Mysorean

Business Today carries an article in the “Trends” section about the ecosystem that Rajesh Jain has created.
The article talks about the various companies that Rajesh has invested in:
Netcore Solutions Open Source software solutions for SMEs and large corporates
Novatium [Check out the new website! I was involved in its creation!]
A $100-computing interface targeted at the bottom-of-the-pyramid […]

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL ), the country’s largest telecom player, is coming out with an offer bundling PC and a broadband connection for a monthly EMI of Rs 500-Rs 650 in a move that may spur PC penetration in the country.
So, BSNL has been doing more good work than the others in its field. This […]

At a stunning $100 (monitor extra) we are sure of hitting the sweet spot. But the point is that when we reach the home segment, the box will not be sold unit-wise. It will be bundled along with the network connection that you ask for. You might apply for a Wi-Fi connection or a broadband […]

In the previous post, we saw why the market for PCs will not grow just by cutting cost. As such, no market can follow just the “Low-cost” strategy and increase the size of the market. You do need innovation on every front. And we, at Novatium, believe that we are right on course with the […]

As promised to one of my childhood friends, Gowtham, today I am going to write about the vision of Novatium. This post is going to come in parts. I haven’t exactly planned them out so I won’t be able to tell you how many parts. Let’s just begin.
Rajesh Jain is the man behind Novatium. Novatium […]

Datamation carries a small write-up on my workplace:
Novatium Solutions Pvt. Ltd. of Chennai, India, is making the Nova NetPC 1000. Priced at under $100 (monitor not included) this thin client device connects to Windows, Unix and Linux servers. It uses the Linux operating system and Mozilla browser. It comes with keyboard, mouse and Webcam as […]

An article from ToI quotes Mysore going completely wi-fi:
This ‘dream’ became a reality due to three entrepreneurs.The story goes that three men — Shankar Prasad, Srikanth V Rao and G Saravanan — having worked for some of the most well-known software companies, decided to help Mysoreans connect better. They started a company called WiFiyNet […]

58 million handsets now. 250 million by 2008. On a guesstimate, I can say that about 60% of this market is going to generate business only on voice and sms. 150 million people will primarily use voice and sms. With the kind of price wars that we have seen in recent times, calls and sms’es […]

I still remember the hostel days during my undergrad when I used to walk upto an STD booth and wait in a queue to call up home for the customary once per week call. It’s wierd that most of the times I would not call home and be comfortable with myself. Anyway, that’s a different […]

Rajesh Jain quotes an article from News.com regarding the Indian Tech Renaissance. One of the sections talks wholly about Novatium. Novatium is where I work.
Once fairly anonymous organizations hired to run support desks and develop server applications for large multinational corporations, Indian companies are raising their profile as brand name suppliers in hardware design, software […]