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Seamless Expansion: Strategy to SMB

2010-02-23T23:22:00.001+05:30

Where do SMBs fail?
When SMBs come out with a unique product or solution, how quickly can it be copied or recreated by a large player?
Slow in market identification?
Not going for big bang market expansion?

SMBs fail when they fail to identify the threat that they see from large players. SMBs can grow if they start taking up a collaborative approach to grow faster through strategic partners. For small ideas to reach global its important for SMBs to utilize the existing infrastructure and network of other players in the market who might be specialists in:
1. Local market sales/ presence
2. Knowledge on the market and customer behaviour
3. Niche IPs that can reduce both time and cost for deployment

If SMBs can identify the right strategic partner who can help then reach market faster rather than waiting for getting VC funds for expansion,growth is inevitble.

SMB Market in 2010

2009-12-12T19:57:00.003+05:30

In 2009, big players like EMC, Cisco, Microsoft focused on building virtualization and cloud solution catering to the needs of both remote office users and small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). These were solutions built specifically for SMBs. In 2010, the trend will continue and even the large organizations will start adopting it. Even though the market looks huge for virtualization, there are some concerns that needs to be addressed.

Main Concern

Virtual servers are critical for SMBs as a small hardware failure on the virtual server could result in virtual desktops and servers becoming unavailable. Hence, business continuity becomes critical.

Why are we talking about this?
We are a company with strong focus on SMBs with SaaS and Cloud skills. We have implemented virtual environment within our organization and configuration of the systems that we had used as virtual desktops are:
1. Pentium 3 processor (we found few from our garrage)
2. 128 MB SD RAM (kind of treasure hunt!!!)
3. CD-ROM

There were no hard disks as we have created a bootable CD which will get directly connected to our server. The costs were minimal due to the usage of used systems. We have ensured that we drive green message by reusing the old PCs which would otherwise have gone as a e-waste

Performance

The performance is amazing as the speed of the systems is completely dependent on the Servers performace which we have ensured to be the best in class. Its cool as we will not be bothered about upgrading our systems. We will be able to manage all our work with our servers. Our engineers are happy and we are sure we will have good savings going forward.

If you need a free consultancy on setting up virtual environment, write to us at info@noesistec.com. We can arrive at an optimal solution which will reduce your opex.

New wave of outsourcing

2009-11-16T17:48:00.004+05:30

The downturn has pushed companies from US and Europe to negotiate hard on price. The data shows that over the next few years the work volume is going to increase but the revenue projections might not match with the work load. (Its not based on head count anymore). What's happening in the outsourcing ecosystem?

Companies are interested in trying out new business models that will reduce pressure on their cash flow without disrupting their plans. They are moving away from contractor/vendor model to outcome based model. So companies are looking at revenue share, output based payments, fixed margin model and SLA based pricing.

Noesis is capable of handling such models subject various factors which Noesis considers to be key to the success of the engagement. Noesis has already started engaging with customers in these models. We have our own ways of evaluating the sustainability of the model. Noesis prefers part payment + revenue share model as it eases pressure on us as well. Write to us at info@noesistec.com or visit us at www.noesistec.com to know more about us.

Inaugration of new space

2009-10-31T23:37:00.004+05:30

We have now moved into a new space with better facilities. We believe that our employees need a great work place to celebrate @ work, and I am sure this is the one. After the inaguration, we attended the "Silicon India - Mobile Conference". The event gave us a good opportunity to network with some of the entrepreneurs and industry experts.

We will be sitting down next week to brainstorm on some of the mobile related thoughts that are running in our minds.

Healthcare IT - Improving Overall Patient Experience

2009-10-31T10:14:00.009+05:30

Healthcare IT has been one of our favorite topics simply because of the potential opporunity it provides for EMR-EHR product vendors and service providers. The $41000 stimulus package Obama govt is pushing for is a great impetus for US Healthcare providers to implement the much needed "IT" in their organization.

Dr David Blumenthal, National coordinator for HHS, in his recent interview had talked about improving patient experience. This is something which we have been researching on for quite some time now. How can healthcare providers improve overall patient experience, enable transparency and be proactive, rather than being reactive.

Enhancing overall patient experience is a very important aspect of Healthcare IT and this is beyond any EMR/EHR. There are various ways by which you can improve the patient experience and take it to a much higher level and this starts well before the time the patient walks into a clinic.

Healthcare providers need to create multiple touch points for their patients to fix their appointments, enable them to view their medical records through patient portals and better integration with the ecosystem by automating the entire workflow. Web and mobile are two of the most important mediums for patient touch points.

There are lot of best practices followed by healthcare providers to improve overall patient experience some of which are:

Enable scheduling via web/mobile mediums
Easy and error free capture of patient info/demographics by integrating with digital pens or touch screens
Reduce losses due to no show and provide alerts to physicians by integrating with mobile during patient encounter
Ensure immediate availability of transcripts by integrating with voice recognition engines and transcription workflow engine
Reduce errors and liabilities by integrating with ePrescription
Improve patient service levels by integrating with patient portals
Proactively educating patients on how to improve health and drug usage through SMS based alerts and flashes

By adopting these best practices, healthcare providers can engage with their patients very effectively and improve the overall patient experience.

