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Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday released Twitter Lite -- a much lighter version of its platform on a web based service in India first. After the turbulence of 2016, Twitter is expecting a smoother year ahead, with the micro-blogging firm…
Read More Twitter Southeast Asia And India MD Brushes Turmoil, Launches Twitter Lite In India First
On March 2, 2017 Symantec announced the launch of Symantec Ventures - its latest effort to help startups by contributing capital, reducing expenses and accelerating time to market. Per the company, Symantec Ventures is the next step post its partnership with…
Read More Symantec Ventures – Why It Matters To The Future Of Cyber Security Innovation
Google is betting big on its dominance in machine learning and artificial intelligence to break into the cloud market. "The announcements made by Google consolidate their vision in the Cloud space, which helps communicate their seriousness. The SAP partnership will…
Read More Google Bets Big On AI, Machine Learning To Crack The Cloud
After launching its public cloud services in September, Oracle is vying for the market dominated by Amazon Web Services – by changing its organisation culture to mimic that of AWS itself. “Digital sales will be challenging for Oracle because most…
IBM’s two major global bets — cloud and cognitive — are also the two weakest areas for the computing giant in India, where it seems to be struggling in a highly competitive market. Will the new India MD be able…
On January 4, 2017, IBM India named Karan Bajwa as the new Managing Director. He takes over the reigns from Vanitha Narayanan, who has now been appointed as the Chairman. Per the announcement, this change is effective immediately; both Karan and Vanitha will report…
Read More Whilst Transforming Clients, IBM India Must Also Transform Within
Information technology industry strived to find newer opportunities and markets in 2016 as geopolitical uncertainties, a challenging business climate and technological shift clouded outlook. “The world market is leaning towards protectionism,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound…
Read More Flashback 2016: Year Of Uncertainties For IT Sector
For India’s export-focused software services sector, 2016 was a tough battle. The information technology (IT) sector had to reduce growth numbers for only the second time in a decade, the first being after a US recession triggered by the Lehman…
Winter has set in, and yet, the biting icy winds do not stop New Yorkers from getting to work. At Liberty Street, inside the Times Inc. office, there are a couple of financial service providers and media companies talking about…
Read More IT Companies Will Have To Prove Their Digital Narrative In 2017
As 2016 winds down and we enter holiday mode, it's time to start thinking of the 2017 work year. Here's why you need to use your down time to put plans into place to upskill your employees and stay ahead…
To become digital in a true sense, Indian enterprises have to work on information technology (IT), workforce and security together to solve the big jigsaw puzzle and stay ahead in the coming cashless era, a top Dell-EMC executive has emphasised.…
Read More IT, Workforce, Security Transformation To Herald True Digital Era: Dell-EMC
Ravi Bhaskaran, Twitter’s Platform Partnerships Head, South Asia, quit his position on Wednesday. According to Greyhound Research, the digital advertising market in India is currently worth around Rs 7,000 crore – 75% of which lies with Google and Facebook. Twitter,…
Read More Twitter Exodus Continues As Platform Partnerships Of South Asia Quits
Will Amazon’s newly-launched SVOD platform Prime Video spell a turf war? Over-the-top players and market analyst note that content, pricing and ease of payment will be a key strategic area for consumers to shift preferences. India’s OTT market already has…
Read More Streaming Movies Space Sizzles With Amazon’s Entry
The global battle between Netflix and Amazon for a larger share of TV and movie viewership is all set to play out in India. Eleven months after Netflix launched its services in India, e-commerce giant Amazon has now launched its…
Read More On A Screen Near You: The Amazon Versus Netflix Battle
Below are excerpts of a recent Keynote by Sanchit Vir Gogia on the topic: Who Owns Digital Transformation?
Join Greyhound Research (@Greyhound_R) and Sanchit Vir Gogia (@s_v_g) along with other esteemed panelists for a tweet-up on #DigitalTransformation. WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2016. 2:00 PM (IST) onwards WHERE: Twitter.com or your fav Twitter app, using #DigitalTransformation WHAT: 2016 has been a…
Catch Rajesh Janey, President and Managing Director, Dell Enterprise India, Dell EMC in an exclusive conversation with Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research on our executive dialogue series, #ONTrigger. In this dialogue, Rajesh chats with Sanchit…
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On July 12, a day after joining Facebook, Umang Bedi met Sanjiv Mehta, chairman of Hindustan Unilever (HUL). HUL is the highest spender in advertising, in India, and Facebook lives on advertising dollars. As the new managing director of the California-headquartered…
Allowing video calls on WhatsApp, which is otherwise a simple messaging app owned by Facebook, was the last big feature launched before it starts making money. Knowing the phone number and device of use is enough, says Sanchit Vir Gogia,…
Bangalore-based Infosys on Friday announced that it has invested Rs 14.5 crore (DKK 14,920,000) in a Danish-based artificial intelligence start-up UNSILO. The investment is done through Infosys innovation fund. “Directionally this is a brilliant investment given the fact a lot…
Read More Infosys Invests Rs 14.5 Crore In Danish Artificial Intelligence Start-up
India's third largest IT firm Wipro has begun offering solutions to customers from entrepreneurial projects of its employees in segments such as corporate treasury and software defined infrastructure. "I will not be surprised if monetization has already happened in Wipro…
Read More Wipro Begins Monetising From Its Intra-preneurship Projects
In today’s time, while leading with Digital is evident, who owns this transformation still remains a bone of contention. This journey needs to be co-owned by those who will be impacted first – the CXOs. Having said that, the starting point…
Read More Leading With Digital – Why This Transformation Matters For Traditional Orgs and Its CXOs
Times Internet Ltd (TIL), the digital business arm of the country’s largest media company Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL), has set an ambitious target of achieving $1 billion in revenue in five years or by March 2022. The company…
Rishi Jaitly, Head of Twitter India, resigned and that was not surprising for most employees, who knew that the domestic market will also get effected by the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company failed to get new users…
Read More Head Of Twitter India Quits, More Exits To Follow Him
The exits in Twitter’s senior management who helped build the India business over years, signal the company’s co-founder and new CEO, Jack Dorsey’s, inclination to make significant changes in the way the domestic business is handled. According to Greyhound Research,…
Read More Exits Continue As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wants More Ad Revenue From India
Rishi Jaitly’s resignation was not surprising for most Twitter India employees, who knew that the domestic market will be impacted by the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company failed to get new users and generate higher advertising revenue,…
Read More Twitter India Head Quits, More Exits To Follow In Major Shake-Up
Amid a global slowdown in revenue growth and job cuts, head of Twitter’s India business, Rishi Jaitly, announced his exit from the company after a four-year stint. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO of Greyhound Research, said both the…
Read More Twitter’s India Head Steps Down Amid Slowing Revenues, Job Cuts
Disruption appears to be the new norm in India, with over 90 per cent of enterprises stating they have experienced disruption, and another 26 per cent unaware of how their industry would look three years down the line, according to…
Read More Firms Relying On Digital Transformation To Counter Disruption In Ecosystem: Survey
Online retailer Flipkart is now following global pioneers like Amazon and Google to build its own servers and networks. The move is aimed at creating a platform that responds to specific requirements. The decision to build its own servers follows…
Read More Flipkart Follows Google, Amazon Into The World Of Secret Servers
