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 29 May 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…
How to pitch DaaS to your CFO: the deck, numbers, and talking points
Pitch DaaS to your CFO with the 8-slide deck, TCO math, and risk-reversal language Indian IT heads use to get approved on the first meeting.
National insurer device management: how 2,500 field laptops run across India
By Arjun Mehta, Device Operations Lead, Sirius Star, Last updated 19 May 2026 National insurer device management at the 2,500 device scale is not a procurement problem. It is a logistics problem dressed as a CapEx conversation. The CFO of one national insurer we work with stared at a Rs.21 crore four-year laptop refresh quote…
