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166 | Gigabyte Technology
The India launch of the ultra portable U60 UMPC signaled Gigabytes entry
into the mobile lifestyle domain in the country. Motherboards though continued
to be the companys mainstayit completed selling 2 mn motherboards in India
during the year accounting for 15% of the marketshare; also, it has set up a
target to sell 1 mn more during this year. The movement from regional to
national distribution model two years back and separation of the sales team and
channel strategy from D-Link has boosted its motherboard sales.
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Agreement with TAG Technologies and Gadgets for
NVIDIA graphic cards distribution
n Vista-compliant
Ultra Durable 2 motherboards launched
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l Managing Director: Prabodh Vyas l
Start-up
Year: 2005 l Products & Services: Hardware l Address: Gigabyte
Technology, B-411, 4th Floor, Bsel Tech Park, Plot No 39/5 &
39/5A, Sector 30A, Opp Vashi Railway Station, Vashi, Navi
Mumbai-400705
l Tel: +91-22-40633222 l Website:
www.gigabyte.com.tw |
167 | Nihilent Technologies
After unfurling its consulting flag in markets of South Africa, USA, and
Europe, Pune-based Nihilent is making significant headway in India now. Though
the domestic revenue is still a tad less than 2% of the overall revenue, the
trends are quite encouraging, especially for its flagship performance management
tool, Lamat, which is targeted at the SMB segment. So far the company has over
six clients for Lamat in the Mumbai/Pune belt, like Demag Cranes and Components.
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n
Identified knowledge management as the next
improvement area
n Strengthened
presence in China by signing up six new clients
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l CEO: LC Singh l
Start-up Year: 2000 l Products
& Services: Software products, services, and consulting
l Employees: 1,010 l Branches: 6 l Address: 4th Floor, Weikfield IT Citi Infopark, Nagar Road, Pune-411014
l Tel: +91-20-26054452 l Fax: +91-20-39846498 l
Website: www.nihilent.com |
168 | Quantum India
Quantum pumped in $10 mn to establish its India Development Center in Hyderabad.
This R&D facility would help in faster time-to-market of new disk, software, and
tape solutions. The center is focused on developing the DXi-Series of disk-based
backup appliances that would play a critical role in the companys backup,
recovery, and archive strategy going forward. Quantum also doubled the size of
its sales, marketing, and service team. The company appointed Sanjay Kumar Dutta
to head the India operations as country manager.
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ntroduced direct marketing programs
n Launched DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and
replication system
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l Country Manager: Sanjay Kumar Dutta l
Products
& Services: Storage hardware and software l Employees: 70
l Address: 11 and 12, Bellary Road, Sahakara Nagar,
Bangalore-560092 l Tel: +91-80-41735609/10/11/12
l Fax: +91-80-41735608 l Website:
www.quantum.com |
169 | Hitachi Data Systems India
Expanding its product portfolio was the leitmotif for HDS throughout the
year. It launched Dynamic Thin Provisioning, and followed up with business
continuity enablement. In between, the company also beefed up its solutions
portfolio to include file and content services and heterogeneous storage
management software. During FY 08, HDS also outlined its focus on the
mid-market segment and tier-2 regions; consequently, it expanded its tier-2
channel community. It also expanded its partnership with Sun.
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Started inter-operability lab to accelerate
integration with third party vendors
n Software
accounted for 21%, services for 20%, and storage infrastructure
solutions for 59%
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l Managing Director: Natarajan Viswanathan l
Start-up Year: 1999 l Products & Services: Storage hardware,
and software and services l Employees: 45 l Address: 278/23,
Trident Towers, 4th Floor, 10th Main, T Mariappa Road,
Jayanagar, 2nd block, Bangalore-560011 l Tel: +91-80-26576295
l Website: www.hds.com |
170 | Polycom (UK) India
During the year, Polycom made significant investment in India in setting up
a product and solutions development center in Hyderabad. The facility, which has
over 70 employees, houses development programs for the portfolio of voice
communications solutions for mobile, desktop, and conferencing applications.
Polycom opened offices at eight locations across India. The company also
outlined aggressive plans for entry into the retail market with plans to tie-up
with retail chains to enable walk-in customers to buy its products.
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Introduced the Polycom RealPresence Experience
High Definition (RPX HD)
n Identified non-traditional vertical for
businesses like disaster management, manufacturing, and thegems
and jewelry segment
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l Regional Director, India & South Asia: Yugal
Sharma l Start-up Year: 2003 l Products & Services: Video
conferencing solutions l Address: GHCL Building, B-38 4th
Floor, Sector 1, Noida-201301 l Tel: +91-120-3091600-1610
l Fax: +91-120-3091614 l Website:
www.polycom.com |
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