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April 30, 2010

My Guest Post on Pluggd.in – How to Grow without Spending in IT Infrastructure


Free Tools for Startups – How to Grow without Spending in IT Infrastructure [Cloud 9]

[Guest article by Sahil Parikh, founder of DeskAway– an online project collaboration service for small businesses and teams.]

Startups are a rage in emerging economies. Look at India, China or Brazil, you will find hundreds of startups sprouting all across the country. It just has become so easy to start and market a web business (even in developing countries) – increased broadband penetration, inexpensive computers, smart-phones, easy access to the Internet, free-for-all social networking tools and above all, the availability of software tools that were either out of the reach of a small business or expensive and cumbersome to setup.

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April 15, 2010

Are you on Cloud 9?

Startups are a rage in emerging economies. Look at India, China or Brazil, you will find hundreds of startups sprouting all across the country. It just has become so easy to start and market a web business (even in developing countries) – increased broadband penetration, inexpensive computers, smart-phones, easy access to the Internet, free-for-all social networking tools and above all, the availability of software tools that were either out of the reach of a small business or expensive and cumbersome to setup.

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January 4, 2010

My article in - Management Systems Asia, The Magazine for Managers (ms-asia.org)

Project management has entered a new era in the last few years. It is less about planning and organizing and more about collaborating and communicating. At the heart of this is using sophisticated online tools that will give disparate teams the power to organize, manage, and track their projects from anywhere. Project management tools will behave just like your social network where you communicate, plan events, and collaborate with friends and family through your Web browser. Your project team members are now just a click away!
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This is an article on project management and DeskAway I wrote for a magazine in Philippines.

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December 30, 2009

Clicking Away: A Virtual Solution to Project Management

This is an article I wrote for Management Systems Asia magazine in November 2009. Check out the web version of it here -

Project management has entered a new era in the last few years. It is less about planning and organizing and more about collaborating and communicating. At the heart of this is using sophisticated online tools that will give disparate teams the power to organize, manage, and track their projects from anywhere. Project management tools will behave just like your social network where you communicate, plan events, and collaborate with friends and family through your Web browser. Your project team members are now just a click away! Read More

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November 9, 2009

Common SaaS Myths

Pluggd.in is a blog about startups, entrepreneurship and tech in the Indian sector. I recently contributed a guest post on common SaaS myths and ways to overcome them.
Using online software to increase productivity and grow your business is a no brainer. I can’t imagine why any small business would not readily adopt SaaS. What’s holding them back (besides poor bandwidth penetration in some areas) when they can pay a monthly subscription, not have to worry about installation, upgrades and have access to the same tools that their competitors have? This is close to having ’software utopia’ for the small business! Lets go back in time…. - People might not have been prepared to put their money with other people’s money when banking was established. Banking and online banking is mainstream now. - People were probably afraid to get on an aircraft which weighed a few tones and promised to soar like a bird. Today, air travel is a given. Back to the present. Currently, we are witnessing one of the biggest shifts in enterprise software (software used for business) and as everything else, it comes with it’s own set of myths, mindsets and confusion. Here are a few I have experienced over the last few years from people who are still not ready to adopt online software for their business.

"My data is more secure with me than putting it on someone else’s server"

Your data is more secure at your vendor’s data center than your own internal network. Security is more than just about taking daily backups, maintaining uptime and setting up a firewall. It’s about password policies, encryption, intrusion detection, offsite backups, secure transmission, software updates, patching etc. If hosting or maintaining servers is not your core business then you are better off renting out software from a reputed vendor who understands all these things. This will ensure peace of mind in the long run. Read More.

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