Company technology, in plain words.
Articles for Indian business owners and IT heads on private AI, the DPDP Act, software costs, HR software and device security.
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace vs Zoho One in India
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or Zoho One for a small Indian company? How the three differ, what each really covers, and where a stack you own fits in.
Shadow AI: staff, ChatGPT and a policy that works
Employees are pasting company data into ChatGPT and other AI tools. Here is what shadow AI is, the real risks, and a one-page AI policy you can adopt today.
DPDP Act checklist: where does your company's data live?
A plain DPDP Act checklist for Indian businesses: what the law expects, why you must know where personal data lives, and twelve steps to get ready in time.
Sovereign AI and private AI: what they mean in India
Sovereign AI and private AI explained for Indian business owners: who controls the model, where your data goes, and five questions to ask any AI vendor.
What software really costs a 25-person company in India
A worked example of what a 25-person Indian company pays for software subscriptions in a year, with illustrative prices, hidden costs and ways to cut the bill.
On-device AI vs cloud AI for business: how to choose
On-device AI or cloud AI for your business? A plain comparison of speed, cost and privacy, the tasks each one suits, and how to decide which work goes where.
HRMS for small companies in India: what to look for
Choosing HRMS software for a small company in India: the leave, attendance, payroll and statutory features that matter, and the questions to ask every vendor.
Business intelligence without a data team
How a small company can get business intelligence without a data team: asking plain-language questions of its own data, and how to check the answers are right.
Disk encryption and device management, for owners
Full-disk encryption and device management for company laptops, explained for business owners: what each does, what a lost laptop exposes, and how to set up.
Vendor lock-in: how to choose software you can leave
Vendor lock-in explained for business owners: five ways software traps a company, a test to run before you buy, and how to keep an exit open with any tool.
Windows 10 support has ended: what to do with old PCs
Windows 10 support ended on 14 October 2025. What that means for a company in 2026, what paid updates cost, and five options for office PCs that cannot upgrade.
Office and AI subscriptions cost more: what changed
Microsoft 365 business prices rose from 1 July 2026 and AI is now bundled into office suites. What changed, what it means at renewal, and how to respond.
AI agents at work: why every action needs approval
AI agents can now click, type and send on your behalf. What the vendors and security bodies say about the risks in 2026, and the approval rules a company needs.
Where is your AI processed? Data residency in India
AI data residency in India in 2026: what the DPDP Rules require, what Microsoft and Google say about in-country AI processing, and what to ask your vendor.
Passkeys, encryption, device management: the 2026 baseline
Passkeys, automatic disk encryption and device management are becoming standard in 2026. What changed, what Indian guidance says, and a small-company baseline.
AI rules in India in 2026: what a business must do
India has no single AI law in 2026, but guidelines, labelling rules, CERT-In documents and the DPDP Rules already apply to a business using AI. A plain guide.
Open document formats: files you can leave with
Open document formats decide whether you can leave a software vendor. What ODF and OOXML are, which governments are switching, and what a company should do.
Do you need an AI PC? On-device AI on ordinary PCs
AI PCs need a special chip and 16 GB of RAM, but small language models now run on ordinary office computers too. What on-device AI can and cannot do in 2026.
AFRT: software that adapts without reading your data
Adaptive software usually learns by collecting what you do. AFRT, coming to DNX OS, is opt-in and keeps counts only. What it counts and how to wipe it.
DNX OS apps, step by step
One article for each app in DNX OS. Every one walks through real screenshots, from the first thing you do to the most advanced.
Nova AI: a private AI assistant for office work
Nova is the private AI assistant built into DNX OS. It runs on the office PC itself, so questions and files stay there. See it at work in six real screens.
DNX Files: find and tidy company documents fast
DNX Files is the file manager in DNX OS: folders, search, a Trash you can undo, and Nova to summarise a document or tidy a folder. Seven real screens show it.
DNX People: HR and leave software for small companies
DNX People handles leave, attendance, timesheets, payslips and expenses for a small Indian company, on a server you host. Eight real screens show how it works.
DNX Projects: a simple project and task tracker
DNX Projects is a simple project and task tracker in DNX OS: projects, tasks, deadlines and progress on one screen, with nothing to configure. Seven screens.
