INDIAN IT: RE-INVENTING ITSELF FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS

Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL, talks about the importance of embracing emerging technologies, the role of people and culture and how strong partnerships form a fundamental part of success.

What Drives The Zoomers?

Here's a short story that differentiates the sensibilities of three generations: Three guys-a Boomer, a Millennial, and a Zoomer-are stranded on a desert island.

Powerhouse 40 - The Women In India's Tech Revolution

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dataquest, we are proud to showcase 40 women who are leading the charge in India's tech industry. These women are driving innovation, pushing boundaries, and creating opportunities for women in tech.

SUPERCONDUCTORS: THE TOYS FOR ROCKET BOYS IN 2023. OR MORE!

Are we barking up the wrong tree when we try to find materials that can superconduct at room temperatures? Would it change our computers, our ambitions for levitation and our path on quantum computing?

BEYOND BACKUPS: EVOLVING STRATEGIES FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY

As businesses increasingly rely on data, the need for efficient and effective backup strategies becomes more critical. With the shift towards cloud-based storage, traditional backup methods may no longer suffice. In this interaction, we explore the evolution of data management and the future of backup strategies in the digital era.

HOW DO YOU GET INDIA & BHARAT TOGETHER?

Thompson P. Gnanam, Managing Director and Global CEO, 3i Infotech, looks back at the tech changes that have taken place in finance along with the future of Bharat & India; mainly how every problem is also an opportunity. Edited excerpts from a video interview.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT INDIA WILL BECOME THE WORLD'S INNOVATION HUB IN ICT -SHRI NARENDRA MODI Chief Minister, Gujarat

Across the political spectrum Narendra Modi is known as BJP's key strategist and Prime Ministerial candidate for the coming Lok Sabha Election. Modi says it is the time to launch the next phase of ICT growth and leadership. Excerpts from an exlusive interaction with Dataquest

IT ALL BEGAN IN 2014

In 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on the cusp of taking India into a new digital era. That's when Dataquest invited him and asked him about his digital vision.

DIGITAL LEADERSHIP CONCLAVE & AWARDS 2022 - ICT AWARD WINNER

IT PERSON OF YEAR SALIL PAREKH CEO & MD, Infosys | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HARISH MEHTA ICT Industry Doyen & Ex-Chairman NASSCOM | PATHBREAKER OF THE YEAR TEJAS NETWORKS | AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT CHAMPION NATIONAL PAYMENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA

Generative AI: The Race Where The 'Slowest' Wins

Responsibility, caution, transparency, checks and control could be the new set of criteria for winners in an otherwise pound-for-pound game. Why is Generative Al going to be a different race track in the enterprise Olympics and would everyone play ball?

Is It About Gen Alpha And Gen Z?

Pradeep Khanna, who has multiple global roles in the Metaverse/XR ecosystem, looks at the post-ChatGPT Metaverse trends and timelines.

The perils of censorship in the age of tech

As newer and newer technologies come, it becomes easier for the citizens to make their voices heard. But that always rattles the governments of the day and there are always renewed efforts to censor those voices

Amendment virtually censors the Press

The government of India has amended rules that cover fake, false or misleading news along with factchecking. The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) issued a statement against it...

TREAD MARKS THAT LEAD YOU TO A TREASURE ISLAND

'Failure is not an option' by Veer Sagar is as much a chronicle of his personal journey and life-lessons as it is a curation of key events that punctuated and defined the Indian IT landscape. Tips and tricks to navigate leadership, teams, conflicts, contingencies, crisis-hours and camp-escapades - are a big bonus. Read it for a lazy jog down the memory lane of the builders of Indian IT story.

VMs AND CONTAINERS: IRONMAN AND SPIDERMAN

And by that analogy, virtual machines and hyperscalers could be the Marvel and DC Universes. But what if these heroes and universes joined hands instead of being busy with their own super-powers and battles? Are they? We ask Guru Venkatachalam, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, AsiaPacific & Japan, VMware about some recent and future super-forces that are shaping this world

PROCESSING, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA GETTING COMPLICATED

According to Benoit Coquart, Global CEO, of Legrand Group, the areas of growth in India in terms of segments are government (both central and state), Hyperscalers, telecom, finance, logistics and e-commerce-related DCS.

