Whats cooking at SMART AIMS?

March 6th, 2010 by admin . Posted in General Discussion | No Comments »
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Welcome to the SMART AIMS Blog.. some of you would have been wondering (they would be far less than I assume) what happened to us, where have we disappeared.. there has been no activity on our Blog for more than 2 months.. but rest assured we are “ALIVE” and ‘working harder’.

The Good news is.. we are BACK.. and we are still there.. Surviving the changes both technology and resources wise, and making slow but steady progress. We have been busy with too many things including planning for the year 2010.. apart from working on projects/clients, structuring the workforce and adding key people to the organisation.. and thats been keeping us busy.. but we promise you to update of whats up with us from now.. at regular intervals.

SMART AIMS has been adding technology expertise and we are now working more and more with Open Source applications/tools like Joomla, Wordpress, Zencart apart from the still going strong PHP. Open source development is the mantra for us in 2010.. and we will be adding technologies and expertise and ofcourse resources as and when we grow! You have a requirement that needs a dedicated and sincere team.. wait no further and get in touch with us right away. Our clients vouch for our excellent support and deliverables.. feel free to ask for references!

Mobile application development is another avenue that we at SMART AIMS have been exploring, Windows Mobile was always there, but we are now moving towards Symbian and Android development, both of which are expected to nose us ahead of competition.

Our web designs have always been a class apart and have been openly accepted by our clients… but thats not where we stop.. we are now moving ahead to make our client websites more sale able.. adding Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation expertise.. that will allow us to serve our client better and be a One Stop Web Solution company. We look to constantly innovate and upgrade ourselves to give our clients the best in class solutions!

Product development is another avenue that we have forayed and it adds an important dimension to our portfolio.. We intend to develop secured and easy to deploy products.. more on it in times to come!

Being an organisation that has grown from the society, we decide to do our bit for the society.. and in this endevor of ours we are being supported by none other than the mighty Microsoft..  after being Microsoft BizSpark members, we are now trying to contribute and work with Microsoft on the S2B  (Students to business Initiative), and contribute in whatever extent we can to the community.

Keep checking our blog for the latest happenings in SMART AIMS and the progress we have made!

Good bye 2009, Welcome 2010!

December 28th, 2009 by Pradip Nagpal . Posted in General Discussion | No Comments »

As we get ready to bid adieu to 2009, let me point out some of the most important things that we as a team learnt in 2009.. and shouldn’t forget in 2010 and beyond..

1. Recession is a correction process and will happen for sure.. be prepared for it or else you would be ruing for a real long time.

2. From Service (in 2008 and mid 2009 as a Business Development and Project Manager) to Business (as owner of SMART AIMS), one thing which did not change was “Entrepreneurship”…. if your an entrepreneur in service.. you are more likely to be a notch better than others when you step into business..  “Responsibility and Calmness” are the other attributes that Business demands.. I think I have lost my cool more often than not in service.. but Business teaches you to be calm and collective.. 

3) What makes a difference in the way we do it and what we do it is ‘ATTITUDE”, a positive attitude helps in winning more than half the battle and the rest is luck and hardwork.. carry your most positive attitude to work and things are bound to fall in place more often than not.

4) Business and Company is not  a “One man game” and thats the reason we at SMART AIMS are looking for people who can join our family and take an entrepreneur’s role to the “Tee”.

2009 was good in ways more than one to us personally.. finally SMART AIMS came ahead as a full fledged company.. rather than being a consultancy organisation and  a business generating website who would help source business to the people I did service for :) ..  

Friends and partners were obvious for the growth of SMART AIMS.. its the rough times that prove once and always that those who are friends will be with you.. whereas the selfish would just turn away just as the way they entered your life..  there were some who did it.. not that we cared for them :) .. but just reiterated the point that we need to separate the food from the roughage!

Competition always helps.. friends may or may not!

