CloudBus

It is a sad day for me to write about a company which have admired and loved for its products and innovation for more than four decades. My love affair with Sony started with its radio transistors in the late 60's with its powerful radio receiver you could hear any radio station in the world with its multiple bands to choose from them. Its quality of finish and the overall aesthetics was awesome an it was clear winner against its competing rivals from Europe and USA. Then came along the Sony Walkman which provided hours of pleasure with its portable personal cassette player, a real winner and even today the songs of the walkman ring in my ears even today. Another awesome winner from the Sony stable. Then came along the Sony Playstation which kept my children engrossed in the gaming, a stable and nice product with child friendly features. In my stable are also a Sony DVD player which still works today and also a Sony flat screen Color Television which works even after a decad...

The SME sector in India has been identified as the sector that is ready to adopt cloud computing and also benefit the most because its IT Deployment is limited today. But as one engages with the SME sector we find its leaders are ignorant about IT Management other then using a financial software on a PC the trust factor is abysmally low. The SME is mostly owner run in India and privately held and has been mainly built by entrepreners with an healthy knowledge and specific niche skills. It is a long road for Indian SME to adopt Cloud Computing. Photo Credit : Amitav Thamba The bankers, lenders and government have been spending years to list these SME companies with limited success, I recollect trying to list SME companies in 1991 which was disastrous in the OTC Exchange of India, it is the same fate of the two new SME exchanges started by NSE and BSE the leading stock exchanges of India. To get the SME sector to speed it is important to allow them to deploy t...