The financial industry has experienced a lot of disruption from mobile banking to digital currencies. FinTechs, which took off right after the Global Financial Crisis, have been part of our lives owing to their flexibility and ability to efficiently deliver financial services by using technology solutions while offering a better customer experience. Of late, there...
The term XaaS, Anything as a Service, came into use after certain technologies and innovations were connected over networks and converged to become productized. It is a cloud computing concept where a large number of products, tools, and technologies are delivered to users as a service over the internet rather than on-premises or in a...
The window is closing fast if the recent Emissions Gap Report 2022 is any indication. The report found the international community falling far short of the Paris agreement goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5 degree C in place, while stressing the need for significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the United...
Over 150 years of its existence, Tata has been able to position itself as a brand with the community at the centre stage of the brand’s value proposition, and trust being the undercurrent of its businesses. It has successfully set a narrative that its products and services stand for performance and trust. It has been...
India’s geospatial economy is all set to touch USD 8 billion by 2025 at a growth rate of 12.8 per cent. By then, this sector will generate jobs for more than 1 million people. Defence and intelligence, water resources and irrigation, construction, and utilities have been fuelling the geospatial market growth in the country. At...
The ‘marketing mix’ of a CMO (chief marketing officer) is soon going to be in a flux. In all likelihood, a marketer has been asked whether his/her brand has a plan for Metaverse, along with Web3, NFTs, blockchain, crypto etc with little coherent logic. It’s normal not to be ready with a concrete plan yet....
After shifting to reshoring from offshoring, ‘friendshoring’ seems to be the buzzword for the trade world, especially the United States. The world’s largest economy is planning to do business only with its ‘trusted allies’ or countries with ‘shared values’ amid the shift from an interconnected to a multi-polar world faced with disrupted supply chains, energy...
Globalization hailed the unity of nations. It paved the way for MNCs (be it Western or Eastern) to expand their businesses globally multiplying their customer base and market exposure. Individuals around the world got access to American products, technologies, services and media, European luxury goods, Japanese and German cars, Japanese technology and so forth. MNC’s...
Emerging video conferencing tool has been one of the most evolutionary technologies of the past two decades. Yet, it was the coronavirus pandemic that made its use indispensable giving rise to a new way of doing collaborative work, learning and even doing certain business. This also led both public and private organisations realise the possibility...
The startup ecosystem, which has emerged as the 3rd largest globally as of August 3, 2022, is expected to power India’s ‘techade’. Currently, there are 66,000 DPIIT-recognised startups with more than 100 unicorns or startups with a valuation of over USD 1 billion each. India has seen over 20,000 per cent growth in the number...