Ola Fleet Technologies Pvt. Ltd, the cab-leasing arm of taxi aggregator Ola, has posted a loss of Rs 13.3 crore for FY16 compared to a profit of Rs 3.9 crore the previous year, show filings with the Registrar of Companies…
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Procuring Public Cloud – Ponder Before You Purchase
Over the last 12 months, we at Greyhound Research carried out thousands of end-user enquiries on adoption of Public Cloud. These enquiries have ranged from questions on assessing Cloud vendors, controlling costs, automating manual tasks, ensuring data security & compliance, identifying potential workloads…
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Dell EMC On Track To Serve Digital Transformation Opportunities
Dell Technologies, the company that was formed when Dell Inc. acquired EMC Corp. for $67 billion, remains bullish on its “long-term” growth prospects. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO of Greyhound Research, said that while the Dell-EMC combine has…
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Irony Of H-1B Visa Policy: Jobs Trump Is Trying To Protect Are About To Vanish Altogether
American President Donald Trump’s policy to protect jobs by imposing restrictions on H-1B visas is unlikely to be of any help to that country and may hurt US interests, say experts. What Trump is seeking to protect are entry level…
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Catch Greyhound Research at Dimension Data Leadership Connect 2017
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Research at Dimension Data Leadership Connect 2017. What is the event about? We are experiencing unprecedented change and disruption in the industry today. Business and technology paradigms are changing at a…
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Catch Greyhound Knowledge Group at STARup 2017
Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia and Anshoo Nandwaani as Keynote Speakers at STARup 2017 on May 6 -7, 2017 at Bengaluru, India. What is STARup? STARup is a gathering of over 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, corporate representatives and government officials and influencers from…
Era Of AI: Infosys’ Mana Eliminates Need For Lawyers To Process Contracts
Infosys has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) platform ‘Mana’ to process contracts for a bank in Asia that typically needed a team of 10-15 dedicated lawyers. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, believes AI significantly helps in…
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Is This Flipkart’s Last Fundraise On Road To IPO?
India’s largest e-commerce company Flipkart’s recent fundraise of $1.4 billion (around Rs 9,000 crore), the biggest-ever in the country’s burgeoning consumer internet sector, has undoubtedly filled its coffers for now, but it also begs some important questions. Will this be…
Snapdeal Pay Hike: Face-Saving Gimmick Or Bid To Retain Talent?
Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, which runs online marketplace Snapdeal, is reportedly giving out pay hikes of up to 15% to its employees even as talks of its merger with India’s biggest e-commerce company Flipkart are fast progressing. Sanchit Vir Gogia,…
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Twitter Southeast Asia And India MD Brushes Turmoil, Launches Twitter Lite In India First
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…
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Behind The Success Of A Startup Is Passion, Not Money: 3 Business Women Decode Their Stories
For every such startup that has managed to cross over to the success corner, there have been many that have fallen by the wayside and some of these, after hitting a high note of success and popularity and instant recall…
Why Our Startups Stutter Even As Indians-Led Enterprise Firms Scorch Silicon Valley
Shutdowns. Funding crunch. Falling valuations. Firings. By pretty much any metric, India’s consumer internet companies have been going through a rough patch. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, feels Silicon Valley is a way more mature ecosystem. “Indian…
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Cloudy And Clueless: Why SaaS Startups Are Yet To Impress In India?
Software-as-a-service companies are yet to meet their promise of profitability in India. The pricing and customer profile, which is the long tail of SMBs globally, are yet to bear fruit. All these businesses have registered offices and business in the…
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Symantec Ventures – Why It Matters To The Future Of Cyber Security Innovation
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…
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Will Amazon’s Food Retail Foray End BigBasket’s Reign At The Top?
