The last four months of 2016 saw nearly 20 firms register with Karnataka’s Startup Cell every day .From just 27 startups registered at the time the Siddaramaiah government took over in 2013, the number has risen to 2,397 as of December end. In 2013, there was only one nodal officer for star…
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Sundar Pichai to announce key initiatives for Indian SMEs today
New Delhi: Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai will attend the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) programme on January 4, where he will announce some key initiatives for SMEs, as part of the tech giant’s efforts to bring more businesses online in the country. Information Technology…
Amazon cloud attracts start-ups, SMBs in India
Practo is a fast growing Indian start-up in the healthcare space that connects more than 60 million users with 200,000 doctors and 10,000 hospitals. Thanks to Amazon cloud, it has scaled by a factor of 60x and reduced new product deployment time from many months to a few weeks. More than 40 milli…
Technology is a growth catalyst for SMEs say tech honchos
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) often stay away from investing in technology due to the fear of high investments, and thus something that can give them a competitive advantage turns into the last priority. In an interactive panel discussion, panelists at the Surge conference in Pune discussed …
Google races to catch up in cloud computing
When it comes to cloud computing, Google is in a very unfamiliar position: seriously behind. Google is chasing Amazon and Microsoft for control of the next generation of business technology, in enormous cloud-computing data centers. Cloud systems are cheap and flexible, and companies are quickly …
Karnataka gets large firms to help start-ups
The Karnataka government has IBM, Amazon Web Services and Airtel to subsidise services to start-ups registered with it. Start-ups registered with the state government have access to accelerators and funding, cloud credits, discounted Internet subscription, software debugging tools, and payment ga…
Nasscom opens internet of things start-up in Bangalore
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has launched a Centre of Excellence — Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at its start-ups warehouse in Bengaluru. The CoE will focus on leveraging IT strengths and creating a new age industry with the support of IoT-based ideas. Mul…
Cloud services high on Microsoft India priority list
Microsoft, the information technology multinational, is raising its focus on security, high-end computing applications and developer community building services on the cloud. Cloud computing is the term for using a network of remote servers, hosted on the internet, to store, manage and process da…
Autodesk joins major MNCs looking to tap into startup ecosystem in India
Autodesk, the 3D design company whose software was used to create special effects in blockbuster film `Avatar,’ is launching a design and innovation centre in Bengaluru. The centre will provide a platform for startups, giving them access to its design technology as well as funding. It will …