Google Identifies Enterprise Mobility And India Key For Growth

On July 18th 2014, Google organized an analyst briefing in India. The event conveyed two messages from Google – 1) growing importance of India for their business, and 2) commitment to the enterprise business. Attended by key Google representatives from…

Hard Facts: Enterprise Mobility

Like some magic wand, CIOs and enterprises have taken to quoting mobility as one of the top emerging technologies in their wish list.  It would be the answer to a large number of issues that enterprises face, and maybe the…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Tech push by railways a billion dollar opportunity for IT firms #Press #Media #Mint

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s first railway budget, which envisages implementing Internet connectivity at stations and in trains, digitizing land records, integrating all its computer systems and achieving a paperless office in five years, has thrown up a billion…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Sikka at helm, it’s time to hit the Refresh key at Infy #Press #Media #GovernanceNow

For a man that Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy stood out to be all through his life – one of India’s greatest entrepreneurs – the murmur was soon becoming too big and loud to bear. While Infosys’s decision last year to…

#GreyhoundInMedia: The Infosys lesson for India Inc #Press #Media #GovernanceNow

Infosys chooses an outsider pro to lead it through transition. Infosys Technologies, a bellwether firm for India’s infotech sector that is making waves across the globe, has defied the traditions of the domestic sector at the best of times. So, as…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Decoding the Infy reboot #Press #Media #HinduBusinessLine

What can Vishal Sikka, an outsider with a software product background, do for Infosys that its founders haven’t been able to achieve? Venkatesh Ganesh and K Giriprakash find out. In the end, it was not an easy decision either for…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys to begin fast-track career programme for high performers soon #Press #Media #HBL

Infosys will soon start a fast track career programme for high performers to boost morale of the company and has come up with different processes to help software engineers to improve productivity. Industry watchers saw an interesting message emanating from…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys’ new boss Vishal Sikka may operate from the US #Press #Media #TheAmericanBazaar

Company badly needs a knight in shining armor. One of India’s iconic IT firms Infosys had been mired in a crisis of leadership over the past one year. The company, one of the best IT services firm, was not doing very well…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Vishal Sikka as CEO: Infosys will not be the same again #Press #Media #FirstPost

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys has taken a huge gamble with Vishal Sikka: What analysts think of the new CEO #Press #Media #FirstBiz

What do analysts who have followed Infosys closely for years feel about the announcement earlier today that former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka would be the new US-based CEO and MD of the $8.25 billion Infosys? Can a man who is…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys announces Dr. Vishal Sikka as next CEO & MD #Press #Media #InformationWeek

The Infosys Board of Directors announced the selection of Dr. Vishal Sikka as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO & MD) of the company. Dr. Sikka is to be inducted as a whole-time director of the Board and…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Infosys Hinging On Sikka #Press #Media #BusinessWorld

The challenge for Vishal Sikka will be to take over a company whose employees will have to think about how technology transforms lives, rather then test, develop and maintain software. "This might just be the start of an interesting transition…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Makeover of an Indian company: How Vishal Sikka could revolutionise Infosys #Press #Media #Biztech

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…

#GreyhoundInMedia: From Indian IT bellwether to global competitor: How Vishal Sikka could revolutionise Infosys #Press #Media #FirstBiz

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…

#GreyhoundInMedia: WILL VISHAL SIKKA HELP INFOSYS GET ITS MOJO BACK? #Press #Media

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Makeover of an Indian company: How Vishal Sikka could revolutionise Infosys #Press #Media #FirstBiz

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the 3 top analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak too when this speculation…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Will Vishal Sikka help Infosys get its mojo back? #Press #Media #FirstPost

When news broke recently of former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka being considered for the position of Infosys CEO, many experts dismissed it outright. Of the top three analysts covering this sector that we tried to speak to when this speculation…

Enterprise Mobility – Value Lies in Data, Not Device Alone!

Times have changed, and so has how we use smartphones. From their earlier simplistic use of fetching email and contacts, smartphones are now the powerhouse for consumers and business users who use mobile gadgets for accessing applications and surf the…

Enterprise Mobility – Value Lies in Data, Not Device Alone!

Times have changed, and so has how we use smartphones. From their earlier simplistic use of fetching email and contacts, smartphones are now the powerhouse for consumers and business users who use mobile gadgets for accessing applications and surf the web.…

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…

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…

Avoiding BI Failure: Dispel the Myths of Risk-Free Deployment

While business intelligence (BI) is fast becoming a top priority for most businesses, achieving a return on your investment in implementing BI still remains a big challenge for CIOs. Though many CIOs plan to invest in BI going forward, most…

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,…

Enterprises Bite the Apple!

The increasing use of Apple’s products in organizations across emerging markets is noteworthy. To better understand this evolution, Greyhound Research conducted an online survey across the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) and Middle East and Africa (MEA) regions. They surveyed 300…

SAP Analyst Forum 2013

Event Dates - August 21st to August 22nd 2013 Analyst(s) attending - Sanchit Vir Gogia

From Transactions to Contextual Engagement: Strategy Please? with Sanchit Vir Gogia

“Competitive differentiation depends on pervasive customer engagement in a business environment that is proactive, innovative, agile and people-centric. Using Tom Peters’ principles such as “bias for action,” every person in your organization should be empowered to deliver maximum value to…

The challenge of mobility and the cost of BYOD fleets

In March 2013, ZDNet reported that the size of the 2013 bring-your-own-device (BYOD) market would be double that of 2012, making BYOD truly mainstream. Sixty eight percent of respondents in the same research report said that getting buy-in from staff presents…

Mobile Strategy In Emerging Markets: 10 Tips

Consumers in emerging economies have skipped past stodgy old landlines and PCs straight to mobile phones. But that doesn't mean CIOs in those regions won't run into problems with building the mobile enterprise. "To successfully implement a project compared to…

10 dicas de estratégia de mobilidade para mercados emergentes

Consumidores em economias emergentes substituíram as velhas linhas fixas e PCs diretamente por telefones móveis. Mas isso não quer dizer que CIOS destas regiões não encontrem problemas ao montar empreendimentos mobile. “Implementar um projeto de sucesso [em países emergentes] é…