Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards 2008

BANGALORE, INDIA: Presenting some soundbytes from winners at the recently held Frost & Sullivan's India ICT Awards 2008.

Market Leadership Award for Email & Growth Strategy Award for Database

Winner: Microsoft

Email: The Outlook Email service has been popular and market leader from past six to seven years . It is accepted and used because of the easy to use features. Over the years we have made an effort to improve the server even better by incorporating features like calender and more importantly extend the access on different platforms and this has gone really well with the masses.

Database: Microsoft has seen a huge growth in this segment in the last year. We have put a lot of effort in incorporating Business Intelligence, Reporting and Dataware house. So, the availability of the three features on a single platform has helped our customers. - Ramkumar Kothandaraman, Director, Microsoft Technology Center, Bangalore.

Market Leadership Award for Audio and Web Conferencing Services

Winner: Cisco WebEx

This award reinforces our commitment to the Indian market, and our commitment to play our part in enabling India to become the global powerhouse she has the potential to be. We have consistently strived for high functionality, reliability, security, and enhanced value for our product offerings. We see our services not merely as a technology solution, but also a range of specialized applications that solve specific business problems and enable business processes to become more efficient.

The global economic slump today has placed grater pressure on companies to become far more flexible in order to compete in the market, which means increased employee productivity, shorter response times and quick information-driven decision making. Most companies today recognize the necessity of Audio and Web conferencing services to create a more efficient environment. The low cost nature of these tools is making a large impact in corporate India because of their convenience and mobility enhancements. - Kiran Datar, Managing Director, Cisco WebEx, India



Market Leadership Award for Enterprise Applications – ERP/Mid Market ERP/SCM/CRM

Winner: SAP

As a IT vendor our focus has been to address the micro issue of the society as a step to address the larger issues. Today, our ERP solutions have helped automation of basic works in many enterprises resulting in speedy and economical operations. I think, this has paid off and helped us to win this award. - SAP



Market Leadership Aware for Larger Enterprise Telcom Services, Mobile Services, & Wholesale Data Services

Winner: Bharti Airtel

When Bharti started the Airtel mobile phone services way back in the 90's there were a lot of challenges starting from increasing the network coverage, competitive pricing and so on. What has made us stand out today is our sensitivity in addressing the customers needs. Today, we are offering the best network coverage and quality services and this award recognizes the effort. - Bharti Airtel