"Lack of financing coupled with fast paced digital disruption are proving to be major constraints for most SMEs today as they try to scale up and become increasingly competent", said Christopher Richard, managing director and chief software architect of G7CR. “The main reason why most of the SMEs are reluctant to adopt automation platforms is that they are either very expensive or complicated to deploy,” he added.
Having witnessed the need for automation among SMEs in the industry, G7CR launched its Business Enablement and Automation Platform Program (BEAP) for SMEs on Thursday in Bengaluru. “We aim to support entrepreneurs owning SMEs by providing an affordable automation system,” said Christopher.
G7CR has already been helping a dozen of start-ups belonging to different business segments, from healthcare to education to manufacturing. Christopher said that the company understands the business requirements of an SME and takes nearly 45 days to roll out a completely customized IT as a service (ITaaS) based solution.
The four-month old start-up leverages Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to facilitate software development, migration, adaption and continuous service. “We charge our customers anywhere between Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 as cost of hosting per month with a contract of two years to use our hosting services,” he added.
Dr Suraj Baliga, founder of Clinikk Healthcare, which is backed by G7CR said, “We have very limited capital to build a technology platform. With the support of G7CR, we were able to build our application and deploy it quickly.”
G7CR also plans to build its own data centre in Hong Kong in the future since the bandwidth is very expensive and of low quality in India. However, with start-ups such as G7SR making significant contribution towards empowering SMEs, budding entrepreneurs can hope for a promising future.
