Experts today are coming up with various approaches towards project management and execution, which are strongly based on the customer’s response to the product. The ideas of ‘agile’ and ‘lean’ come from the same need and philosophical point of view. While, both are quite different from each other principally, and difficult to deploy – they […]
It has been a year of disruption on all fronts… My customers – leading consumer goods companies & retailers – have been battling the impact of the Digital forces. Each of them are dealing with shifting of their customer behavior preferences and trying to evolve a successful model to win in this new paradigm. But […]
The EU GDPR directs the biggest transformation to data protection laws, with the intent to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union, which comes into effect from May 25, 2018. This mandates businesses to set up procedures for regular security tests, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational […]
It is less than a year before the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect. As a company that caters to customers across the bloc, are you anywhere near compliance? The legislation requires businesses to take ‘appropriate technical and organizational measures’ to protect the personal data of individuals. How close are you […]
Earlier this year, Intel revived its construction of the 450mm factory in Chandler, Arizona. While that grabbed a lot of media attention, equally of significance is a quite renaissance, in the demand for 200mm fabrication happening across the world. Interest in IoT and automotive sector has particularly contributed a surge in demand for MEMS, power, […]
Advertising has traditionally been one of the biggest revenue generators for cable network operators and television broadcasters like you. However, your customers today are no longer relying on the TV alone, for their content. Many of them are turning to different online video streaming channels, on various mobile devices, to watch their favorite shows on […]
In the historic overview of Artificial Intelligence, AI Winter is referred to as a period of decreased funding and interest in the research of artificial intelligence. The term was given birth as an analogy to the idea of a nuclear winter. Since then, it has continued a roller coaster sort of a journey that includes […]
In the recently concluded “Gartner Data Analytics Summit 2017”, there was an interesting session “Collections vs Connections”. The session delved into the current practice of “data hoarding” and how it is utterly useless, unless there is a concerted effort to explore the several multi-dimensional connectedness hidden in the vast drove of data, and hence the […]
The disruptions happening in Media and Entertainment industry are of scale and impact unheard of till date in many industries. And as is the case with any major disruption, technology is at the center of the changing world. While consumers are flooded with choices of content and platforms for consumption, media companies are facing an […]
Convergence is happening all around, and rapidly. The distinction between the physical and digital worlds is increasingly getting blurred across industries, both in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) context. The automotive industry is no different. Car buyers, according to a McKinsey survey, are increasingly prioritizing built-in Internet connectivity over features such as fuel efficiency and […]
During one of the “Amrut mancha” sessions, one of my close buddies, in a profound moment of enlightenment, said “In the recently concluded IPL10, there is a linkage between RCB’s pathetic performance and the owner, Mr. Mallya, hiding somewhere in London.” Wow! Well, there is a correlation, but…what the heck? Causality means A causes B, […]
R&D constitutes 15-20% of the sales in semiconductor companies. Top 10 semiconductor companies spent in excess of $30b in R&D in 2016. Not only is that a significant cost, it is a critical source of competitive advantage. A vicious cycle: R&D complexity and speed to market put pressure on engineering productivity Technological advancements are causing […]
