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Editorial
Cover Feature - 20
Getting hold of the future T
here is agreement around the fact that the momentum with digital transformation initiatives is gathering speed. And while setting out to embrace this new future, the experience or the journey is likely to be unique for each company as it decides how best to embrace new infrastructure or solutions that helps it stay most competitive in a very dynamic marketplace. Every company will have its own story to write and journey to make. A new world order that is dominated by relatively newer technologies (cloud, social, mobile etc) has already become central to the way we run our Businesses or interact with customers and partners. This is likely to become more entrenched as familiar ways fade out and are steadily replaced. Automation is very much at the threshold in many domains, making inroads, bringing better efficiencies but also displacing some of the jobs. However, new opportunities will come in which will require upgrading of skills and more training hours for people already part of the workforce. For companies, there is the urgency to embrace new technologies, else they will fall behind in their capabilities vi-a-vis competition who could have a jumpstart by adopting new ways of doing their Business. There is the opportunity for partners who have upgraded their competencies in emerging technologies to help enable the goals of the companies who are aspiring for a digital makeover. Change can be devastating if we don’t prepare to do so voluntarily and proactively. Among companies that were powerhouses of an earlier era, several of them have made successful transitions through a combination of strategies from buyout and mergers to adopting new directions. However, some have exited. And yet, some of the biggest technology companies today are companies born within the new millennium. Every company continues to have the opportunity to be a survivor and achieve sustainable success through a mix of great strategies, greater execution and probably some good fortune as well.
R. Narayan Managing Editor
Accelerating digital transformation
Businesses need to show urgency about adopting digital transformation initiatives to stay competitive
News In Detail
Dell EMC set to make most of GITEX participation - 16
Legacy networks holding back transformation, says Riverbed survey - 18 Point2Point
Growth strides - 26
Securing Access - 28
Bringing the change - 42 Specialist services - 52
Thriving with domain expertise - 54 Enabling better solutions - 56 TechKnow
Enabling transformation - 30
Toshiba flaunts enterprise focus - 34 Fueling the growth engine - 36 Building robust solutions - 40 Beyond Storage - 46
Growth with commitment - 48 Delivering unified access - 50
A Business built with trust - 58
Enhancing Malware Detection - 60 Insight
Unattended payments get stronger - 62 Building the networked future - 64
The Business Value of Automation - 66 Regulars
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