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INDIA'S LONG AND HOPEFUL JOURNEY TOWARDS 2047

In the evening session, there was a lively discussion between the Who's Who of the ICT industry as they discussed India's role in the world and its march towards the centenary year of Independence.

BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION WILL COME FROM THE DIGITAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

The fireside chat \"India 2047-Next 25 years of the ICT industry\" featured Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge, and CP Gurnani, CEO and MD, Tech Mahindra. It was moderated by Sunil Rajguru, Editor, Dataquest & PCQuest.

GETTING THE TRUE VALUE OF DATA REALIZATION

The panel discussion on \"Industry 4.0: Changing the landscape with Deep Tech\" saw the participation of Amit Kumar Anand, CTO Enterprise Solutions, Nokia India, Sharad Kumar Agarwal, CDIO, JK Tyre, and Sunil David, Digital Technology Consultant & Ex-Regional Director (IOT), ATT India. It was moderated by Shubhendu Parth, Editor, Voice&Data.

NEED TO INVEST MORE IN CYBERSECURITY

Vishal Kanvaty, CTO, NPCI, participated in the panel discussion \"Revolutionizing Indian banking and FinTech ecosystem\" moderated by Ibrahim Ahmad, Consulting Editor, Cybermedia.

NEXT 25 YEARS WILL SEE AI DO MORE AND MORE TASKS

The panel discussion on \"Building the next-gen AI-powered enterprise\" saw the participation of V. Srinivasa Rao (VSR), Chairman and MD, BT&BT, Dr. Chandrasekhar Devra, CIO, SRF Ltd, and Gokulavan Jayaraman, Information Security Head, Lumina Datamatics.

NOT JUST COMPANIES BUT NATIONS - WILL AGI DISRUPT ENOUGH?

Super-intelligence is still 70 years away! Why and how? V Srinivasa Rao (VSR), Chairman & MD, BT&BT, in conversation with Dataquest Editor Sunil Rajguru, unlocks many unseen aspects of AGI.

The Future Of Computing

IT managers are realizing that to gain the full benefits of a networked enterprise, they need seamless interoperability that ties internal systems and links them to the rest of the world.

THE MANY SPECIALS OF CYBERMEDIA

Over a period of 40 Years, Cyber Media has come out with many special editions with Dataquest, PCQuest, Voice&Data and many other publications.

FROM 1980 TO 2047 TIME LAPSE FROM NIIT'S LENS

A throwback-look at NIIT's journey is also a peek into India's evolution in the genes of IT, talent and business models. This timeline is a book of IT and Talent, with every decade inking a new chapter. Let's turn this photo album.

INDIAN IT: RE-INVENTING ITSELF FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS

Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL, talks about the importance of embracing emerging technologies, the role of people and culture and how strong partnerships form a fundamental part of success.

What Drives The Zoomers?

Here's a short story that differentiates the sensibilities of three generations: Three guys-a Boomer, a Millennial, and a Zoomer-are stranded on a desert island.

Powerhouse 40 - The Women In India's Tech Revolution

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dataquest, we are proud to showcase 40 women who are leading the charge in India's tech industry. These women are driving innovation, pushing boundaries, and creating opportunities for women in tech.

SUPERCONDUCTORS: THE TOYS FOR ROCKET BOYS IN 2023. OR MORE!

Are we barking up the wrong tree when we try to find materials that can superconduct at room temperatures? Would it change our computers, our ambitions for levitation and our path on quantum computing?

BEYOND BACKUPS: EVOLVING STRATEGIES FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY

As businesses increasingly rely on data, the need for efficient and effective backup strategies becomes more critical. With the shift towards cloud-based storage, traditional backup methods may no longer suffice. In this interaction, we explore the evolution of data management and the future of backup strategies in the digital era.

HOW DO YOU GET INDIA & BHARAT TOGETHER?

Thompson P. Gnanam, Managing Director and Global CEO, 3i Infotech, looks back at the tech changes that have taken place in finance along with the future of Bharat & India; mainly how every problem is also an opportunity. Edited excerpts from a video interview.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT INDIA WILL BECOME THE WORLD'S INNOVATION HUB IN ICT -SHRI NARENDRA MODI Chief Minister, Gujarat

Across the political spectrum Narendra Modi is known as BJP's key strategist and Prime Ministerial candidate for the coming Lok Sabha Election. Modi says it is the time to launch the next phase of ICT growth and leadership. Excerpts from an exlusive interaction with Dataquest

IT ALL BEGAN IN 2014

In 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on the cusp of taking India into a new digital era. That's when Dataquest invited him and asked him about his digital vision.

