• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Canvas
• Praxis
• Urban Pulse
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

V. Rishi Kumar

Hyderabad , Dec. 11

Sun Microsystems India is pursuing the emerging small and medium businesses (SMB) with a range of solutions helping them to both upgrade and transition to the Internet.

The company is expanding its footprint in the country with the launch of operations across 18 tier III cities and towns over the year. This strategy is aimed at closer proximity to businesses located in the region.

The Regional Director-South, Sun Micro India, Mr Ganesh Mahabala, told Business Line that the requirement for these companies is industry-specific and calls for customisation, which can best be handled by local presence.

Growth potential

The SMB segment is perceived to hold immense potential for growth from a Sun India perspective. This is because about 50 per cent of the business comes from this segment, which has emerged as the fastest growing segment for Sun in India.

Of the $7.7-billion SMB market in India for IT infrastructure, the addressable market from the Sun India perspective is about $1.2 billion and this presents exciting opportunities, he added.

The company had earlier launched Sun's Opteron-based products in the Galaxy range and recently added Sun Fire servers and Sun Ultra Workstations that combine the advantages of performance, lower energy and help better manage IT infrastructure.

Small companies with offices located in multiple centres are faced with the issue of seamless connectivity that would help them harness the power of the data residing in multiple locations. It is here that a lot of server consolidation was happening and Sun India was aggressively tapping into this segment, he added.

More Stories on : Software | SSI | Strategy

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Idea Cellular to raise Rs 2,500 cr through IPO

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line