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Having successfully implemented its low-cost shared computing technology across government schools in seven states, NComputing Inc, a US-based provider of desktop virtualisation, is now in the process of bidding for more such projects in the country.
The privately-owned company, which forayed into the Indian market four-and-a-half-years ago, has so far deployed 700,000 seats across state educational projects and private educational institutions in India, including 60,500 seats in Andhra Pradesh.
Its latest project was the deployment of high-performance and green computer labs in 2,622 government schools of Haryana in September, which was part of the state government’s major education initiative called the ‘ICT in Education’ project.
“We are currently in talks with almost all the state governments for implementing various ICT (information and communication technology) projects, which are expected to call for tenders for the same in the next three to six months,” said Amit Khanna, director (business development), NComputing.
Speaking to Business Standard on the sidelines of eIndia 2012, an ICT event held recently in Hyderabad, Khanna said of the total deployment of 700,000 seats in India, close to 350,000 were from the education sector.
“The businesses, which other than government and education in India, for us are SMBs (small and medium businesses) and large enterprises. While 50-60% of our business comes from education, which is our forte, SMBs and enterprises account for 30-35% and 10-15% respectively. While the pie is increasing and only one or two% will go from here to there, we expect the volumes to grow across the segments,” he said.
According to IDC, which does research of information technology companies and markets, NComputing, which currently has over 20 million daily users globally, did over 68% of the enterprise client business in 2011 and is leading in the same position by 56-57%.
Stating that the proliferation of PCs has become a burden on IT departments of SMBs as they work to maintain, update and continually replace outdated, lost or stolen PCs, Khanna said these companies had now started looking at desktop virtualisation.
“Our 800 channel partners in India are finding more space here to sell our products,” he said, adding that their desktop virtualisation solutions required 75% less maintenance and saved up to 90% energy by using 1 watt of electricity as compared to the tradition PC that consumed 120-150 watt.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ncomputing-eyes-more-ict-education-projects-in-india/200545/on
The privately-owned company, which forayed into the Indian market four-and-a-half-years ago, has so far deployed 700,000 seats across state educational projects and private educational institutions in India, including 60,500 seats in Andhra Pradesh.
Its latest project was the deployment of high-performance and green computer labs in 2,622 government schools of Haryana in September, which was part of the state government’s major education initiative called the ‘ICT in Education’ project.
“We are currently in talks with almost all the state governments for implementing various ICT (information and communication technology) projects, which are expected to call for tenders for the same in the next three to six months,” said Amit Khanna, director (business development), NComputing.
Speaking to Business Standard on the sidelines of eIndia 2012, an ICT event held recently in Hyderabad, Khanna said of the total deployment of 700,000 seats in India, close to 350,000 were from the education sector.
“The businesses, which other than government and education in India, for us are SMBs (small and medium businesses) and large enterprises. While 50-60% of our business comes from education, which is our forte, SMBs and enterprises account for 30-35% and 10-15% respectively. While the pie is increasing and only one or two% will go from here to there, we expect the volumes to grow across the segments,” he said.
According to IDC, which does research of information technology companies and markets, NComputing, which currently has over 20 million daily users globally, did over 68% of the enterprise client business in 2011 and is leading in the same position by 56-57%.
Stating that the proliferation of PCs has become a burden on IT departments of SMBs as they work to maintain, update and continually replace outdated, lost or stolen PCs, Khanna said these companies had now started looking at desktop virtualisation.
“Our 800 channel partners in India are finding more space here to sell our products,” he said, adding that their desktop virtualisation solutions required 75% less maintenance and saved up to 90% energy by using 1 watt of electricity as compared to the tradition PC that consumed 120-150 watt.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ncomputing-eyes-more-ict-education-projects-in-india/200545/on
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