Over the next few months I hope to cover a number of technology related topics. I plan on covering a range of topics, that I’ve put together based on the most common things I see when I talk to clients. If there are areas you would like me to cover please drop me an email on amit@weboarise.com and I will do my best to cover that as well.

The first question I need to answer is what qualifies me to give you advice on this. I have been working with Indian Companies since 1999 on their IT either developing custom solutions for them or guiding them in purchase decisions. In these 10 years we have worked with customers of all sizes, from a couple of people running one man or woman shows, to companies with thousands of employees. I don’t think anyone can say they have seen it all, but I have definitely seen a lot. Some of these problems are unique to a particular company, (a pharmaceutical manufacturer who couldn’t put additional wiring in a plant because of existing certifications that were received in the 80′s), some of these are easily manageable with a little forethought and planning(the employee who had hundreds of GBs of downloaded videos) and some of these are common missteps that many companies make(no backup process).

So what form of advice are we looking at here?

First I am going to look at things primarily from an Indian businesses point of view. Most of the websites that offer this kind of advice are focused on the global businesses, but I believe that Indian businesses, and particularly family run businesses, which is the vast majority of Indian businesses have some unique characteristics.  This presents some challenges that arent really applicable outside the Indian culture.  I’ll write about things like email systems, websites, hardware procurement, IT and communication policies, software choices and licensing. We will discuss what should be the bare minimum that an organization puts in place and when they need to move beyond those minimums whats the way to go about doing that.

Feedback is much appreciated, and if there are any particular topics you would like me to cover please dont hesitate to leave a comment or drop me an email at amit@weboarise.com.