NOT EASY FOR INDIAN PLAYERS TO COMPETE WITH TOP 3 PUBLIC CSPs

Ashish Varerkar, Head of Cloud Native, LTIMindtree gives a lowdown on what's new and what's turbulent in the cloud space-especially with multi-clouds, super cloud, discounts, cloud economics, reasons of poor cloud ROI, FinOps, verticalisation, bundles and poor governance.

AI IS MORE OF AN ENABLER THAN A DISRUPTOR

According to Sourav Ganguly, Head Premier Support at Lenovo Asia Pacific, we must look at the journey of the customer and customize accordingly. Today time is becoming very important at every touch point. The value is for the time and experience together. Edited excerpts from a video interview...

HEALTHY MIX OF DIGITAL WITH HUMAN ASSISTED CX THE KEY

Nikhil Pereira, Customer Experience (CX) Practice Leader at Tech Mahindra talks of leveraging Al to analyze hundreds and thousands of customer touchpoints and feed insights at a macro and micro ecosystem that use technology to provide differentiated service.

TELEHEALTH, REMOTE MONITORING AND DIGITAL HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE OFF

Our patients have the ease of maintaining all their medical records in a centralised system and they do not need to carry them around while within our ecosystem, says Shyatto Raha-Founder and CEO, MyHealthcare.

IMPOSSIBLE THE LIMITS OF AI TO DETERMINE

According to Dilip Bhatia, VP, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Lenovo, we can expect the next few years to be significant for the acceleration of Al technology, and with the popularity and commercialization of technologies like ChatGPT (and others), our world will become far more efficient in many ways.

ADDRESSING CUSTOMER NEEDS BEFORE THEY EVEN ASK

According to Aparna Gupta, Executive Director, Customer Success, Microsoft India, there is a need for customer first digital strategy that enables enhanced omni-channel customer experience to be more agile in adapting to changing customer needs

Further acceleration in the CX story

Changes are taking place in the customer experience domain with breakneck speed. The customer is becoming more and more demanding as technology is trying to catch up

40 TECHNOLOGIES AND BUZZ WORDS

Technology is changing faster than we can cope. There are hundreds and hundreds of technologies and buzz words that are thrown around us. A look at 40 of them.

The Revolutionary Change Manager

The simple but elegant office belies the power Ratan Tata wields.  Arguably, one of the most powerful men in the realm, Ratan Tata is also some kind of an electronics 'aficionado'. His private lobby, at Bombay House, has only electronics magazines. At 53, Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, is responsible for retaining the group's #1 status in India. Ratan Tata started his career with Nelco-an electronics company of the Tata stable and has always been considered 'technology friendly. Today, as many as nine Tata companies are involved with computers and software. Ratan Tata has forged alliances with companies like AT&T and OKI to spearhead the group's foray into the telecom sector. In an exclusive interview with DATAQUEST Managing Editor. Shyam Malhotra and Editor, L Subramanyan, Ratan Tata discussed his vision of holding on to the Tata hegemony in the technology race. And the future of Tatas in information technology Excerpts:

INDIA'S TECH SECTOR A BLAST FROM THE PAST

...eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel...

THE INTERCONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES CHANGING INDIA AND THE WORLD

There are six major technologies that are driving change. Cloud. Industry 4.0.5G. Edge. AI. Blockchain. And they cannot be in silos, explains Sriram Lakshminarayan, President and Chief Technical Officer at Tata Technologies. Edited excerpts from a video interview.

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY UNDERGOING TECH-LED SEISMIC SHIFT

According to Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India, we are currently at an inflection point from which we can substantially accelerate our development and leadership journey. Due to geopolitical events, India has become the country of options for multinationals seeking to de-risk their supply chain.

CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE INNOVATIONS, NOT JUST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

Ravi Venkatesan was Chairman of Microsoft India, Bank of Baroda and Cummins India. He's Chairman of Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, a Venture Partner with Unitus Seed Fund and Founder of Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship. Here he talks about a wide range of issues, problems, solutions and the road leading to 2047.

BEYOND THE GLOBAL DELIVERY MODEL

Leveraging the Global Delivery Model to scale up the revenue and profitability of the Indian software services industry