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Dataquest-CMR Digital
Index Survey 2021
Ranking of the Best 100 Tech-enabled engineering colleges in the country

DATAQUEST-CMR DIGITAL INDEX SURVEY 2021

Educational establishments and IT adoption are very well integrated and even much more after Covid-19 inception.

10+ mins

SHAPE SHIFTING OFFICES–IN THE SIX FEET WORLD

In this interview, Vipul Shah, Managing Director-Parinee Group, explains why technology, cleverly woven in with real-estate, can be an answer to solve presence disparity and help companies to navigate the duality of working environments in a post-pandemic era.

5 mins

THE RIPPLES OF THE EDGE

Sometimes, it seems that the emergence and expansion of Edge computing is like watching an endless expanse of ocean on a beach. You cannot see beyond the horizon and yet you know that the waves travel quite far. Do these waves touch, security, environmental impact, 5G’s success, and the promise of HaaS? Let’s use the binoculars of Sachin Bhalla, VP, Secure Power, and Country GM, Schneider Electric India & SAARC, and find out.

6 mins

What Happens When The Flight Plan Is With I.T.?

From the tail-end of automated irrigation, IoT-enabled supply-chain monitoring to the frontrows of virtual desks, contactless processing, biometric boarding and self-service bag drops, the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) is already past the layover from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic travel. Let’s sit at the window seat and get a better view from Satyaki Raghunath (Chief Strategy & Development Officer), BIAL.

8 mins

A MOUSE THAT EATS CHALKS. AND THEN, THEY ALL SAY CHEESE!

A social cause can gain so much from the right use of technology – speed, outreach, last-mile impact and empowerment. But what happens when the unique challenges of Indian’s geographical, as well as social, terrain come in the way of skilling India’s youth. How to handle teledensity issues, digital illiteracy and Kuznet’s graphs? Pratima H finds out here with Nishant Baghel, Director Technology Innovations, Pratham who oversees programmes that reach more than 5,00,000 children and have been recognized by the World Economic Forum as the only ‘School of Future’ from India.

5 mins

Avoid 911. And Get Some 411 On Cybersecurity

Fights among thieves. Twists in the plot. Change of Plan B to Plan C. The current, and upcoming, cybersecurity landscape looks no less thrilling and unpredictable than a good season of Money Heist. Let’s hear from Yihao Lim, Principal Intelligence Advisor at Mandiant Threat Intelligence and get a sense of what the attackers are after and where may they be hiding next.

5 mins

WHEN I.T. BACKS UP THE BACKUP

Palash Nandy, CEO, Numeric UPS, shows how the switchboard of continuity, uptime, security and reliability works when technology is wiring everything at the right place. When it comes to power, he says security is not the icing on the cake, but a big layer of the cake itself. Let’s plug into this world.

4 mins

Covid Turns The Spotlight On ‘Lightsout' Data Center

Data centers are the backbone of today’s Digital Economy. By forcing people to work from home, the COVID-19 crisis has forced enterprises to rethink how they access and manage their data centers too. Lights-out or unmanned data centers became more critical in such scenarios. Anjani Kommisetti, Country Manager- India & SAARC, Raritan & ServerTech explains how Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) helped enterprises emerge from the crisis and now as the scramble for digital transformation thrust upon us by the pandemic begins to subside, why they must consider investing heavily in the remote data center management capabilities. Excerpt:

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