Netmagic, an NTT Communications company and India’s leading Managed Hosting and Cloud Services Provider, won five awards at the annual CIO CHOICE Awards 2015, in the categories of Data Center Managed Services and in Cloud Computing including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Cloud Storage and Mobile Cloud. CIO CHOICE is an independent, democratic platform that offers the CIO community an authentic aid to finding and considering vendors with the most preferred and stable products, services & solutions.

CNBC TV18 featured Netmagic and Sharad Sanghi in the channel’s ‘India Business Hour’ show in a segment aired at 9:45 PM on January 7, 2015.

The report describes Netmagic’s growth in 2014, as well as the expected growth in 2015, its strategies to raise capital, plans to be part of the Government of India’s ‘Digital India’ campaign, key sectors of growth as well as acquisition plans in 2015.

Hybrid Cloud Will be the Biggest Gainer in 2015 and Beyond 
By Karan Kirpalani, Associate Vice President, Product Management, Netmagic
Cloud computing has been slowly and steadily making inroads into the enterprise segment simply because of the agility and the scalability it provides.

Netmagic, an NTT Communications subsidiary, is building its ninth data centre in Mumbai -the company's largest with 2,80,000 sq ft capacity. “We are also exploring options in the NCR region because by the time this goes live, we will be running short of space in Noida,“ Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Netmagic, told ET.

7 technology trends shaping the next generation DC
By Nitin Mishra, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Netmagic,
The datacenter industry has been witness to a steady growth rate evident from the investments being made for facilities as well as IT infrastructure. Globally, the industry is growing at a rate of 10-12% and is further expected to grow at an annual compound rate of about 17% over the next few years, according to recent analyst reports. Good news indeed for the industry.

Sunil Gupta, President and COO, Netmagic, an NTT Communications company, expects the hybrid cloud to be the biggest gainer in 2015.
In 2015, we will see a need for business enterprises to ‘do more with less’, and therefore they will be keen to adopt agile approaches to integration.

Threat Mitigation in Cloud, Internet of Things and Mobility are the New Normal in Security 
By Rishikesh Kamat, General Manager, Product Development & Marketing, Netmagic
Let me start with a note on security threats that a business enterprise faces as it enters a new year. The previous year has been a witness to an increase in number, complexity and sophistication of attacks on enterprise security. DDoS and APT are looming dangers to enterprise security, no longer manageable from within the security infrastructure of an organization.

The chief executive of Netmagic, Sharad Sanghi told ET that the company has held discussions with the information technology ministry, which is looking at adopting cloud not just for people services but also some of the government projects. "The ministry wants to ensure a common level of technical competency across players, have a rate card agreed and then pick and choose whoever it wants," said Sanghi.

Big Data is expected to be a market worth $1 billion in India by 2015, growing at a CAGR of 83 per cent since 2012, according to a Nasscom report. At the Techcircle Big Data Forum 2014, eminent panellists discussed how they have monetised, implemented and scaled Big Data.engineering, McAfee Software India; and Sunil Gupta, president and COO, Netmagic Solutions.