DIGITAL LEADERSHIP CONCLAVE & AWARDS 2022 - ICT AWARD WINNER

IT PERSON OF YEAR SALIL PAREKH CEO & MD, Infosys | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HARISH MEHTA ICT Industry Doyen & Ex-Chairman NASSCOM | PATHBREAKER OF THE YEAR TEJAS NETWORKS | AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT CHAMPION NATIONAL PAYMENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA

Generative AI: The Race Where The 'Slowest' Wins

Responsibility, caution, transparency, checks and control could be the new set of criteria for winners in an otherwise pound-for-pound game. Why is Generative Al going to be a different race track in the enterprise Olympics and would everyone play ball?

Is It About Gen Alpha And Gen Z?

Pradeep Khanna, who has multiple global roles in the Metaverse/XR ecosystem, looks at the post-ChatGPT Metaverse trends and timelines.

The perils of censorship in the age of tech

As newer and newer technologies come, it becomes easier for the citizens to make their voices heard. But that always rattles the governments of the day and there are always renewed efforts to censor those voices

Amendment virtually censors the Press

The government of India has amended rules that cover fake, false or misleading news along with factchecking. The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) issued a statement against it...

TREAD MARKS THAT LEAD YOU TO A TREASURE ISLAND

'Failure is not an option' by Veer Sagar is as much a chronicle of his personal journey and life-lessons as it is a curation of key events that punctuated and defined the Indian IT landscape. Tips and tricks to navigate leadership, teams, conflicts, contingencies, crisis-hours and camp-escapades - are a big bonus. Read it for a lazy jog down the memory lane of the builders of Indian IT story.

VMs AND CONTAINERS: IRONMAN AND SPIDERMAN

And by that analogy, virtual machines and hyperscalers could be the Marvel and DC Universes. But what if these heroes and universes joined hands instead of being busy with their own super-powers and battles? Are they? We ask Guru Venkatachalam, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, AsiaPacific & Japan, VMware about some recent and future super-forces that are shaping this world

PROCESSING, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA GETTING COMPLICATED

According to Benoit Coquart, Global CEO, of Legrand Group, the areas of growth in India in terms of segments are government (both central and state), Hyperscalers, telecom, finance, logistics and e-commerce-related DCS.

NOT EASY FOR INDIAN PLAYERS TO COMPETE WITH TOP 3 PUBLIC CSPs

Ashish Varerkar, Head of Cloud Native, LTIMindtree gives a lowdown on what's new and what's turbulent in the cloud space-especially with multi-clouds, super cloud, discounts, cloud economics, reasons of poor cloud ROI, FinOps, verticalisation, bundles and poor governance.

AI IS MORE OF AN ENABLER THAN A DISRUPTOR

According to Sourav Ganguly, Head Premier Support at Lenovo Asia Pacific, we must look at the journey of the customer and customize accordingly. Today time is becoming very important at every touch point. The value is for the time and experience together. Edited excerpts from a video interview...

HEALTHY MIX OF DIGITAL WITH HUMAN ASSISTED CX THE KEY

Nikhil Pereira, Customer Experience (CX) Practice Leader at Tech Mahindra talks of leveraging Al to analyze hundreds and thousands of customer touchpoints and feed insights at a macro and micro ecosystem that use technology to provide differentiated service.

TELEHEALTH, REMOTE MONITORING AND DIGITAL HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE OFF

Our patients have the ease of maintaining all their medical records in a centralised system and they do not need to carry them around while within our ecosystem, says Shyatto Raha-Founder and CEO, MyHealthcare.

IMPOSSIBLE THE LIMITS OF AI TO DETERMINE

According to Dilip Bhatia, VP, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Lenovo, we can expect the next few years to be significant for the acceleration of Al technology, and with the popularity and commercialization of technologies like ChatGPT (and others), our world will become far more efficient in many ways.