ENABLING INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) transforms business and society by accelerating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced the publication of the Enabling Digital Transformation with IIoT Performance and Properties Measurement White Paper. Written for all IIoT stakeholders, the White Paper explains why measuring the efficiency and efficacy of industrial digital transformation solutions across industries is essential. Jacques Durand is Technical Director IoT technologies Fujitsu America and Member, Steering Committee, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). Here, he discusses the White Paper

Future of work

Thanks to Covid-19, it is high time that the organisations across India and the world take stock of things. In future, how will clients’ sales and other meetings take place? Will remote working be the new normal? Are the various workforces ready to WFH?

AI-BASED VIDEOBOT

CoRover provides enterprise conversational AI platform to help businesses give authentic information to their customers’ queries automatically and instantly. This can be in any language (foreign, vernacular), any channel (web, app, social media, IVR, SMS, email), any format (video, voice, text), so that users can save time and the organisations can save cost. Here, Ankush Sabharwal, Founder & CEO, CoRover, tells us more

A V-SHAPED RECOVERY

SoftBank recently appointed Manoj Kohli as its India head. He is currently in charge of the government relations and public policy efforts. Earlier, he was the executive chairman of Softbank’s renewable energy arm, SB Energy, before being the MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel for 13 years. Here, Manoj Kohli speaks about how India is facing Covid-19, and the way ahead

Cryptocurrency Search Growing Fast

SE rush started out in 2008 as a small group of SEO and IT specialists united by one mission, to make online competition fair and transparent, with equal opportunities for everyone. After 11 years of trailblazing experiments and constant progress, it has grown into the world’s leading competitive research service for online marketing. Here, Fernando Angulo, Head, Communications, SEMrush, talks about cryptocurrencies

Business Still Not As Usual, In Covid-19-Hit China

Manufacturers/exporters/logistic service providers are facing difficulties in terms of cancellation of orders, bankruptcies of buyers, as well as the uncertain market forecast, etc. Those who have the resources to switch to the domestic market have a better chance to survive. Otherwise, the closure of some businesses is inevitable.

Long-Term Industry-Internship Essential

Through innovative software and services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Srinivas Rao K, Director-Human Resources, SAS India, tells us more about how they approach T-Schools

SOFT TARGETS

It is no surprise that even today cyber attacks attract the maximum attention. In India Also, the corresponding data generated by the large population makes us a goldmine for cyber criminals. How do we go about handling this? J Kesavardhanan, Founder & CTO, K7 Computing, tells us more

Short Restart

A move to Windows 10 is a crucial part of maintaining security. What exactly can users and businesses gain from the Windows 10 update?

Logistics Software making Business Efficient

From lost packages to high shipping costs, there are several concerns that plague the e-commerce industry. Adding to the mix is the growing trend of same-day deliveries, initiated by Amazon, an industry-standard that is hard to match by most E-retailers of any size and maturity

SCALING WITH AI

Organisations that are the early adopters of artificial intelligence, are struggling to accrue the benefits because they have not been successful in scaling and using AI widely. Infosys has implemented a Centre of Excellence-driven strategy for the discovery and delivery of AI and automation opportunities, among others. Balakrishnan D R, Head, AI and Automation, Infosys, tells us more

Leadership Transformation Needed

Often, we hear about transformation of people, process and technologies to bring about desirable changes in an organisation to make it a world leader. While most of the time we discuss and ponder over these changes, seldom do we think about bringing transformational changes in behavioural aspects of the leadership team.

