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Organisations Name : State Bank of India (SBI) Head of the Organisation: Dinesh Kumar Khara  Designation: Chairman     Services Offered: Accounts, Investments & Deposits, Loans, Cards, Digital Banking, Information & Services   The largest bank of India, SBI is a multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body and serves over 44 crore customers through its vast network of over 22,000 branches, 58,500 ATMs, 66,000 BC outlets. It is focused on innovation, and customer centricity, which stems from the core values of the Bank – Service, Transparency, Ethics, Politeness and Sustainability. The…

Prabhakar Jayakumar Sr. Director & Global Head, DigitalOcean   How is the data center industry bringing it across the wire and what kind of opportunity DigitalOcean is foreseeing in India?  A lot of the businesses that are coming up, could predominantly have been offline businesses and are trying to have a digital presence. Digital transformation is no longer something that only enterprises are focused on. Everybody wants to have a footprint in the digital world and the cloud makes that easy for them. If you could be a local offline…

Lt. Gen. Dr. SP Kochhar, DG, COAI     “We welcome the implementation of the PLI scheme on telecom equipment. Telecom is the backbone of a digitally connected India and this initiative will further boost local manufacturing and create employment opportunities. India is already the second largest telecom market globally and this will go a long way in making the country a global hub for telecom innovation.”   Though nearly half of the Rs 7325-crore budget allocated for the PLI scheme for IT hardware, it is likely to go unused with the applicant companies…

After re-joining Dell 10 months ago Rola Dagher, Global Channel Chief, Dell Technologies feels it is an honour for her to lead the entire global channel organisation as an amazing team across the globe. In Q1 Dell’s revenue through the channel was up by 14% year over year globally. The revenue for the channel through the client business was up by 21% year over year and it is across all regions in all partner tiers. The server business was up by 12% year on year. The growth across all partner tiers and especially…

Anil Sethi, VP & GM Channels India, Dell Technologies has been driving Dell’s channel business growth by implementing unique GTM models that work with the DNA of Dell. Prior to Dell, Anil has worked in various organizations across infrastructure, software and services domains, in various geographies and in different capacities – both in customers as well as partners facing roles.   To redefine or refresh the partner program   In this context Anil said, “Channel continues to be the key pillar of India’s success and when I talk about better numbers…

PRAVEEN JAISWAL Founder and Director, Vehere   CLOUD TECHNOLOGY & WFH   Let’s be honest. WFH may stay for a while but eventually, people will flock back to their workplace. When that happens, some zealots might be scrambling to evaluate their spending. Investment decisions based on long-term viability of a technology adoption is always a better way forward.   ADOPTION OF HYBRID MULTICLOUD   AS OPERATING MODELS It will again depend on how the postpandemic world shapes up when normalcy returns. Based on the early trends we see; it is unlikely that…

HUZEFA MOTIWALA SE Director, India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks   CLOUD TECHNOLOGY & WFH   As cloud-related workloads have increased, so have the number of enterprise security incidents. The quick transition to a remote model has created huge challenges for the IT team to ensure secure remote access. The rapid growth of the cloud has created another serious concern. The overnight shift to remote working has encouraged many enterprise users to use Shadow IT, SaaS-based applications that are used by employees. The wider move to the cloud beyond light-touch…

Organisations Name : State Bank of India (SBI) Head of the Organisation: Dinesh Kumar Khara  Designation: Chairman     Services Offered: Accounts, Investments & Deposits, Loans, Cards, Digital Banking, Information & Services   The largest bank of India, SBI is a multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body and serves over 44 crore customers through its vast network of over 22,000 branches, 58,500 ATMs, 66,000 BC outlets. It is focused on innovation, and customer centricity, which stems from the core values of the Bank – Service, Transparency, Ethics, Politeness and Sustainability. The…

Incorporated in 1998, Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences with its intelligent edge platform to the top brands globally. Akamai aids them to realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer to users than anyone – and attacks and threats far away. Its portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions are supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring. In a chat with VARINDIA, SIDHARTH PISHAROTI, Regional Vice President – India, SEA &…

SANJEEV MEHTANI Country Manager- Sales, Acer India PC gaming is turning out to be a favourable choice among millennial gaming enthusiasts, and this shift can be attributed to factors such as quality of gameplay, affordability, availability of high-end hardware and software, and improved internet bandwidth. Hence, the best PC games getting more demanding and more comprehensive than ever. PC with the best processors and graphics cards, reliable and highperformance laptops is a must in today’s gaming industry. In terms of gamers today, we not only have a strong community of…