Business
DataQuest
The GCC Boom: India's Journey from Cost Arbitrage to Innovation
India's 1,700+ GCCs are shifting from cost to co-creation. Can India convert scale, AI depth, and leadership ambition into true orchestration power for global enterprises?
10+ min |
October 2025
DataQuest
'Je ne sais quoi' is now 'Je ne sais quAl': From metrics to experiences at Genesys Xperience 2025
At Genesys Xperience 2025, CEO Tony Bates showed how agentic AI is shifting businesses from metrics to empathy-driven experiences that build trust.
8 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Legacy is not enough: Why enterprises need Al-native SaaS
Phenom's Kiran Menon shares how AI-first SaaS is redefining talent experience, augmenting legacy systems, and delivering measurable outcomes.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
SAP's Jan Bungert on how business Al and data cloud are powering India's Techade
Jan Bungert, CRO of SAP Business AI, discusses how SAP is embedding AI into core applications and leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud to help Indian enterprises like Parle and Mahindra unlock trusted insights, efficiency, and measurable outcomes.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Why the operating system is no longer just plumbing: Raj Das on the future of RHEL
Many enterprises still think of the operating system as a background utility-something you set up once and forget. In reality, modern OS platforms like RHEL are dynamic, intelligent enablers of innovation.
5 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Don't bolt Al onto ERP—build a connected system from day one
In an exclusive interaction with Dataquest, Paritosh Ladhani, Joint Managing Director of SLMG Beverages, outlines how the Coca-Cola bottler has moved from legacy processes to a fully digitised, AI-enabled, smart-factory ecosystem.
10 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
The future isn't about isolated robots
C Balaji, PSG Head, TVS Electronics draws a rough, but realistic, picture of factories that embrace robots for new business models as well as faster (and smarter) assembly lines and packaging. It's an age of managed automation, performance-based services, flexible manufacturing, mass customisation, vision-intelligence, serialisation and traceability across all areas. But would this world be with or without taxes, accidents and retrofitting? Let's take a walk with Balaji around what's changing and what's staying.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Hitting 'Reset', Risking 'Reboot' - VMware's Bold Leap from Complexity to Clarity
VMware, under Broadcom, is redefining cloud with VCF 9.0-simplifying portfolios, reshaping partner strategy, and positioning as a product-led platform.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Feeding the Al beast, with some beauty
Jameson Mendonca, Power Generation Business Leader, Cummins Power System opens up some pistons of carbon hunger of modern data centres while he also shows how Natural gas, Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can weld well in this new era. And why we should we worried about scope 1 and 2 in the race to be no.1 in AI.
6 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
We allow you to say No!
What's ETA status of real consent, useful personalisation, technology for the everyday commuter and data ethics in the super-busy travel terminal? Anytime now or are we still catching this bus?
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Inside Wipro's Innovation Network: CTO Sandhya Arun on ethics, Al-first delivery and reimagining the enterprise
Wipro CTO Sandhya Arun explains how the Innovation Network is reshaping AI, ethics, talent and delivery models, moving from pilots to scalable business impact.
3 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Technology Vs. Cancer. Pound for Pound!
The Battle's Over. The War's On. How long will it take to finally swirl the victory flag?
10+ min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Java at 30: Oracle leaders on why Java 25 matters for the next decade
Marking 30 years of Java's evolution, Java 25 blends simplicity with enterprise power, boosting AI readiness and security to stay relevant in the decade ahead.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Nano GCCs and India's strategic edge in global capability centres
Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, Partner at Catalincs and former Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant, India, shares his insights on the next phase of India's GCC growth.
3 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Jeena's digital leap: Modernising a 125-year-old logistics legacy with Salesforce
Jeena & Company partners with Salesforce to boost sales visibility, personalise outreach, and modernise operations with AI-ready, connected workflows across logistics.
3 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Karnataka's mid-market GCC wave: agility, innovation, and inclusive growth
Karnataka hosts 570+ GCCs, 230 mid-market units, 660K talent, and 50% of India's AI base, driving innovation with India's first GCC policy.
4 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
GCCs vs IT services: How India's GCCs are rewriting the talent story
India's GCC boom is reshaping careers with demand for AI, cloud, and digital roles. IT services still scale with volume, but talent strategies now diverge sharply.
3 min |
October 2025
DataQuest
Can GCCs Survive in the Deglobalization Era?
Focus on AI, big data and cloud optimization strategies to enhance ops efficiency & biz impact to thrive.
6 min |
October 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
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
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
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 |