Backed by exponential growth, Singapore-based market research firm Speak Asia Online will set up a data centre in India in future, a top company official has said.
The company, engaged in conducting online research for its clientele in India, has two data centres in Singapore. However, with a "decent" growth predicted in India, they would require a data centre in India, Speak Asia Online Chief Marketing Officer Vivek Gautam said.
"Yes we need to (set up a data centre) given the growth we have ", he told reporters here.
However, the company would first set up its corporate office in India as a subsidiary and set up the data centre through this, he said.
"First we need to establish our office here. After that we may require to install the data centre in India", he said.
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He described the data centres in Singapore as data "farms" as huge databases were stored there.
Gautam said the company currently has over four lakh consumers in India who participate in the survey.
"In Uttar Pradesh alone we have about 1.7 lakh consumers. But in Tamil Nadu we have just 1,500 (consumers)," he said.
With increasing customer base the company expects to "double" customer base by March 2011.
"Target is by next year we should have two million (20 lakh) customers", he said.
Besides having a presence in India and Singapore, the company has a dominant position in Asia.
It also plans to enter China, Philippines and Bangladesh market through the online model, he said.
The company, engaged in conducting online research for its clientele in India, has two data centres in Singapore. However, with a "decent" growth predicted in India, they would require a data centre in India, Speak Asia Online Chief Marketing Officer Vivek Gautam said.
"Yes we need to (set up a data centre) given the growth we have ", he told reporters here.
However, the company would first set up its corporate office in India as a subsidiary and set up the data centre through this, he said.
"First we need to establish our office here. After that we may require to install the data centre in India", he said.
Also See: Under attack, Speak Asia issues clarification
He described the data centres in Singapore as data "farms" as huge databases were stored there.
Gautam said the company currently has over four lakh consumers in India who participate in the survey.
"In Uttar Pradesh alone we have about 1.7 lakh consumers. But in Tamil Nadu we have just 1,500 (consumers)," he said.
With increasing customer base the company expects to "double" customer base by March 2011.
"Target is by next year we should have two million (20 lakh) customers", he said.
Besides having a presence in India and Singapore, the company has a dominant position in Asia.
It also plans to enter China, Philippines and Bangladesh market through the online model, he said.
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