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Preparing IT for GST Era

GST deployment is being seen as a transformation opportunity for the taxation and supply chain teams but the critical role of the CIO is being missed

IT Industry Becomes Obsolete Every Three Years

Vineet Nayar was recently chosen for the Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the Indian IT industry specifically in organizing and building the Indian software industry. Nayar has now shifted his focus from the IT industry and paying full attention to the education of rural kids through his NGO - Sampark Foundation. 

Digitization Creates Jobs And Efficiency In The System

Digital transformation requires changes, to both processes and IT systems that are more challenging to implement in the public sector than in the private sector. In a conversation with Dataquest, Smt. Kiran Soni Gupta, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, talks on how digitization of Government Departments play a significant role in propelling the digital drive in the country. —KIRAN SONI GUPTA Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports & Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India

6 Crore Rural Citizens To Become Digitally Literate In 3 Years

As the Indian Government took the path towards a more tech savvy India, it became one of the biggest adopters of IT. To step a notch ahead of others, many actions were taken in a bid to develop the rural areas as well. To comprehend the government’s IT initiatives in villages, Dataquest delved into a conversation with Dr. Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, CEO, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to get a better understanding on the various IT services implemented under the Common Services Centres scheme

A Cloud Database Solution Cuts A Pharma Company's CapEx by $25,000

By migrating to a high-performing, secure, reliable and scalable PaaS solution, Mankind Pharma has reduced capital expenditure by $25,000 and storage costs by $6,000. now, the company claims to create reports 11x faster and deliver training to global users 5x faster by launching training environment in just two days

A Start-Up Aiming To Improve Efficiency And Productivity

Currently, Flock claims to be used by enterprises, tech companies, and start-ups to improve their efficiency and productivity 

Indian Version Of OpenWorld To Focus On Digital India And Smart Cities

Oracle has for the first time brought its most popular event to India in the hope to boost its prospects in the economy which has seen a number of quick changes in the past few years

Scary! 95% Engineers In India Are Not Employable

Aspiring Minds’ new study “Automata National Programming Report’, conducted across 500+ colleges and exclusively shared with Dataquest, claims that over 2/3rd couldn’t even write code and hence 95% engineers are not employable

The Datacenter Is The Computer

IT organizations are breaking away from conventional technology consumption paradigms and embracing data centers in a big way

Empowering Data Centers

It’s all about power reliability and availability when it comes to data centers in India. Over the last decade, the global industry has strived for significant improvements in overall data center efficiency through implementing a ‘Green Data Center’

Decoding Data Center Dynamics

Enterprises today are rethinking their datacenter strategies to suit the technical disruptions in the market. For any business, it is necessary to make informed infrastructure decisions to evaluate potential business risks and cost overrunsc

ERP On Cloud Is Fast Moving To The Mainstream

Organizational mindsets towards cloud based ERP have changed dramatically of late, and in the last 18-24 months we have seen widespread adoption of ERP on the cloud.

The Cloud Punch

The Cloud Punch

A New It Infrastructure Strategy To Face A New Tomorrow

Five recommendations for business leaders to get started on making changes needed for creating new IT infrastructures that would survive a new tomorrow

Paul Otellini: The Gentle Giant

Intel Corporation’s former CEO Paul Otellini passed away in his sleep at the age of 66 on October 2, 2017

Change Can Open A World Of Opportunities

In an exclusive interaction with Dataquest, Amandeep Singh Dang, Country Manager, Dell Networking, Dell EMC India talks about networking innovation in the industry.

HP Inc Steps up Post the Split

While the split allowed competitors to marginally bump into its market, in no time HP Inc swung into action, and surprised its peers by reinventing and reclaiming what belonged to it. Even in India, the company is fast cruising forward with an array of new products and big deals. Read on...