Comments are welcome!

Careers at Noesis

2009-10-27T09:20:00.003+05:30

Our dream is to create an Organization where every employee will be treated as a family. We believe in fun at work and to be part of employee's career & personal growth.
We are currently looking for engineers with 1 to 3 years working experience in the area of software development in ASP.Net, C#, VB.net or .Net, MS-SQL. We are small and our focus will be more in building a good team and competency.

Please send profiles to careers@noesistec.com with subject line as "Application for ASP.NET professionals"

We are interested in discussing with Architects with more than 10 years of experience for an important position in Noesis Info Services. If this interests you please send us your profile.

To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Noesis: IT Arm of SMBs

2009-10-18T11:25:00.003+05:30

Let me start this by listing some of the problems faced by SMBs:

1. Limited budget
2. Inability to handle ad-hoc technology needs
3. Managing IT infrastructure
4. Slow in market expansion (the idea gets copied pretty fast by large players)
5. Lack of management focus if they outsource their IT needs

Here are few things that Noesis can offer an SMB or a start-up which ensures consistent growth for the company.

1. Providing flexible business and engagement model
2. Complete focus from the management
3. Option of managing the IT infrastructure of SMBs in Cloud. Providing reliable and stable IT support to ensure maximum business productivity.
4. Ability to quickly ramp up based on the technology needs.
5. New market expansion through Sales support (India & Europe), Localization services and SaaS/ Cloud based engineering to enter SMB market.

Noesis shared services model for product support and testing can ensure year-on year productivity gains and better ROI for SMBs. These are some of the options, you could discuss with us on other thoughts that you might be having. We could explore such opportunities.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Cloud is not fuzzy any more

2009-10-17T11:15:00.004+05:30

It doesn't take much to set up an office these days, especially if you are in technology. Technology has made life easier for small businesses. Not that hardware costs dropped drastically over last 2 years, but now one can run a business without any hardware, may be just with one desktop or laptop for the employees. “Cloud” can ideally be a good substitute for your business. The other advantage that cloud provides is in terms of providing disaster recovery supporting business as-is in case of major crashes.

The concept of private cloud has been catching up but its too hard in the pockets of small business entreprenuer. SMBs can rely on third party cloudsfor most of their business needs. It gives them the advantage of having minimum capex cost. SMBs can look for hosted “cloud” providers for
1. Storage, back-up and other server requirements
2. Enterprise applications like CRM, Payroll etc
3. Secure E-mail and other software requirements
4. Hosting their applications

So SMBs, its between CAPEX Vs OPEX. You need to take a call. Noesis Info Services can provide you consulting service in this area and guide you through the services that could be one of the key differentiator for increasing their profits.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Growing SMB Market

2009-10-15T11:14:00.002+05:30

A study by Spiceworks says that SMBs might spend 37 % of their annual budgets refreshing and expanding physical infrastructure & 51 % are planning to buy new software. What does this mean?

This means lots of support engineers and support staffs will be required. Noesis which now has an in-house team for remote IT management is all set to capture this opportunity. We see good opportunities in hosting, cloud services, SaaS related services, helpdesk support, hosted e-mail and online back up.

Rather than building team in-house for managing all these peripheral services, it makes immense sense for SMBs to outsource the work to the experts in this field. Noesis understands the need of SMB market and there is huge focus from the management to build relationship with upcoming firms.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Siliconindia Mobile Application Conference

2009-10-14T17:35:00.001+05:30

Most of the ideas or innovations remain hidden until the innovator is given a chance to bring it out. Most of us wait for the right spark to fire the innovation within us!!!

We were surprised when we came to know of some of the innovative thoughts that our friends were having that could lead into a successful business. Some of the ideas were in Mobile Application space.

To talk about mobile applications, the opportunity is huge, especially the Indian market. We have been building expertise in mobile application space and we are working with a SMB in India to build few innovative products in this space.

We are planning to attend siliconindia mobile application conference on October 31(Saturday in Bangalore). We will get an opportunity to explore the new themes that are emerging in mobile space. Hope to meet more like minded teams/ organizations there.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

NoesisEMR

2009-10-12T21:00:00.000+05:30

Our dream of owning a product has come true. We have partnered with a known associate for enhancing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR). We are working on enriching the features and the back-end technologies required for making the product world class. We are planning to target US market with the product primarily for small clinics (remember SMBs). We understand that the market in huge for EMR/PMR in US with the Govt making it compulsory to improve the healthcare.
The EMR system with Integrated Practice management system for HealthCare industry essentially replaces paper records of health information of an individual with digital record and brings immense benefits to patient, physician and staff in healthcare facilities. NoesisEMR comes with integrated practice management features well suited for clinics. Solution is available in both hosted (Software as a Service) model and on-premise model making it well suited for all budgets and requirements. We plan to go for CCHIT Certification shortly to comply with the US Govt guidelines for such products
You can contact us at info@noesistec.com to know more about NoesisEMR.

