Like India, Infosys Needs A Shot In The Arm (and Now)!

India has only recently finished the most significant federal elections witnessed in the past few decades. Not only did the elections bring out the clear winner in Narendra Modi, it has also worked like a shot in the arm for…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Yahoo! India clicks into Marissa’s turnaround plan #Press #Media #HBL

Gurmit Singh, who took over as the Managing Director of Yahoo! India earlier this year, has a tough job in hand. At a time when rivals such as Google and Facebook are catching the imagination of Internet users, Gurmit Singh…

HDS makes strong moves into IT infra, Internet of Things with Continuous Cloud Infrastructure

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi has announced new solutions that take it well into the software defined data centre (SDCC) as well as deepening its fraternal ties with Hitachi Research and other Hitachi companies…

IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst

Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…

IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst

Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…

Why Airtel changed IT outsourcing strategy that impacted IBM

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has changed its IT outsourcing strategy that impacted enterprise IT major IBM in a big way. But the deal announced on Wednesday did not surprise many infotech analysts.   Sanchit Vir Gogia of Greyhound Research Strategic Outsourcing…

IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst

Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound Research said today. The firm also estimates…

Refreshed IBM-Bharti deal might touch $1bn over next 5 years: Greyhound Research

IBM India and Bharti Airtel have finally announced their renewed partnership. The deal had come under a lot of limelight thanks to its sheer size and much was said about IBM losing the race for one of the biggest IT…

Nokia makes a calculated gamble with Android

The worst-kept secret of the mobile world - Nokia's adaptation of the Android operating system for mobile phones - finally came out last month: the Finnish handset maker said that its X series of smartphones would run on Android. Before…

Greyhound Research at the C# Corner Annual Conference 2014

What is the event all about?  C# Corner ANNUAL CONFERENCE is a 3 day annual meeting where C# Corner MVPs, authors, chapter leaders, moderators, editors and experts meet, demonstrate, plan and hang out. One day of the conference is open…

Android may rejuvenate Nokia

While analysts are not calling the Nokia X Series smartphones a game changer, they are upbeat about Microsoft’s strategy to tap into the sub-Rs.10,000 phone segment. In the age of smartphones powered by Google’s Android operating system, Microsoft seems to have…

Vodafone sees 20% jump in post-paid subscriptions

Vodafone India, the country’s second largest telecom service provider, saw a 20 per cent rise in the number of post-paid subscribers this financial year, higher than its competitors. The company now has around 10 million post-paid subscribers – around 7 per…

Greyhound Research as a Knowledge Partner at CIO Leadership Retreat 2014

What is the event all about?  Today's most advanced and complicated IT technology landscape poses unprecedented challenges and needless to say that an isolated approach never can address these challenges. This is only possible with a strong, mutually understood IT…

Nadella faces big challenge in mobile tech

The appointment of Satya Nadella as the new Microsoft CEO would strengthen its push towards cloud computing and emerging markets, but questions still remain over how the company plans to stay relevant in the future as consumers veer towards alternative…

More India-born executives could head tech firms in future

With speculation rife that Microsoft Corp was considering another Indian-origin executive for its top position, experts feel it signals the maturity of both, Indian techies as well as the overall industry and that an increasing number of Indians could head technology multinationals…

Infosys Lab head to quit

Subrahmanyam Goparaju, Senior Vice-President and Head of Infosys Labs, will be quitting the company by this year-end. Savio D'Souza will manage Infosys Labs’ Service Differentiation Platforms group and Anindya Sircar will manage the IP Cell, according to a filing on the…

Greyhound Research as a Knowledge Partner at CXO Leadership Retreat 2013

What is the event all about?  The Indian Economy is experiencing its worst slowdown in nearly a decade on the back of global contractionary headwinds, domestic macro-economic imbalances and policy reversals on the fiscal front. With growth pegged at below…

The times they’re a-changin

About the same time Steve Jobs was shipping his first Apple Macintosh in 1978, a start-up floated by a bunch of young Indian entrepreneurs had developed the first indigenous micro-computer. Hindustan Computers Limited, as it was known then, had developed…

Internet user base touches 200 m in Oct

Fuelled by an increased adoption of mobile Internet due to falling smartphone prices, the Indian Internet user base has reached 200 million in October. According to latest data from IMRB and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), this rise in…

Internet user base touches 200 m in Oct

Fuelled by an increased adoption of mobile Internet due to falling smartphone prices, the Indian Internet user base has reached 200 million in October. According to latest data from IMRB and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), this rise in…

Ola Gets Second Round Of Funding From Matrix Partners

Olacabs, India’s largest aggregator of car rentals and cab services, has received second round of financing from private equity firm Matrix Partners India and existing investor Tiger Global Management. While the company did not divulge the amount of funding, industry sources…

Internet user base touches 200 m in Oct

Fuelled by an increased adoption of mobile Internet due to falling smartphone prices, the Indian Internet user base has reached 200 million in October. According to latest data from IMRB and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), this rise in…

When the leader trips

Author and retired American soccer player Mia Hamm has famously said, It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. In the current context, who will know this better than two brands that have been in the…

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…

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…

Calling for Bigger Fortunes

The government's decision to allow full FDI in telecom is expected to bring in fresh funds and high confidence to the sector. The union Cabinet decided to increase FDI cap in telecom to 100% from 74%, up to 49% via…

The new spectrum of Growth

The Indian telecom sector has witnessed phenomenal growth during the past few years. Currently, India has the second largest telecom network in the world, the largest being that of China. According to subscription data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of…

Why there’s no room for complacency for HP in India

Rajiv Srivastava laughed as he shared a few light moments with one of the journalists he had invited for a select press briefing on August 26. The meeting, in a roof-top conference room at the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi,…

Time For Social Media Users To Grow

Is social media a boon or a bane? This is one of the most challenging questions that many of us have faced in recent times. The answer may be different to each of us, based on our own perspectives and…

Combining to Conquer

Rajiv Srivastava laughed as he shared a few light moments with one of the journalists he had invited for a select press briefing on August 26. The meeting, in a roof-top conference room at the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi,…