Big Data To Create New Growth Opportunities

About 90% of the data in the world today was created in the last 2 years alone. The world has already started to make large strides because of the smart usage of big data tools. In this regard, Dataquest conversed with Rajender Singh Bhandari, Director – Systems Engineering, NetApp Marketing & Services India to know how big data istransforming organizations and helping them compete as well as grow

Artificial Intelligence In Financial Services: Opportunities And Challenges

The increased use of Artificial Intelligence solution helps give a company an edge over its peers while continuing to be a fresh and innovative workplace

We Focus On Being The #1 Or #2 Partner For Any Brand

Deval Parikh, CEO, Brightstar India speaks to Dataquest on the roadmap of his company in India for the year ahead and how he plans to strengthen Brightstar as a brand. Parikh also shares details regarding the key initiatives which Brightstar has in the offing

Digitalization: The New Language Of Business

Digital transformation is the new revolution that organizations often discuss as an intellectual business idea, but a successful transformation journey starts with effective IT

Lack Of Basic Infrastructure Is Hampering The Pace Of Digital Growth

As joint Secretary of Ministry of tribal affairs, what are some of the biggest challenges that you are facing?

Expanding Our Business Into $40 BN Digital Commerce And Shipping Market

Pitney Bowes is transitioning from its traditional business to a modern software-driven company. The company has expanded its portfolio with key initiatives such as PB Commerce Cloud tapping into the $40 bn digital commerce and shipping market. They’ve graduated two batches of promising tech start-ups under the PB Start-Up Accelerator Program. In a candid discussion with Dataquest, Manish Choudhary, Senior Vice President, Global Innovation & Managing Director, Pitney Bowes India shares more details.

PNB Metlife Is Using Virtual Reality For Customer Service

PNB MetLife is taking a lead in harnessing the latest technologies to offer its customers great services. In this regard, Dataquest spoke to Samrat Das, CIO, PNB MetLife to understand how technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and blockchain are set to change the BFSI sector.

Smart IoT For Smart Cities

Companies that implement IoT solutions for smart cities should have a clear understanding about business drivers and associated benefits of the solutions that will help them in decision making regarding the technical strategies related to smart cities

How IoT And M2m Technologies Are Reshaping The B2b Landscape In India

B2B adoption of IoT technology is poised to take off rapidly as B2B businesses are leveraging IoT to enhance the operational efficiency and in turn productivity

With IoT A New Normal Networking Paradigm Is Emerging

Manufacturers across all areas —automotive, chemical, durable goods, electronics, etc — have invested heavily on IoT devices, and they are already reaping the benefits. According to a new report, ‘The Internet of Things: Today and Tomorrow’ by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, in association with technology visionary Kevin Ashton— who coined the term ‘Internet of Things’, it is estimated that by 2019, 92% of manufacturing organizations globally would have adopted IoT technology and 77% believe it will transform manufacturing.Manufacturing has emerged as one of the high growth sectors in India as well. The Government of India has set an ambitious target of increasing the contribution of manufacturing output to 25% of GDP by 2025, from 16% currently – a target which can only be achieved by adoption of new technology to improve processes and increase output.In an exclusive interview to Dataquest, Santanu Ghose, Director Networking, HPE Aruba talks about the multipronged impact of IoT and how Aruba is manifesting the opportunities with its offerings and solutions. Excerpts from the interview:

$24 Bn Market Is No Longer Available To EMC, IBM Or HDS

Hubert Yoshida, CTO, Hitachi Data Systems often comes to India and has interacted with Dataquest several times. However, in his recent conversation with DQ during his visit, he revealed that the storage landscape is no longer the same. What he stressed on most was the fact that the traditional storage companies like EMC, IBM and HDS cannot do business in the traditional way. As cloud has redefined the storage space, the storage companies will have to focus on delivering business outcomes. Excerpts:

Win Some Lose Some

FY 16 by far is the best year for the Server market. Hardware refresh cycles coupled with Datacenter demand drove the growth. Meanwhile the PC market saw its fortunes fluctuating.

It's Just A Bend, Not The End

The PC market went through a challenging phase during 2016. the year ahead looks better given the government’s digital initiatives