As a part of its commitment to invest $5 billion in India, Amazon has launched its first set of India data centres in Mumbai to cater to cloud computing services here unleashing a new race for the top cloud provider position…
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Karan Bajwa to join IBM
IT veteran Karan Bajwa, who was the Managing Director of Microsoft, is set to join IBM. Bajwa tweeted that he is a reborn IBMer. He was in charge of sales and marketing operations of Microsoft. According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst…
AWS Announces New Asia Pacific Region – Here’s Why It Matters!
On Tuesday, 28 June 2016, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of its sixth Asia Pacific (APAC) Region in Mumbai, India. The new AWS Mumbai Region consists of two separate Availability Zones at launch. This news is part of the…
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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn
Microsoft on Monday announced a $26.2 billion deal to acquire professional networking platform LinkedIn for $196 per share. The market gave a mixed reaction to the announcement. While shares of LinkedIn surged 47 percent to near $193, Microsoft’s stock was…
Will LinkedIn be another failed acquisition for Microsoft?
In its 41 years history, Microsoft has acquired several companies but the biggest success was none other than Hotmail, which was bought from Sabeer Bhatia for $500 million in 1997. However, a repeat of Hotmail is something that Microsoft hasn’t…
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What Does Microsoft Stand to Gain From its $26.2 Billion Acquisition of LinkedIn?
Microsoft announced today that it bought LinkedIn in a $26.2 billion deal, the tech giant's largest acquisition in its 41-year history by a wide margin. So what value does Microsoft see in the professional social networking site? Sanchit Vir Gogia,…
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Why Microsoft Acquired LinkedIn? It’s All About User Insights!
On June 13, 2016 Microsoft announced the agreement to acquire LinkedIn for USD 26.2 billion. Important to note that this is the first big deal under Satya Nadella’s leadership and LinkedIn will continue to operate as an independent company. Albeit…
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Users will get to organise their information better
The acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft will help the duo assist client companies, and even individuals in the personal lives, to organise information and orchestrate their functions better. The deal is expected to give an impetus to Microsoft’s Customer Relationship…
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Microsoft To Acquire LinkedIn For $26.2 Bn
Microsoft Corp has agreed to acquire LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in a deal that will combine the world’s biggest software maker with the largest global online network of professionals. Greyhound Research Chief Analyst and CEO Sanchit Gogia said that the…
Microsoft Looking For New Source Of Revenue
By acquiring LinkedIn, Microsoft is looking at further strengthening its business from corporates in India and social networking play, an area in which it lags behind Facebook. Analysts feel that Microsoft’s Productivity and Business Processes as one of the three segments…
Is Microsoft truly changing under Satya Nadella?
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp, is landing in the country on Monday at a time when his company is “streamlining” its troubled global smartphone hardware business even as the growth of India’s smartphone business is accelerating. Sanchit…
Alibaba Eyeing Data Center in India to Take on Amazon, Microsoft
Alibaba is reportedly trying to cement its cloud business with plans to open a data center in India this year. According to Indian newspaper Business Line, China's e-commerce titan has plans to boost its cloud computing business in India likely through…
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Alibaba to set up India data centre to take on Amazon
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is poised to announce its India entry with a data centre. The Hangzhou-headquartered company, which is planning to enter the fledgling e-commerce market in India this year, probably through an acquisition, wants to set up a local data…
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India becoming the new battlefield for data center providers
After the entry of Microsoft and IBM in the public cloud data center market, and with more to follow, the CIO will have to be a connoisseur in weighing cloud options. Public cloud data center services: Indian vs foreign providers…
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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…
Microsoft India 3 data centres launched; locally hosted Office 365 to go live
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…
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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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Boost Productivity, Increase Uptime And Lower Costs With Centralized Infrastructure
As organizations look to lower costs and enable uninterrupted global productivity, the focus has been on centralizing those systems and tasks that require highly specialized skills. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO of Greyhound Research, believes that centralized IT…
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Greyhound Standpoint On Top Expectations Of IT Head Honchos From Budget 2015-16
GST – Clarity on place of supply rules Greyhound Standpoint - While the government has floated a bill for common goods and service tax (GST) across the country last month, contemplation's appear with respect to various aspect of GST design including price…
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What IT Head Honchos Are Expecting From Budget 2015-16
The budget is just round the corner. Everyone has their own set of expectations from the upcoming budget. While common man is hoping the budget to bring some tax relief and cheaper commodities, industrialists are keeping their fingers crossed about…
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What IT Head Honchos Are Expecting From Budget 2015-16
The budget is just round the corner. Everyone has their own set of expectations from the upcoming budget. While common man is hoping the budget to bring some tax relief and cheaper commodities, industrialists are keeping their fingers crossed about…
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#GreyhoundInMedia: Companies may avoid upgrading to #Windows10 because of the bitter experience with #Windows8 #Press #Media #TimesOfIndia
Microsoft wants you to upgrade your Prius with a Tesla. That's the analogy used by Joe Belfiore, corporate vice-president, operating systems group, Microsoft, at the Windows 10 launch event in San Francisco to highlight the leap taken by the company…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Companies may avoid upgrading to #Windows10 because of the bitter experience with #Windows8 #Press #Media
Microsoft wants you to upgrade your Prius with a Tesla. That's the analogy used by Joe Belfiore, corporate vice-president, operating systems group, Microsoft, at the Windows 10 launch event in San Francisco to highlight the leap taken by the company…
#GreyhoundInMedia: Viewpoints on @Microsoft: Sanchit Vir Gogia (@s_v_g), Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Research (@Greyhound_R) #Press #Media
“Given our on-going tracking and engagement with end users, Greyhound Research has consistently given a feedback to the IT vendor Community for the need of local data center strategy. Earlier this morning, our Chief Analyst & CEO, Sanchit Gogia also…
Nxtra Data charts out expansion plan post hive-off
Nxtra Data, the newly created subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, is planning to add new data centres across multiple cities, including Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Kolkata. The company currently manages 1.60 lakh sq ft space across seven data centres and plans to…
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Microsoft Looks To Get Its Mojo Back
Rahul Banerjee, vice-president of sales and marketing in a leading consumer goods company, is a road warrior. He spends almost 20 days a month visiting various cities. Earlier, on his trips, he routinely packed his laptop, his iPad and a…
Keeping A Cat-Eyed Vision At The Union Budget 2013-14
It’s that time of the year again when Indians and all others with economic ties to this country eagerly await the announcements from the much celebrated annual financial event, the Union Budget. To gauge the market sentiment, I made a…
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