Tag: IBM

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…

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…

IBM, Kalaari partner to promote startups

IBM has partnered with start-up incubator Kstart, an initiative of Indian venture capital firm Kalaari Capital, to offer training and mentoring sessions to Indian start-ups. Kstart’s entire roster of seed-stage portfolio companies will have the opportunity to apply for the IBM Global Entrepreneur…

Online renting platform RentSher secures $300K seed funding

Online rental marketplace RentSher has raised more than $300K in seed funding. The round was led by Dubai based ex-McKinsey investor Vaibhav Doshi along with a clutch of other well known entrepreneurs turned investors including Abhay Singhal, Co-founder of In Mobi, Vibhu Garg, Co-founder and COO …

Cognitive cloud computing can transform companies

Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and Chief Executive of US information technology giant IBM, said India had the potential to grow at 10 per cent annually for the next two years. This century could, she felt, be India’s. Speaking at IBM’s flagship customer event, ‘Think Forum’, she spok…

Chumbak inks cloud service pact with IBM

Chumbak, a retail company known for its quirky designs of apparels, accessories and home décor products, has chosen IBM cloud to run and host its enterprise resource planning applications. The companies did not disclose the value of the deal. “Over the last five years, Chumbak has grown over 300%…

NASSCOM, IBM launch tech startup in Delhi

In order to accelerate digital transformation at the start-up level, Nasscom, in partnership with IBM, launched the Delhi version of Techstartup.in on IBM Cloud. Techstartup.in was first launched in Bengaluru in October and the new localised Delhi version of the site, designed to help stimulate i…