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RecruiterBox is a SaaS based recruitment process management application which aims to simplify the recruiting process from creating the job listing to closure of vacancy.

Recruiterbox is a product of Aplopio Technology Pvt. Ltd., a firm based out of Bangalore and is founded by two IIT Madras graduates - Girish Redekar & Raghuveer Kancherla. Aplopio is an i-Accelerator company. Recruiterbox pricing starts from $20/month and goes upto $300/month depending upon number of Active jobs.

Key Features of RecruiterBox:

• Recruiterbox gives you a consolidated place to manage all your jobs & applications.
• Recruiterbox gives you tools to share your jobs to linkedin, facebook, twitter etc. You can also publish your openings to job search engines and free job boards.
• Recruiterbox can automatically add resumes sent to your email to the database,  Recruiterbox accepts PDF, Microsoft Word (all versions), Open Office, HTML, rtf, text.
• Auto Assigned emailed candidates to Job Openings, a company can ask its staffing vendors to include job codes in the email subject when they send candidate resumes. Recruiterbox will automatically ensure that candidates get assigned to the right opening.
• Recruiterbox identifies & notifies you of any duplicate application, which helps you avoid re-processing candidates and save time.
• Recruiterbox has inbuilt tracking mechanism and one can know candidates are at what stage of your hiring process.

Indeed Recruiterbox is a simple, affordable and useful way to manage your resume database. Earlier i have covered Interviewstreet which enables company to conduct online technical tests before interviewing a candidate.

If you are a doctor or a group of doctor running a clinic and finding it tedious to collect patient information and manage it, here is good news for you. Practo, developed by Naabo Soltuon, a bangalore based startup which provides SaaS based online practice management software for individual doctors who practice independently, small and medium size clinics to manage their practice and provide better services to their patients.

Practo automatically reminds your patients about their appointments and also does scheduling. Practo allows you to save patient records, photos related to treatments in a systetmatic fashion, but also take care of your accounting and billing.

Additionally Doctors and individual clinics also get their own webpage on Practo, which can leverage it for online presence and marketing. To maintain a cordial relationship and giving a human touch Practo allows you to wish your patients on their birthday via SMS.

Practo’s prominent feature is Billing and Accounting. Doctors can create a price catalog for each line of item with their description, doctors can also analyse and work on spend management and also tally their accounts by fetching period accounts from Practo.

Practo pricing starts from 699/month/doctor to 2999/month/hospitals(15users). Indeed Practo helps you Practice Smart.

-Hitesh, vcBytes.com

Ericsson has acquired a minority stake in Novatium Solutions Private Ltd. with an aim to speed up the broadband enabled user services in emerging economies. Novatium launched its commercial service in November 2009 and has 40 employees in its Chennai office and 35 employees in the field throughout India. Novatium offers a PC together with cloud-based services via telecom operators gives Ericsson exciting opportunity to support an innovative local business in a fast growing market that will further increase the need of mobile broadband

Via agreements with various software companies, Novatium offers a PC together with cloud-based services through telecom operators and distributors’ network, where the consumer buys his or her choice of a service-package, for example anti-virus, photo editing or office programs, as a thin client on a monthly basis. Primarily, this service addresses the needs of first-time Internet and PC users, both from simplicity as well as from an affordability perspective.

With Ericsson acquiring a minority stake in Novatium, the company will have funding and competence to further develop the offering and grow outside India in markets with similar needs. For Ericsson the agreement offers an exciting opportunity to support an innovative local business in a fast growing market that will further increase the need of mobile broadband.

Acknowledging the importance of cloud based services, Gowton Achaibar, head of Region India, Ericsson, said, “The business concept PC as-a-service is a strong offering addressing an important growing segment in the Indian market. With this engagement I see potential business synergy benefits to both Novatium and Ericsson and our respective customers.”

Alok Singh, CEO Novatium Solutions Pvt. Ltd. said, “This strategic relationship with Ericsson encompasses a great opportunity for Novatium as we are partnering with a global organization with the best technology know-how, which will help us develop our offering and introduce it to new markets.”

The middle income consumers and the first time PC owners are the primary contributors to the growth of PC usage in India, while connectivity to internet and cloud based services are important enablers.

The PC-as-a-service with cloud environment also brings a business opportunity to the telecom operators as it provides differentiated broadband pricing based on what services the consumer wants to have access to. This not only allows operators to increase their revenues from a service revenue share but also increases the addressable broadband market by lowering consumers’ entry barriers with affordable PC’s and related services.

Novatium has contracts with some of the major Indian telecom operators like Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), Bharti Airtel and TATA.

iWebNotes is a mumbai based startup which offers SaaS based ERP cum CRM solution targeted at small and medium enterprises.

iWebnotes facilitates SMEs in their ctivities such as accounting, invoicing, sales, stock keeping, projects, tasks and HR related activities. I like their pricing strategy kept it very simple and have adopted only one pricing which is 299/month/user, it won’t confuse the common user. One can see their demo and can as well signup for a 30 days free trial for the hands on experience.

The workflow and functionality are very basic and high level features which should suffice 70-75% of their work, which is good to get started  but i doubt whether this simplicity will draw users since most of the SMEs want rich features at low price.

-Hitesh, vcBytes.com

Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, and Google India today announce plans to combine their global resources to offer a portfolio of web-based, collaborative business connectivity tools that provide email, instant messaging, calendar functionality, video and office presentation tools for business’ across India.

The portfolio of business tools, powered by Google Apps™, is a significant move by both parties to bring value-added applications to Indian enterprises while offering localized pricing, billing and support.

The service is simple to subscribe, easy to use and streamlines the complexities of IT while allowing businesses to pay for only what they need. Indian organizations, particularly the emerging enterprises, will now have expanded access to Tata Communications’ cloud-based software services, helping them migrate their IT requirements to a pay-as-you-use business model. Building on Tata Communications’ leadership position as a SaaS service provider, the portfolio will help organizations reduce IT cost and complexity and be more productive. It will be particularly beneficial to companies with fast growing teams, offices spread across the country, or staff who travel frequently.

-Hitesh, vcBytes.com