IT Management

Bengaluru SaaS 60-day bake-off across 8 hybrid Zoom Rooms: Neat Bar Pro vs Poly Studio X70 vs Logitech Rally Bar. Receptionist test, helpdesk hours, CFO math.

Zoho One vs Microsoft 365 for Indian SMBs, walked through by a 52-person Bengaluru SaaS startup. Pricing, workflow fit, and the Monday morning test.

MDM for business India what it actually costs: a Mumbai fintech ran ManageEngine, SureMDM and Intune for 90 days. The fully loaded numbers.

Latitude, Vostro, or XPS for your 2026 fleet refresh? The honest split, current India street pricing, and the call we make for 50 to 200-unit SMB rollouts.

Dell Latitude vs Lenovo for an Indian business fleet: the 4 decisions, the line items that move the price, and which one wins on a 50-unit refresh in 2026.

By Vikram Rao, Enterprise Hardware Analyst, Sirius Star Last verified 29 May 2026 Ramesh runs IT at a 180-person Bengaluru SaaS firm and he has to refresh 110 laptops before the August board. His CFO has bought Dell for the last three firms she has worked at and will not say why beyond “they hold…

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…

By Arjun Mehta, Device Operations Lead, Sirius Star Last updated 25 May 2026 Last quarter an IT head at a Mumbai pharma company sent me his refresh request, again. Forty laptops, mostly i5 8th-gen units bought in 2020, all past 5 years, three already replaced twice on motherboard failure. His CFO had rejected the request…

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…