How HDFC Life Used Analytics to Boost Sales Performance

HDFC Life, with a growing customer base across 500 branches in India, was looking for a business analytics tool that could get it winning insights to get sales leads. HDFC went for QlikView business discovery software from Qlik to get time to value advantage over traditional BI tools. The major benefits were reduced response time by 50 per cent, elimination of data in silos and huge cost savings... By Subhankar Kundu

‘IoT will Eliminate the Islands of Platform’

What would be the requirements of enterprises that would make ITDMs go in for Internet of things (IoT)?IoT is going to bring about a revolution in how hospitals work. The fact that a digitally connected environment suits healthcare will pave the way for ITDMs of this sector to realise the changing landscape of their businesses and embrace this trend. The challenge for an IT decision maker... By Subhankar Kundu

Usha Martin Increases Productivity, Cuts Downtime with Server Virtualization

The senior IT manager of Usha Martin, the Rs 4000-crore conglomerate, faced the business challenge of reducing downtime, ensuring all time and high availability of networks and applications for its users for sustained operations. The challenge for Subhakar Rudra, Senior IT manager, increased as the company aligned its sustainable growth map combined with constant innovative business practices... By Geetha N

Why 'Technology' Is the Way Forward to Uplift India's Population?

By Mastufa Ahmed

Why Micromax Appoints Vineet Taneja as CEO

Vineet will focus on consolidating Micromax’s strong presence in the market, driving global partnerships and strategic alliances while strengthening the organizational capabilities within Micromax. Commenting on Vineet’s appointment, Rahul Sharma, Co-founder, Micromax said, “Vineet will be an asset in our next phase of growth, his diverse experience will be a great addition to... By

Can Cloud Marketplace Become the Next Big App Store for Businesses?

In a recent survey of over 800 cloud buyers, IBM identified companies which are high cloud adopters –and which are also achieving superior financial success. These ‘pacesetters’, say IBM, are using cloud to do three important things: reinvent customer relationships, use analytics extensively to drive better decisions, and collaborate effectively across their extended ecosystems... By Mastufa Ahmed

Hybrid is the Way to Go in Cloud

IBM's Cloud strategy is based on the feedback it gets from its clients – the leading companies in major industries around the world.  The present trend is Hybrid Cloud approach that integrates cloud operations with on-premise systems and ties in systems of record with systems of engagement. IBM believes that its clients are guided by three fundamentals – Big Data, Cloud and... By Subhankar Kundu

Hybrid Offers the Best of Both Worlds

Cloud computing has been in the market for eight years. However, it is only now that a clear picture is emerging with respect to its positioning in the enterprise segment. The new cloud landscape that is emerging reveals an important shift. The road ahead clearly points towards hybrid cloud.  IT managers believe the reason why the hybrid model is emerging as the preferred model for... By

Younger CEOs on the Rise

Zinnov, has released its findings from a study on “Global CEOs”. This study was conducted to profile CEOs and identify key trends in senior leadership across the global 500 R&D spenders .The study clearly indicates an increase in the number of young CEOs across the global 500 R&D spenders.Young CEOs on the rise, globallyThe average age of CEOs who founded companies after 2000... By IT NEXT

Government Can Use Advanced Data Analytics to Sniff Out Corruption

Technology-driven solutions are said to be the most effective way to uplift India’s population, something that the new government can bank on. What’s your take on this?India is at a unique position. On the one hand, economic growth is below expectations; on the other hand, we are at a point where we must accelerate our growth by reaping the benefits of our demographic dividend. Let... By Mastufa Ahmed

Hunt For Impact Announces Its Mumbai Winners

IT NEXT and Vodafone had recently launched The Hunt for Impact program to find individuals in the IT community who have ideas targeted towards social issues which have the potential to make an impact on society as a whole. Milind Khamkar, CIO, Sanofi India; Yatish Bhatia, AVP - Technology, ICICI Lombard and Paresh Haria, CTO, PCS Tech have won from Mumbai, where the program was held on 22 May... By CIO&Leader

Reducing Time to Reach Customers

Reliance Commercial Finance was using Oracle Exadata Database Machine for its core lending application, and Microsoft servers with SQL server databases for its loan verification system. They have more than 2,000 users – including up to 500 concurrent users – accessing the company’s core applications every day. But the challenge was in getting the legacy IT infrastructure to... By Subhankar Kundu