Vol. 2.

15th January 2013

CyberMinds Events

Dell Engineers Club launched in India India Tablet Market To Grow 100% Infosys beats analyst expectations

Editor In Chief: Prof. Y. K. Bhushan

Vol. 2.7
15th Jan 2013

eBay and mobile transactions Every new set of financial results from tech companies these days underscore the importance of having a strong mobile platform. In case of eBay, its particularly important. Bloomberg quotes Bill Smead, Bill Smead, chief investment officer of Smead Capital Management which works with eBay: The legacy marketplaces business its kind of carried into mobile. You get involved with bidding or selling something on EBay, and its nice to carry around the device where youre doing that with you. At eBay, mobile consumers shop more frequently than computer users and over 4.3 million new users came to eBay through mobile devices in 2012, according to a Report
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Apples China problem Apple is not concerned just about its supply chain in China, but also about the demand for its products. Last month, IDC said Apples ranking dropped by two places to sixth, as customers went for cheaper smart phones. There were reports that Apple is planning a cheaper iPhone, but later (without entirely denying the news) its marketing head Phil Schiller said it would never make a cheap phone. Now, demand is a function of price it goes up, as price comes down. But, demand is also a function of financing it can be generated by giving easier access to money. Thats exactly what Apple seems to be doing now to gain market share in China. Techchrunch reports that the company has started offering users of its Chinese online store the option to buy devices on credit.

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Dell Engineers Club launched in India

Dells Global Commercial Channel (GCC) today announced the launch of the Dell Engineers Club in India, as part of their long-term commitment to channel partners in the country. The platform will enable technical experts across the IT industry to network, exchange ideas, and share industry trends and best practices. This club will also help train channel partners and their engineers to be knowledgeable in Dells advanced server, storage, security, networking and cloud solutions. Dells long term aim is to qualify its partners to become not just the solutions provider but to be considered IT consultants for their end-customers. Dell believes in empowering their customers with the Power to do more, and therefore aims to create and offer real solutions with the intention of making technology smarter, more effective, and in service of its end-customers. The club will provide a platform to the technical experts across the IT industry to network, exchange ideas and share trends and best practices. It will be a mix of instructor led and online training with contests, discussions as well as awards for the partners. According to Ajay Kaul, Director & GM, GCC, Dell India, Dell is undergoing transformation and has acquired many companies in the past few years. To ensure that partners are well versed with the portfolio, the club will also train engineers of select Dell channel partners in advanced server, storage, security, networking and cloud solutions. The Engineers Club aims to strengthen the enterprise knowledge of our partner community, helping them become consultants for their end-customers.

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Pamela Lim, Director, Enterprise Enablement and Certification Programs, APJ said In the initial phase, the company train engineers in the top six cities. The entry to the club is strictly by invitation only. We want to enroll 50 tier-2 SIs in the first phase, and will gradually double the number as we expand to five more cities. The engineers will be selected based on the partners revenue commitment and the number of Dell certifications. Dell offers over 100,000 training sessions a year to all partners globally and the Dells Engineers Club will further build on this initiative to invest in the development of individual engineers and partners. The club will open ways for technical discussions with Dell and industry experts who will share their views on industry trends and also give feedback on Dells IT solutions that will help in the design of future technology solutions. The program will be conducted via Instructor Led Training/ Classroom Training and via webinars and will also involve monthly solutions broadcasts and product & program updates on technical topics at various levels. The members of the club will also be invited to virtual and faceto-face training events with opportunities to further enhance their capabilities. Dells Global Commercial Channel (GCC) division retains around 1700 commercial relationships in India. The division takes care of programs and policies relevant to channels, which cover all types of business entities such as public companies and large-/medium-sized companies.

