Bangalore-based Sonata Software has acquired a controlling stake in California-based Rezopia for an undisclosed sum. This will help the company build Intellectual Property (IP) and get access to clients globally. Mid-size companies are pushing hard to differentiate, gain access to IP…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Street patient for Infy while Sikka makes right moves #Press #Media #BusinessStandard
Analysts say no performance pressure on Sikka for at least two quarters. Even as big hopes have been pinned on Infosys' new Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka, experts believe that the Street is in a patient wait-and-watch mood and there…
Twitter Chat on Linguify Mobile: Need and Impact of Language localization in Indian IT and Mobile Industry Today?
Join Greyhound Research (@Greyhound_R) and Sanchit Gogia (@s_v_g) for a tweet-up on #LinguifyMobile: Need and Impact of Language localization in Indian IT and Mobile Industry Today? Panelists: Pepperfry Stayzilla Opera 20:20MSL Lingua Next YepME Quickr Zinnov Greyhound Research WHEN: Wednesday, August 20, 2014…
Offline vendors using e-comm sites for bulk buying #Press #Media #HBL
Taking advantage of huge discounts available on online retail portals. Small time businessmen in tier-2 and -3 cities are now buying products in bulk from e-commerce sites to take advantage of the massive discounts available on online retail portals. Products,…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Offline vendors using e-comm sites for bulk buying #Press #Media #HBL
Taking advantage of huge discounts available on online retail portals. Small time businessmen in tier-2 and -3 cities are now buying products in bulk from e-commerce sites to take advantage of the massive discounts available on online retail portals. Products,…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Asia-Pacific, Middle East new focus areas for IT services firms #Press #Media #Mint
Indian software services exporters have begun sharpening their focus on countries like Japan, China, Malaysia, Australia and those in the Middle East, given the growth potential of these markets. Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst and chief executive of Greyhound Research,…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Handset-makers dial overseas for growth #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine
After successfully making a dent in the market share of multinational phone-makers, the domestic players are eyeing double-digit growth from exports. Also, Microsoft has discontinued the Nokia X series phones, which run on Android, targeted at emerging markets, thereby opening…
#GreyhoundInMedia: IBM, Apple global alliance for iPhone and iPad devices: How it will affect India #Press #Media #CommunicationsToday
The global alliance between IBM and Apple for iPhone and iPad devices targeted at enterprises is unlikely to shake up the Indian devices market in the near term. Under this partnership, IBM will bring its new class of business apps involving…
#GreyhoundInMedia: IBM, Apple global alliance for iPhone and iPad devices: How it will affect India #Press #Media #FinancialExpress
The global alliance between IBM and Apple for iPhone and iPad devices targeted at enterprises is unlikely to shake up the Indian devices market in the near term. Under this partnership, IBM will bring its new class of business apps involving…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Wipro likely to beat Nasscom’s growth estimates this fiscal, say analysts #Press #Media #CommunicationsToday
Despite a tepid guidance for the first quarter of this year, fuelled by multi-million dollar deals in the past few months, Wipro is expected to beat Nasscom’s 13-15 per cent growth estimates for the 2015 fiscal. Analysts believe that on the…
#GreyhoundInMedia: TCS Continues To Outpace Infosys, Revenue Gap Widens To Rs 33,313 Cr #Press #Media #CommunicationsToday
India's largest IT services exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has been outperforming its peers consistently and the gap with its rivals is continuing to widen. For instance, in FY10, the revenue difference between TCS and Infosys was Rs 7,559 crore,…
#GreyhoundInMedia: TCS Continues To Outpace Infosys, Revenue Gap Widens To Rs 33,313 Cr #Press #Media #FinancialExpress
India's largest IT services exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has been outperforming its peers consistently and the gap with its rivals is continuing to widen. For instance, in FY10, the revenue difference between TCS and Infosys was Rs 7,559 crore,…
#GreyhoundInMedia: IT takes an optimistic curve #Press #Media #CommunicationsToday
Despite wage hikes and currency fluctuations, top tier Indian IT firms managed to keep their profits in fine kettle on a year-on-year basis thanks to better utlilisation rates and a slow uptick in the demand environment. The near term looks…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: IT takes an optimistic curve #Press #Media #TheFinancialExpress
Despite wage hikes and currency fluctuations, top tier Indian IT firms managed to keep their profits in fine kettle on a year-on-year basis thanks to better utlilisation rates and a slow uptick in the demand environment. The near term looks…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Is Microsoft axing the ‘Nokia brand’? #Press #Media #Voice&Data
