IT Management

CommScope SYSTIMAX India: how a 320-seat Hyderabad ITES floor recertified one weekend, what we walked back on the BOM, why the audit took 90 minutes.

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.

DaaS vs buying laptops total cost in India: we ran 60 bought next to 40 DaaS-leased at a Bengaluru SaaS firm for 24 months. The 36-month bake-off a CFO can defend in board.

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 ThinkPad for an Indian business fleet: the four questions that decide, the line items that move the price, and which one wins on a 50-unit refresh.

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…

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.