JUN 09 Transformational Business Models: Making the Benefits of Growth Accessible to Every Indian
The world economy is now in its biggest growth slump probably since the Great Depression. Few predicted the scale and the impact of the current downturn after the sub-prime mortgage market in the United States collapsed banks both in the US and elsewhere, and left millions unemployed, globally. The G20 meet in London a few months ago was definitely the most important meeting of world leaders since World War II. Our leaders pledged USD 1 trillion to the International Monetary Fund - this historic and groundbreaking attempt was probably a first-of-its-kind, intended to drive global economic recovery.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco, India & SAARC
MAY 09 How Emerging Nations Could Drive Eco-Sustainable Development
Environmental sustainability is fast becoming a strategic priority globally. In recent years, governments, corporations, individuals and non-profit organisations, in both the developed and emerging world have intensified their sustainability efforts, although for different reasons - from rising oil prices, concerns over depletion of fossil fuels and global warming, to the larger need to save our planet for future generations.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco, India & SAARC
MAY 09 The Future of Business: Going the Green Way
Technology has the power to transform how the world approaches its environmental and energy issues. The Internet and networking technology is at the heart of a global technological ecosystem where people and businesses live, work, play and learn in a more environmentally responsible way. The fact is, today, a "Green IT " strategy is a must for corporations globally. However, to embark on this journey, corporations might have to consider questions like- do green practices always have to be about sacrifice, or can they actually contribute to a corporations' profitability? Are there significant revenue opportunities or cost savings that can be realized by "going green "?
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco, India & SAARC
JAN 09 CRN - Outlook 2009 Special
According to global research firm IDC, India and China will contribute to half the total IT spend in 2009, providing us with huge opportunities and I couldn’t agree more. If we focus on growing and energizing the market we can undoubtfully fuel India’s rise in the global economy. However, one must take into consideration the current economic scenario while mapping out a go-to-market strategy. At this point, the best solution is to concentrate on long-term goals despite the slowdown.
R Dhamodaran
Sr. Vice President, Channel Operations and Commercial Strategy
Cisco, India & SAARC
JAN 09 Leasing Can Facilitate Technology Refresh
A common subject of debate at various forums for CTOs and CIOs across the world today is increasing operational efficiencies. A key aspect involved in efficiency is that of how best to maximize returns from IT infrastructure. As organizations adopt more complex technology in order to meet the needs of their customers, IT purchase decisions too become increasingly time-consuming and vexing. The choice of the correct time and manner in which an organization should look to upgrade or refresh its IT infrastructure is crucial because most CTOs know that by the time a technology solution has been fully implemented, new and more advanced versions of the same technology begin to appear in the market.
Gautam Munish
Vice President
Cisco Capital India.
DEC 08 Enabling Online Education through Social Networking
Back in the day when I was a student, knowledge was seen as ‘remote’ because it was brought into the classroom by the teacher. Today, it is indeed interesting to see how technology has transformed the way education is imparted; the teacher is viewed only as a facilitator while students actively share their knowledge with each other, making the classroom ‘remote’ and not knowledge. By following this model, students have access to a more hands on process that enhances their involvement and passion towards learning
Lokesh Mehra
Regional Manager-Corporate Social Responsibility
Cisco, South Asia.
DEC 08 TelePresence - Enabling Collaborative Success
We live in a world of paradox. Technology allows us to collaborate with co workers, partners and customers all over the world at a moments notice, yet business is still based on the quality of relationships with the people you interact with most often. For us to then excel in today’s fast-moving, global business environment, one must continuously innovate to maintain an edge and have the ability to respond holistically to concerns that affect business continuity.
Anil Bhasin
Senior Vice President, West
Cisco India & SAARC
NOV 08 How telecom can empower rural India
Telecom and network connectivity have widely been seen as enablers of a nation's socio-economic growth; a McKinsey study cites that a 10% increase in teledensity contributes to 0.6% of GDP growth. Though urban India is reaping the benefits of the telecom revolution, rural teledensity is still low, at only 8%.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco India & SAARC.
NOV 08 The virtual corporation
Imagine an executive who needs to pull together an impromptu meeting with a globally dispersed team simply clicking on a link that transforms the sides of his office into display screens. He then interacts with clear, 3-D-like images of his counterparts-one in China working from home, one in India traveling in a car, and one in the United Kingdom sitting outside in a park.
Wim Elfrink
Executive Vice President, Cisco Services & Chief Globalization Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
OCT 08 Enhancing Employability of India’s IT Workforce
In a city like Hyderabad, a BPO job may not be tough to come by. However consider the case of K. Pushpanjali, the 20 year daughter of a construction laborer who was unable to finish high school due to financial constraints. For her, a white-collar job seemed a distant dream a few years ago. After receiving basic computer and soft skills training from an IT Essentials course she works today as a call center executive at GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council). The job has changed Pushpanjali’s life and fuelled her ambitions.
Lokesh Mehra
Regional Manager-Corporate Social Responsibility
Cisco, South Asia
SEP 08 Innovation as a process
Aspiring innovators frequently confuse invention from innovation. While both involve creativity to create a new product, process, idea, or thinking, innovation is more than that. After creating something new, innovation would make it a reality through action and implementation. In many ways, one can say that innovation is organized invention.
