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…
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The New Era Of Startups
The startup ecosystem has become a hot topic for all and sundry. They have taken off and matured because of various factors such as availability of funding, consolidation activities by a number of firms, evolving technology space and a burgeoning…
IT Companies Will Have To Prove Their Digital Narrative In 2017
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…
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For All Their Stellar Sales Figures, India’s E-commerce Firms Are Also Struggling With Mounting Losses
E-tailers in Asia’s third-largest economy are in fix. With investors demanding results after pouring in millions worth of funding, companies such as Flipkart and Amazon have resorted to aggressive advertising and discounting to attract customers. But while that has paid…
India’s HCL Technologies Counters Trump-Led US Protectionist Sentiment
On Dec. 8, thousands of supporters in a packed hall in Des Moines, Iowa vociferously cheered President-elect Donald Trump as he reiterated his campaign promise to bring back home millions of jobs that Americans have lost to foreigners. Sanchit Vir…
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Future-Proof Your Brand For 2017 And Beyond
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 Combat Market Slowdown, Nasscom Plans A US IT Show
IT industry's representative body, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), is exploring hosting its first IT industry event in the United States even as the sector combats the market slowdown. "This is clearly a reaction to Trump. But,…
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IT, Workforce, Security Transformation To Herald True Digital Era: Dell-EMC
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.…
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Twitter Exodus Continues As Platform Partnerships Of South Asia Quits
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,…
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Streaming Movies Space Sizzles With Amazon’s Entry
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…
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Nokia Sets Sights On Smart Cities
Nokia plans to launch an incubator to engage start-ups that can develop solutions for smart cities and IoT. However, analysts believe that the going will be tough. According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO at Greyhound Research, for companies like…
On A Screen Near You: The Amazon Versus Netflix Battle
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…
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Satyam Bansal Exits Flipkart
Satyam Bansal, Chief of Staff for Executive Chairman and co-founder of Flipkart Sachin Bansal exits Flipkart after a three year stint to join Hotstar, an online video streaming platform, as its Senior Vice President – Partnerships & Distribution, in Mumbai.…
Infosys Steps Up Push For AI Business, Says Vishal Sikka
Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka says he would look at building the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) offerings as a standalone business, independent of the traditional services, to help build next generation applications for its customers. “It makes sense to have…
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Flipkart Tries Its Luck With Private Labels The Second Time
After facing a poor run of its private-label initiative earlier, the country’s leading e-commerce player, Flipkart, is making a second attempt at launching them across several categories, in a major push for higher revenues. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and…
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Note Ban Chokes Handset, Electronics Business
Handset and electronics business, one of the sectors worst hit by demonetisation, are looking at the government for relief. “The electronics market moves from quarter to quarter. If the situation remains the same, then stocks of products will keep piling…
Keynote: Who Owns Digital Transformation?
Below are excerpts of a recent Keynote by Sanchit Vir Gogia on the topic: Who Owns Digital Transformation?
Indian IT Firms Face Uphill Task For New Contracts Up For Rebid
India’s software exporters seem to be the new incumbents in the global technology outsourcing space. In the next two years, clients such as BNP Paribas, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citigroup and DuPont will look at their existing contracts…
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Impact Of Flipkart’s Devaluation On Indian Startups: Insights By Greyhound Research On CNBC TV18
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Tweet-Up on 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:Â Wednesday, December 7, 2016. 2:00 PM (IST) onwards WHERE: Twitter.com or your fav Twitter app, using #DigitalTransformation WHAT:Â 2016 has been a…
Omega Healthcare Bets On Trump Presidency To Bring Growth, Offshoring
India's large outsourcing firms may be hesitant to give a verdict on policies of President-Elect Donald Trump when he gets into office, thanks to his anti-immigration and anti-outsourcing rhetoric that helped him win elections. But Gopi Natarajan, chief executive of…
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SAP Launches Solution To Help Firms Make Real-Time Decisions
SAP has launched new technology solution for corporates, which gives analytical information to C-suite executives that can help make decisions in real time. Taking the help of Amazon’s Alexa, a voice service that helps humans interact with machines, the solution…
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Demonetisation: How TCS, Which Counts RBI & Other Banks As Clients, Changed Back-End Systems Overnight
Late on the evening of November 8, 10 executives at Tata Consultancy Services got on a conference call to discuss how to ensure that their banking customers will be able to comply with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announcement. “No…
From $15.5 Billion To $5.5 Billion: It’s The Year Of Devaluations But Flipkart’s Not Losing Sleep
India’s most valued internet company has been devalued—yet again. In one of the most drastic markdowns for Flipkart so far, one of its investors, a mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley, slashed the Bengaluru-based e-commerce major’s value to just $5.54…
ONTrigger with Rajesh Janey, Dell EMC
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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Facebook Updates Its Profile Page For India
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…
WhatsApp Wants To Be A Business Platform
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,…
Wyde Pitches For The Trillion-Dollar Insurance Market
While it may not be one of those typical posh offices in Manhattan’s Park Avenue, the office of Wyde.com is nonetheless upscale for a small technology business. At building No. 460, Rajesh Makhija, CEO of the $50-million software product SMB,…
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Tata Elxsi Plans To Drive Growth Through Acquisitions
Engineering and industrial design services provider Tata Elxsi, a Tata Group company, plans to buy smaller companies in areas such automotive, media and healthcare, helping it grow business faster. The over Rs1,000 crore company has built capabilities to provide niche…
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