Wipro Technologies: Assessing the Bounties and Boundaries in Big Data Analytics

Many companies are finding a huge upside potential in data analytics to grow revenues and profits, and cut costs. Sharper analysis of rich data from an expanding range of sources is enabling more cost-effective marketing and improved customer engagement. As a result. companies are investing in information management infrastructure to extract the gains. Yet, data analytics cannot be effective beyond a point, and companies need to keep their approaches grounded in reality, say Peter Fader, Wharton marketing professor, and K. R. Sanjiv, global head of analytics and information management at Wipro Technologies.

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Wipro Technologies: Balancing Power with Responsibility as Technology Makes for a Richer, Simpler World

The debate is widening on whether technology is making our lives simpler or more complicated. Technology is certainly putting more power in the hands of users, allowing them to work faster and safer, and cut costs. Yet, technology can also be a treadmill that is hard to stop, and it can have potential adverse impacts on health, safety and the environment. In this white paper, Anurag Srivastava, chief technology officer of Wipro Technologies in Bangalore, India, and Shawndra Hill, Wharton professor of operations and information management, offer insights into how to use technology responsibly.

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Wipro Technologies: AkzoNobel’s CIO Pieter Schoehuijs

Rugby is the sport that best defines the style of Pieter Schoehuijs, the CIO of AkzoNobel, the Dutch multinational maker of decorative paints and specialty chemicals. Schoehuijs, 47, likes rugby because it is a team sport whose members bring different skills. “Some people are very strong, some are very fast and some kick well,” he says. “They have to work together in a concerted effort and need to be very dedicated to be successful.” In this article he shares his insights into what drives him on the job.

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Wipro Technologies: State Street CIO Chris Perretta Brings Precision, Planning and Execution to IT Projects that Advance Business Strategy

Christopher Perretta likens a successful IT program to a beautiful golf shot. Achieving such a program calls for aligning the IT function with the business goals of the company. This in turn requires close cooperation with other departments and the ability to recognize customer needs. Such skills are particularly important in a financial services industry that currently faces pressures ranging from sweeping regulatory changes to diminished financial returns.

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Wipro Technologies: IT Projects Are Like Marriages in the View of Malcolm Simpkin, CIO of Aviva UK General Insurance

Malcolm Simpkin, CIO of Aviva UK General Insurance, stresses the importance of "honest conversations" to ensure that all parties to an IT project understand their roles and can cope with any frictions or misunderstandings that develop. He draws on techniques ranging from cloud computing to offshoring to drive cost reductions, develop business opportunities, and enhance growth and profitability.

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Wipro Technologies: New Business Options Spring up for Telecom, Media and Technology in the Digital Age

The business models for the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) industries are being transformed. Power is shifting from the owners of scarce, proprietary resources to a ubiquitous Internet platform. Building on this shift are cloud computing, social networking, wireless mobility and the proliferation of devices. Information technology services providers are helping TMT companies navigate these changes. In this article, Ayan Mukerji, head of the media and telecom business group at Wipro Technologies, and Wharton professor Kevin Werbach, assess what it takes to adress the coming changes successfully.

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Wipro Technologies: The CIO Series -- Manfred Immitzer of Nokia Siemens Networks

Manfred Immitzer, CIO of Nokia Siemens Networks, loves finding solutions to complex challenges and selling them in simple ways to drive organizational change, cost savings, new business leads and the resulting competitive edge. With experience in multiple functions including R&D, running a factory, managing IT systems and heading business units, he chiseled a new business architecture at NSN since its formation nearly five years ago. Now, he is pushing social computing, cloud computing and business analytics to make NSN move faster and surer in delivering to its telecommunications services clients.

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Wipro Technologies: Group CIO Patrick Vandenberghe Uses Straight Talk to Boost Value at ArcelorMittal

Patrick Vandenberghe has overseen the streamlining of IT operations at ArcelorMittal, the company formed by a 2006 merger that created the world's largest steelmaker. Among his achievements: the creation of a sweeping IT transformation plan to save more than $1 billion a year that was put on hold during the recession. Selected projects that have since been implemented have strengthened ArcelorMittal’s ability to face the next downturn.

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Wipro Technologies: New Contours for Bank Branches as Customers Get Digitally Savvy

The emerging class of digitally savvy bank customers, including small and midsized businesses, increasingly wants to use bank branches more for sophisticated financial advice, support and products, and less for conventional transactions like cashing pay checks. This white paper, produced jointly by Knowledge@Wharton and Wipro Technologies, captures the emerging business models for bank branches. It is based on comprehensive, globally conducted customer surveys, and interviews with Wharton faculty and Wipro executives.

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Wipro Technologies: Pitney Bowes’ CIO Greg Buoncontri -- Tied to the Company’s Growth Prospects

Not coming from a technology background has been more of an asset than a hindrance to Greg
Buoncontri, chief information officer (CIO) of Pitney Bowes -- a $5.6 billion company providing software,
hardware and services that integrate physical and digital communications channels. In fact, Buoncontri’s
biggest challenges have been people, not technology. Calling today’s IT environment a “transformation
continuum,” Buoncontri speaks to the impact of clear communication and delivering on daily
operations -- not to mention “exquisite” timing.

 

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