DNX OS desktop: Start, search and "open Mail"
The DNX OS desktop is built so office staff need no training: a Start button, one search, and a bar where you type or say "open Mail". Seven screens show it.
DNX Mail: a business email app with private AI
DNX Mail is the email app in DNX OS. It works with your existing work mailbox and adds AI that summarises, drafts and sorts on the PC itself. See seven screens.
DNX Team Chat: team chat that keeps data in India
DNX Team Chat is a team chat app that runs on a server your company hosts, in your office or an Indian data centre: groups, direct messages, files and calls.
DNX Meetings: automatic minutes for any meeting
DNX Meetings records a call in any app, then writes the minutes on your own PC: summary, decisions, action items and a transcript. Six real screens show how.
DNX Flow: automate invoice approval without coding
DNX Flow automates repeated office work such as invoice approval, starting from a ready template you read in plain words, test, then switch on. Seven screens.
DNX Guard: PC security and health checks for admins
DNX Guard checks a company PC's firewall, disk encryption, updates, sign-in attempts and disk space, and says in plain words what to fix. Six real screens.
DNX Settings: light, dark and two-tone themes
DNX Settings puts every PC setting in one searchable window, with light, dark and two-tone orange, green and blue themes and a plain privacy page. 8 screens.
DNX PDF Editor: edit PDFs without a subscription
DNX PDF Editor changes the text inside a PDF, signs, blacks out details for good and reorders pages, with no subscription and no upload. Seven real screens.
DNX Terminal: run commands in plain language
DNX Terminal turns a request in plain words into the exact command, labels it by risk and waits for you before anything that changes the PC. Two real screens.
DNX Office: open and save Word, Excel, PowerPoint
DNX Office is the office suite in DNX OS: DNX Word, Sheets and Presentation open and save Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, plus a PDF editor in six screens.
Business challenges, solved step by step
One everyday problem in each article: what goes wrong, how to fix it step by step, what it costs in effort and what can go wrong. The examples are illustrative.
Invoices stuck in approval: how to fix the queue
Supplier invoices wait for days because the approval rule lives in people's heads. Write the rule down, give it one queue and automate the chasing. Steps here.
Attendance and leave on WhatsApp: how to move off
Attendance in a register and leave approved on WhatsApp work until salary day. How a small Indian company moves both into one system, step by step, in a month.
Same data typed into ERP, CRM and Excel: how to stop
When an order is typed into the CRM, the ERP and a spreadsheet, errors and delay follow. How to connect legacy systems one field at a time, and keep them.
Client documents scattered across laptops: a fix
Contracts and client files end up on personal laptops, email and pen drives. A plain plan to bring them to one home, protect the devices and keep it that way.
No numbers until month-end: how owners can fix it
Many owners see sales, receivables and cash only when the accountant closes the month. How to get five trusted numbers every week, and how to check each one.
Branches on WhatsApp groups: moving to company chat
A team spread across branches runs on consumer chat apps and personal numbers. What that risks, and how to move to a company chat in four weeks, step by step.
Onboarding a new employee's PC and accounts in a day
A new joiner often waits a week for a laptop, email and logins. A checklist that gets the PC, accounts and access ready in one day, and closes them at exit.
Staff using public AI with company data: what to do
Your staff already paste contracts and customer data into public AI tools. A six-step plan to find out, set rules, and give them a safer tool they will use.
Guides by topic
Every article belongs to one of five guides. See also the alternatives and the glossary.
- Private and on-device AI
- A guide to private and on-device AI for Indian businesses: what it means, when it beats cloud AI, what hardware it needs, the risks, and where to read more.
- Operating systems for companies
- A guide to operating systems for Indian companies in 2026: ageing PCs after Windows 10, whether to buy AI PCs, the security baseline, and how to choose.
- India's technology ecosystem
- For Indian businesses: the DPDP Act, data residency, AI rules and sovereign, Made-in-India technology. What is law, what is choice, and what to ask vendors.
- Replacing the vendor stack
- A guide to replacing a stack of rented software: how to count what you pay, compare office, HR and chat tools, avoid lock-in, and switch without stopping work.
- Business challenges, solved
- Eight everyday business challenges in Indian companies, from stuck invoices to scattered documents, each with a step-by-step technology fix and its real cost.