Seattle-based e-tailing giant Amazon.com, Inc has sought government approval to enter India’s food-retailing sector with investments totalling $515 million (Rs 3,368 crore) over the next five years. The company, which is already the number 2 player in India’s fast-growing e-commerce…
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Cognizant Layoffs: Gloom Continues, Jobs In Tech And IT Companies Dry Up
Cognizant, the New Jersey-headquartered software services company with most of its operations in Chennai, is likely to lay off 6,000-10,000 “ redundant and non-performing” employees. “When global competition stepped in, Indian companies went through multiple levels of devaluation – for example…
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WNS Gets Deeper Into Healthcare With Tuck-In Buys
NYSE-listed Business Process Management (BPM) company WNS was always on the lookout for niche and tuck-in acquisitions to augment its capabilities, and the latest in the series is not much different. The focus of the two recent acquisitions was to…
Slack-Rival Flock Gets $25 Mn From Founder For Expansion, But Is It A Good Decision?
While the startup ecosystem is struggling to keep afloat as funds are drying up, here is another story -- of a founder who believes that his company can take on global rivals, and even go global. “The winner in the…
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Reliance Jio और Google “चुपचाप” कर रहें हैं, ‘सस्ते 4G एंड्राइड स्मार्टफोन’ के निर्माण का प्रयास
अपने लॉन्च के बाद से अब तक Reliance Jio ने 100 मिलियन से अधिक उपयोगकर्ताओं के साथ भारत के सबसे बड़े 4G टेलीकॉम नेटवर्क में से एक बनने का शानदार सफ़र तय किया है | लेकिन इसके बावजूद कंपनी अब…
En halv million nye mobilkunder – hver dag. Alle ringer gratis.
Den indiske milliardæren Mukesh Ambani satser på å lykkes hvor Telenor, Vodafon og andre har tapt enorme beløp. Han har brukt over 200 milliarder kroner for å ta markedsandeler og knuse konkurrentene – også sin egen bror. – En slik…
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India’s E-Commerce Groups Urge To Stop Alibaba
A decade after allowing Amazon to start what would become India's largest online marketplace, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal appealed for government protection against his former employer. "Alibaba could approach the e-commerce unit as a complement to Paytm's core business, hoping…
Google, Reliance Jio Developing Affordable 4G Smartphone
Google and Reliance Jio may be secretly working on an affordable smartphone that will work exclusively on the latter’s 4G network. The phone is expected to be launched before the end of this year, according to industry sources aware of…
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How Start-Ups Die Plop!
Start-ups, the playfield of the young and the restless, have had a hard reality check. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Founder & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group, calls 2016 “a year of anxiety” for Indian start-ups, with “a much-needed market correction” that saw…
Google Bets Big On AI, Machine Learning To Crack The Cloud
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…
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IT Majors’ Share Buyback: Shouldn’t They Fuel Innovation And Support Startups Instead Or Are They Done
Every shareholder is happy when a share buyback is announced. Some even pressure companies to repurchase shares because they see no value in remaining shareholders of the company. And sometimes it is the management that wants to be free of…
Suspension On Expedited H-1B Visa To Affect IT Cos
US' decision to temporarily suspend the expedited premium processing of H-1B visas will lead to process delays for IT firms too. Greyhound Research Chief Analyst and CEO Sanchit Vir Gogia said that while the change by the Trump Administration has…
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Uber Is Done Giving Lucrative Incentives To Drivers In Its Fastest Growing Market
Uber is finally opening up about the ongoing cab strikes in Indian cities and publicly addressing drivers' demands. Uber, which operates in over three dozen cities in India, is far beyond the "land-grabbing" phase, Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst at…
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IT Firms Breathe Easy As Donald Trump Proposes Merit-Based Immigration
US President Donald Trump’s proposal for immigration reforms to encourage merit-based migration might help export-focused software and information technology (IT) sector. “This goes to show Trump’s administration has realised how deep-rooted the matter is. It should not only look at…
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Real-Estate Firms Open The Door To Technology Start-Ups
Real estate companies are starting to seek the help of technology start-ups in a bid to save costs as they face meek to zero interest in projects due to demonetisation. “At this juncture, as well as in the foreseeable future,…
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Indian Startups Should Focus On Sustainability, Stop Chasing Unicorn Tag
The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. On Oyo’s likelihood of becoming a unicorn, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, said…
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