Just as a collage is a composite art form, a knowledge base is never the fruit of the efforts of a single individual, but that of a conglomerate. If it is to be a window which offers a view into the world outside as also one for the world to look inside, then it needs to be live and constantly expanding… which is where we look to you to help us grow. This platform acts as a live repository of knowledge and expertise which every Cisco India employee can contribute to; access and utilize in both, planning as well as implementation of strategies.
NOV 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 Responsibility, South Asia
Cisco Systems.
SEP 08 The exabyte era
An expansion of technological change and a rising wave of new forms of data are working a deep change in the Internet’s capabilities and uses. People are steadily moving online to watch movies and television shows, play multiplayer video games and talk over videoconference with family and friends.
Vish Iyer
Vice President, Service Provider
West, Cisco India.
AUG 08 Managed services: The road to future profits
Service providers and their business customers share the dilemma of controlling costs while increasing revenue. Market competition has brought traditional telecommunications services under pricing pressure, even as wireless, broadband access and cable telephony services cut into access line revenues.
Sameer Padhye
Vice President, Worldwide Service Provider Line of Business
Customer Advocacy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
AUG 08 Threat defense - Adapting security to looming challenges
The year 2007 was characterized by unprecedented innovation and adaptability in the realm of security threats, as criminals once again demonstrated their ability to continually evolve attack strategies to keep ahead of even the most advanced human and technical defenses.
Mahesh Gupta
Business Development Manager, Network Security
Cisco India & SAARC
JUL 08 Reaching out with technology: Magnifying competitive advantage for small customers
India has become a key player in the modern global economy, serving as a significant global hub for knowledge based economic activities, both as an "offshoring" destination as well as through the growth of indigenous firms.
GB Kumar
Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy
Cisco India & SAARC
JUL 08 Wireless x-perience
Wireless technology has been touted as the 'next big thing' in terms of connectivity. The latest wireless LAN standard, 802.11n, has a number of innovations and is going to change Wi-Fi as the world knows it.
Vishwajith Prasad
Network Consultant
Cisco India & SAARC
APR 08 Service providers in transition
Service providers are living in interesting times. Customers are demonstrating an increasing desire for ubiquitous access to information and communications. Increases in computing and networking speed and capacity have enabled fundamental shifts in business and personal productivity. Business models are shifting as people take advantage of opportunities presented by these changes.
Sameer Padhye
Vice President, Worldwide Service Provider Line of Business
Customer Advocacy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
MAR 08 The future of television
The insertion of IP into the vertical video industry has enabled new encoding and transport mechanisms, kick-starting a dramatic transformation of the entertainment industry. Clearly, IPTV is where the future of television lies.
Sameer Padhye
Vice President, Worldwide Service Provider Line of Business
Customer Advocacy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
MAR 08 Taking reliable IT purchase decisions
The short shelf life of technology solutions is making IT purchase decisions more complex by the day. Today CIOs and CTOs need to look critically into not just the initial acquisition cost of technologies but also the cost of ownership over certain time period.
Gautam Munish
Vice President
Cisco Capital India
FEB 08 Today's minnow, tomorrow's giant
With the stellar performance of the Indian economy and indications that the momentum will be maintained, it is not difficult to see that today's Small and Medium Businesses are actually tomorrow's Large Businesses in the making. However, they need help to bridge the gap between technology requirements and budget availability in order to exploit their true potential.
Gautam Munish
Vice President
Cisco Capital India
FEB 08 Manufacturing: The next triumph card for India
The Indian manufacturing sector is once again on an upsurge. However, the stakes are high as the progress of manufacturing still sets the tone for the overall business cycle and the health of this sector is very much at the core of India's socio-economic fabric.
Anil Bhasin
Vice President, Enterprise
Cisco India & SAARC
FEB 08 Networking India through SMBs
India's explosive economic growth is being largely driven by small and medium businesses. Cisco India sees great growth potential for this segment and is offering holistic, integrated, simple solutions/products that enable SMBs plan their long-term technology strategy and create real business value.