Empowering Industry 4.0 with AI

Industry 4.0 has the potential to be a powerful driver of economic growth, predicted to add between $500 billion-$1.5 trillion in value to the global economy between 2018 and 2022

Cloud Transformation Success in 2020

2020 is the year the businesses are starting to address their cloud-related challenges. In our conversations with enterprise IT leaders, we sense a growing appetite to systematically navigate cloud complexity

AUTOMATED SELF-INSPECTION OF CARS

ICICI Lombard has launched a facility called InstaSpect, the mobile self-inspection feature that eliminates the need for physical inspection of cars. Girish Nayak, Chief, Service, Operations & Technology, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, talked about the Instaspect campaign and service available across ICICI Lombard’s product portfolio

Preparing Job-Ready Candidates

Data analytics is becoming an important field for killing of young graduates. Here, Bhuvan Nijhawan, Director, Education, SAS Asia Pacific, tells us more about their experiences regarding T-Schools

The Technological Change: The T-Schoo Imperative

In its fifteenth year now, the DQ Top T-School Survey is a highly respected and pioneering barometre on the state of technical education in India. The T-School rankings, based on DQ’s PACE Framework, are much sought-after by the industry, for the deep insights it offers at a national level, as well as regional level, on the talent pool and where to hunt for the best talent

ROLE-BASED APPROACH

Schneider believes that access to energy and digital is a basic human right. It empowers all to make the most of their energy and resources, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. It combines world-leading energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services into integrated solutions for Homes, Buildings, Data Centres, Infrastructure and Industries. Here, Runita Verma, Director, HR, Schneider Electric India, talks about the challenges and opportunities facing T-Schools

NEED FOR COLLABORATION

In this exclusive interaction, M Lakshmanan, Chief Human Resource Officer, L&T Technology Services, has some advice for T-Schools

MAKING THE CURRICULUM HANDS-ON

ESRI or the Environmental Systems Research Institute, is an international supplier of geographic information system software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications. It is headquartered in Redlands, California. Agendra Kumar, President, ESRI India, talks about his expectations from the T-Schools

Humanising technology

Architecting for longevity and adaptability requires a deep understanding of both today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities. Businesses with a broader view of incubating and adopting these emerging trends will succeed in the new era and will stay relevant in the decade to come

GAINING TECH EXPERTISE

University of Birmingham has a program to collaborate with Indian T-Schools and other institutions of higher learning and provide scientific and technological training in research. Indian researchers can visit Birmingham as part of this venture for 6 months and learn cutting edge technological knowhow there. An interaction with Professor Sir David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham

EDUCATION QUALITY CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED

Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, talks about the challenges facing technical education in India

Bridge the Gap

Changes in the society have pushed the industry to undergo several changes from a having static, structured, processoriented business model to the digital era characterised by flexible working, remote teams and agility. Education institutes cannot stay far from following the wave of change

What's In Store For The IT Industry

While the expectations around the budget mainly revolved around jobs, economy and regenerating growth, whether or not the Government has met with those expectations can only be gauged after analyzing the consequences of the initiatives announced

How To Secure Your Automation

The highly digitally transformed and automated companies are also constantly evolving with the changing threat, indicating the importance of security

IT, OT And Cybersecurity

Organizations have much to gain from convergence and close collaboration between OT and IT teams, with the biggest being access to real-time data insights from manufacturing operations

5 Reasons For Investing In Adaptive ERP Solution

Manufacturers should fully understand the following five areas where adaptive ERP can boost business performance compared to legacy enterprise systems

RED-FLAG GUNS TURNING INTO GREEN-FLAG

Whether it is a cyber-attack, a fraud-detection algorithm or the new fintech onslaught – what if all this could mean good news for a traditional bank instead of the typical panic-button? RBS is already erasing a lot of these what-ifs with surprising and bold shifts. Good old banks have an unexpected strong muscle up their sleeves. Cyberattacks can be used to get better. AI is not optional. Open Banking gives customers a new power. Algorithms can help to fight fraud but they can also pour in new revenue streams. As staggering as these mindsets may appear, Arun Mehta, Head, Data & Analytics, Digital Engineering Services, RBS India does not seem perturbed or overwhelmed with the new storm of technology that is rolling up towards erstwhile banking behemoths. Instead, he sounds excited, eager and ready with a game-plan

Threats Predictions 2020

Continuing advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning have led to invaluable technological gains, but threat actors are also learning to leverage AI and ML in increasingly sinister ways. A McAfee report