Big Tech creates ambitious retail roadmap
A more immersive and seamless e-commerce experience is in the offing, and big tech companies are well-positioned to lead on integrating such tools Big tech companies have maintained their retail interests in the last few years and are now preparing to dominate the metaverse along with the business-as-usual strategy of land grabs in the retail […]
Gig workforce to counter attrition in IT industry
Indian IT companies are seriously inducting gig and freelance workers to the mainstream hiring process. This can radically transform the talent market As the Great Resignation triggered by several pandemic-induced factors hit the IT industry hard, Indian IT companies seem to have found a workaround. They are seriously inducting the “gig workforce” into the mainstream […]
Amazon, Apple, Google to disrupt healthcare
Big Data is shaping the future of healthcare, but regulators want to ensure that Big Tech plays fair with the private data of millions of patients Big Tech is preparing to disrupthealthcare. They have our personal data, they have the analytics engine to extract intelligence from, now they are acquiring or building capabilities around it. […]
Into the Cloud – Part III
Part III: Cloud security cannot be treated as an afterthought Pre-empting Cloud security solutions may just solve everyone’s problems. Here’s how: Almost 95% of Accenture’s applications are purportedly hosted on the Cloud. A case study of the same revealed up to a 70% reduction in build costs, an average drop of 50% in time for […]
Into the Cloud – Part 2
Part II: The triple whammy of Cloud Security There are yet challenges to address in creating a secure Cloud architecture. Here’s what you should know: With businesses around the world pushing toward a network Cloud architecture, the need to prioritize security becomes unequivocally primary – and crucial. Prioritizing a ‘Cloud first’ approach, in this regard, […]
Robotic Drones Invade Innerspace
A tiny robot that can be swallowed will now actually look around and perform complex tasks inside the human body – remotely controlled by doctors Remember Innerspace – the sci-fi movie produced by Steven Spielberg in 1987? The plot involved an astronaut who was miniaturized almost to the size of a virus along with his […]
Research Endorses Hybrid Work Model
Hands-on trial reveals that the hybrid model can reduce attrition rates by one-third, with no negative impact on performance reviews or promotions overall Over two-and-a-half years have elapsed since the COVID-19 pandemic had brought life to a standstill and forced businesses to shift to the work-from-home (WFH) mode. Although things look like normalizing gradually as […]
Digital Twins to transform office experience
New technology and advances in AI will increase efficiency and quality of life in workspaces of the future As organisations around the world grapple with finding the right balance between remote-work and return-to-office, the office itself is undergoing tectonic shifts with new technologies driving the design, and employee experience. According to business analytics and global […]
A Comprehensive Guide To Why Data Science is Important
According to ground-breaking research published in 2013, 90% of all data on the planet has been generated in the last two years. Think about that. We have gathered and processed nine times as much data in the past two years than we have in the preceding 92,000 years of human history combined. And there is […]
Prof. (Dr.) Prithwis Mukerjee: Engineer, Coder, Imagineer
~by Sourav Ghosh How do you profile a renaissance man? Penning this profile of Dr. Prithwis Mukerjee a similar quandary grips yours truly. He describes himself as an Engineer, Coder, and most importantly as an Imagineer. Even these words do not fully capture the polymath that is Dr. Mukerjee. Over a freewheeling conversation that began […]