Building Energy Efficient Data Centers

As IT heads reel under pressure to cut operational costs and scale up the IT infrastructure to meet the growing business requirements, the demand for energy efficient data center technologies is picking up.   Environmental certification organizations like International Organization…

The Coming Of The eCommerce Boom

The e-commerce industry in India is set to increase from $4.5 bn today to $45 bn in next 4-5 years. Moderating the second panel session, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group pointed out that while the…

Cloud specialists: IBM, Oracle looking for you

As Indian corporates and governments embrace cloud in a bigger way, technology firms operating in India are looking to build armies of cloud sales professionals to tap into the demand.From large firms like IBM and Oracle to more specialized players…

IT Giants IBM, Oracle, RedHat And Others Racing For Cloud Sales Specialists To Tap Rising Demand

As Indian corporates and governments embrace cloud in a bigger way, technology firms operating in India are looking to build armies of cloud sales professionals to tap into the demand.From large firms like IBM and Oracle to more specialized players…

Product e-Commerce Sector To Grow Ten-fold By 2020

Moderating the second panel session, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group pointed out that while the cost of creating a website has declined considerably in the last few years, the key to survival of E-commerce model is customer…

Sanchit Vir Gogia and Ivor Soans talk about Microsoft Azure Platform

Catch Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & Group CEO, Greyhound Research and Ivor Soans, Network 18, talking about Microsoft Azure Platform. Use #Azure4Sure and #LiveAtAzure4Sure on Twitter for more updates

Microsoft Office 365 Still Vulnerable To POODLE Attacks, Says Greyhound Research

The POODLE Attack is a vulnerability that takes advantage of web browser encryption. It gives attackers the access to the web traffic between a user’s browsers and a HTTP Secure website, which can cause serious repercussions such as decrypting sensitive…

Putting EMM Vendors Through Poodleattack Check: All But One Pass The Ring Of Fire

Earlier this morning I was chatting with a CIO of a large manufacturing organization with presence across multiple continents. They are currently benchmarking Mobile Device Management (MDM) vendors to help secure their mobile environment and we are helping them with…

Budget 2015: The Tech Industry Reacts

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced the Union Budget for 2015, and the new budget comes with a number of benefits for technology companies. The public might not be so happy to see the rate for service tax inch…

Putting EMM Vendors Through Poodle Attack Check: All But One Pass Ring of Fire

Earlier this morning I was chatting with a CIO of a large manufacturing organization with presence across multiple continents. They are currently benchmarking Mobile Device Management (MDM) vendors to help secure their mobile environment and we are helping them with this…

Microsoft Office365 Impacted With Poodle Attack: Case Of Cloud Security Fallen Short

On a call earlier today (with an end-user client) I was discussing enterprise security norms around cloud-based productivity suite offerings. Like many IT Decision Makers who are taking the leap to the cloud, our client (based in the APJ region)…

What Satya Nadella’s Year In Charge Meant For Microsoft’s India Unit

When Satya Nadella was named to head Microsoft Corp. on 4 February last year, there were expectations that he would boost its already strong enterprise business and research and development units in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, given his Indian roots and…

Microsoft Corporation On Cloud Nine

The Indian workplace is changing quickly, with technology at the centre of the change. Cloud computing is no longer a technology buzzword tossed around in company corridors. It’s mainstream now than ever before and to be on the cloud is…

Cloud Domination Dreams: Oracle To Hire Troop Of Sales Professionals Across India

Oracle India is ramping up its cloud business with the addition of a dedicated sales force that will sell Oracle Cloud solutions. The company announced that it plans to hire more than 200 sales professionals to accelerate and ramp up…

Slow Cloud Computing Growth Pushes Oracle Profits Down 12%

Unable to cash in on the cloud computing growth and due to heavy discounts on its products, Oracle India's profits saw a decline of 12 per cent in 2013-14 to Rs 297 crore. Oracle's rival SAP, which has been quite…

CIOs Cautious of Free Upgrade to Windows 10

In a widely anticipated move, Microsoft announced last week that its newly launched operating system, Windows 10, will be provided as a free upgrade to the users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President,…

Mobile payments: Trends in 2015

Experts are predicting that more and more consumers will take to mobile banking as the under-banked look for a better online shopping experience Apple Pay uses NFC to enable payments. However, apart from the US, NFC has failed to gain…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft (@MicrosoftIndia) to invest Rs 1,400 crore in India cloud data centres #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

Seeing a $2 trillion promise in India's cloud market, Microsoft has decided to spend Rs 1,400 crore on setting up three data centres in the country. In a filing with the Registrar of Companies, the US software giant said it…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft (@MicrosoftIndia) plans to bring free Internet to India with ‘White Space’ spectrum #Press #Media @JagranPost

Microsoft has proposed to make use of the “white space” or the unused spectrum between two TV channels, to make Internet connectivity to a vast population an economically-viable solution, Hindustan Times said in a report. Greyhound Research CEO Sanchit Vir…

#GreyhoundInMedia: @Skype to discontinue calls to Indian landline and mobile numbers #Press #Media #Indiatoday

Microsoft's Skype has announced that from November 10 it would stop calls from Skype to cellular or landline numbers in India. The calls between Skype to Skype users, using internet connection, would continue to work normally. Commenting on the development,…

Skype to discontinue calls to Indian landline and mobile numbers

Microsoft's Skype has announced that from November 10 it would stop calls from Skype to cellular or landline numbers in India. The calls between Skype to Skype users, using internet connection, would continue to work normally. Commenting on the development,…

#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…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft eyes India’s cloud computing market with plans for 3 data centres #Press #Media #DomainB

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Cloud services in India is a $2 trn opportunity: Nadella #Press #Media #Rediff

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft to set up data centre in India;eyes $2 trn cloud mkt #Press #Media #ABPLive

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft to Offer Azure and Office 365 Cloud Services From Data Centres in India #Press #Media #NDTV

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Satya Nadella says Microsoft will set up data centre in India, eyes $2 trn cloud mkt #Press #Media #Firstbiz

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft eyes $2 trillion cloud market #Press #Media #FinancialChronicle

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in the country by 2015 as the technology giant gears up for the estimated US $2 trillion domestic market opportunity against competition from rival firms like…