Mobile Commerce: A window of opportunity

Gone are the times when the ATM and the credit cards made the wallets lighter. Now mobile is fast replacing the wallet. With the present regulations of RBI many players have been allowed to offer mobile wallets, but of course the mobile payment industry is still in its nascence. Anand Srivastav, CMD, BEAM Money shared an exclusive overview, opportunities and challenges about the mobile commerce space by interacting with Faiz Askari, Editor, Small Enterprise India (dot) com.

The Interview Excerpts:

‘Mindset needs to change for better work efficiency’

Cloud awareness is picking up quite well in India. Customers are realizing the value, flexibility and expertise of cloud that could be brought in the table. Adoption is bit early stage but should increase quite fast. Security of data & reliability of vendor providing service along with ease of usage and expansion have major factors. Discussing these issues Kamal Gulati, Head India Operations, Atempo exclusively interacted with Faiz Askari, Editor of Small Enterprise India(.)com.

Avaya Helps SMEs to 'Think Big'

In it’s bid to get more aggressive towards SME market, Avaya unveiled new product releases and innovations targeting this market. These announcements include the new version of Avaya’s communications solution for this market—Avaya IP Office 7.0—which helps drive improved savings, user experiences, and collaboration for a new generation of entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and mid-size firms.

Nearly 60% of small and mid-size businesses state they use, are interested in, or are planning to use collaboration software. With this launch, Avaya previewed forthcoming innovations in collaboration for this market, including the Avaya Flare Experience for small and medium businesses. Avaya also demonstrated advanced multi-party videoconferencing via several devices, desktop sharing capabilities, and an upgrade from a Nortel device to Avaya IP Office using the Data Migration Tool.

A ‘Lifeline’ for Mobile Consumers

Have you ever been at a social gathering and heard how ‘'had they known you were also in the same area they could have enjoyed a chat with you'’?. Well now it is possible to enable such fun moments. CSR have bought a mobile application by the name Lifeline that offers a social-mapping service that changes the way family and close friends connect and find each other in a mobile environment, showing subscribers where their family and friends are located using their mobile phones. In an exclusive interaction with Faiz Askari of Small Enterprise India, Ashu Pande Vice President of CSR unleashed some unique qualities of lifeline and its utility for Indian market.

Real Time Collaboration: Saving Your Precious Time in the Work Front

Considering the landscape of overall available resources, time is a premium for most SMEs. In today’s highly competitive business environment an entrepreneur has to achieve results quickly. Real time collaboration is a new technology trend that s attracting SMEs in India.

The 'Mobility Factor' in Business

Internet has completely changed our style of doing business. But this trend has further taken a great shape with the adoption level of Mobile devices like Notebooks, smart phones, netbooks in a typical Small business environment.