June - 2015 issue

Cover Story

SOD Technologies: An Emerging Leader in the Open Source ADempiere ERP Space
'Solutions on Demand', a concept propagated with the onset of open source technologies is what claimed by every open source solutions provider these days. For many, it's a mere selling line to...

LeaderSpeak

Why Open Source Is a Game Changer for the Financial Technology Industry
By Kunal Nandwani, Founder, CEO, uTrade Solutions Private Ltd
Open Source software has taken the world by storm over the last two decades or so. The term "open source" refers to something that can be modified because its design is publicly accessible. While...  more >>

20 Most Promising Open Source Solutions and Services Providers

20 Most Promising Open Source Solutions and Services Providers
By ERPInsights Team
Solving a complicated business problem doesn�t mean you have to spend a million dollar, get pricey systems and solutions, implement them and wait for the results. Today, when the enterprise...  more >>

Apagen Solution: Making Your ERP Implementation an Investment, Not an Expense
By Deepshikha Singh
Large enterprises in India seem to have aggressively adopting best in class ERP solutions, but now the time is for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to unlock the true advantages of automation...  more >>

astTECS: Leading the Open Source IP PBX Revolution
By Pankaj Kundwani
Puravankara Projects Ltd, one of India's leading construction companies, has been zealously engaging into customer interactions that include multi-directional communications, enquiries, bookings,...  more >>

Digillence Web Solutions: Park Your Brand Right into Your Customers' Minds
By Pankaj Kundwani
As data takes center stage in the digital marketing space, marketers are highly fanatical towards gaining actionable insights on audience interests, consumer intent, device activity and every...  more >>

Likemind Technologies: Tea Estate Management Simplified
By Pankaj Kundwani
There is no dearth of generic ERP solution providers in the market. But some specific sectors like tea plantation, coffee plantation, and other agri-businesses cannot be dealt with a 'one size fits...  more >>

Techno Infonet: Secure Business Visibility in the Crowded Web World
By Nandini Mukherjee
It was 2004, the Internet saw a boom and every small business wanted to get visibility in the highly crowded market. Although there were many web development companies coming in, it was difficult...  more >>

VIENNA Solutions: Experience the True Advantage of ERP
By Pankaj Kundwani
Conventionally known as the play area for freelancers and hobby developers, Open Source has today evolved as a market strategy which can even challenge proprietary enterprise solutions in many ways.  more >>

Zestard Technologies: Quality Web Solutions Powered by Quality Innovations
By Nandini Mukherjee
When we log on to a website, the first thing that catches our eyes is the design, content and other visual aspects. But as we go further, the way it interacts with us becomes the deciding factor of...  more >>

CEO BizNote

E-Retailing Making an Evolutionary Leap
By Archana Shah, Founder, Bandhej
Companies in retail sector sell a wide range of products to consumers and businesses, from food and apparel to hardware, household goods, and office supplies.  more >>

CIO BizNote

Adapting to Growing Consumer Expectations is the Key
By Neeraj Pal Singh, CIO, Apparel & Retail Business, Aditya Birla Group
Today's consumer has vastly different expectations of products, services and value than few years ago.Retailers in different fields need to adapt to consumer preferences with in-store...  more >>

TechTalk

6th Generation APUs to Deliver Superior Computing Performance for Consumer and Business Applications
By Mark Papermaster, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, AMD
Over the past few decades, a number of terms have been streaming around to describe computer hardware. Some of these words include APU, CPU and GPU. The CPU has been the heart of every computer...  more >>

Digital Pathology to Enable Better Diagnosis of Diseases, Eventually Better Healthcare
By Satish K. Sanan Chairman & CEO and Mark Lloyd, Executive Vice President & Founder, Inspirata
Cancers figure among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. About 14.1 million adults in the world were diagnosed with cancer in 2012 out of which 8.2 million died of the same.  more >>

Bluetooth Is Here To Stay, Wires Need to Go Away!
By Moninder Jain, Managing Director, ASEAN & India Region and Vice President, Logitech
Brands must envisage what consumers will want ten years down the line. This is a philosophy that all companies need to follow if they want to be seen as innovators, as brands that do things...  more >>

Virtual Product Designing & Testing Made Possible Through Engineering Simulation
By Rafiq Somani, Country Manager INDIA, ASEAN & ANZ & Kaustubh Nande, Country Marketing & Strategic Pro
Historically, the process of product development has been complicated, elongated and costly. Be it any product, it has to pass through different vigorous tests and fulfill various compliance based...  more >>

CXO BizOpinion

Driving IT Excellence is a Key Success Factor to Meet Current & Future IT Demands and Challenges
By Sritharan S, Deputy General Manager-IT, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited
Today IT systems play a paramount role in business decisions, strategy formulation and innovations. In today’s world, role of CIO is not limited as only a technology enabler, but also part of...  more >>

IT Driving a Shift from Cost Cutting to Raising Productivity
By Sundar Ramachandran, Vice President - IT, Punj Lloyd
Productivity drives growth in the economy and in a company's market value. The shift from a focus on cost cutting to raising productivity is a critical transition in any industry today.  more >>

Transform IT Services Model to IT Solutions Model
By Ajay Damani, SVP of Product Development-PROS Holdings Inc
Over the last decade, the IT services landscape has evolved from an application and infrastructure services mindset"for example helpdesk, IT management and staff augmentation "to services that...  more >>

ERP Buzz World

Wipro Unveils "Lend Value" Enterprise Loan Origination Solutions
By ERPInsights Team
Wipro Ltd., a leading global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company recently announced the unveiling of its "Lend Value" suite of enterprise loan origination solutions to the...  more >>

Gartner Says Internet of Things Adoption in India Will Advance at a Slow Pace Through 2020
By ERPInsights Team
Indian enterprises are at the early stages of understanding the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on their business, according to Gartner, Inc. While the concept of IoT is not completely...  more >>

Infor to Offer Enhanced Document Management Capabilities in the Cloud
By ERPInsights Team
Infor, the industry cloud company, recently announced enhancements for Infor Document Management, in partnership with Ephesoft, to help customers work more efficiently by automatically connecting...  more >>

Capgemini Introduces First Integrated LIMS/ERP as-a-Service Solution to Help Laboratories Harness Supply Chain Data
By ERPInsights Team
Capgemini, a provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has announced the industry's first laboratory information management system (LIMS) and ERP as-a-service solution in...  more >>

Editorial

The Door to 'Open'
By Pankaj Kundwani
For a long time, many professed 'Open Source' as a play area for freelancers and hobby developers. No one would think that Open Source could one day evolve and solidify its position as the default...  more >>