Nikhilesh Parashar

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India Tablet Market To Grow 100 Percent

The India tablet PC market is expected to grow by at least 100 percent in 2013, according to CyberMedia Research (CMR). The market recorded sales of 1.1 million units in Q32012 and the research firm estimates the market to close at 3 million units in 2012.The key drivers for growth in 2013 are the new launches by OEMs who are eyeing the Indian consumers, increased adoption of the tablets by the enterprise segment and the recent release of Windows 8-based tablets. While in Q32012, Samsung led the market with 23.9 percent share followed by Micromax with 15.3 percent and the maker of Aakash tablet Datawind with 12.3 percent share in sales, 2013 will witness major change in rankings with increasing expectations of the consumers, and price correction and new launches from global players. The CRM report suggests that the growth in tablet sales will be fueled by government business, enterprise and consumer demand.The report revealed that tablet sales during the third quarter of 2012 peaked at 1.1 million devices, showing a 99.3 percent increase on a quarter-to-quarter basis. The report also highlights the fact that Windows 8-based tablets will be the key devices for 2013, as all the leading manufacturers would be looking to roll-out Windows 8 powered tablets, which will bring crucial changes in market dynamics. According to CMR, there could be some cleansing in the market for sub-Rs 5,000 tablets. 2013 is likely to see some of the players in this segment closing shop due to lack of market acceptability and increasing expectations of consumers, where these devices are bound to fail.
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The research firm informed that average sales value of tablets in India during Q32012 was approximately Rs 13,200, while 63.5 percent of all sales were below the Rs 10,000-mark. 2013 will see markets crystallize around three price points: Rs 5,000-10,000; Rs 15,000-20,000 and over Rs 35,000. Some vendors might have to undertake price corrections to fit their devices within these three price segments, to serve the market aptly and participate in these high-volume deals.

Experts view
Said Faisal Kawoosa, Lead Analyst, CMR Telecoms Practice,To my mind two key developments are going to change the India media tablets market significantly one is the availability of Windows 8 -based devices and the adoption of tablets by enterprises for real business applications. Tarun Pathak, Analyst, CMR Telecoms Practice, During Q42012 and through 2013, we expect to see a change in the rankings, with global leaders like Apple and Google coming into their own, especially after the launch of the Apple Mini and Google Nexus range of media tablets, respectively. These new devices closely match the media tablets already available from other leading OEMs in India, in terms of specifications and price levels. So it will be interesting to watch if buyers go for other MNC brands or whether Samsung is able to retain its loyalty.

Nikhilesh Parashar
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Infosys beats analyst expectations

Infosys surprised analyst expectations by posting encouraging numbers. Revenues were Rs 10,424 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2012; QoQ growth was 5.7 percent YoY growth was 12.1 percent. Revenues excluding Lodestone were Rs 10,210 crore; QoQ growth was 3.6 percent YoY growth was 9.8 percent Net profit after tax was Rs 2,369 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, which remained unchanged compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Earnings per share (EPS) was Rs 41.47 for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 against Rs 41.46 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. The company won 8 large outsourcing deals amounting to USD 731 million of total contract value. In totality, the firm had 14 new wins for Infosys products and platforms. Infosys and its subsidiaries added 53 clients during the quarter. Infosys and its subsidiaries witnessed gross addition of 7,499 employees (net addition of 977) for the quarter by Infosys and its subsidiaries. As on December 31, 2012, Infosys and its subsidiaries had 1,55,629 employees. According to S. D. Shibulal, CEO and Managing Director of Infosys, Company has done well in this quarter despite an uncertain environment. Infosys is continuing to gain confidence from a strong pipeline of large deals. However, the broader economic environment remains difficult. Even so, Infosys is cautiously optimistic about the January-March quarter. According to Rajiv Bansal, Chief Financial Officer, Infosys were able to maintain its margins through efficiency improvements despite increased operating expenses. Infosys remain focused on making the right investments for profitable and sustainable growth in the longer term.
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During the quarter, Infosys also completed the acquisition of Lodestone Holding AG, a leading management consultancy based in Switzerland. The deal strengthens the management consulting capabilities of Infosys around the world, adding more than 750 experienced consultants and 200 clients in wide-ranging areas such as manufacturing and the automotive and life sciences industries. Due to addition of revenue from Lodestone, Infosys has raised revenue guidance for the year ending 31 March 2013 (FY 2013). With expected revenue of $104 million from Lodestone for FY 2013, Infosys has forecast total revenue at $7.45 billion for the company for FY 2013. At the time of announcement of Q2 September 2012 results on 12 October 2012, Infosys had forecast revenue of $7.343 billion for FY 2013 when Lodestone acquisition was yet to be completed. The company has retained guidance for earnings per American depository receipt (EPADS) for FY 2013 at a minimum $2.97. In rupee terms, Infosys now expects revenue of Rs 40746 crore for FY 2013 which includes projected revenue of Rs 568 crore from Lodestone. At the time of announcement of Q2 September 2012 results on 12 October 2012, Infosys had forecast revenue of Rs 39582 for FY 2013 when Lodestone acquisition was yet to be completed. The company has raised the guidance for earnings per share for FY 2013 to Rs 162.80 from its October guidance of EPS of Rs 160.61. The company added 53 new clients during the quarter, many of whom were outside the milliondollar club. Client accretion during the quarter was significantly more than in the last several quarters.