EUR INDIAN PARTNER

2009-10-02T09:59:00.000+05:30

Our hunt for a European Partner ended today. Another start-up with a dream to make it big in the European market. The name indicates it “EUR INDIAN PARTNER”. It was time to have some parties before we sign agreement with our European partners. We were delighted when we finalized on our roadmap and plans for expansion.
And here you go with our news:
Noesis and EurIndianPartners have entered into an arrangement where EurIndianPartners would be using its resources to market Services provided by Noesis. This arrangement would provide Noesis, access to European markets and expand its portfolio of clients. This arrangement is expected to benefit both the companies immensely in their respective businesses.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Client list getting expanded...

2009-09-16T11:56:00.000+05:30

While I am writing this blog, my partner is in final stages of closing an agreement with a Prospect. This is in the area of portal and content management. The team is all set and we are hopeful of building more such relationships with similar clients. We are infact having discussions with few SMBs in India and US in portal development.
We are keeping our fingers crossed. In the meantime, we have decided to partner with lot more SMBs in India. We understand that to grow big we need to build a partner ecosystem that is both scalable and sustainable. Some of our current partners with whom we are in the process of closing an agreement are:
1. Kavach Networks: We will be using their expertise in providing Infrastructure Management Services to our clients across the globe. The partnership will help us providing quality services to our customers/ prospects
2. Cerulean, CL Infotech, Sarthi Solutions – All these companies have expertise in different technologies.
Today is a good day as our portfolio of service capability and client list have expanded. We are all set to take up more challenging assignments.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

Noesis Services Portfolio

2009-09-01T22:54:00.000+05:30

Today we wanted to list down our complete service portfolio. All of us had thought through our strengths, capabilities, partner expertise and we came out with a small & comprehensive list of service offerings.
Product Engineering Services: Noesis will provide end to end product engineering services including new product development, product enhancements, product testing, product sustenance and product support.
Infrastructure Management Services: Noesis Infrastructure Management services will consist of remote monitoring & management of the IT estates through tools and processes. The remote delivery model will ensure optimized usages of resources and reduces cost without compromising on the quality or security of the services. The solutions are in the areas of Security Life Cycle Management, Managed e-mail services and remote infrastructure management services. Noesis in-house solutions for firewall, e-mail security, proxy server and content filtering are based on open source technologies. All the solutions are highly scalable and can cater to all the infrastructure needs of SMBs (Small & Medium Businesses).
SaaS & Cloud Services: To tap new revenue opportunities for ISVs, Noesis will provide SaaS engineering and cloud services. As part of these offerings, Noesis will help its clients with engineering and re-engineering to SaaS enable their products, cloud integration services, deployment and monitoring support for cloud based applications and required testing services. With good understanding of the SaaS & Cloud specific industry requirements, blended with in-house frameworks and methodologies, Noesis will help its clients build cloud & SaaS services, giving them time to market advantage and cost efficiencies.
To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/

What are we planning to do...

2009-08-19T21:24:00.000+05:30

Here we start... We have rich experience in IT Services industry. We want to build an Indian IT services organization focusing on SMBs and build products for SMBs
Services: The services offerings will be based on our customer’s specific needs in the context of their technology or infrastructure requirements. We decided to provide services to hi-tech industry (ISV, Mobile applications etc), healthcare, education sector and financial services industry in the areas of software product development (services across the life cycle of the product) and provide infrastructure support services. Based on our past experience we understand that it’s always tough for Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) to manage their infrastructure internally. Its in the best interest of the management to outsource it to a player who will interested in providing complete focus to start-ups and small/ medium sized firms. That’s why we call ourselves “IT Arm of SMBs”.
Products: We came across multiple firms who wanted to take their product to the market but were stuck at different levels – Idea evaluation, marketing, product engineering etc. These product companies were again SMBs and we felt taking up their products matches with the overall objective of “Noesis” of being “Good to SMBs”.
Markets: We wanted to start-off by providing service to Indian & US market and later on enter into other markets. We were in trying to identify a good partner for European market. We will find one for sure!!!
Time to think on 4ps and 7ps…
To know more about us, visit www.noesistec.com

Genesis of Noesis

2009-08-15T12:30:00.000+05:30

As Robert Frost said...
...two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Noesis was born today! On Aug 15th, when India won its independence, we also chose to become independent and take the road less travelled.

What does Noesis mean?
no-e-sis [noh-ee-sis] – noun
1. (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
2. Psychology. cognition; the functioning of the intellect.

Noesis is derived from a Greek word “νοητικός” which means “insight”. Leveraging intellect, Noesis’s vision is to help SMBs succeed in their business and thrive in today’s competitive world.

We’re young and dynamic folks with diverse interests ranging from stock markets, trekking to hard rock music, but with a common goal of helping the small and medium businesses (SMBs) overcome hurdles.

This is a beginning; beginning of a dream of building an organization which will, one day, become the driving force of the (SMB's) world.

With the vision of giving back to society and nature, team is associated with multiple organisations (NGO's) with time and money both.

Quoting Frost again…
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

To know more about us, visit http://www.noesistec.com/