Business
DataQuest
Cloud-Rolls. The Big Mid-Air Plane Swap!
Roll-backs make for great headlines. Cloud repatriation makes for delicious IT media ink. But there is so much that goes before, and during, this U-turn that we seldom get a glance of. Who better than the horse-whisperer’s mouth to give a peek of why, and how, Cloud shifts are happening. Frank Karlitschek, CEO and Founder of Nextcloud takes us into the trenches. Or shall we say, 30,000 feet up there.
3 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Epam Systems CEO Balazs Fejes: Engineering, Al, and the road ahead
Engineering is evolving, not disappearing. AI, client focus, and modernisation are reshaping how enterprises build and transform in the digital era.
5 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Cloud Sovereignty: Feature. Bug. Feature. Repeat!
Like most big coal-engine moments in the timeline of technology, Cloud is also turning out to be suffixed with a paradox. Are Sovereign Clouds a fair-ask? Are they practically feasible? Is Sovereignty-washing possible? Is that happening? Let's lift some of these clouds today.
10+ min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Why Industry 5.0 matters for India's defence and how Aimtron is making it real
India's defence manufacturing is entering the Industry 5.0 era, where machines empower rather than replace humans. By blending AI, robotics, and skilled expertise, the shift promises resilient supply chains and reduced import dependency.
2 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Veeam leaders on cyber resilience, ransomware shifts, and the future of data recovery
Veeam leaders share how Suraksha aligns with Bharat's digital vision, tackling ransomware trends, CISO priorities, and data recovery challenges.
4 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Why Perplexity's new Comet Plus browser feels like a rethink of the internet
Comet Plus blends AI assistance, licensed premium content, and a user-first design to reimagine browsing as purposeful, clutter-free, and fair to publishers.
4 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
In the age of Al, what it really means to be a software professional
As AI reshapes coding, Great Learning reveals why soft skills, real-world problem-solving, and strategic thinking now define the future of tech careers.
6 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
From gold medals to drones: Agnishwar Jayaprakash on steering Garuda Aerospace into Industry 5.0
In defence, drones will work alongside soldiers, offering real-time situational awareness and reconnaissance, ultimately making operations safer and smarter.
4 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Indian factories and automation: The 'everything bagel' is here
Gone are the days when intelligent machines, software and tools only touched limited areas in a manufacturing setup. Now every ingredient is covered with new tech sprinkled all over- from design departments to assembly-lines to maintenance to QA and warehouses. Will this taste better than before, though? Perhaps, a special sauce for India could take it all a notch up. Let's bite in.
8 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Why context, not just data, will define the future of Al in finance
AI's raw intelligence isn't enough. Intuit's Jayanth Saimani reveals why context, domain expertise, and human judgment are crucial for building responsible AI.
5 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
AWS Hosts India Storage & Data Resiliency Day 2025: Building Resilient, Scalable Data Futures
AWS India Storage & Data Resiliency Day 2025 united IT leaders to explore cloud storage, backup, cyber resilience, and data modernisation powering India's digital future.
4 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Human creativity and intelligent machines drive Industry 5.0
Electro Waves Electronics automates SMT lines and adds AI-powered inspection for speed and precision in PCB assembly. Monarch Goyal, CEO of Electro Waves, explains how robotics, IoT, and upskilling are shaping Industry 5.0.
2 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Architects, Designers, Vendors and Project Managers — On the same table now
From paper-doodles to AR tours and from 2D to CAD/BIM drawing boards - seems like bricks and concrete can not just be arranged but also assessed for their challenges and wastage - and way before they touch a real site.
5 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Real sovereignty - not just marketing fluff
Sovereign Cloud, Sovereign AI and real control are going to matter more than inflated promises and flashy tech-chops. Because...
7 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Sunil Rajguru, veteran CyberMedia editor, passes away
CyberMedia mourns the loss of Sunil Rajguru, editor of Dataquest and PCQuest, remembered for his insight, mentorship, and unwavering editorial excellence.
3 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
How Kyndryl is shaping the new metrics for GCC-IT collaborations
Beyond cost-efficiency, partnerships between GCCs and IT service providers should be evaluated on metrics that capture strategic value, innovation, and talent development.
