Sify Reports Revenues of Rs. 4683 Mn for First Quarter of FY 2018-19

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenue for the quarter was INR 4683 Million, an increase of 3% over the same quarter last year.
• EBITDA for the quarter was INR 741 Million, an increase of 6% over the quarter last year.
• Net Profit for the quarter was INR 201 Million, an increase of 16% over the same quarter last year.
• CapEx during the quarter was INR 1001 Million.
• Cash balance at the end of the quarter was INR 1710 Million.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

Raju Vegesna, Chairman, said, “We are at the point where Domestic enterprises are utilizing multiple services from our portfolio to navigate the Indian IT landscape. Global MNCs are also viewing us as a reliable partner to commission their India projects. The profile of our client engagements is also shifting to broader implementation across multiple services, translating into more strategic relationships.”

Kamal Nath, CEO, said, “Our sustained focus on our “Cloud@Core” service lines, along with the investments being made around this model, is adding a distinct character to our revenue, profitability and new order book. Clients are seeing the merits in our vertical-based business strategy and the flexibility to opt for either a “subscription” or a “build” model. Our positioning as a digital transformation partner, our comprehensive set of services and demonstrated speed-to-market are key differentiators that will propel our growth.”

M P Vijay Kumar, CFO, said, “Our business is supported by our continuing investment in infrastructure, tools and people to augment our growing portfolio of services. While we continue to exert greater fiscal discipline, our mix of DC and Network value added services should help broaden our revenue streams.

Our cash balance at the end of the quarter stands at INR 1710 Million”

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenue from Telecom centric services grew by 18% over the same quarter last year.
• Segment-wise, revenue from Data and Managed Services grew 27% while revenue from the Wholesale Voice business grew by 2% over the same quarter last year.
• The Telecom Centric Services added 117 new customers in the quarter.
• Revenue from Data Center centric IT Services fell by 14% during the same quarter last year.
• Segment-wise, revenue from Data Center Services and Cloud and Managed Services grew by 28% while the revenue from Technology Integration services and Applications Integration Services fell by 41% due to customer specific projects under implementation.
• Data Center centric IT Services added 87 new customers in the quarter.

GROWTH DRIVERS

Digital transformation in India market continues to accelerate because of Government programs as well as Private initiatives aimed towards citizens and consumer experience. In line with this trend, our investments and initiatives are focused on creating infrastructures and services which has “Cloud @core” as the central theme. These investments and initiatives cut across Data Center, Cloud, Network and Applications.

• Sify expanded capacity at its Data Center at Mumbai to cater to increased demand from the BFSI, eCommerce and Government clients.
• Sify  launched Hosting and Managed Services on Azure Stack services, a Hyper Converged Cloud Platform from its Data Centers. The platform also provides direct connectivity to Azure Cloud through Express Route to enable a hybrid cloud environment.
• Sify launched Oracle’s Exadata as a Service, hosted from its private cloud, incorporating the benefits of Cloud with Managed Services.
• Sify established a strategic partnership with Nutanix to enable customers to migrate from legacy platforms to hyper converged infrastructures.
• Sify augmented the CDN portfolio by expanding its support for the AWS CloudFront service, to support small and medium segment customers.
• Sify’s upgrade to 400G ready fiber networks will cater to demand from multiple industry verticals for their data-rich telecom requirements. The SD-WAN and network security services portfolio will complement this upgrade.

KEY WINS

• An International telecom player, an upcoming payment bank, a large mobile wallet player, the insurance division of a large Public sector bank, and a domestic appliance major are some of the key customers to have subscribed for capacity at Sify’s Data Centers.
• A Healthcare major has outscourced their complete DC and DR operations to Sify, to be run on hybrid cloud environment.
• A State Government which is aggressively implementing Digital India and Smart Cities concepts empanelled Sify for Microsoft Azure-based Services to support their Government Community Cloud.
• Sify also signed a multi-year contract to build and operate a concurrently-maintainable Data Center for a State Government, on Nutanix’s hyper-converged infrastructure platform.
• One of the State Governments also contracted Sify as their system integrator for a complete revamp and physical expansion of their Data Center under the National eGovernance Plan. This contract involves design and implementation of the Data Center and Private Cloud.
• In one of the largest multi-year hyper converged infrastructure deals, the Capital Markets division of one of the country’s largest Public-sector banks contracted for multiple services implemented at two major DC locations.
• A large Public-sector Insurance company contracted to revamp and implement security services in line with the regulatory authority’s new guidelines.
• A market leader in packaged foods in India and a Public-sector bank have signed network outsourcing contracts, including network management, security, enterprise-mobility and connectivity.
• A pharmaceutical major has contracted for a complete network transformation that will include the deployment of a secure managed service to support their hybrid IT strategy.
• A global CDN player has also signed up to deploy nodes across India to cater to the tremendous growth of data traffic out of the country.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

• Sify has been elevated to the position of Platinum partner by Dell and Premier partner by VMware for Virtualisation and Orchestration.
• Sify has been also been recognised as an Emerging partner for rendering services by Nutanix in India.

CORPORATE COMMENTARY

As informed earlier, Dr. Siripurapu Kesava Rao, Director has resigned from the Board due to ill-health. The Board has commenced the search for his successor.

– CT Bureau