Pramodh Menon
Senior Vice President, Commercial
Cisco India & SAARC
JAN 08 Tapping expanding opportunities with our partners
According to the global research firm IDC, IT spending in India is set to grow the fastest in the world in 2008. And as the information&communications technology market in Asia-Pacific reaches $154 billion in 2008, IDC further says that India and China will contribute half the total IT spend by next year. Hence, the opportunities before us are huge and by growing and energizing the market we can further India’s meteoric rise in the global marketplace.
R. Dhamodharan
Regional Manager, Channels
Cisco India.
JAN 08 The network: Driving collaboration and innovation
The advent of the internet has revolutionized information exchange and transforming our lives in turn. In this context organizations need to interact more effectively with customer and suppliers to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
Ranajoy Punja
Vice President, Business Development - Advanced Technologies
Cisco India & SAARC
DEC 07 Building intelligence into buildings
India needs new-age intelligent infrastructure for faster and sustained economic growth. Technology innovation is the only way Indian real estate experts can build world class infrastructure, engaging with important global trends including energy and climate change; pollution; waste disposal and resource depletion.
Anil Bhasin
Vice President, Enterprise
Cisco India & SAARC
DEC 07 Small network, big threats
Small and medium businesses depend upon technology for survival and the securing their data and communications becomes critical in this regard. Establishing a secure network foundation is vital to protect the authenticity and integrity of data on the network.
Pramodh Menon
Senior Vice President, Commercial
Cisco India & SAARC
DEC 07 Understanding the new age Indian SMB
Today the SMB sector is considered to be the growth driver for many IT companies with rising demand for video conferencing, IP telephony, Wi-fi and other technology. However, as this sector adopts technology and makes it a part of daily operations, it is important to bear in mind that the needs of Indian SMBs are often different from those of larger organizations.
Jagdish Mahapatra
Vice-President Commercial (West)
Cisco India & SAARC
DEC 07 SP IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) journey
The intense global competition in the service provider industry is accelerating the transition of industry players to an IP based Next Generation Network. Bringing a broad network transformation that encompasses not just the service provider's network but its entire business, the IP NGNs enable the service provider to explore new market opportunities amongst other benefits.
Rajesh Chainani
Senior Vice President, Service Provider
Cisco India & SAARC
NOV 07 Fuelling India's youth with quality education
India today needs not just a literate youth, but a skilled youth in order to fetch gainful employment. With nearly half of the population illiterate, high poverty levels, wide rural-urban divide, and the quality of education available, the paucity of talent is indeed becoming a cause for worry.
Lokesh Mehra
Regional Manager,
Corporate Responsibility,
South Asia
Cisco Systems
OCT 07 Improving business with better communications
Operating in a global environment brings new challenges in productivity. As knowledge workers from India increasingly operate in a global environment, creating and sustaining an effective communication environment for mobile personnel and distributed workgroups remains a critical business issue.
Minhaj Zia
Business Development Manager
Cisco India & SAARC
SEP 07 Bridging the skills gap with industry: Academia partnerships
The galloping pace of the country's service driven economy is under threat from a growing skills gap reflecting the slim availability of high-quality college education in India. As businesses propose to double and treble their workforces and India Inc. strives to maintain its position in the global marketplace, it has become imperative to prepare and plan for a world-class, competent, talented and innovative workforce.
Lokesh Mehra
Regional Manager,
Corporate Responsibility,
South Asia
Cisco Systems
SEP 07 Networking technology: Fuelling the pharma industry growth
India has the potential to become a global pharma hub, but with a huge R&D and sales & marketing network spread across geographies, telecommunication costs can grow exponentially. Therefore, pharma companies need to embrace technology that can offer dynamic lines of communication between the global markets and its manufacturing and research centres in India.
Anil Bhasin
Vice President, Enterprise
Cisco India & SAARC
SEP 07 Challenges and opportunities for channels in BFSI, manufacturing and other segments
In order to compete in an increasingly global market, businesses need to improve operational efficiency, lower costs and increase revenue despite budget and staffing constraints. Businesses in India have understood that leveraging IT can make all of this possible and are using technology as a business differentiator as well.
Avinash Purwar
Vice President, Channels
Cisco India & SAARC