Nikhilesh Parashar
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CyberMinds Event
CyberMinds started the new year with a bang, and conducted twin events iMark and dig-IT on the 7th of January. History was made with iMark, the first of B-Plan presentation competitions in the history of IBS-M and dig-IT was nothing less of a grand event conducted with the support OperatingMedia.com and the main attraction of the evening being the awesome speech by Rahul Avasthy. The five stars offered by him in return to the closest approximation of various important statistics were responsible for the huge hue and cry created by the students, and for the first time ever, the teachers did not mind the noise.
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iMark: This was an intersection competition. Sections had to present on business plan for eCommerce websites. They had to select an eCommerce website of their choice, study its growth till date and then plan a business model on how they can grow in the next 2 years. They had a weeks time to prepare on this subject. BookMyShow, Inkfruit, Bewakoof.com, OLX, Snapdeal and Naaptol were a few among the websites chosen by Sections. At 11am iMark started with lots of nervous hiccups for various sections but went on smoothly once it started with Section Os presentation on BookMyShow. Dr. Samta Jain and Prof. Kavita Venkatachari graced us with their presence at the judging table, asking questions to the presenters of the various sections, making sure that the marking was done with accuracy. Prof. Desai also graced us with her presence at the second row, making sure IT was on at full power inside that auditorium. Ms. Maitri Dave was the able anchor who introduced the presenters and hosted the event all day long with a smile, which was not a mean task at all. Dig-IT: This was a Digital Marketing Seminar organized in collaboration with Operating Media. Mr. Rahul Avasthy, Director of Reliance Entertainment-Digital Strategy, was the guest speaker. The second event dig-IT started at 5pm, with an introduction of Mr. Avasthy by our charming anchor Ms. Maitri and welcomed Mr. Avasthy started the fun presentation with how MBA students generally get in to marketing and then continued with the how to make case study method work for our future as a marketer. He made the students participate in KBC Kaun Banega Cadbury-pati, with a never-seen-before enthusiasm and made few of the lucky ones cadbury-pati with lots of Five-Stars he had for the students.

Team CyberMinds presenting the Certificates to the 2nd Runners Up of iMark to Section H.

Harsh Pareek(Left) and Rahul Singh(Right) from Operating Media awarding the 1st Runners Up Certificates to Section N.

Mr. Rahul Avasthy awarding the Best Section Award for iMark to Section O.

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Mr. Rahul Avasthy awarding the Best Mentor Award for iMark to Chaitanya Fulia for Section O.

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How many tablets are used in India today? One million By 2014? 25 million tablets are to be consumed Smart phones in India? 15 million in India By 2014? one hundred million smart phones By 2014? 10 million
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Time spent on communication on mobile? 28% Number of active internet users on web? 127 million on mobile and 145 million from web Worlds largest photo library? Smart TVs in India? 0.5 million Number of mobile phones in India ? 967 million Facebook

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App store with most number of free apps? OVI Percentage of users with CRBT (caller ring back tone) inactivated in India? 60% Revenue size of caller tune?
5400 Crore

Most popular mobile operating system ? Symbian Appstore with highest number of apps? Android Most in demand mobile inventory by advertisers? iStore How many websites are created every month? 27 Lakh Apps downloaded in India per month? 50 Million Most popular Smartphone brand ? Nokia

Country with second highest number of ads impression ? India In USA apps downloaded per month? 950 Million Highest searched person in India on Google in 2012? Sunny Leone

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Maitri Dave anchoring the Event

Mr. Rahul Singh, Mr. Harsh Pareek from Operating Media. Mr. Rahul Avasthy checking his cell after a long speech.

