Newsletter January/February 2019

Ajay Kumar Meher,
SVP & Head - IT, post production and new media - ‎Sony Entertainment Television

CIO@2020: Ajay Kumar Meher, SVP & Head - IT, post production and new media - ‎Sony Entertainment Television discusses whether ROI is becoming outdated for technology investments
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Data: The New Currency in Financial Services Sector

Can a couple of minutes really matter when it comes to choosing the right financial services provider? Is a seamless experience overrated in terms of how it really affects the customer? While getting a home loan, Rajeev Bajaj (name changed) had to choose between going with a bank that had integrated investment and savings accounts and a bank that offered attractive terms like the earlier one but with no integration between accounts. In the end, Bajaj went with the former.
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UK's most secure data centre: A nuclear bunker

Commissioned by the Ministry of Defence in 1949 to monitor Soviet air threats, and sold in the late '90s to be turned into a data centre, the security offered by the bunkers is layered: physical, digital and human. Apart from advanced encryption and an impenetrable compound resembling an Orwellian nightmare, the bunkers also host anti-terror and fire drills.
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AI for Advanced Data Center Analytics: Here's What to Know

CIO Review: Today’s companies want to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), as they want more comprehensive analytics strategies to achieve their goals. The need for computing to handle many instructions per second has increased. AI applications are developed to process the information quickly, and they need immediate and reliable connectivity.

  • Emerging-market investment firm Actis to partner with global tech companies and retailers for setting up data centres in India
  • Bharti Airtel to introduce 10 new data centers in India under its new cloud and data center policy; immediate expansion planned in Pune, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata
  • At Infocom 2018, Sify Technologies announced setting up a data center of 50,000 sq. ft. and (STPI) will invest 120 Cr in Kolkata for one of its largest single project
  • Uttarakhand becomes India’s first state to launch hyper converged data center to facilitate faster completion of developmental projects covering citizen-centric services
(Source: Data Economy, ET Telecom, Business Standard )
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In order to optimize lighting throughout a data center facility, automated systems can be installed. Another way to check power consumption is by using energy efficient light bulbs in the office and data center floor. Additionally setting office computers and monitors on energy saving modes can also reduce power consumption.
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Real time environmental monitoring gives quick payback through energy efficiencies.



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