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…

Google to continue to sharpen focus on India

Google Inc. is continuing to sharpen its focus on its India business by attempting to get more non-English speaking users online, providing more offline content to users with poor bandwidth, boosting the growth of its Android ecosystem, and helping more…

Will Uber come up trumps against homegrown Olacabs?

Why is taxi-hailing app Uber doubling down in India and China? Last month, the San Francisco-based company closed $1 billion in fresh funding, raising its valuation to $50 billion-plus. The fund-raising coincided with its announcement that it was going to…

Greyhound Knowledge Group Partners with @FortuneIndia for #TheNext500

So what’s this all about? Greyhound Knowledge Group, a corporate group offering Business, Technology, Talent and Marketing Research & Advisory services, is proud to announce its exclusive Knowledge Partnership with Fortune India The Next 500. Over the last few months…

True Caller to expand presence in India

India, which is the largest market for the app, has about 80 million users of Truecaller. Truecaller, a caller identification app launched by Stockholm-based True Software Scandinavia AB, expects to double its user base globally to 300 million, with half the…

Truecaller to expand presence in India

India, which is the largest market for the app, has about 80 million users of Truecaller. Truecaller, a caller identification app launched by Stockholm-based True Software Scandinavia AB, expects to double its user base globally to 300 million, with half the…

After IBM and Microsoft, Amazon plans to set up data centre in India next year

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it will open an AWS infrastructure region in India for its cloud computing platform in 2016. "Tens of thousands of customers in India are using AWS from one of AWS's eleven global infrastructure regions outside…

After IBM and Microsoft, Amazon plans to set up data centre in India next year @firstpost

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it will open an AWS infrastructure region in India for its cloud computing platform in 2016. "Tens of thousands of customers in India are using AWS from one of AWS's eleven global infrastructure regions outside…

Slow broadband threatens Modi’s Internet vision

The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to herald a broadband revolution through its ambitious Digital India initiative aimed at providing government services online to citizens nationwide by 2019. It may be setting its sights too high. In addition…

At Your Fingertips

The online travel sector comprises more than 50 per cent of the e-commerce industry in India, which is currently estimated to be in the range of US$ 11-16 billion. Given its size and high levels of user acceptance, this segment…

A look at the gap in digital aspirations

While the GoI has been able to mend the digital divide between the rural and urban India, there is a clear gap in aspirations where the demand for PCs and form factors are concerned. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and…

10 Key Insights On PC Usage In India

The youth in India will drive the next phase of PC growth, according to an independent study conducted by Dell India. “When we conducted this study, no question was actually asked on brand preferences. The idea of this study was…

Dell launches XPS 13, Alienware 15 and 17, Venue 8 7000 Series and Inspiron 5000 Series

Dell, the world’s fastest-growing large integrated IT Company today echoed its confidence in the opportunities for higher PC adoption and usage from emerging India. Signaling its commitment towards driving PC awareness and usage in India, Dell has been consistently delivering…

Dell launches new notebooks and tablets in India

Dell today launched its new range of notebooks and tablets in India. The new range includes the Inspiron 5000 Series, XPS 13, Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks and the Venue 8 7000 Series tablet. At a press conference in New Delhi,…

Owning PC important for residents of metros, tier I towns:Dell

Residents of metros and tier I cities consider it more important to own a personal computer as compared to their counterparts in tier IV towns, says a study by Dell India. The study, conducted by Greyhound Research covering 6,000 respondents,…

Online travel start-ups join e-commerce fray

India is in the throes of an entrepreneurship revolution with online start-ups getting the support of both consumers and venture capitalists. Over the years a large number of online travel start-ups have entered the fray to cash in on the…

India/Amazon si Google in India

Giganții de pe Internet Google și Amazon și-a exprimat interesul de a organiza centre de afaceri în India, motivați de creșterea masivă a numărului de useri de internet din India. Ambele companii plănuiesc să angajeze mii de indieni în următorii…

Google Inc and Amazon.com, Inc. Expand In India

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are scaling up their operations in India to take advantage of the available opportunities. For this, both  companies chose Hyderabad, a city in the Southern part of India, to expand their presence. The…

Google And Amazon Chalk Out Big Plans For India

Google revealed about building its largest campus in Hyderabad instead of U.S. the search giant’s largest site would spread on an area of 2m square feet and expects to accommodate 13,000 workers. This centre in India is estimated to be…

Google and Amazon betting big on India – Indian Retailer

Online retailer Amazon and Global search engine Google are betting big on the Indian online market.Besides, they are interested in setting up their centers in India, which has a unique market with internet user growth. The companies will generate more…

Google and Amazon have big plans for India – Business Insider

Search engine Google and online retailer Amazon are interested in setting up their centers in India, which has a unique market with internet user growth. The companies will generate more employment and change the course for the internet multinationals in…

Internet MNCs like Google, Amazon up the game in India – ET Retail

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

Internet companies like Google, Amazon up the game in India – ET Telecom

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

Internet MNCs like Google, Amazon up the game in India – Economic Times

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

With One Login, Snapdeal Wants To Do A Facebook

Snapdeal is seeking to emulate social media giant Facebook in the commercial media space as it looks to expand its footprint. Kunal Bahl, CEO & co-founder, Snapdeal, is creating a clan of apps, just the way Facebook did with FB,…

In India, Microsoft Starts Global Rebranding Of Mobile Outlets

Redmond, US-based Microsoft Corp., which acquired Finnish firm Nokia Oyj’s mobile handset business for $7.2 billion last year, has started a global rebranding of its retail outlets, starting with India, which hosts nearly half of all such outlets. The rebranding…

In India, Microsoft Starts Global Rebranding of Mobile Outlets

Redmond, US-based Microsoft Corp., which acquired Finnish firm Nokia Oyj’s mobile handset business for $7.2 billion last year, has started a global rebranding of its retail outlets, starting with India, which hosts nearly half of all such outlets. The rebranding…

Analyst Perspective On Capgemini Acquisition Of IGATE Corp: Sanchit Vir Gogia

Perspective On Capgemini Acquisition Of IGATE_Corp by @s_v_g     Following IGATE’s acquisition of Capgemini, Greyhound Research’s Sanchit Vir Gogia, said that while the deal is good, it is on the expensive side. Greyhound Research believes that the acquisition of…

Capgemini To Become No. 3 MNC IT Employer In India

The Capgemini-IGATE merger will make the French company a leading employer of Indian engineers, thereby enabling it to better compete with domestic vendors for price-sensitive IT engagements, industry insiders feel. “Our estimate is that Capgemini-IGATE would currently employ 83,000 people…

Capgemini – IGATE Corp Deal: More MAs In India, Scramble For Clients In The Offing

Capgemini’s $4 billion offer to acquire iGATE–the largest buyout of an India-related IT services firm–could well be a harbinger of a clutch of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals involving mid-size firms, say industry watchers. “There are lots of such players…