Building scalable technology has never been a problem. Companies do it all the time and frankly, they do it quite well. Being highly available while scaling – that’s an area of concern we’ve seen quite often.  Having been the CTO of Exotel since its inception,…

What is the one thing that almost never leaves your side? The answer is rather common for everyone: Their mobile phone. TRAI recently reported that India just crossed 1 billion mobile subscribers. What sounds like a massive milestone is viewed by experts as just the…

The internet is a mammoth gateway for creating a buzz, increasing visibility and traction. Comments and conversations can happen over chat, Email or even social media. Digital marketing is steadily gaining ground as an important avenue for businesses both big and small. Today, every company…

An average buyer’s journey today has changed drastically from what it was a few years ago. Thanks to the internet and of course changing consumer expectations, a lead finishes almost 60% of his buying journey before getting in touch with your sales rep for the…

Henry Ford is often remembered (even if erroneously so) for his famous quip, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.’” Ford has not entirely escaped criticism for those words. Tone-deafness to customers’ demands defines companies renowned for their…

Customer experience management refers to the various processes and strategies that a business develops so as to deliver a great customer experience throughout the customer journey for every single lead. Simply put, it is what the company does to keep their customer happy. It can…

Cloud computing has of late become the ubiquitous business tool, with everyone clearly (and rightfully) predicting that cloud is the next big thing. In fact, Microsoft has listed it as one of the four technology trends that have the potential to shape businesses. With businesses…

We are a country that loves to speak. Calling someone never goes out of fashion. We love to call our friends and family. And this also applies to brands. We love talking to our service providers, brands, etc. when things go wrong. In a lot…

A couple of months ago, our then Chief Evangelist, Nikhil Kumar, conducted a Webinar in collaboration with Leadsquared. Through his talk, Nikhil shared the different customer engagement strategies that helped him improve customer retention. He touched upon 7 different engagement strategies he swears by and even…

ProxySQL is an open source MySQL load balancer and proxy solution which can run on almost any Linux distributions. It can be used to improve performance and availability of MySQL server. In this post, we’ll discuss a general overview of what ProxySQL is and examples…