<p>After working in the information technology (IT) industry for two decades a unique concept propped in Chetan Indap’s mind. He founded StaffOnContract in 2011 with capital of Rs 10 lakh that acts as a job portal for IT employees wanting to get employed on contractual basis. Within a year, the company got customers like HCL, IBM and Patni Computers.<br /><br />StaffOnContract is a marketplace that connects a vibrant community of small to medium sized enterprises (sub-contracting companies) with independent consultants, supplying IT and IT related services, across India.<br /><br /> “A new age has begun in Indian business as we, start-ups, are getting more recognition and better & sustainable support system. The market looks good for us as we are getting investors to support us in our ventures,” said StaffOnContract Founder & CEO Chetan Indap.<br /><br />All the companies that are getting global within one year of their inception attribute their success to technology getting cheaper and more accessible. Founded in 2010, Zipdial, a Bangalore-based company provides mobile-based marketing platform. <br /><br />When an interested customer makes a missed call to a number printed on an advertisement, the user gets an automated response by sms. Subsequently the brand may call back to collect details.</p>.<p>The company’s services have been used by brands like Pepsi and KFC.<br /><br />Confederation of Indian Industry (South) Chairman T T Ashok also believes that there have been concerted efforts, including financial incentives, from state governments to attract investment in recent years.However, Zipdial co-founder & Chairman Sanjay Swamy, feels that the Government has pre-set criteria on the annual revenue which the smaller firms can't comply to and so don't get the opportunity and it would be great if the government could have a structure for piloting new solutions from start-ups, and benefits from innovation.<br /><br />A BTech from IIT-Guwahati, Jaspreet Singh, thought that most people in India need some data protection plans as they do not spend much on protecting their valuable data. He founded Druva 2008 with an investment of Rs 25 lakh and developed Druva inSync, a software that provides customers remote backup of data. <br /><br />Druva inSync is a secure, automated, enterprise laptop backup solution to protect corporate data for office and remote users. Using the data deduplication technology the software saves 90 per cent bandwidth and storage, and provides instant data access over laptop, web browser, and mobile devices like iPad, iPhone and Android.<br /><br />The results were great, as within a year companies like NASA, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers are their clients. Their clients also include University of California, which has benefited from the software. “I have installed it on my laptop. It’s simple, fast and totally non-intrusive. Working very smoothly, just as I hoped,” said University of California, Davis Principal IT Specialist, Dave Underwood. <br /><br />Like others, even Singh is of the view that they could reach out to such a wide range of global customers because of technology being accessible and cheaper than it used to be. “As technology became cheaper, Druva could begin with only Rs 25 lakh and we now have esteemed clients like DHL and PricewaterhouseCoopers,” said Singh, also CEO of Druva.</p>
<p>After working in the information technology (IT) industry for two decades a unique concept propped in Chetan Indap’s mind. He founded StaffOnContract in 2011 with capital of Rs 10 lakh that acts as a job portal for IT employees wanting to get employed on contractual basis. Within a year, the company got customers like HCL, IBM and Patni Computers.<br /><br />StaffOnContract is a marketplace that connects a vibrant community of small to medium sized enterprises (sub-contracting companies) with independent consultants, supplying IT and IT related services, across India.<br /><br /> “A new age has begun in Indian business as we, start-ups, are getting more recognition and better & sustainable support system. The market looks good for us as we are getting investors to support us in our ventures,” said StaffOnContract Founder & CEO Chetan Indap.<br /><br />All the companies that are getting global within one year of their inception attribute their success to technology getting cheaper and more accessible. Founded in 2010, Zipdial, a Bangalore-based company provides mobile-based marketing platform. <br /><br />When an interested customer makes a missed call to a number printed on an advertisement, the user gets an automated response by sms. Subsequently the brand may call back to collect details.</p>.<p>The company’s services have been used by brands like Pepsi and KFC.<br /><br />Confederation of Indian Industry (South) Chairman T T Ashok also believes that there have been concerted efforts, including financial incentives, from state governments to attract investment in recent years.However, Zipdial co-founder & Chairman Sanjay Swamy, feels that the Government has pre-set criteria on the annual revenue which the smaller firms can't comply to and so don't get the opportunity and it would be great if the government could have a structure for piloting new solutions from start-ups, and benefits from innovation.<br /><br />A BTech from IIT-Guwahati, Jaspreet Singh, thought that most people in India need some data protection plans as they do not spend much on protecting their valuable data. He founded Druva 2008 with an investment of Rs 25 lakh and developed Druva inSync, a software that provides customers remote backup of data. <br /><br />Druva inSync is a secure, automated, enterprise laptop backup solution to protect corporate data for office and remote users. Using the data deduplication technology the software saves 90 per cent bandwidth and storage, and provides instant data access over laptop, web browser, and mobile devices like iPad, iPhone and Android.<br /><br />The results were great, as within a year companies like NASA, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers are their clients. Their clients also include University of California, which has benefited from the software. “I have installed it on my laptop. It’s simple, fast and totally non-intrusive. Working very smoothly, just as I hoped,” said University of California, Davis Principal IT Specialist, Dave Underwood. <br /><br />Like others, even Singh is of the view that they could reach out to such a wide range of global customers because of technology being accessible and cheaper than it used to be. “As technology became cheaper, Druva could begin with only Rs 25 lakh and we now have esteemed clients like DHL and PricewaterhouseCoopers,” said Singh, also CEO of Druva.</p>
