Greyhound Knowledge Group, founded by known market research analyst Sanchit Vir Gogia, has acquired a stake in Internet of Style. "Over the last quarter we have been actively talking to global research and advisory firms in order to further expand…
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India’s Greyhound Group buys stake in Internet of Style; appoints S Sridhar to board – Firstpost
Greyhound Knowledge Group, founded by known market research analyst Sanchit Vir Gogia, has acquired a stake in Internet of Style. "Over the last quarter we have been actively talking to global research and advisory firms in order to further expand…
Microsoft Office 365 users to get Office 2016 free
The Redmond-based technology major Microsoft on Wednesday said that all users who have a subscription of Office 365, which is a cloud-based service, will get the new Office 2016 for free. Although the technology major may be focused on collaboration,…
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Intuit fires 440 staff globally, 35 in Bengaluru
Intuit, a US accounting software company, has retrenched at least 440 employees globally and the wave has hit Indian shores, too. According to officials in the company's Bengaluru office, 35 employees including developers, sales and marketing staff were asked to leave last…
Dell EMC deal great on the books but not for the cooks
Computer maker Dell stirred up quite a storm in the IT industry by snapping up storage juggernaut EMC for a whopping $67 billion. The mother of all deal will have a significant impact on the enterprise technology landscape in the…
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Greyhound Research at EMC Forum talk about Startup Approach to Information Generation
What is the event about? The CIO Forum: EMC Forum is a flagship event that covers trends and cloud directions, use cases, and discussions. Connect with peers, learn from experts, and experience demos. EMC Forum is time well spent to…
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EMC buy will help Dell turn $3 Bn company in 2 years
Dell’s announcement to buy enterprise storage maker EMC for $67 billion could boost the world’s second largest PC maker’s pace of growth in the Indian market, analysts said. With revenue of over $2 billion from India in the last fiscal,…
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Office 2016 – A New Chapter In Microsoft’s History
On September 22, 2015, Microsoft announced the launch of it's new office, Office 2016. This is a significant announcement post the launch of Windows 10 which has been touted to be the company’s last official Operating System. Over and beyond the…
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Meet The Love Child Of Hermes And Apple: Apple Watch Hermès
On September 9, 2015, Apple announced a new collection of Apple Watch - Apple Watch Hermès. The collection consists of the Apple Watch in stainless steel case with handcrafted leather straps by Hermès, available in three designs. Double Tour. 38mm…
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Track Them Paws And Keep Them Healthy: WhistleLabs Tagg GPS Plus Pet Tracker
In Jan 2015, Tagg (now acquired by Whistle) announced the launch of Tagg GPS Plus Pet Tracker. Attach it to your pet's collar or harness to track location (uses GPS and cellular network in the US) and monitor activity. You can set safe…
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Sweat It Out In Style: Ralph Lauren Launches the PoloTech Shirt
In August 2015, Ralph Lauren launched the PoloTech Shirt – a smart wearable garment. Developed in partnership with OMsignal, the shirt uses silver fibers woven directly into its fabric and measures real-time workout data like heart rate, breathing depth and…
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Blackberry Acquires Goods – End Of Rough Or The Final Nail?
On September 04, 2015, Blackberry announced the acquisition of Good Technology for US$ 425 million in cash. This is a significant announcement given the looming doubts on the future of Blackberry and the increasing presence of its competitors in the Enterprise…
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Restoring & Reinventing
On 20 august — which happened to be Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s 69th birthday — the company CEO and managing director Vishal Sikka announced a new set of services, ‘Aikido’. Named after Japanese martial art that is about defeating…
Will Uber come up trumps against homegrown Olacabs?
