DataQuest - February 2023

In this issue

The CIO Power
The CIO’s role continues
to evolve and become more
relevant with each passing year.
Will he or she emerge as the
most powerful CXO for business
transformation in the future?

THE BIBLE OF THE IT INDUSTRY MARCHES ON

It’s really a pleasure to talk to you on the occasion of Cyber Media turning 40 years old along with our first product Data-quest.

2 mins

WHEN "SNAKE CHARMERS" ALSO DEVELOPED GREAT SOFTWARE

When I was asked by the current editor of data-quest to write about the early days of dQ and its influence, the first thought was: Why? What, if any, is the relevance of something that happened 40 years ago?

3 mins

INDIA AS A PRODUCT NATION

Products will help scale up our selfresilience and kick-start job creation for high-end value jobs and blue-collar workers We need to identify 100/500 products for the next 5/10 years and go after designing and manufacturing these in India.

3 mins

30% improvement in productivity at Shriram Capital with Accops solution

Sendil Kumar Venkatesan, Chief Technology Officer, Shriram Capital Ltd

6 mins

THE CIO TO CXO JOURNEY: TRANSFORMING IT LEADERSHIP

An enriching career spanning over three decades, with stints at Nestle, HCL, Airtel, Vodafone (Hungary) and now running her own company, Amrita Gangotra has been a leading technology leader and instrumental in launching pathbreaking technology solutions in her various roles. From a successful technology leader to a successful business leader, her perspective.

7 mins

FROM TECH TO STRATEGY: THE CIO TO CXO SHIFT

The traditional responsibilities of the ClO are expanding beyond the realm of technology and into business strategy. As a result, many ClOs are making the transition from CIO to CXO, taking on a more strategic and holistic view of the organization and its needs.

7 mins

CIOS ARE KEY AS BUSINESS AND TECH HAVE BECOME INTERTWINED

According to Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, CTO, Kyndryl India, ClOs are responsible for successful post-Covid business outcomes in the face of all the changes that took place during this period.

4 mins

CIOs NOW EXPECTED TO DRIVE INNOVATION

According to Irshad Saifi, Director IT and Digitization CDIO), Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Co, organizations now expect ClOs to understand business processes and come forward to solve them using technology.

2 mins

INDIA BECOMING STRONGER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC

Digital transformation has various facets— ones that emerge from CX needs and ones that arise from the need to do things faster and better internally. Sumanta Ghosh, SVP and Head Technology, Aegon Life Insurance, explains

6 mins

Cloud-HoppingNot exactly Pub-Hopping

Imagine yourself in a fast lane on a superhighway. After a few exhilarating minutes of hair talking to the wind, and Beatles blazing in the stereo; you realise that your car is not yet ready for this speed, this road, this toll-tax. You want to change lanes. To slide into a road that matches your driving style, fuel tank and speed limit. But can you?

10+ mins

TO BE ON THE CUSTOMER’S RADAR ONE NEEDS A GOOD MAP

Cartographers have discovered continents and Silk-routes in the past. But today Cloud-mapping can be a great tool for businesses specially for realtime data, marketing levers, visitation data, asset management and store performance. Anthony Villanti, Managing Director and Founder, GapMaps sketches a picture and shows how.

5 mins

Ignore chips at your own peril!

I have always loved saying this: Without semiconductors, we are dead!

10+ mins

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