Earlier this year, Google had announced that its much-hyped Glass project had been temporarily shelved. The company had announced it was time for Glass to grow out of its baby steps and put on their big kid shoes. In other…
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Why there won’t be a big fat e-commerce IPO in India anytime soon
Young India is excited with the numbers thrown about by news reports on valuations. Some believe that a large company like Flipkart is valued at $15 billion (Rs 1 lakh crore) and everyone expects, if and when they list on…
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Government to hold ecosystem workshop to help startups connect their products to GST platform
The government is beginning to help startups connect their products and thousands of their SME customers to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) platform as it moves ahead with its plan to create a unified tax system across the country.…
Lack of GST can stifle Modi’s Startup India dream
Based out of Rajasthan, Pritam Maheshwari is a furniture manufacturer who retails his goods on an e-commerce portal in India. When he ships his product to Bengaluru, he has to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) in Rajasthan and entry taxes…
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Start-ups disrupting traditional industries; constrained by workload problems
new study commissioned by storage vendor EMC and conducted by research firm Greyhound Research has found that start-ups are disrupting the traditional industries in a big way. Technology is helping these start-ups to deliver unique and personalized experiences compared to…
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Startups Need To Cater To The Demands of New ‘Information Generation Consumer’: Report
Waves of startups have completely changed the way people consume and do things but what makes an idea stick and cater to unseen needs still largely remains a mystery. A new report reveals that their success is dependent on catering…
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In2IT Technologies brings Microsoft cloud to Bhubaneswar to help local businesses surge ahead and grow faster
In2IT Technologies, a Gold Partner of Microsoft is enabling the businesses in Odisha with enterprise-grade cloud technology from Microsoft. The company provides a wide array of Microsoft cloud services including Office 365, Azure and CRM Online, to its customers from…
Microsoft collaborates with FKCCI to enable more than 200000 SMBS across Karnataka to adopt cloud by mid-2016
Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), an apex organization for industry, trade and service sectors in Karnataka and Microsoft have come together to help more than 200000 SMBs across Karnataka to adopt technology with cloud computing. This…
Microsoft to help Karnataka SMBs use Cloud Computing
Global software major Microsoft said on Thursday it is partnering with Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) to help about 200,000 small and medium businesses (SMBs) across the state use cloud computing to spur their revenue growth.…
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Greyhound Radio with Christian Fredrikson, F Secure
Catch Christian Fredrikson, President and CEO, F-Secure Corporation, in a conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on Greyhound Research’s knowledge sharing series Greyhound Network Radio. Listen to all podcasts here: Part 1 of 6 Part 2 of 6 Part 3…
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Top 5 tech insights for startups: Survey
The ‘Information Generation’, a new breed of connected consumers – shaped by the availability of information and technology at their fingertips today – is placing new demands on how businesses operate, and digitally native startups are well-positioned to address their…
Today’s Information Generation Expects Personal Experiences; Startups Well-Positioned To Deliver
The ‘Information Generation’, a new breed of connected consumers – shaped by the availability of information and technology at their fingertips today – is placing new demands on how businesses operate, and digitally native startups are well-positioned to address their…
Thanks to startup boom, new IT services providers born in India
The startup boom in the country is propelling a parallel IT services industry. While established technology companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services largely cater to overseas customers, upcoming firms are focusing on India, quenching the domestic demand for…
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Join Sanchit Vir Gogia for Twitter Chat on Startup Approach To InfoGen
Join Greyhound Research (@Greyhound_R) and Sanchit Vir Gogia (@s_v_g) for a tweet chat on 'Startup Approach to Information Generation'. Panelists: Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research @s_v_g Rajesh Janey, President, EMC-India & SAARC, @RajeshJaney Pankaj Virmani, Founder CEO…
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The New-Age Fundamentals of Technology Cost Analysis: A CFO Handbook
The constant state of flux in world economies is changing the status quo for organisations; most importantly the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Per a recent Greyhound Research study titled, Emerging Markets CFO Priorities 2016, nearly 80% CFOs in the Asia Pacific…
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FISME and Microsoft to enable more than 10,000 SMBs for cloud adoption – CIO India
Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), an apex industry body, and Microsoft have come together to enable more than 10,000 micro, small and medium businesses across the country to adopt information technology and cloud computing. This…
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FISME Microsoft to enable more than 10000 Indian SMBs to adopt cloud by 2016 – Dataquest India
Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), an apex industry body, and Microsoft have come together to enable more than 10,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises across the country to adopt information technology and cloud computing. This…
Microsoft Office 2016 India Price Announced
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. Other users can purchase the new suite, which is available in 14…
Blackstone buys Serco BPO operations for £250 million
Private equity firm Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in Serco’s BPO operations for £250 million (₹2,558 crore). This is the largest such deal for Blackstone in India. The sale does not include the UK business of Serco Global Services,…
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The Startups caravan
India is in the throes of an entrepreneurship revolution, with online start-ups getting the support of both consumers and venture capitalists. In fact, over the years, a large number of online travel start-ups have entered the fray to cash in…
Microsoft Office 365 now available from Indian Datacentres
Two weeks after making Azure available locally in its three Indian datacentres, Microsoft has now announced locally hosted Office 365 services in India. On October 12, the software giant said Office 365 services will now be delivered in India from the local datacentres…
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Is Windows 10 already an enterprise success? 1.5 mn installations in a month say so
Less than a month after rollout of Windows 10, Microsoft has shared that its new operating system had already been installed on 75 million devices. And, interestingly nearly 1.5 million of those systems are running Windows 10 Enterprise. In-fact, Greyhound Research…
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Greyhound Research Keynote & Panel Discussions Microsoft Partner Summit
What is the event about? As a business owner, your key intent would be to drive long term growth and profitability for your business. To stay ahead of the game, you need solutions and trusted partners, who can help transform…
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Microsoft India’s cloud updates: 3 data centres launched today
Microsoft has made some significant announcements on its cloud strategy in India. The software giant has shared updates on its local data centres. As part of today's announcements, the company has launched three centres in Mumbai, Pune, and Chennai; and said…
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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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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…
Google to continue to sharpen focus on India
Google Inc. is continuing to sharpen its focus on its India business by attempting to get more non-English speaking users online, providing more offline content to users with poor bandwidth, boosting the growth of its Android ecosystem, and helping more…
More than 75% Indian Organisations Run Their Key Business Functions In Isolation
As India slips on the Ease of Doing Business Index, it is imperative to understand why businesses are struggling to operate at maximum efficiency levels. Our survey of 1500+ key decision-makers from emerging large organisations established another major problem -…
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Mastering Growth In Changing Times
It’s a no-brainer that the world around us is changing fast. Consumerisation is rampant and instant gratification is the new normal. Individuals, Organisations, and Governments need to move at an agile pace to better adapt to these new market conditions.…