The business model due to digital media is not changing but is expanding its reach. The US$35b FMCG market would also be influenced by the digital media. There are 350mn internet users today and these are likely to increase to 650mn users by 2020. Of these, 250mn users are likelyContinue Reading

It is interesting to note that the Times of India ranks low within offline readership in India [Leading English daily ranks eighth in terms of physical readership] but leads in total app downloads versus Hindi/regional language dailies. This possibly throws some light on how individual behavior relating to content consumptionContinue Reading

At the Alibaba Computing Conference in Hangzhou, the company unveiled partnership with the Hangzhou government city management and AI-enabled AliCloud ET, showing BABA’s leadership in computing and data-enabled intelligence. Jack Ma delivered an opening speech, highlighting that technology innovationContinue Reading

Google argues that its cloud infrastructure is already design’ed for enterprise grade scalability (the pitch being “You can run on Google“), reliability and security and that it has the best fiber network in the industry. Google argues that if engineers were making the choice of cloud infrastructure, most would chooseContinue Reading

Naukri.Com is witnessing increased adoption of newer features by its corporate clients. 350 customers have gone live on Referral hiring system. Similarly, INFOE has sold cloud based Careers Site manager (CSM) to above 1,600 clients. Average realization in CSM has also doubled, indicating pricing power. The company expects growth rateContinue Reading

Most eCommerce companies in India have been burning cash on traffic/customer acquisition, investments in technology and people and investments in warehousing / fulfillment capabilities. Hence, the bottom line was to maximize GMV / revenue and traffic, and the availability of VC/PE funding helped some companies achieve it quickly. However, ofContinue Reading

Exponential growth of e-commerce in India over the last 2 years has created a massive opportunity for courier and fulfillment services in the segment. This has benefited existing courier companies like Bluedart and also led to the emergence of e-tailing focused companies like GoJavas, Delhivery and Ecom Express. They haveContinue Reading