Why is taxi-hailing app Uber doubling down in India and China? Last month, the San Francisco-based company closed $1 billion in fresh funding, raising its valuation to $50 billion-plus. The fund-raising coincided with its announcement that it was going to…
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Developing mobile-first for a better customer experience
The new paradigm of user and customer experiences is to look at the simplest, smallest, and lowest powered platforms first, and those who are doing so are reaping the benefits of expanded markets and simpler tools. MobileFirst is a customer…
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Windows 10: Analysts say Indian enterprises won’t jump, will wait and watch
The Windows 10 launch with availability in in 190 countries beginning today is big news, but Indian enterprises don't seem to be biting yet. This even though Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro are available for business customers as a…
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Windows10: What’s Beyond The Free Upgrade
Positioning Windows as a Service, Microsoft released Windows 10 which will be available today as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets across 190 countries. Windows 10 includes innovations such as Cortana, an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge for…
Windows-as-a-Service critical change for Windows 10
Microsoft has a renewed and sharp focus on Windows environment and how it approaches new versions. One of the critical changes the company has made is to position Windows as a platform and bring to life Windows-as-a-service. To make this…
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Windows-as-a-Service critical change for Windows 10 – CIOL
Microsoft has a renewed and sharp focus on Windows environment and how it approaches new versions. One of the critical changes the company has made is to position Windows as a platform and bring to life Windows-as-a-service. To make this…
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Windows 10: Analysts Say Indian Enterprises Won’t Jump, Will Wait And Watch
TheWindows 10 launch with availability in in 190 countries beginning today is big news, but Indian enterprises don't seem to be biting yet. This even though Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro are available for business customers as a…
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Microsoft takes big leap forward with Windows10
"Microsoft has a renewed and sharp focus on Windows environment and how it approaches new versions. One of the critical changes the company has made is to position Windows as a platform and bring to life Windows-as-a-service. To make this…
ONTrigger with Vineet Durani, Microsoft India – Part 3 of 3
Catch Vineet Durani, Director, Windows Business Group, Microsoft in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series ONTrigger. Don’t have enough bandwidth to stream a video? No worries! Hear the…
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ONTrigger with Vineet Durani, Microsoft India – Part 2 of 3
Catch Vineet Durani, Director, Windows Business Group, Microsoft in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series ONTrigger. Don’t have enough bandwidth to stream a video? No worries! Hear the conversation…
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ONTrigger with Vineet Durani, Microsoft India – Part 1 of 3
Catch Vineet Durani, Director, Windows Business Group, Microsoft in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series ONTrigger. Don’t have enough bandwidth to stream a video? No worries! Hear the conversation…
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Greyhound TV Teaser: ONTrigger with Vineet Durani, Microsoft India
Catch Vineet Durani, Director - Windows at Microsoft in an conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Research. To see pictures from the video shoot, click here. Watch some teaser videos from our shoot!
Sikka Spins Infosys Into A Digital Company
There is a change brewing in Infosys. Under Vishal Sikka's direction there are a few things that are already presenting themselves as fresh and innovative. But can Infosys become the pioneer of automation without losing its tag as a great…
Microsoft to open new window to computing
Microsoft Corp., the world’s biggest software company, is doing the unthinkable. It is readying to deploy its new operating system (OS), Windows 10, on the cloud. Labelled “Windows as a service”, the company will provide free upgrades to users of Windows…
Startups Tracking Health To Raise Big Money
Healthifyme, a nutrition and wearable technology company, announced an undisclosed second round of funding at a startup conference held by Microsoft Ventures on Thursday (18 June). Sources added that this second round was close to $1 million led by Bala…
Amazon’s $5 billion cloud saga: What’s in it for India
Amazon amazed everyone by breaking out financial details of its secretive cloud computing business. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, during first quarter earnings call, revealed that Amazon Web Services is “a $5 billion business and its growth is accelerating.” For the quarter,…
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Analysts sceptical about Infy meeting targets
While the vision laid out by CEO Vishal Sikka for Infosys has been applauded, analysts are not convinced whether the company can achieve the set targets as it’s still in a transition phase given the changing dynamics in outsourcing. Some…