Surya Mantha New Chief Of Sify’s Portal Business

Sify.com: Sify Limited on Thursday announced the appointment of Surya Mantha to head its Interactive Services business. As Senior Vice President- Interactive Services, Surya will spearhead Sify’s portal business and direct new initiatives aimed at increasing revenues and market share.
Before joining Sify, Surya was with RealNetworks in Seattle WA, USA, in marketing and management roles. As Head of Evangelism at RealNetworks, Surya was responsible for increasing traffic to Real.com, increasing the distribution, download and usage of the RealPlayer and growing the share of Real format content on the Internet, both wireline and mobile. Surya was also instrumental in moving RBN away from commodity hosting services to value-added solutions such as Managed Subscription Services for premium content.
George Zacharias, President & COO, Sify, said, “I am pleased to have Surya on board to focus on our online content initiatives and strategies. He brings with him years of experience with Internet businesses that will help drive traffic and build this vital component of our integrated business model. I am confident that, under his stewardship, Sify’s portal initiatives will see growth in users, new services, revenues and leadership”.

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