2012
Nagesh Aswartha, SPML Infra (2,500 EMPLOYEES)
FINALIST
The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board needed a system to better control and monitor water supply to urban citizens. SPML Infra’s Head-IT, Nagesh Aswartha helped the board do exactly that. Aswartha created a Water Management Information System (WMIS). This system is a comprehensive enterprise management solution specifically designed for the needs of water distribution companies. The system includes ERP for different processes, utility billing, and comprehensive reporting among others that’s perfect for water distribution companies. It is also equipped with GIS and networking tools that simulate data—currently only for the city of Dharwad and its 30,000 water connections. It also provides the city with network asset, billing and customer information, O&M, finance and demand management. The WMIS impacts almost all domains of water distribution including demand forecasting, load analysis, identifying nonrevenue water, utility performance audits, cash management, and various other such activities. Its network management has given the water board the ability to plan water supply for nearly 30,000 water connections throughout Dharwad.
Shivkumar Pandey, Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (2,000 EMPLOYEES) Data is the backbone of IT, and a strong storage infrastructure is the backbone of data. Having said that, it is well-known that financial institutions feel the need for quick data backup and retrieval more than any other industry, considering regulatory norms. And the need for 24x7 access to business data make business continuity and disaster recovery setup even more critical. Shivkumar Pandey, head–IT infrastructure and security, Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance, decided to take this issue head-on and established a DR site and enhanced the performance of the company’s datacenters. Using technology from leading vendors, Pandey created a robust dual-layer security architecture. The system also takes care of preventing critical database corruption by recovering data at any given point of time. Another noteworthy feature of the DR site is the automation of workflow and real-time monitoring of the two important DR metrics: recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO). Also, manned NOC & SOC services ensure that critical data is available 24x7.
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