Microsoft’s recent announcements of doing away with Nokia X series, Nokia Asha 40 series smartphones, Nokia McLaren and other budget phones, and over 50% layoffs in Nokia have put the handset major’s future under a question mark. When Microsoft acquired Nokia‘s…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Dial D For Data #Press #Media #HealthcareExecutive
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#GreyhoundInMedia: The IBM Apple Deal – A Marriage Made In Heaven? #Press #Media #Technuter
On July 15th, IBM and Apple announced an exclusive partnership to bring Apple devices, business applications, and enterprise-grade services to enterprise customers. Touted to be a landmark partnership, this alliance aims to solve the long pending enterprise mobility issues like security,…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Wipro likely to beat Nasscom’s growth estimates this fiscal, say analysts #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine
Despite a tepid guidance for the first quarter of this year, fuelled by multi-million dollar deals in the past few months, Wipro is expected to beat Nasscom’s 13-15 per cent growth estimates for the 2015 fiscal. Sanchit Vir Gogia of…
Google Identifies Enterprise Mobility And India Key For Growth
On July 18th 2014, Google organized an analyst briefing in India. The event conveyed two messages from Google – 1) growing importance of India for their business, and 2) commitment to the enterprise business. Attended by key Google representatives from…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Tata Communications to up data centre size, spend $200 million #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine
Global communications and enterprise service provider Tata Communications said the company expects to lead the data centre business in India with around 26 per cent market share right now. According to the company, it tops the data centre market right now…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Apple-IBM alliance unlikely to shake up Indian market #Press #Media #FinancialExpress
The global alliance between IBM and Apple for iPhone and iPad devices targeted at enterprises is unlikely to shake up the Indian devices market in the near term. Under this partnership, IBM will bring its new class of business apps involving…
The IBM Apple Deal – A Marriage Made In Heaven?
On July 15th, IBM and Apple announced an exclusive partnership to bring Apple devices, business applications, and enterprise-grade services to enterprise customers. Touted to be a landmark partnership, this alliance aims to solve the long pending enterprise mobility issues like security,…
Hard Facts: Enterprise Mobility
Like some magic wand, CIOs and enterprises have taken to quoting mobility as one of the top emerging technologies in their wish list. It would be the answer to a large number of issues that enterprises face, and maybe the…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Budget 2014 Impact: Mobile Phone Prices May Go Up #Press #Media #SiliconIndia
Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of handsets by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that are…
#GreyhoundInMedia: IT Report Card to the NDA Government – Evaluating the Union Budget 2014-15 #Press #Media #Firstpost
As a follow-up to our previous blog where Greyhound Research highlighted pain points IT decision makers are facing in India, below is an IT report card for the NDA Government post the announcements in Union Budget 2014-15. This report card assesses various…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Innovation is the Way to Success #Press #Media #CIO&Leader
Innovation has always been one of the keys to success for a CIO; and over the years, every enterprise technology decision maker has realised that the job is much more than just managing IT in the organisation. The management's expectations…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Smartphone rates likely to rise #Press #Media #TheSangaiExpress
#GreyhoundInMedia: Budget impact: Mobile phone prices may go up #Press #Media #FinancialExpress
Consumers may have to shell out more money for buying mobile phones as the government has proposed education cess on imported electronic products. The move may push up costs of cell phones by up to 8 per cent, especially smartphones that…
Status Check: Does Budget 2014 meet SME expectations captured in Firstbiz-Greyhound SME Survey?
While many have cheered Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s seemingly big focus on the MSME sector with a Rs 10,000 capital fund for such companies, Greyhound Knowledge Group Chief Futurist, Founder & CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia does not see the Union Budget’s take on SMEs in…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Dissecting Jaitley’s first Budget: Does it satisfy the appetite of the IT industry? #Press #Media #Firstbiz
Moving in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stated agenda of giving technology a high priority, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced several initiatives to boost the technology space in his maiden Union Budget. In reactions, Jaitley's Budget has managed to…