Apple Business Manager setup for Indian companies
Apple Business Manager is now Apple Business. The D-U-N-S check, the reseller number step that empties your device list, and the 30-day Configurator catch.
BYOD Policy for an Indian SMB: A Template You Can Adapt in an Afternoon
A working BYOD policy for an Indian SMB, built in one afternoon. Scope, security baseline, DPDP, MDM enforcement and offboarding, with a six-part template.
Hexnode vs Intune for Indian field teams: a 110-supervisor Ahmedabad bake-off
Hexnode vs Intune for Indian field teams: a 60-day Ahmedabad bake-off across 110 supervisors. The split-fleet decision and why.
Samsung Knox vs SOTI: a Pune FMCG fleet’s Saturday MDM call
Samsung Knox vs SOTI: how a 320-device Pune FMCG sales fleet split Knox on 305 Samsung and SOTI on 15 edge devices, saving Rs 11.8 lakh over 36 months.
Honeywell CT45 deployment India: a Bhiwandi 3PL fulfillment center’s 36-hour swap
Honeywell CT45 deployment India. 22 rugged handhelds, SOTI MobiControl, Mobility Edge, peak-season scan rates from a Bhiwandi 3PL fulfillment center.
Motadata AIOps for Indian MSPs: a Pune NOC’s 60-day bake-off
A 12-person Pune MSP ran Motadata AIOps, ManageEngine OpManager Plus and SolarWinds for 60 days across 40 SMB clients. Field-tested alert correlation, India support, and INR pricing for an MSP mix.
Zebra handheld deployment India warehouses: what Indore taught us about firmware variants
A 3PL ops postmortem from a 12 site Zebra MC2200 rollout. Why a firmware variant slipped past SOTI MobiControl, what it cost, and four rules I would send back to Day 0.
DaaS vs buying laptops India for MSMEs: the OpEx vs CapEx decision a CFO can defend in board
By Arjun Mehta, Device Operations Lead, Sirius Star Last updated 5 July 2026 Pradeep is the CFO at a 220-person Pune SaaS firm. Rs.78 Cr revenue, ARR around Rs.62 Cr. Two weeks ago his IT head dropped a 180-laptop refresh quote on his desk. Rs.1.05 Cr, all upfront, internal-accruals-funded. The same Monday the CEO walked…
How to build a device refresh policy your CFO will approve
A one-page device refresh policy your CFO will sign at the FY capex review: refresh cadence by role, Section 32 depreciation maths, residual buy-back, the exception rule, and a paste-ready template.
Device-as-a-Service explained: what it is, costs, who it’s for
What is Device-as-a-Service in plain language What DaaS actually bundles (and what stays with you) Real Indian DaaS pricing for a 100 to 1,000 device fleet Who DaaS is for: the 5 fleet-shape tests Who DaaS is NOT for What a sane DaaS contract looks like What DaaS replaces line by line FAQ If you…