Aravind Sitaraman
VP & Managing Director
Cisco Development Organization, India
AUG 08 Supporting business requirements throughout the network lifecycle
The world around us is evolving from a place where networking was about connectivity to one where networking is intelligent, and where it plays a vital role in improving business performance and processes. As business and technology grow ever more closely aligned, the network is evolving into a strategic platform, for agility and better integration of people, information, and ideas.
G.B. Kumar
Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy
Cisco India & SAARC
AUG 08 The art of acquiring growth in a globalised world
As the information technology revolution, driven by globalisation, sweeps through the emerging economies it is spurring innovation and allowing the creation of unexpected and disruptive business models. Traditional borders are fading away as markets for products, services, and labor become integrated around the world.
Wim Elfrink
Executive Vice President, Cisco Services & Chief Globalization Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
AUG 08 Broadening horizons
Traditionally, companies focused on investments in research and development, marketing, and sales for one purpose - to make customers successful. By pouring money into research and innovation aimed at increasing value of their products, managing product life cycles, evangelizing product suites and capabilities, and motivating their channels and sales force with appropriate incentives, companies and their customers were immensely successful.
Aravind Sitaraman
VP & Managing Director
Cisco Development Organization, India
JUL 08 How globalization is helping companies leverage emerging markets for growth
Thomas Friedman in his book ‘The World is Flat’ captured the essence of today’s new era of globalization. Globalization has made our world smaller. As the markets for products, services, labor, and capital increasingly integrate worldwide, we are witnessing the increasing economic, cultural, demographic, political, and environmental interdependence of different locations around the world.
Wim Elfrink
Executive Vice President, Cisco Services & Chief Globalization Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
JUL 08 Trespassers will be recruited
The war for talent is only growing more intense by the day and though India has the demographic advantage, the shortfall of skilled workers is worrying. Industry-academia alliances are the need of the hour to make the professional academic courses more industry relevant and hence fill the talent gap.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco India & SAARC
JUL 08 Spurring local innovation for global growth
With the retail landscape across India changing at a rapid pace, the Indian customer is looking beyond the quality of product offering, price, after sales service, ease of use and total cost of ownership, and demanding business value. In such a context a keen insight into the customer’s business problems and how these can be addressed, will help retain the customer.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco India & SAARC
JUN 08 Evolving from a vendor to trusted advisor
An IT vendor who is able to supply the required hardware remains what he is – an IT vendor. However, a vendor who makes recommendations and offers service solutions that go beyond the customer's current needs while taking into consideration the direction, scalability, response time, logistics, geography, and growth plan turns into a trusted advisor.
Ajay Goel
Senior Vice President - Industry Business, Strategy, Operations
Cisco India & SAARC
MAY 08 Globalisation and networked economy: A virtuous cycle
The world is recognizing the strong correlation between technology and global competitiveness. As the information technology revolution sweeps through the emerging economies, driven by globalization, it is spurring innovation and allowing the creation of unexpected and disruptive business models.
Wim Elfrink
Executive Vice President, Cisco Services & Chief Globalization Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
APR 08 Talent a strategic priority, training a crucial tool
Simply focusing on the top talent might backfire for globalizing companies, as the average employee is crucial for sustaining the company's success. Strategic training gains importance in developing talent in this segment.
Aravind Sitaraman
VP & Managing Director
Cisco Development Organization, India
APR 08 Intelligent networks: A competitive differentiator in customer service
Differentiating products and solutions has become crucial in order to survive in an increasingly competitive world. It is an established fact that customers are happiest with human interaction and 'Intelligent Networking' plays a crucial part in making this possible.
G.B. Kumar
Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy
Cisco India & SAARC
MAR 08 Channel vision: 2010
With its channel programme widely considered the best in the industry, Cisco recognizes it as a big competitive advantage. Continued investment to enable partners' transformation is the best way to build capacity, expand capabilities, and enhance loyalty only logical next step.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco India & SAARC
MAR 08 Being customer focused: The customer advocacy imperative
Rapid strides in technology have rendered established push/pull marketing useless and even highly touted customer relationships are failing. With the accelerating growth of customer power, customer advocacy has become the need of the hour.
G.B. Kumar
Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy
Cisco India & SAARC
NOV 07 Developing networking talent: Educational initiatives by Cisco India
Aiding the creation and empowerment of the Indian knowledge workers is a vital focus for Cisco India. Making use of our market strength, industry experience, and business acumen, a broad range of economic, educational, and social initiatives have been undertaken as a part of the endeavor.
Naresh Wadhwa
President and Country Manager
Cisco India & SAARC
NOV 07 Transform your business with next generation collaboration solutions
The new internet driven revolution has enabled an entirely new level of instant, complex collaboration across the global human network with many organizations harnessing the power of technology to do business across borders. This global collaboration will continue to fundamentally change business models, relationships, political networks, innovation, and learning.
Ajay Goel
Senior Vice President - Industry Business, Strategy, Operations
Cisco India & SAARC