Jeeti Patel Felicitating Mr. Rahul Avasthy

The legacy of CyberMinds,-IT club at IBS Mumbai was carried forward in the class of 2013 by Vaibhav Moondra and Pulok Saha, along with with Sauhitya Garabadu, Rishi Raj Singh and Chaitanya Fulia. While Vaibhav and Pulok took up the responsibility of heading the club, the core members the three musketeers took it upon themselves to educate IBS-ians about the current IT scenario relevant to an MBA degree holder. Kavita Maam has been a source of constant inspiration and guidance for us. The first initiative was iNews- An IT newsletter reaching every students yahoo mail box on 15 th of every month. A popular second step was the event LAN WARS, literally making Heroes of the Virtual Arena out of students. It was combined with artistically inclined Anime 1.0 which brought out the creative genius in students and required them to come up with animation movies while conveying a social message. The event winners were awarded with trophies and medals. The latest in the string of achievements of the club was iMark a B-Plan presentation competition and dig-IT which included a stellar session by Mr. Rahul Avasthy, Director at Reliance Entertainment- Digital This was done with the support of Operating Media, a digital marketing organization which is also offering internships to students.
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Winning Speech
When the series starts from A and goes till O, at O it already feels last but not the least! But yes it was meant to change, and section O witnessed the glory on 07 Jan 2013, at the IMARK event. We emerged victorious as the digital marketers by presenting the fabulous concept of Book My Show dot com. At last, the spirits were high, the motivation was at peak and joy was spread all around the section O. It all started when the IMARK event mentor Chaitanya briefed our class about the event. Again the long faces of our classmates appeared, no more events, no more struggles, no more loosing guys! Well, when a class tries and puts lots of efforts and keeps on doing the same thing for more than one semester without getting any winning results, de motivation is bound to happen. And in our case the movie club Cinekraft results hit the hardest as there we gave our best shot. But may be it was to happen with IT club as we share a special bonding with IT club faculty head Kavita Maam. The feedback we got from Samta Maam is really encouraging. Amongst the bunch of disinterested faces there stood two IT enthusiasts Rishab Agarwal and Nikhilesh Parashar. They were really into doing this digital marketing event. After lot of thinking and grilling of minds both came up with the idea of going for a service based online company. So Book my show dot com came into the picture. I as the CR of section O was looking for some more volunteers and best presenters of our class,but after a while realized the talent lied within. So, the team was formed Nikhilesh did an amazing research on digital marketing. Rishab the techie of the class took the initiative of preparing the best ppts. Finally I and Nikhilesh prepared our marketing strategy and got ourselves all geared up for the event. When class came to know that CR herself was one of the presenters a ray of hope was seen across. Atin Jain co-CR gathered the motivation in the class and the auditorium had maximum population from section O that day. Finally the moment came when the winners were declared. Whole section O rose to celebrate the joy. We showed that when put to work anything can be achieved. This winning of the IMARK event has created a revolution in our section. Now students try to look for their interest areas and work in those with their complete dedication. As a CR also I feel victorious and highly motivated to work for the class. I would like to thank the IT club, IT club faculty head Kavita Maam, our coordinator Samta maam, Nikhilesh, Rishab my co-CR Atin and my whole class for the opportunity the support and the recognition given at every step of this wonderful journey. Anjali Agrawal, CR - Section O
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Once Again it was spectacular event organized by CyberMinds. Last time it gave chance to students for improving their presentation skills and Animation as well. This time it was a bit MBAish. A Business Plan Competition related to eCommerce. Every time I think about iMark, I say What An Idea Sirjee. The Moral of Section O was too dropped due to the previous failures. But as we have often heard, Failure is the pillar to Success, it was time for Sec O this time. The co-operation from the Section was too great. Nikhilesh and Anjali had great ideas. And we just to work things out together. Last but not the least, I thank CyberMinds for giving me this opportunity to Mentor Section O.

