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Bajaj Auto Finance Adopts Cloud Based CRM and Increases Productivity by 50 Percent.

A case study on Cloud Computing in Automobile

Bajaj Auto Finance has reaped significant rewards for over coming apprehensions on data security and deploying a Cloud based CRM.Rise in transactions from 1,500 per day to a record of 8,500 a day is just one part of the story.

Tech Company Enables Scaling Capacity on Demand using CaaS

A case study on Infrastructure Management in IT

Celstream , a global product engineering services company required an on-demand, flexible cloud solution, which could be provisioned through a Web-based user interface that would allow the  company to better manage IT resources and achieve cost efficiencies, while also benefiting from exceptional performance and security. The company chose the Computing-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution which provided extreme flexibility, enabling Celstream to scale computing capacity up or down on demand, according to the company's business needs. It also helped the company to hand off management of its network infrastructure to free up resources to focus on strategic communications needs, and to explore options to enable on-demand downloads from its customers.

Sponsored by Verizon
Jai Menon
Jai Menon Bharti Airtel DTH

Airtel Develops Mobile App to Record TV Programs Using a Mobile Phone

A case study on Mobility in Telecom

Airtel has developed a new mobile application giving their time challenged consumers an option that would help them record television shows onto their DTH from anywhere. This intiative aims at maximizing television viewership of Airtel DTH users.

Manish Amin
Manish Amin CTO, Yatra Online

Yatra Customizes Mobile Experience Across Multiple Phone Models

A case study on Mobility in Services

Manish Amin, CTO, Yatra Online was faced with the challenge of coming up with a mobile application that would be customized according to the make of the phone. Explore how he decided whether to outsource or build in-house capabilities for developing the application.

B.V. Srinivas
B.V. Srinivas Deputy CIO, Dr Reddy’s

A Smart Mobile CRM Boosts Productivity at Dr. Reddy’s

A case study on Mobility in Pharmaceuticals

The legacy mobile CRM application at Dr.Reddy's left the medical representatives ill informed to deal with the queries of doctors. But a new mobile client app saved the day by arming them with requisite data and notching up their productivity by 6 to 8 percent.

BPO Company Uses CaaS Solution To Host Secure Portal, Saves 35 Percent On Cost

A case study on Infrastructure Management in BPO

Intelenet, a global contact-center providing services to global Fortune 500 companies, needed a secure, high-capacity, flexible and scalable computing environment for a high-priority project.  It used the Computing-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to create a new computing environment without the need to invest in dedicated hardware and software. The solution enabled Intelenet to cost-efficiently scale up its technology infrastructure in just hours and to make key applications available to the project team within just five days while providing savings of about 35 percent versus building the infrastructure on its own. The company also enjoys Daily billing, integrated security, automated provisioning and integrated storage and backup services to support business continuity.

 

Sponsored by Verizon
Asmita Junnarkar
Asmita Junnarkar CIO, Voltas

Voltas' Mobile App Makes Any Phone Smart

A case study on Mobility in Manufacturing

The Rs 10,000 crore Voltas needed a mobile app for service engineers to collect data from the company's servers. Distributing preloaded smartphones was prohibitive. A device agnostic mobile app helped them shorten service cycle times by 50 percent.

Arup Choudhury
Arup Choudhury Sr. Gm-IT, Eveready Industries

Eveready Boosts Forecast Accuracy with a Simple Mobile App

A case study on Mobility in Manufacturing

Eveready struggled to keep a tab on its inventory across 3.3 million retail outlets. Read how a mobile app linked its sales workforce and distributors to the HQ and helped improve forecast accuracy and fulfill demands on time with lean inventory.

 

Vikram Idnani
Vikram Idnani Head IT, Trent

Trent Strengthens Security with an Open Source Solution

A case study on Mobility in Manufacturing

Store operations at the Rs 1000 crore Trent revolve around the cash tills. But security and scalability challenges were threatening to sabotage the functioning of these tills.  OpenSource helped the retail firm combat these challenges.

Japanese Bank Speeds up Remote File Access by 95%, Reduces Bandwidth Consumption

A case study on Wide Area Network in Banking

Japan's Nagasaki Bank - established in 1911, was looking to help its employees across 32 branch locations become more efficient and productive by reducing the amount of time needed to access centralized files, such as MS Excel and MS Word documents over the Wide Area Network (WAN). The solution was to use a combination of WAN optimization technologies, including protocol optimization, object caching, byte caching, compression and bandwidth management to speed the delivery of centrally-stored files or content and accelerate the response time for applications. This reduced file access time from four to five minutes to 14 to 20 seconds, a maximum 95 percent reduction in access time. This also helped reduce the consumption of WAN bandwidth through the use of caching at each branch which eliminates duplicate data transfer.

Sponsored by Blue Coat
Manoj Arora
Manoj Arora Global CIO, Bilcare Research

Virtualization Helps Bilcare Optimize IT Resources

A case study on Virtualization in Pharmaceuticals

Choked by explosive growth and the urgency to develop innovative anti counterfeiting packaging solutions, Bilcare Research was struggling to control its IT costs. A timely dose of virtualization remedied the growth pangs of the pharmaceutical packaging firm.

 

Shajy  Thomas
Shajy Thomas Head-technology, Crest Animation Studio

A Virtualized Data Centre Meant Big Savings for Crest Animation Studio

A case study on Server Virtualization in Media

A cost optimized implementation of a virtualized datacenter, right from using open source to fine-tuning apps and OS to making workstations double up as servers, Crest got 450 servers to do the job of 900 to meet its growing 3D animation demands.

M.D. Agrawal
M.D. Agrawal CIO, BPCL

IT helps BPCL find Green with an Automated Waste Management System

A case study on Automation in Utility

BPCL integrates a waste management solution into its ERP. The company now utilizes business analytics and rich MIS reports for tackling waste, and is now better compliant to the stringent Statutory Hazardous Waste Rules.

 

UK Police Use WAN Optimization To Speed Access To Centralized Files; Reduce Log On Times From 20 Min To A Few Seconds

A case study on Wide Area Network in Government

Hampshire Constabulary - responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in Southern England  was looking to accelerate application delivery for 7,000 employees working between 85 police sites across two counties. They officers were bogged down in administrative tasks and paperwork, by a slow log on process to centralized applications, such as print and file services, limiting the time they spent in the field. The solution was to implement WAN Acceleration technology which utilized a combination of caching, protocol optimization, bandwidth management and compression to dramatically reducing log on times from 20 minutes to a few seconds for the police officers.

Sponsored by Blue Coat
Srinivasan Iyengar
Srinivasan Iyengar Aegon Religare, director-IT

Aegon Religare Got Great Savings With an Open Source Email Solution

A case study on Open Source in Insurance

While Aegon Religare was witnessing a steady increase in the number of e-mail users, an Open source solution implemented for the majority of the company's employees saw savings of upto 50 percent in their email costs.

 

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