The Hindu Business Line : Sai Info to invest Rs 200 cr in 3 yrs on expansion

Ahmedabad, Feb. 22 Sai InfoSystem (India) Ltd (SIS), which is investing Rs 200 crore in the next three years on expansion plans, on Thursday introduced two new products — SIS Blade server and SIS Slim. The new range of “green computers” reduces complexity, improves reliability, lowers the operational cost and simplifies the administration and manageability efforts, resulting in reduction of the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), according to Mr Sunil Kakkad, Chairman and Managing Director.

The SIS Blade server is a server chassis housing multiple thin, modular electronic circuit boards, known as server blades. A blade server is a computer on a motherboard, which includes processor, memory, and sometimes storage. SIS Slim is an integrated, ultra-thin client in a 15" / 17" / 19" LCD monitor, a replacement of the desktop, delivering better performance, reliability, security, and manageability with lower operational cost, he told a press conference here.

The SIS blade server is intended to address the needs of large-scale computing centres to reduce space requirements and lower costs. SIS Slim is useful in personal computer requirement in office automation, ERP, software development houses, call centres, schools etc., as it eliminates the need for periodical upgrade of PCs and the threats of data leakage.

Business plans

About business plans, Mr Kakkad said the company plans to operate in 15 countries, including the US and Europe, by 2010. Operations in the UAE have already been launched.

Projects on hand

The company is working on street-light management systems to reduce power wastage by 40 per cent, get the optimal power at the right time and to result in substantial saving. The pilot project at Prantij in North Gujarat has been successfully completed while another project, at Himmatnagar, is nearing completion. The system has a huge potential and can be one of the key drivers of growth in future, Mr Mandora said.

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