrative support person. Reliability and usability drive his decision to buy a product but he thinks that his first I-Phone purchase was not quite driven by necessity.

He confesses to be tech-savvy but often relies on his eight-year-old son to fill in a gap. After a hard day's work, he likes to share a game with his son on Nintendo DS to unwind.