Cloud Computing and India

Dell India Offers SaaS Applications on the Cloud:
Dell India (6th January 2010) launched its portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for large enterprises, small and medium businesses across the country. The new SaaS applications provide customers with cloud-based IT services that help simplify and automate IT management and reduce overall IT costs. Dell’s cloud-based application is currently doing pilot projects for 10 customers in India and the company hopes to bag its first customer this January. Sameer Garde, managing director & GM-large enterprises, said with Dell’s new IT services, enterprises can leverage SaaS to solve key issues around distributed device management, remote infrastructure monitoring and business continuity and compliance. The platform offers configurable, flexible options with minimal upfront costs for customers and channel partners to quickly deploy just the applications and managed services they need to achieve superior IT business impact. Dell is offering a broad portfolio of new SaaS applications across three key IT infrastructure management areas: Client device management; Remote Infrastructure monitoring and Continuity and Compliance management.
Insights : This is a well timed move by Dell to increase presence in Indian domestic IT Services market. Major IT services vendors IBM, as well as domestic low cost IT services companies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS are increasing their footprint in this country with a sizable SME market.