5 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Pharma's industry 5.0 moment: Human + Machine, smarter together
In this interview, Braj Panda shares how Industry 5.0 is ushering in a future where technology doesn't just optimise—it collaborates, augments, and humanises how affordable medicines are produced.
3 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Forging a Future: How AI Reshapes Metal Procurement
AI-powered conversational tools are reducing lead-to-quote cycles by 60% at Enlight Metals, showing how human-machine collaboration is reshaping procurement in Industry 5.0.
6 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
Industry 5.0: The human-machine renaissance
Industry 5.0 shifts focus from efficiency to empathy– bringing human creativity and intelligent machines together to build sustainable, resilient, and human- centred systems.
5 min |
September 2025
DataQuest
GCCs will not kill good old IT baby-sitters. But...
...outsourcing cribs will change as core-work control, intellectual information, ease of direct engagement and expertise become strong reasons for GCCs to sit in chairs where service providers once reigned.
5 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
From POS to car dashboards: Building the Internet of Payments
Your car just paid for coffee. No phone, no wallet, just ambient tech making payments disappear into the background. From dashboards to vending machines, the Internet of Payments is turning transactions into invisible moments of flow.
3 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Hi Microwave! One Hot Code Please
They are fast, they are fuss-free, they pop up like hot toast without you having to burn your hands. But are they crisp enough? Well-cooked? Let's take a bite of low code, no code and vibe code today.
10+ min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Will the future be Consolidated Platforms or Expanding Niches?
The enterprise SaaS industry is experiencing a major shift. What was once a chaotic assortment of niche tools is coalescing into a wave of consolidation, unified platforms, and AI-native reimagination. With companies evaluating their software stacks due to changing business priorities, inflation, and the potential of generative AI, the central question is whether the future of SaaS will reside in all-in-one giants or in a colourful ecosystem of specialised, modular offerings.
8 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Al-Powered Precision: GE HealthCare's Vision for MedTech Innovation in India
GE HealthCare's CTO shares how AI-led innovations from India are redefining diagnostics, oncology, and access in the country's rapidly evolving MedTech landscape.
6 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Why Enterprise Al won't be Plug-and-Play
From training its own LLMs on $20M worth of in-house infrastructure to rethinking AI privacy at the data layer, Zoho is proving that AI for enterprises isn’t about size—it’s about fit, context, and control. Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, Director of Al Research at Zoho, explains why real-world AI adoption demands more than APIs and flashy demos—and why Zoho is betting on contextual, private, ground-up intelligence.
5 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Over 90% of Security Breaches Linked to Human Error or Malicious Activity
Proofpoint's Bikramdeep Singh discusses India's cybersecurity readiness, people-centric threats, AI-driven defences, sector risks, regulatory shifts, and talent challenges.
5 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Cybercrime goes corporate: A trillion-dollar industry undermining global security
Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) makes hacking accessible, driving a booming illicit economy. Learn how AI fuels attacks and what businesses must do to defend.
4 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Every accident also means a thousand accidents that did not happen
The best use of AI is for improving safety says this art lover, innovator, and a railways veteran - who puts the common-man’s experience and safety on the same seat when he talks about future-forward contours. At the Zinnov Confluence 2025, we caught up with Dr. Sudhanshu Mani, Retired GM, Indian Railways, an Independent Consultant and an expert voice on Vande Bharat Express as the leader of the project. We tried to get some fleeting glimpses of the superfast and super-exciting coaches of technology that are being added to our train journeys. Hop on.
3 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
At 30% time and effort savings, AI coding is worthwhile
With automation and AI, coding time and resources can be shrunk in a compelling way. But what about test-flakiness, patterns, regression testing, test coverage, robustness, redundancies and developer satisfaction? Richard Spence, Area Vice President of Growth Sales, International at UiPath decodes all that and more.
3 min |
August 2025
DataQuest
Technology and Politics are the New Tectonic Plates
Gone are the times when defence would drive geopolitics, the seat has now been taken by technology. How do the tables rearrange themselves in this new world? The equator of this world does change a lot when the lines of AI get horizontal instead of vertical – how? Purushottam Kaushik, Head, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum helps us to decipher the economics, politics and ethics of technology in this chat done at the Zinnov Confluence 2025 (where AI was explored from many dimensions, by many hats and through many interesting huddles).
2 min |