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Digitisation Partners For The Post-Corona World
CEOs are focused on how the companies can partner to take the next step in the digital transformation of the industry. Companies in different industries and regions have encountered challenges over the past few months
AI And IoT In Healthcare
AI and IoT can be used to manage workforce more efficiently. Amrita Chowdhury, Director & Co-Founder, Gaia Smart Cities tells us more
INDUSTRY 5.0 ALREADY ON THE HORIZON
Industry 4.0 is in the process of settling down in India with automation becoming the norm in everyday activities of the industries. S. Sriram, GM, Industry Sales, Factory Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India, tells us more about Industry 4.0 and the road to smart transformation
Riding the storm
A giant SaaS opportunity
Helping startups
Embracing a new virtual world, an accelerator programme had six start ups and audience from all over the world
STRATEGIES FROM A CIO
Never confuse transformation with technology strategy. For core technology – it is better to go internal. Here’s a CIO’s formula for using technology right. From high-accuracy-oriented NLG to stress-testing platforms, from scalable frameworks to microservices, from reusable modules to machine learning, this CIO rates technology with a distinct report card. Ramesh Lakshminarayanan, CIO, CRISIL discusses some of the CIO strategies.
Configuring Data
Many people have argued about data lakes and/or data warehouses. Here is another one on this never ending debate
Data Power
Importance of data in the digital transformation strategy
BANKING ON CLOUD
International financial institutions look upon India as a lucrative destination. Dilipkumar Khandelwal, MD & Global Head, Technology Centres, Deutsche Bank, tells us more
Cloud And Ai Needed During Lockdown
In a networked world, the stronger your relationships are – and the more strategic your associations – the more value you’ll be able to deliver to buyers. Data and analytics from Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) bring distinct clarity to customers’ relationship-related decisions; whether these relationships involve buyers, prospects, suppliers or partners (potential or actual). Julian Prower, MD, Dun and Bradstreet India, tells us more
STATE OF CONNECTED ENTERPRISES
On being inter-connected in a WFH environment
Smart to Autonomous
Schneider Electric and Microsoft recently held a webinar on the topic of ‘Buildings of the future: Smart to autonomous’. The speakers were Anil Chaudhry, MD and Zone President, Schneider Electric, India, and Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India
SECURE WORKPLACE COLLABORATION PLATFORM
Flock is a proprietary messaging and collaboration tool, founded by tech entrepreneur, Bhavin Turakhia in 2014. The app is available on Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS and Web. Here, Bhavin Turakhia, Founder & CEO, Flock, tells us more about how businesses will be, post Covid-19
Prioritisaion of Automation Essential
Rockwell Automation recently organised a webinar addressing the challenges faced by the Indian chemicals industry. The participants were Dilip Sawhney, MD, Rockwell Automation India, Amrish Goel, President Strategy and CIO, Deepak Fertilisers and Bimal Puri, VP & CIO, SRF Technical Textiles
On the Cusp of Takeoff?
Despite Covid-19 and its impact, the telecom, media and technology (TMT) industry in India is exuding strange confidence
GIG WORKFORCE WILL BE MORE PREVALENT
The Harbinger Group envisions a world in which its products enable transformation through enterprise software, digital learning or product innovations. Nitin Kulkarni, COO, Harbinger Group, tells us more regarding the future of work
How did India Manage data Surge?
The Corona spread and the subsequent lockdown led to a massive surge in the use of the internet across India. Lockdowns, social distancing and the new normal of restricted workforce has pushed users to explore new scenarios to maintain life and business continuity
Big Data Refinery
The E-inauguration ceremony of the Yotta Infrastructure nM1 datacentre was recently held. The participants were Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Founder Chairman, Hiranandani Group, Darshan Hiranandani, Group CEO, Hiranandani Group, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Law and Justice, Electronics and IT, and Communications, Government of India, Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Subhash Desai, Minister of Industry, Maharashtra and Sunil Gupta, Managing Partner and CEO, Yotta. Here is a report
Dealing with Black Swans
No one knows what the future holds. Therefore, dealing with a black swan event is less about expecting the unexpected, and more about your ability to respond
Smart And Edge Datacentres For E-Governance Services
Digital technologies have the power to accelerate inclusive growth in countries such as India. It is expected that India because of its demographic dividend, is slated to see growth
Digital Transformation For FMCG
Rockwell Automation India recently held a web conference on digital transformation in the new normal for the FMCG industry. Here is an overview
Using AI for Good Business and Sustainability
From the Terminator and the Matrix in pop culture, to facial recognition and ethical issues, AI has always been a hot topic and it’s had a history of negative press. In fact, AI is a force for good! How has AI actually helped in the fight against corona virus — the crisis that’s changed all our lives? And, how is it helping in other areas, for example, preventing climate change?
STPI Transforms Government's Vision
The opening session the 29th STPI Foundation Day kicked off with Dr. Omkar Rai, DG, Software Technology Parks of India, who said that the STPI is a very industry-friendly organization. We have worked as a service provider for the Indian industry. We received the ISO certificate in the 1990s. We are providing the bandwidth and solving the problems of the Indian IT industry. We have been sticking with our work culture. As soon as Covid-19 happened, we gave a notification on March 11 for WFH
TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS GROWTH
Dr. Richard SOlEY Executive Director, Digital Twin Consortium
PRIVATE CLOUD FOR DATACENTERS
VINOD GANESANCountry Manager, India, Cloudera
Innovation and Role of Government
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) recently celebrated its 29th Foundation Day. At the inaugural session, Dr Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT welcomed the delegates stating that we should all work together to achieve the vision of a digital economy. Rajneesh Agarwal, Director, STPI Noida, who moderated the session, said that STPI is a premier government organization working for the promotion of IT
Datacentre Spectrum
The datacentre scene is evolving very fast, with many diverse developments taking place. On one hand, India has built the largest datacentre in Asia and received the highest design certificate for it from the US. On the other hand, there are signs that investments in datacentres may be declining in India, while investments in cheaper, cloud-based data storage and management options are going up. Read on to find out about this melange of datacentre-related developments
COBOTS FOR INDUSTRY
RAJEEV SHARMA Chief Strategy Officer, Mitsubishi Electric India
A Challenge with Opportunities
As the pandemic continues to spill across the globe impacting lives, livelihood, and businesses, it has made us realize that we need to flatten the curve and move forward on a war footing
Blockchain And Corona
Today this COVID-19 crisis makes me wonder, that if we had a blockchain-based real-time reporting of Communicable Diseases, maybe we could have avoided a pandemic?