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| Monday, September 15, 2008 |
| Airtel plans entry into IT sector |
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Telecom sector major Bharti Airtel is planning its foray into the information technology (IT) business by developing software applications for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and enterprises on a pay-per-use or software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
The company is currently in talks with large software vendors such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Google and Jamcracker to develop the required applications. It already has a tie up with Microsoft to offers hosted messaging and collaboration solutions for SMBs.
The private sector telecom major is planning to play the role of "CIO in the cloud" for the SMBs by offering the CIO services on a virtual basis. |
Published on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 12:19 PM  |
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| Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
| Online Advertising - Exponential Growth |
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The Online Advertising market in India is set for an explosive growth within the next 3 years. With the Government striving hard to reach broadband targets and adding more Indians online, brands, portals, services etc are all joining the bandwagon.
The Online Advertising market is set to touch Rs 2,500 core [$550 mn] in the next 3 years accounting for 6.8% of the entire advertising market in India. Currently it is 2.43% of the entire ad spend in the industry.
Banner is expected to be the next big thing in the online industry and is expected to touch Rs 350 crore by next year according to Ozone Media. The platform is drawing companies from sectors as diverse as Auto, FMCG, Finance education etc. |
| Published on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 8:23 PM |
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