From delivering heavy cargo through drones to automating repetitive processes, Shantanu Roy, CIO for the Indian subcontinent at global logistics firm DB Schenker, is balancing innovation with business continuity. In a free-wheeling discussion with CIO India, he throws light on the efficient use of digital technologies in the company and the emerging trends in the…
As organisations pivot to hybrid working models, cloud collaboration tools have proved they are scalable, secure, and resilient – finally dispelling any lingering concerns that the technology is not yet enterprise ready. In fact, one of the key messages from the recent CIO Cloud Transformation Summit was that this technology has dramatically transformed the business…
As CIO of an organization with a global reach, Bob Johnson keeps careful watch on the world’s economic situation. “Whenever there is an ill wind anywhere in the world, it affects us,” says Johnson, CIO of The American University of Paris. It’s not surprising then that he’s already feeling the impact of inflation: With costs…
Developed by The Open Group in 1995, TOGAF is one of the most widely used enterprise architecture frameworks today. It’s used by small, medium, and large businesses as well as government departments, non-government public organizations, and defense agencies. The Open Group announced the latest update to the framework, releasing the TOGAF 10 Standard Edition earlier…
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before. While visiting my daughter in college, I spent an hour on hold with her utility company trying to help with a billing issue that she thought had already been resolved. When the call was finally answered “in the order it was received” I had to explain the…
A few years ago, Philadelphia Healthcare realized it needed a digital transformation – the Amersfoort-based non-profit was faced with organizing a massive amount of data from about 9,000 clients, 7,000 employees, an extended network of 6,500 volunteers, and about 60,000 client family members. What it required was a solution that embraced data management and big-data…
The human population is predicted to reach around 10 billion by 2050. To sustain the exponential needs of this growth in terms of food and nutrition, our existing farming methods will be stressed to increase yields within the limited supply of available land. Current methods to increase farming yields include the application of chemical fertilizers…
Recognizing a user’s signature is an essential step in banking and legal transactions. The process involves relying on human verification of a signature to establish a person’s identity. However, this can be error prone, time consuming, and limits the automation for many banking applications that require human verification. The challenge can be solved using image…
The traditional supply chain has a lot of inefficiencies and bottlenecks that can lead to losses and pilferage. There are losses because of logistical inefficiencies, or because perishable goods or drugs may not be transported in the required time period. There can also be losses due to environmental excursions, as many drugs are sensitive to shock,…
A letter of credit (LC) in financial terms is a contractual agreement between a bank, customer, and beneficiary. The bank issues the overall process on behalf of its applicant and authorizes the beneficiary’s bank to complete the money transfer. In global trade, a letter of credit is a commonly used financial instrument that ensures the…