Archives for 2012
Tired of poring through the latest business blogs, books, best-sellers, to find out if you are doing the best for your business? Entrepreneurs and business owners find it difficult to believe in the insights from their own experience, and tend to second-guess themselves on all strategic decisions. If you tend to do that, stop! While [...]
Kochi, India- 4th May, 2012 Suyati Technologies will participate in the Great Indian Marketing Summit 2012, to be held on 5th May 2012 at the Raintree Hotel, Anna Salai, Chennai. The Summit will be attended by Mr. Gaurishanker Antravedi, Sr. Vice President (Business Development & Sales) and Mr. Ramanan Ramamurthy (Manager-International Business), for Suyati Technologies. [...]
Freedom from vendor lock-in, greater flexibility and lower costs are few of the multiple factors that have made users choose Free and Open Source software (FOSS) over traditional licensed software. Not only has it become popular with the vendor community, but it has also managed to go mainstream with customer organizations of varied sizes and [...]
The world of hackers prospers each day, with Fortune 500 companies like Google, Facebook, Sony, Citibank being added to the “hacked” list. One of the most critical challenges faced by corporate enterprises nowadays is the information security breach. In spite of the billions staked for cyber security every year, falling prey to cyber-attacks has become [...]
Microsoft’s recent study reveals that by 2015, nearly 14 million new jobs will be created worldwide due to increasing adoption of cloud computing! While this promises a stimulating job market, it also puts some challenges before the existing IT professionals in a company. Here are some tips to meet them head on - Hone your [...]
Traditional IT outsourcing pricing models is based on vendors providing a service and being paid for it – at a fixed price, cost plus model, or on time and materials basis. But as today’s global customers expect more value from their vendors, IT service vendors are innovating different ways to provide value and get paid [...]
Upgrades to software bring joy to a few, and pain to many! Changes to hardware and/or software systems, duly configured and tested to suit business needs, have an implication on the daily business operations as capital expenses incurred to acquire software upgrades or hardware. Microsoft has recently announced the “Release Preview “of the newly designed [...]
Every business owner and entrepreneur is aware of the need for a CMS or content management system for the successful operation of a business. The popularity of a website in branding the business is based on unique, creative and engaging content. Be it an e-commerce website, online magazine or a web development company, the official [...]
Cloud based Disaster Recovery (DR) has been creating lot of buzz these days. What actually is Cloud based DR? Cloud Based DR refers to maintaining a secondary DR site in the cloud at 20-30% of the primary site’s cost and a four hour RTO (Restore Time Objective) that is set according to the business requirements [...]
Studies reveal that China and India are two major countries where Innovation in companies is valued greatly. In the findings from a survey conducted by BusinessWeek (BCG Survey) it is evident that in promoting creativity-focused businesses, India and China are as popular as Europe as the place to go to, among top innovation-oriented executives. And [...]
Having established its leadership position in desktop, servers and database, Microsoft started focusing on enterprise communications. It has delivered an integrated and high value platform and solutions, through its flagship product Lync Server. Microsoft enjoys more than a decade long supremacy in the enterprise communications market and Lync 2010 is making a key impact in [...]
Slow growth due to stringent cost-cutting initiatives and cost controls have been the after-effects of a grueling global recession that hit the IT industry way back in 2007. Slashing of IT budgets as per management directives, with increased focus on efficiency and productivity, became the agenda of IT Managers and Executives for all IT related [...]
Software as a service (SaaS) or “on demand software” has become the common delivery model for business applications today. For instance, it serves as the prominent delivery model for business applications like CRM (Customer Relationship Management), MIS (Management Information System), HRM (Human Resource Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CM (Content Managing), Service Desk Management etc. [...]
Addressing the myths that surround the implementation of sustainability in your IT organization Sustainability for IT businesses, though much discussed, is pretty challenging to operate, streamline and follow holistically. Sustainability of an IT organization would mean understanding the economic viability of such initiatives, while ensuring that growth is in tune with social and environmental requirements. [...]
Outsourcing declined globally towards the end of 2011 and it was not a special phenomenon restricted to India. Global recession, economic instabilities, anti-globalization movements etc. were the causes of this downturn. India’s IT services industry is heading towards a fervent recovery in 2012, primarily owing to economical growth and vigorous consumer response. The Indian IT [...]
Hyderabad, India- Mar 24rd, 2012:- Suyati Technologies was a proud participant at the three day INDIASOFT 2012 International IT exhibition and conference, held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre from 21st to 23rd March, 2012. Chief Executive Officer for Suyati Group of Companies, Mr. Mukund Krishna; Product Manager Mr. Jagadeesh Kottarathil and Key Accounts Manager Mr. [...]
“A marriage anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year!” “Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most, live the longest” Yes, Suyati turns three today. When the day of our existence rolled around, we were not sure if [...]
Kochi, Kerala, INDIA, Hannover, GERMANY– Mar 12th, 2012 An article that appeared at a local daily (Hannoversche Allgemeine) in Hannover, Germany, featured Gauri Shankar Antarvedi (Sr. VP, Business Development and Sales), and Ramanan Ramamurthy (Manager, International Business), for Suyati Technologies. The article, in a lighter vein, provided a good insight into Gauri’s and Ramanan’s experiences [...]
Despite IT Offshoring savings showing a decline in recent years, several companies continue to go back to it. According to results from the sixth annual Offshoring survey conducted by the Center for International Business Education (CIBER) and the International Offshoring Research Network’s (ORN) Project at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, average cost savings achieved by [...]
CeBIT holds its rightful place as the digital industry’s biggest, most important international event, unrivalled in its role in sealing some of the best deals and business relationships ever. CeBIT showcases an exceptional mix of exhibitions, conferences, keynotes, corporate events, product presentations, discussions, speeches and launches. More than 4,200 companies from over 70 countries participated [...]
The app economy is where all the jobs are. A new study funded by Technet and conducted by Dr. Michael Mandel of South Mountain Economics, shows that the development and marketing of applications has created 466,000 jobs in the United States since 2007, and may just be the answer to the country’s employment woes. ‘Apps’ [...]
Identifying the right reason to go with an IT services provider Cost reduction and IT solutions have been synonymous with each other for decades. Strict cost control was necessary when IT services were merely a way to streamline and automate everyday processes. However today, IT has moved beyond being a mere process and has become [...]
2012 may be a rocky year for IT with financial and budgetary constraints looming large. IT vendors are getting ready to cut back on their on-site staff who help manage and operate day-to-day functions for your projects. (Reasons range from pressures on profit margins to visa issues.) But should that put a halt to your [...]
Tech research and advisory giant Gartner has lowered its spending forecast for IT, pulling it back to 3.7%, pegging worldwide IT spending to total of $3.8 trillion. The earlier projection was for a growth of 4.6%, but Gartner now expects all major technology sectors- computing hardware, enterprise software, IT services and telecommunications equipment and services- [...]
The global economy is not out of the doldrums just yet. If someone predicts that IT spending will increase, another think tank will say that IT budgets will shrink. Some say global IT outsourcing companies may cut staff, while others do not think outsourcing numbers will be affected. But, what we can say with a [...]