2010 will be a new beginning for SMART AIMS and we are committed to growth and excellence in the field.. our learning from 2009 will be with us forever but what 2010 holds for SMART AIMS.. is a surprise that will unfold for us.. and a lot of others who are watching us..

Please do keep us in mind.. and we assure you honesty and dedication in whatever we do.. 

Our journey to another SMART AIM begins on Jan 1, 2010.. we aim to conquer more frontiers in 2010 and would appreciate your valuable support and co-operation always.

Data Backup and Restoration!

December 17th, 2009 by admin . Posted in General Discussion | No Comments »
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Learnt another lesson of setting up and having a real time backup solution in place when you are working.. because as its said.. hardware can fail any moment.. and thats what happened with me last week..

The hard disk of my laptop just stopped responding and it was a crash.. all my data had not been backed up and all efforts to restore it just failed.. after spending one and half days on it.. decided to get professional help.. and thankfully.. all was safe.. it was a huge sigh of relief.. but the most important thing was the fact that I had learnt an important lesson.. something which we all know.. but more often than not tend to ignore.. our idea of “All being Perfect” always wins.. until we are cornered to a situation which demands us to think otherwise..

My sincere advise to all professionals and people using computers,laptops: Design and devise a backup plan for your data right now.. lest its too late.. and follow it religiously (better..schedule it to run automatically)

Some of the backup tools that I am currently using are:

Autover:

AutoVer is a configurable automatic or real time backup and personal versioning system. It can be used as a simple real time backup or as a more complex, but transparent version control system.

Backup to FTP server:  A real time backup solution that backs up your files/data to a pre designated FTP location, available as full backup or incremental backup mode.

Well.. if this article is a bit late.. and you have a problem.. would like to salvage your data on an old pc etc.. contact us at sales@smartaims.com with your problem and we will try and help you recover that.

Data Enumeration – A new business avenue.

November 25th, 2009 by Pradip Nagpal . Posted in General Discussion | No Comments »
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How many times have you seen and found data thrown here and there, yet we search for it all over again? .. it has happened to me many times in my short career, and thats what prompted me to get SMART AIMS into another avenue, a rather new but offbeat avenue of Data Enumeration and Analysis.. some may argue it to be an extension of Data Entry, but its much more than that for sure.

Its about presentation and laying out data that makes the difference in most cases. Data is information if presented to make sense.. and thats what our services  aim to do.. Its another SMART AIM.. whether we get to it or not though.. only time will say.

The next very important question/comment could be.. are you talking of Data Intelligence/Mining or something.. well not exactly.. but it could well be used for Business Intelligence.. thats what Information stands for most of the times.. provided the figures speak to us and profile the story behind it.

We at SMART AIMS a constantly looking to innovate and work around to survive.. please feel free to suggest anything that we could work on together.. and we assure you we will not let you down on it..

After all.. its never late to be a SMART AIMS – Friend.

Join SMART AIMS as a FRIEND!

November 14th, 2009 by admin . Posted in Business Models | No Comments »
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Partnerships today are key to business success..

Social Networking is the buzz and people are using more and more of it to reap the benefits of their networks and promote business.

This trend though more visible today.. but most companies had been using it knowingly/unknowingly for a long time..recession and downturn has just emphasised it further and made it more visible.

SMART AIMS has always nurtured relationships and to take this further we are now working on a model of “Join as a Friend”.

A simple business model whereby any business/lead that you generate and provide us with i.e. it results in work/revenue for us.. we share  with you a fixed percentage of the project cost as business consultancy fee payable to you.

Not only that, if the same client/prospect gives us future business which you may or may not be aware of.. we track it for you and send you notifications and your affiliate rewards as a token of our appreciation.. just to say “Thank you from being a SMART AIMS Friend”.

Feel free to review our website (www.smartaims.com) and let us know if you have a prospect/lead that could result in business for us. .we will follow it up and on succesful business closure, the consultancy charges are for your taking.

We look forward to connecting with more “SMART AIMS Friends”.

For any queries/information on our services and solutions offerings, please email us at info@smartaims.com