Chaitanya Fulia, Mentor-Section O

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Techie Stuffs
Samsung 3D View
Samsung previewed a new product at CES last week that should help to simplify the capturing of personal 3-D stills or video. Their first-of-its-kind 45mm 2-D/3-D single lens offers versatility for the latest generation of the popular NX camera system the NX300. The lens offers the same form factor as a standard lens but offers the ability to capture 3-D video and stills. Simply flip a switch on the lens to get into 3-D mode. The unit manages to capture the image and then flip to the other side to record the subject from a different angle.The world of 3-D continues to grow. More 3-D movies come out every week, more 3-D TVs are sold. Whether you enjoy it or not 3-D is selling. Manufacturers are also enabling consumers to capture their own 3-D images too.What an appropriate way to add another dimension (literally!) to your photos and video.

VC Controller
With Kinect heading to Windows and Siri presumably destined for an Apple TV, CE companies are keen to add gesture control and voice commands to their next-gen teli boxes. Samsung and LG are also coming with the same concept.soo no remote required you have voice recognition concept.

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Mobee Magic Feet

Keeping your brightly hued Mac peripherals fully juiced up, the Mobee Magic Feet inductive charging station wirelessly powers up your Apple wireless keyboard, Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse individually or all at the same time. If your Apple kit is running on empty, within 6 hours of charging youll be back to working order for 10 days, and with similarly stylish looks, the Magic Feet sits underneath your monitor looking every bit part of the furniture.

Gamma
IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC is Lenovos first interpersonal PC, a multi-user, multi-touch, multi-mode device for the home that allows users to turn their personal computing experience into a shared computing experience. If youre curious how the device works, you can visit CES 2012 where the company showing off its 39-inch Table PC model, called Gamma. Powered by Windows 8, the table offers 10-finger touch support to deliver real multi-user entertainment experiences.

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iSupport
Here comes the first Android camera that offers you the capabilities of changing lenses. The Polaroid iM1836 is the first of its kind offering interchangeable lens and to be debuted . It offers 18 megapixels for still images and full HD 1080p video recording. You can hook it up to HDTV via its built-in HDMI output. Other than the interchangeable lens, the other difference is the Polaroid iM1836 offers you only WiFi connectivity, you cant have it to ride on any data plan for 3G connectivity. Or alternatively you can have it tethered to your smartphone to access the Internet (via Bluetooth or WiFi).

Lightest notebook in the world

GIGABYTE, "redefines the standard for ultra-light notebook segment," introducing new models X11, U2442 and U2440. Model X11 claims to be the lightest laptop in the world. Weight of this machine is 975 grams. Its thickness at the thinnest point is 0.3 cm at its thickest - 1.65 cm According to the manufacturer, at the moment is not only the lightest notebook in the world, but also the only laptop which body is made entirely of carbon fiber.

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iTable Multitouch
Table Connect for iPhone is a superb project which makes an exact copy of the iPhone onto a huge 4 feet 10 inch table. All of the same mulitouch movements (swipe, pinch, etc.) apply. We have seen some epic DIY furniture before, but nothing comes close to this fully functioning 58 capacitive multi-touch surface.

Olive ONE HD Media Player

If you ever wanted to have your own high definition music cloud, then you really ought to take a look at the Olive ONE, the latest high definition media player in the Olive HD stable. To simply pass the Olive ONE off as a media player is selling it very short. It does a lot more. The device collates all digital music that a person has in his or her home.

Anand Singh Chouhan

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Abhilasha Kitty

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Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani

Founder of Reliance Industries

Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

Founder of TATA Group

I never had any interest in making money. None of my decisions were influenced by whether it would bring me money or wealth

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