<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mits Tech — News &amp; Insights</title><description>Practical insights on cloud, security, data, and AI from the Mits engineering team in Bengaluru.</description><link>https://mitstech.co/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>What custom software actually costs in India in 2026</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/software-development-cost-india-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/software-development-cost-india-2026</guid><description>Published rate cards give you an hourly number. 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The answers that actually predict how the project goes come from somewhere else…</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IT Strategy</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>Why companies build software in Bengaluru - and when they should not</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/why-bengaluru-for-software-development</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/why-bengaluru-for-software-development</guid><description>An honest look at what Bengaluru is genuinely good at, what it costs, and the situations where somewhere else is the better answer…</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IT Strategy</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>5 cloud migration mistakes that cost enterprises millions</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/cloud-migration-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/cloud-migration-mistakes</guid><description>The hidden pitfalls we see most often - and a practical checklist to avoid them before you move a single workload…</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cloud</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>Zero Trust in 2026: a practical roadmap for mid-market teams</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/zero-trust-roadmap-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/zero-trust-roadmap-2026</guid><description>Zero Trust doesn&apos;t have to mean rip-and-replace. Here&apos;s how to roll it out in phases that actually stick…</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Security</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>How we cut a client&apos;s data pipeline costs by 62% with AI</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/cut-data-pipeline-costs-with-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/cut-data-pipeline-costs-with-ai</guid><description>A behind-the-scenes look at the architecture and modeling choices that made a dramatic difference…</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data &amp; AI</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>How to choose a managed IT services partner: a founder&apos;s checklist</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/choosing-a-managed-it-services-partner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/choosing-a-managed-it-services-partner</guid><description>Most vendor comparisons focus on price and SLAs. The questions that actually predict a good partnership look different…</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IT Strategy</category><author>Vaibhav Aggarwal</author></item><item><title>Why most RAG chatbots hallucinate - and how we fix it</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/rag-chatbots-that-dont-hallucinate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/rag-chatbots-that-dont-hallucinate</guid><description>Retrieval-augmented generation is supposed to ground answers in your data. Here&apos;s why it still goes wrong, and what actually works…</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data &amp; AI</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>What an hour of downtime actually costs a mid-market company</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/cost-of-downtime-for-mid-market-companies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/cost-of-downtime-for-mid-market-companies</guid><description>The number most teams use to justify uptime investment is guessed, not calculated. Here&apos;s how to actually model it…</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cloud</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>What &quot;AI-first&quot; actually means (and what it doesn&apos;t)</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/what-ai-first-actually-means</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/what-ai-first-actually-means</guid><description>Every vendor claims to be AI-first now. Here&apos;s the operational definition we actually hold ourselves to…</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><author>Vaibhav Aggarwal</author></item><item><title>Is your data actually ready for AI? A 6-point readiness audit</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/ai-readiness-audit-checklist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/ai-readiness-audit-checklist</guid><description>Most failed AI projects fail before a single model gets trained - because the data underneath was never checked…</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>Build vs. buy: when a custom AI system beats an off-the-shelf tool</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/build-vs-buy-ai-tools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/build-vs-buy-ai-tools</guid><description>The SaaS AI tools market is flooded. Here&apos;s the decision framework we walk clients through before recommending either path…</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><author>Vaibhav Aggarwal</author></item><item><title>How to measure AI ROI without fooling yourself</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/measuring-ai-roi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/measuring-ai-roi</guid><description>&quot;It feels faster&quot; isn&apos;t a metric. Here&apos;s the measurement framework that survives a skeptical CFO…</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item><item><title>AI governance doesn&apos;t need to be a committee - a lightweight framework for mid-market teams</title><link>https://mitstech.co/news/ai-governance-for-mid-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mitstech.co/news/ai-governance-for-mid-market</guid><description>Enterprise AI governance frameworks assume a team you don&apos;t have. Here&apos;s what actually matters at mid-market scale…</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><author>Mits Engineering Team</author></item></channel></rss>