The digital enterprise is today a reality for all leaders across industry segments. The new enterprise form has many attributes and implications, but one undeniable fact is that getting value depends on analyzing and acting on data. The process by which organizations do that is changing dramatically in many organizations. We are moving from a back-office, slow, human-crafted approach to analytics (“Analytics 1.0”) to big data analytics (2.0) to a combined approach that works at speed and scale (3.0). In this presentation, Tom Davenport will describe the overall role of big data and analytics in the digital enterprise, and how the role has changed over time. He will discuss the key attributes of the Analytics 3.0 environment, and will mention several leading companies that have already made this shift. He will also discuss the implications of this approach for software and services providers.
Analyst Corner:
Based on the recently conducted survey of 400+ Fortune firms, this session will try to unearth what’s in store for IT Services vendors in the coming year. Data clearly shows that growth is coming back and year ahead looks far better than what industry has seen in last five years. But what buyers are looking for and how they will work with providers is dramatically changing. Find out:
• What are top objectives of firms from their IT systems and services contracts in coming year?
• What IT services are hot now for offshore and top contracting issues while selling them?
• What are top issues firms are working on and what they expect from providers?
Indian IT has much to be proud about. However the competition and customer demands are changing and what worked in the past is becoming obsolete now. Leaders are expected to bring in new ideas and new approaches to growth. How do you inspire and lead in such uncertain yet exciting times? Nayar believes that turbulent times need “managers” to transform themselves into “inspirational leaders” who play to their “strengths”. Drawing from the experience of HCL Technologies’s transformation, Nayar will share some practical ideas and ground lessons for leaders wanting to a build high performance organization.
The session should focus on companies’ aligning their businesses and internal processes to go digital. Need for the CEOs to be more optimistic about the outlook for their organizations and expressing bold ambitions for growth. While CEOs do understand the significant impact, digital technologies will have on transforming their industry and the way they do business, they would need to rebalance their digital business investments from improving internal efficiencies to better supporting their growth ambitions by developing products and reaching customers in new and innovative ways. The digital technologies explosion has put business leaders on the threshold of the next great wave of change, helping them break free from traditional approaches to the organisation of work and transform the way they run their business. 2 key focus areas for the leaders today would be the need to get granular about which markets they are targeting for growth, and to aggressively embrace digital business models to decouple their company’s fortunes from the mixed macro-economic landscape. Some of the questions that can be addressed:
China has been a source of interest and envy for many International companies. Every trade statistic globally showcases China as a fast growing economic giant. It is already the world’s second largest economy, slated to take over pole position in 2016. With sustained economic activity, a globally aspiring local industry base as well as rapid digitisation, the IT market in China seems unquestionably attractive. But most of us still don’t know the intricacies of the Chinese opportunity. Is this market really accessible? What we need to do to access it?
The special session will provide a great opportunity for candid conversations with experts on how Indian companies can access the China market. This would also feature discussions, as well as recommendations on servicing and partnering for IT needs of Chinese companies.
Steria in partnership with NASSCOM is organizing a focused roundtable on `Cities of the Future;. The discussion will span across what a city of the future entails and what residents of such cities expect. The focus areas for the discussion will be on the impact of technology on some of the key challenges that are being faced today, such as:
