Edition January 2023

WHAT’S NEW THIS TIME? NEW YEAR, NEW PERSPECTIVE…

Well, when expressing their opinions to the public, journalists are required to do it objectively. As a result, the so-called “New Year’’ is nothing new. Mount Everest is still the highest mountain peak in the world, the sky’s still blue, trees only have green leaves, and many other things. Don’t think of it as my depressing talk; rather, accept it as the truth. The only thing that may bring newness out of this New Year is a “fresh” perspective that allows one to view life through many lenses. This is what this special edition advises—a complete shift of viewpoint for the coming year. Let’s uphold our goals for 2023 and forge vistas of a better future by becoming a bigger and better version of ourselves.

You are about to see a few incredible organizations that are bringing about a paradigm shift in this interesting edition. Here, we want to talk about how to be empowering, creative, and impactful. If you’re curious about how they affect your life, we suggest that you learn from their achievements and setbacks and incorporate their core principles into both your personal and professional lives. Additionally, we are well aware that a brand’s influence leads to changes in a number of domains that are relevant to business. As a result, creating a brand has always been the primary goal of entrepreneurs. A number of actions that are frequently coordinated with other events and circumstances affect a corporation’s success. The value provided to customers and continual dedication to quality can make a difference if one wants to turn an entrepreneurial venture into a fantastic establishment. Business executives who concentrate on these crucial yet simple elements have beautifully and spectacularly succeeded.

Likewise our cover star always stands out from other profiles accumulated in any edition. This time also, Vibranium AIItech has made a mark with its standalone product portfolio and thought leadership that propelled us to highlight it at the forefront. Sanjay Patolia is spearheading his organization to greater heights while flagging the vision to strengthen the cybersecurity domain in Indian lands. Do check out his full story to know the length and breadth of the company.

As the cold waves prevail all across the North Indian region, we sincerely hope that you relish this read to fan the fire of motivation in your hearts amid ongoing new-year celebrations. We hope this outstanding issue proves its efficacy in strengthening your 2023 resolutions. Happy reading folks!!

Gulshan Parveen Gulshan@businessconnectindia.in

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Ranked No. 1 Antivirus Globally

VIBRANIUM ALLTECH PVT. LTD. VIBRANIUM ALLTECH PVT. LTD.

A Path Maker In The World Of Cyber Security With

Mission Of “Ransomfree India”

They start to say with a statement of Mr Robert Mueller (Director FBI) that “There are only two types of companies, those that have been hacked, and those that will be”. As the world moves with new technological advancements, we are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The only way out is to construct a more robust barrier while using antivirus software that is one step ahead of attackers in technology. Although there are numerous companies providing a variety of Software solutions to tackle this issue, our today’s star of the show has a unique position with revolutionary innovation in cyber security industry.

Business Connect is renowned for its excellent monthly editions featuring various market leaders of varied industries. And here again, we are back with our exclusive edition of the month comprising such success tales only. To make this edition successful, our editorial team had an interesting and joyful virtual session with the leadership panel of Vibranium Alltech Pvt. Ltd. The Founder & CEO of the company, Mr. Sanjay Patolia shared numerous lesser-known facts about the company and also shed some light on his overall entrepreneurial journey so far. His endeavor for the business community highly inspired us to feature his venture on the cover of our exclusive edition. We truly hope and desire that this fascinating read will add some extra value to the lives of our global readership panel and will surely encourage the budding leaders out there to break the barriers and chase their dreams. So without any further ado, let’s dive straight into the read.

Gulshan | Business Connect

THE INCEPTION JOURNEY

As the Founder revealed, the prime motive behind conceptualizing Vibranium Alltech was to make Indian ransomware free. “We could see a lot of potential in the antivirus industry which is untapped, utilizing it is another motivational factor. We intend to see each customer fully delighted because S/he is sure that the data is fully protected with privacy,” says Mr. Sanjay.

He further adds, “During 23 Years of me being a business owner in the field of IT and while having interactions with other CEOs in my domain, I realized that there exists a savior problem that impacts each one. Inadequate Technology was a problem in the Cyber Security World. The Cyber attacks were increasing every day the threat was getting enlarged every minute, Precious Data was damaged, Privacy was exposed and millions of dollars were lost in paying ransoms for getting the stolen or theft data back. For me as a responsible business owner, it was painful. It disturbed me from the core that I was merely a spectator and could not do anything about it that was the moment I decided to find a solution to this problem.

Moreover, I started taking inputs from various stakeholders, including Consumers, Business Owners, Distributors, and Dealers at various levels. What I could see and conclude was that the technology upgradation in the antivirus business was missing. And the upgradation once a year or 2 like other businesses is not sufficient in the world of Cyber Security. Data Protection technology requires consistency 10 hours a day of R&D efforts and for years no focus was given to this crucial aspect of Cyber Security. Vibranium is a privileged organization there. We have a dedicated team that has been relentlessly working for seven long years with a complete focus on R&D. I take this opportunity to acknowledge my team for that dedicated work.”

THE EDGE IN THE ARENA

Our curious team asked the CEO about the way the company is doing justice to its respective motto which is, ‘Undefendable cyber security to the globe and he revealed by quoting, “In my view, it is almost impossible to Stop ransomware and other Cyber attacks but it is possible to provide undefendable Cyber Security to the globe. For that Vibranium Alltech Pvt Ltd has come up with a Cyber Security product portfolio. The whole portfolio is simplest and easiest to operate, Fastest and smallest to install, and strongest in protection and privacy. Right now we have 2 products for the Microsoft Windows platform with different kinds of features and within a very short span of time, we going to launch various products to serve all categories of consumers.”

Above performance test conducted by Passmark Software - Australia, January 2022

Talking about some of the major differentiating elements the company possesses. The team of Vibranium entirely focuses on being proactive and also cares about fairness in treating distributors and has strong technology. Vibranium invented “Blue Dome” real-time protection technology for the first time in the cybersecurity world. “Blue Dome” goes completely beyond traditional antivirus technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning-based threat detection and identification technology, as well as its ability to protect valuable user data from past, present, and future threats. With unremitting efforts and updates, the company and the team are always one step ahead.

Elaborating more about the emerging trends in the particular arena, Mr. Sanjay affirms, “The intensity, speed, the number of attacks and their variations are increasing in the cyber World, to counter that we are upgrading our technology to mitigate the risks involved. The dark side of the digital era is getting darker and to apply light on them we are strengthening our Malware research. We have initiated the Wakeup India movement in that we are providing tools, technics, and tactics of Vibranium to our channel partners. Till now we have more than 7000 plus trained channel partners in the Vibranium processes and we will have 30,000 trained partners by December 2023. If we look at the Recent cyber attacks on eminent and large organizations

“The Dark Horses always trying millions of attempts to breach Data but the fact is only one vulnerability is enough to compromise” Vibranium is equipped with the “Zero Trust” algorithm with Data Science. By breaking the barrier of traditional Threat detection technology adapting and integrating the most intelligent Offline threat identification system without using any cloud samples and it’s making a huge difference in the cyber security world not for today but for the next 10-15 years.”

MILESTONES TO BOAST OF

• More than 1.25 Lack active users

• More than 11000 Active Channel Partners

• More than 100 Distributors

• More than 14 states in India

• More than 7000 Trained associates

• More than 75 technical Training across India

• Ranked No. 1 Antivirus Globally in Performance test by Passmark software – Straliaia

• She was featured in Analytics Insight as ‘one of the Top 10 Innovative Tech CEOs to Revamping the future’ November 2022 Issue.

• Featured in “The CEO Story as CEO of the year 2022” December 2022 Issue

“We

a part of

do whatever bit we can as a Vibranium Team. The Vibranium team enjoyed meal with street childerns across india at 34 locations on September 5 to September 18 2022. We also facilitated the professionals who are instrumental in removing darkness of ignorance, the teachers across India. The team acknowledged and recongnise the services, Safety and Security provided by Police Personalles across India and we will definitely continoue doing so.”

PARTING WORDS

Shedding light on his future master plan for the company, Mr. Sanjay says, “The road ahead is crystal clear. Each state in india is to be served fully with Vibranium Products. In the coming years we see vibranium developing products of emienince & protecting the precious data of 1.3 billion Indians.”

Furthermore, before signing off, the leader also shared a few words of wisdom for all the budding leaders out there by these points.

• Please have a single-focus approach

• Having a problem worth a solution is the key

• Hold on, dreams do come true

• Passion alone is not sufficient. We need adequate resources to execute, sustain and elevate it.

#ransomfreeindia

belive that family members have empathy & care for one another. As

our responsibility we

Iffat Khan

The One Behind Building a Safe and Supportive Ecosystem for Women

Iffat Khan, a TEDx Speaker, Author, and a Breakfree Coach. She has been inspiring and transforming thousands of individuals to kick start and unleash the entrepreneur in them. A woman who founded Femipreneur and Breakfree Millions had her first stint with entrepreneurship at the age of six by her viable thought of selling things, the time when at school her friends admired her stationery and toys that were brought by her uncle from abroad. As Iffat’s uncle helped her by sourcing more imported stationery and toys, she continued to do the sales as her business was bringing around 200 percent profit until was told that, “Children of your age don’t do business, you must study”. She had to put a stop to her first entrepreneurship as she remembers failing her first standard exams.

Once, I was the only woman in a group of 20 people selected for a trip to several countries, my company informed me they would like to hold me back for safety as

“ “

I was the only woman in the group. They said it was for my security but it was unfair as I was looking forward to the trip

~Iffat recalls

Adding that was when she decided to quit in 2015 as she did not see any scope for growth.

Iffat Khan

After so many years that have passed, she has not let her passion for entrepreneurship go like that. Iffat is now a successful entrepreneur and a break free coach who is helping thousands of individuals and companies with her startup Femipreneur which is a YouTube channel that is named after herself, a podcast that is titled Breakfree Millions with Iffat Khan.

Last year, a book was published by Iffat, Break-Free – 30 ways to Break-Free into a life and business you want, in the book she shares the strategies to become an entrepreneur, describing it with her own experiences. Now she is into writing her second book which is focused on the role of failure in life.

THE MOMENT OF HITTING THE RESTART BUTTON

After the completion of her Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Calcutta in 2010, Iffat walked through a comfortable corporate life where she was performing well professionally, handling major global projects, but there came a moment when she felt like she was not meant for corporate life. In the year 2014, she founded Eccellente Solutions which is a side hustle that provided consultingrelated services to young startups.

In the same year, her first startup that provided consulting services to the young startups and entrepreneurs hit the ground. “I was left high and dry and didn’t know what to do. I had put in my time, my energy, everything into it, and lost all my money. I was under severe depression,” she shares.

For Iffat, this was a turning point in her life. She stayed at home in Kolkata for less than a week, then she returned to Bengaluru and decided to set up Femipreneur.

The experience she faced being treated differently as a woman made her think of building a safe and supportive ecosystem for women. She started Femipreneur despite all the odds and she was extremely satisfied with the idea as it showed results. Femipreneur was able to help the women entrepreneurs in setting up cafes and online stores for handmade goods. She instructed them on having a positive and entrepreneurial mindset.

Till date, Iffat has been successful in expanding the service to everyone, Breakfree Millions Academy has mentored over 100,000 people across five countries.

CHALLENGES

AND THE PATH AHEAD

Iffat didn’t actually face many challenges in running and managing the company but building the right team who shares the same vision as hers was difficult.

Currently, Bengaluru-based Femipreneur is a team that consists of 10 employees who are working on sales, branding, and marketing.

For the future, Iffat plans on expanding her social networking that can reach a million followers. Working with nearly 100 businesses and individuals so far, she is hoping to impact 10,000 businesses by working closely with entrepreneurs and coaching them.

Into the life and business you desire with

PERFIOS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

A pioneering player in real-time analysis and decisioning

Kajal | Business Connect

‘Innovative, Disruptive, Category Creator, Cutting Edge Technology and Trusted Partner’— are a few terms, that sum up the business values of Perfios Software Solutions. Being a key disruptor across the BFS industry leveraging technological advancements, the company has made its steadfast presence in its market niche. To that extent, their innovations have had a positive disruption on the industry practices, that testifies their impact scale.

To get in-depth insights into this decade-old business venture in detail, we sat down for a freewheeling conversation with the Co-Founder and CEO— V.R. Govindarajan that concluded in this gripping read.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Founded in 2008, as a product technology company— Perfios Software Solutions has become a reliable partner for businesses to aggregate both structured and unstructured

data, as well as curate and analyse this data, to boost their decision-making processes. With its diverse product portfolio targeting Financial and Banking industry, Perfios endeavours to stimulate a substantial impact in the fintech ecosystem. Today, its matchless product line has become the go-to digital solution for Loan application processed by Banks, NBFCs & Fintechs. At present, the company serves over 270+ financial institutions across different geographies. Addressing the services offered by them,

Mr Govindarajan asserts, “Perfios’s platform has been designed to analyse Statements (irrespective of whether they are e-statements, online statements or paper-based scanned images) for customer onboarding & credit-decisioning along with analysis of other financial documents like ITR, GST, Payslip, Financial Statements etc.”

Team Perfios has been striving on its unique theme – “One Thought One Dream One Team” since its inception. The core inspiration behind the formulation of the company’s exceptional offerings has been the intend to enable as well as drive an ecosystem, where all the financial decisions could be backed with the power of data science in realtime.

Currently, Perfios’s exclusive data analytics platform is being utilized by some eminent Financial Institutions across 20 countries, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Hongkong, the UAE, Middle East and Africa, which reveals a lot about its efficiency.

ABOUT THE USPS

Perfios’s proprietary technology facilitates seamless automation of the highly cumbersome manual processes, that serves as a platform bridging the gap between data and intelligent insights. Hence, its clientele can reap the benefits of automating data-driven, risk mitigated and frugal decisions.

In the current environment where customers are looking for quick Banking products, lenders are dealing with large amounts of disparate data, and impediment to stringent privacy and compliance environments, they are relying to partners like Perfios to help them achieve customer delight.

Across the financial institutions, the insurmountable range of unstructured & structured data needs to be managed for accurate decisioning making. Thereby, Perfios has extended a helping hand for seamless customer onboarding, digitising manual data to reduce fraud rates, and use analytical capabilities for decisioning, cross sell & upsell.

Perfios accelerates the processing of large volumes of data eliminates slow, error-prone manual work by human to save time and improve data accuracy. That means response quickly to new opportunities, improve compliance transparency, power-up automated workflows with valuable data, and achieve faster turnaround time.

V.R. Govindarajan Co-founder & CEO

ENABLER OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS DECISIONS

Perfios tech platform and its solutions have made the entire

decisioning process faster, cheaper, and smarter for both their customer. Manual activities at Financial Institutions which earlier took weeks, even months are now done in real-time with much more accuracy. using their analytics platform.

Chatbot

Account Aggregation Solutions

Further expounding their USPs, the CEO walked us through the scale and size at which the company operates-

• 10 Million + Statements are processed on an average monthly.

• 1 Million + Scanned Statements processed every month.

• 500 Million plus transactions categorized monthly.

• 755 + Institutions supported.

• 2,500 + Bank Statement variations supported.

• 1,700 + Data Formats supported.

• Access to 850 + Data Sources.

PRIVACY AND SECURITY AT THE HEART

Security and data privacy is at the heart of all activities carried out at Perfios. They have strict internal policies and processes around data management and are regularly audited by the Big 4s along with leading CERT-In Empanelled vendor for Information Security Audits.

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY

To make a difference in its market niche, Perfios has been extensively leveraging upon the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) for pushing the boundaries of digital banking with their cutting edge technology. Their products are extensively consumed in Lending, Risk & Credit Scoring & Data Governance modules.

Perfios has always been a preferred choice by Financial Institutions due to their inherent domain expertise in handling complex data, constant innovation, highly customizable solutions, short deployment cycle and quick Go-To-Market implementation. Mr Govindarajan affirms that their proprietary technology is capable of categorizing millions of narrations every day which is the crux of their analysis, justifying their tech inclusiveness.

One of their products called “Perfios CAM” which generates Credit Assessment Memo report, that participates in the Bank’s underwriting process, enables the digitization of the process and helping the lender take an informed data-backed decision. It also provides cross validation of documents across Financial documents and triangulates data while identifying any tampering to document and validates integrated reporting & analytics, thus simplifying an underwriters risk.

INNOVATIVE STREAK

Perfios thrives on the idea that every innovation starts with an idea. Ever since its inception, the company has put sheer emphasis on innovating as well as experimenting. The CEO cites that innovation is their middle name and they give credence to this element for their process efficiency, which has also boosted their business productivity and overall organisational health. The positive work culture ensure that the employees feel the sense of belonging to the company and their contributions bring about a significant impact in company’s growth.

In order to maintain their leadership position, R&D is the lifeblood of product innovation. The co-founder addressed, “R&D plays a pivotal role as underlying technology gets frequently upgraded and to be on top of it we are required to continuously innovate to ensure we maintain and foster our leadership position.

POISE AS THE LEADING FIGURE

For Mr Govindarajan, being a hands-on leader is what leadership is all about. He avidly believes that motivated employees can help achieve the wildest of the dreams. Therefore, he always asserts on working in a close association with the employees while offering them a holistic growth from professional as well as personal front. Addressing the team building process, the influential leader says that most of the talented individuals intend to be part of the pioneering product building process. Identifying this aspect, the company has offered quite generous ESOP plans for employees that can provide significant monetary upside also. So, a dynamic combo of both professional pride and monetary benefits induced talent heads to join hands with the organisation. No doubt that owing to his management acuity like mentioned in the premise above, the company has been growing consistently at an average rate of 100% year-on-year.

GOLDEN FEATHERS IN THE CAP

The journey for Perfios has been quite spectacular that is embellished by recognitions and rewards from some eminent institutions hailing from the different industrial sectors. Here, we have encompassed some worthy mentions below -

• The Economic Times BFSI Innovation Tribe Award 2018, in the Tech category

• Award for Best Fintech –Value Added Service in March 2018 – Business Today

• Technoviti Award for Innovation in BFSI in Feb 2018 – Banking Frontiers

• Economic Times BFSI Innovation Tribe Award in the Tech Category 2019

• Emerge50 Awards 2019 by NASSCOM - Ranked Among the Top 50 Organizations in the Fintech Category

• BTVI National Awards For

Marketing Excellence In IT 2019Award For Analytical Innovation

• WCRC Transformational Brands 2019 - Perfios Software, India’s Transformational Brand 2019

• FICCI PICUP Fintech 2020Most Formidable FinTech Growth Story

• Business Today Money Today Financial Awards 2020 in the Best Fintech in Value Added Service

• In the year 2021, the company bagged Global Inflection Awards - Alden Global & NASSCOM Centre of Excellence IOT & AI - Best Technology Vendor of the Year – Finserv.

FUTURE OUTLOOKS

For the upcoming years, the company will be fixated on nurturing its unwavering thought leadership position, with its committed focus on tech trends. And the senior executives have envisioned to make Perfios - the category creator in their chosen domain as well as geographies while making a robust identity as a global player in its key focus areas.

PARTING WORDS BY THE LUMINARY

“As an entrepreneur, one needs to be passionate about the chosen goals/vision and sustain it throughout the journey. The moment passion goes away, everything else will go down.”

ALTERNATIVE

STEPPING INTO A DIFFERENT WORLD IS CONSISTENTLY

The coronavirus pandemic has influenced the economies of a considerable number of nations and left its effect on all enterprises, leaving the travel industry as one of the most noticeably terrible hit parts. While a large portion of the nations has just been put under lockdowns, numerous others are going towards comparable measures. With the administration presently finding a way to handle the infection, the circumstance appears to have gotten intense. While worldwide traveler flights had just been confined, the stoppage of trains, transports, metros, taxis, household trips just as the lockdown will additionally affect the individuals who love visiting places.

The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed ruin on the individuals who love to visit better places every once in a while.

LIFE, AS WE PROBABLY KNOW IT, HAS ARRIVED AT A TOTAL STOP…

Thus, we should not burn through our time dreaming how about we begin doing.

AN

Travel is the hardest-hit fragments in these flighty occasions. This intense impact was unexpected and nobody was readied. It is a sort of log jam when nothing appears in our control.

Since going during the flare-up is getting less and less of a choice, different choices can likewise be investigated:

Securing new aptitudes, they have been stepping by step adjusting to the evolving times. Individuals can begin expounding on their past travel encounters, can likewise make a site, and begin taking a shot at that it would also cause them to return to the spots through returning to the recollections, additionally, they can deal with their writing or content aptitudes.

we are having a lot of time to know ourselves and to chip away at us, on the things we were leaving a result of not having the opportunity to take them under needs. this could be our best time of self-disclosure.

Since voyaging has assumed a lower priority, individuals who love going to better places can benefit as much as possible from this opportunity to take a gander at fresher parts of voyaging. While travel is beyond the realm of imagination, one can probably make a rundown of their preferred places and talk

about them with the trip specialist, using call or email, to make sense of the best an ideal opportunity to visit. This time can likewise be utilized to design the spending plan and set up a careful format for the excursion.

Individuals ought to likewise utilize this chance to go through quality with family and make recollections.

Polishing your aptitudes as well as seek after their diversions and interests, such as various cooking styles and dishes can be investigated on the web and one can take a stab at making those dishes that premium them, painting, Reading some groundbreaking books and if they want to take it out on the planet they can likewise make their youtube channel and offer their work to rouse other people who don’t have the foggiest idea what should they do or what are the other options. Business people and entrepreneurs far wide comprehend the estimation of the skill Presentation well indeed.

This time is likewise perfect to make up for lost time with all the arrangement and motion pictures in the not insignificant show one made.

Get Top Notch Cyber Security Solutions with BD Software Distribution

Kriti Anand | Business Connect

Cybercriminals are realising that disrupting the supply chain is a guaranteed way to obtain what they want. A recent example is the Colonial Pipeline, which was attacked by hackers. The pipeline is a key gasoline source for the east coast, and when cybercriminals succeeded in their attack, over half of the gasoline on the East Coast of the United States vanished.

WHAT WAS THE END RESULT?

The hackers received exactly what they desired: millions of cash.

We understand how simple it is to believe that cybercriminals will not attack your company. But look past the illusion.

Cyber attackers are realising that disrupting the supply chain is a guaranteed way to obtain everything they want.

It is more important than ever to not just identify the cybersecurity threats that threaten your organisation, but also to devise a workable strategy to safeguard your information system from attack and theft. Data theft can happen in a number of ways. Threats, such as malware or phishing, can severely affect data and systems in addition to brute force assaults.

Every year, cybercrime grows more common, and without adequate security measures, it is only a question of time until your company becomes the next recipient. On the other hand, a partnership with a competent distributor can shield you from the terrifying reality of cybercrime.

Zakir Hussain Rangwala CEO

BD SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION IS ONE OF THE TRUSTED

CYBER

SECURITY DISTRIBUTORS IN INDIA.

They have been in the channel and distribution business since 2016, and hence are well versed with the industry and have strong expertise and network with distributors and partners.

Zakir Hussain Rangwala, the CEO of BD Software Distribution shares, “We do all business via our partners spread across India. We provide necessary training, certifications, Marketing materials to our partners to succeed. We also help them with POC and PreSales to showcase our solutions to their customers more effectively. Our partners always make good profits from promoting our solutions.”

CYBER SECURITY RISKS WHILE WORKING REMOTELY.

Every sector has been impacted in some manner since COVID-19.

Workers are more exposed to cyber assaults than ever before since most jobs are performed online and without the security safeguards that are offered in office environments.

Finally, it appears that remote working is not just a passing phase, and as a result, remote employees will remain victims of cyber thieves. With the start of an unknown period of lockdown and a significant rise in working remotely, these fraudsters sensed a chance and seized this with both hands. Since the pandemic, the team has introduced the Indian consumers to an array of international solutions and thereby made their businesses resilient in the midst of business continuity struggle.

The CEO steers, “Working remotely may be just as protected as functioning from a workplace with the proper IT controls and the right training and information easily available to the end-user.”

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE MOST SIGNIFICANT

Right now, we’re seeing a lot of progress in terms of security being integrated into standard product offerings. The implementation and provision of security as part of a standard package, particularly in the previous five years, has significantly altered the environment. When it comes to security, Bitdefender has actually baked in a lot of it at a very high level.

Bitdefender is a global cybersecurity leader protecting over 500 million systems in more than 150 countries. Their security products portfolio encapsulates threat intelligence for people, homes, businesses, and their devices, networks, and cloud services.

Bitdefender’s new cloud-based dedicated Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution, is designed to help enterprise customers and managed service providers (MSPs) improve the ability to detect and eradicate threats as they occur and strengthen overall resiliency against cyberattacks. The new EDR package is resource-light and fully cloud-delivered for easy deployment and management and runs alongside third-party prevention technologies. Unique in the EDR space, it combines endpoint telemetry and human risk analytics with advanced threat detection capabilities.

“The detection capabilities enable quick visibility into vulnerable systems on-premise or in cloud environments and offer one-click actions to mitigate risks including quarantining files, blocking IP addresses, and killing processes. Bitdefender EDR is designed to increase resilience against cyberattacks by making detection more accurate with increased visibility into what’s happening at the endpoint.” adds Zakir.

LOOKING FORWARD

Zakir opines that businesses will never get a single magic solution to entirely remove the danger of a cyber-attack; instead, they will have a range of technologies and policies in place to assist minimize such threats. He further adds that cybersecurity is present in every company and it’s a huge segment but is also divided like every other product. Having said that he specifies that the focus area for BD Software Distribution is at the entry and mid-level of cybersecurity.

“We offer mid and entry-level security from endpoint to data leakage solutions, and the market is huge because everyone with more than three computers needs the solution that we are distributing.”

CONCLUSION

As service providers, the greatest immediate consequence in the next few years will be that we get much better at automating the truly critical tasks for companies. The near future of cybersecurity will focus upon adopting a data-centric strategy to determine where your data is located. It will no longer resemble a typical office infrastructure – there will be a lot more mixing between what was formerly considered personal and what is now considered business – and the value of data will only increase year after year. As new technology becomes available, hackers become more opportunistic — and they will always choose the path of least resistance.

BD Software Distribution is a value-added IT security distributor offering industry-leading consumer and enterprise-level solutions in the Indian Market. It provides a variety of solutions for protecting computer systems within an enterprise.

“Cybersecurity is a rapidly developing industry that was born in reaction to hackers, viruses, and other dangers to personal and professional data. To stay up with a changing market that necessitates greater digital transformation, companies must prioritize cyber resilience and develop best practices.” quotes the CEO.

BizMobia Software Pvt Ltd

Conceptualizing your ideas into technology

Indranil | Business Connect

MOHAMMAD KALAM

From products to services, the software industry is invincibly diversified into various aspects. It helps in forming a credible business model for the organizations, enhancing their technological requirements. It proffers a wide range of products and services to companies. While there are many platforms rendering software services, we are going to shed a light on the work of an illustrious company, aiming the business growth with creative design and development to deliver market-defining and premium solutions.

BizMobia is a resolute firm diversified into FinTech, AdTech, CRM, order management, etc. It provides exclusive customized products to serve enormous industries. The company has an abundance of services like software development, mobile application, digital marketing, internet product and services, mobile value-added services, and software maintenance. It is well-versed in various other facets like easy credit management system, eWallet, digital ticket solution, salon and spa business management solution, food & grocery delivery business solution, and more. With years of hardearned expertise of skillful professionals, the team works closely with clients to build, run and leverage solutions that elevate businesses.

• Adtech works in shaping a contemporary approach towards viewership of ads and customer engagement.

• Salon & Spa business management ensures an automated process to manage customer profiles, promotions, booking staff, inventory. It economizes the cost of salon brands and results in the advancement of resources.

• Easy Credit is a simple approach to get immediate finance for shopping, buying policies. This product is a next-level customer financing approach.

• eWallet renders a platform that presents a futuristic layout like xboarder transactions and bitcoin-ready products.

• Food and grocery delivery business solution manages the entirety of the value chain of the delivery business.

• Digital ticket provides a profusion of digital marketing services for various businesses like movies, sports events, etc.

• The CEO and Founder of BizMobia Digital, Mohammad Kalam begin his entrepreneurial journey and founded the esteemed organization in the year 2017. He gives heartfelt credit to his mentors, Pradeep Rao and Kevin who gave wings to his ambitions and always stood through thick and thin.

BIZMOBIA’S VALUABLE PROPOSITION

The company takes all the valued feedback provided by clients into proper consideration. To deliver a top-grade service is one of the most eminent propositions of the firm. They provide incessant support until the work is approved by the client. NDA and SLA are signed and stringently followed by BizMobia. The team arranges well-timed follow-ups with clients to ensure maximum satisfaction with the service provided to them. By holding on to such viable propositions helps in creating a staunch clientele for the company. With the earnest hard work of the entire team, the firm has managed to sustain a relationship of faith and loyalty with its customers. The company moves with the vision to provide products with robust technology while keeping the cost-efficiency in-tact. It flourishes to become the one-stop destination that converts an idea into technology.

MODERNIZATION IN TECHNOLOGY

For every organization to sustain and grow in the industry, technology holds paramount importance. It is cardinal for every firm to keep up the sync with technological advancements. BizMobia, the team proficiently works to innovate and make the services and products convenient for the users.

The company also gives credibility to the valuable feedback provided by clients. They make sure that the clients are assisted persistently by the team.

Besides, keeping up with technological upgrades, the firm also procures vigorous R&D to innovate futuristic solutions. The department works effectively to impart new techniques to escalate the growth and outputs. It is imperative to sustain a team of diligent employees working methodically to bring a unique perspective.

STRUCTURED STRATEGIC PLANNING

The only means to ensure systematic planning is to follow up on the process regularly. The company executes various ways to support well-structured strategies. Some of them are highlighted ahead :

• Accomplishing weekly targets and quarterly goals on time is inevitably essential. The team makes sure to do so.

• They conduct weekly meetings and conferences to analyze if all the departments are running well. It helps in a better comprehension of the company’s workflow.

• The firm also lays focus on individual goals. Attainment of personal goals eventually results in the escalation of the company and meeting the set objective.

• Reviewing meetings, and keeping a tap on customer expectations is efficiently checked by the team members. At BizMobia, each employee is concerted towards functioning as per the market trends and safeguarding client satisfaction.

NURTURING EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY

“Productivity increases when the employees are treated as a family. The employees need to believe in the company as their family members and work for growing it together. Productivity and growth of the firm are all because of the members of the family”, is the philosophy that encircles the company throughout. The leaders in the organization firmly believe that nourishing each employee’s evolution is equally important. Creating a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere for the team results in securing a remarkable position in the company. Their independent productivity will only thrive them to do better and discover new ways of implementing work.

INTEGRITY, EMPATHY & HUMANITY

“Integrity, Empathy, and Humanity” are the three pillars of BizMobia’s core values. Individuals embracing these emotions are welcomed in the company with open hands. The work culture followed in the organization is legitimately professional. The firm is shaped by stern rules but not in a way that restricts any employee to put their concern forward. The teammates are liberal to share their valuable opinions without hesitation or timidity. The company adheres to the notion of perpetuating a favorable environment for the employees where they can be cordial towards one another and help to grow. For any business to go well in the long run, it is most important to stay united in the journey. Only by exploring new techniques together, we can acquire success in a true sense.

LAYING FUTURE PURSUITS

With the right guidance of the CTO of BizMobia, Motiur Rehman, and his brilliant team, the firm has served over 35 countries with 70 deals in a short span of 4 years. Likewise, they strive to achieve the company’s future prospects with the same consistency and dedication towards work.

Financial technology is the potential future and the enterprise aspires to secure an impressive place in this world. The company also considers Bitcoin as the pioneering currency and endeavors to be a part of the journey in the near future.

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CEPTES SOFTWARE PVT. LTD.

Breaking New Grounds In Salesforce Technology Worldwide

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COVID-19 has triggered spontaneous changes in weeks and months that would otherwise entail years of planning. Digitalization has evolved from a complement to traditional value creation levers such as price optimization, operational improvement, and volume expansion to a need. Digital transformation promises more objective decision-making, a vital advantage in turbulent markets, and functions as a stimulant of additional profit. With value optimization becoming essential, Salesforce CRM has become a critical investment. Every industry is evolving, and companies are becoming customer-focused. The digital imperative entails addressing market complexity strategically and redesigning businesses to be more focused on customers, suppliers, and partners.

Salesforce CRM & Platform can help strengthen these relationships, drawing a wider clientele and earning substantial revenue from high-quality leads. However, in a volatile economy, businesses demand a reliable service provider. Introducing CEPTES, a future-focused Salesforce powerhouse. Our publication recently had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Priya Ranjan Panigrahy, Director & Co-founder of CEPTES.

Mr. Panigrahy has been a technology evangelist since college, rising from developer to subject-matter expert to technology leader. He specializes in software architecture, Salesforce apps, mobile apps, and developer platforms such as Apex, Web2.0, AWS services, Java, and related technologies. He’s also a strategist, B2B Salesforce Product Specialist, Salesforce PDO & MSP Partner Advisory Board member, and SFDC Tech Architect. His aptitude for problem solving has aided in the growth of CEPTES into a multimillion-dollar corporation, gearing it up for sustainable growth.

MANIFESTING A NICHE IDEA

Mr. Panigrahy has spent most of his career with prestigious banks, especially Deutsche Bank, for five years as a technical specialist. During this tenure, he saw how the institution was transforming its private wealth management division using Salesforce. The innovation piqued his interest as it exemplified the authenticity of cloud computing technology. The period also gave him the exposure needed to lead a business, build scalable products and secure client data. While it was complex, Mr. Panigrahy is a fast learner and grasped the concept eventually. In his mind, he was devising ideas to use this technology to build something sustainable. He discussed the matter with his colleague and future partner, Harish Kumar Poolakade (Cofounder, Director).

With an ambitious endeavor, they came back to India and started CEPTES. They intended to use the enterprise cloud marketplace AppExchange to inspire app development, accelerate outcomes, and extend Customer 60 from anywhere, with proven apps and specialists – across every industry, department, and product. “We aimed to assist organizations in evolving while also learning about their difficulties and areas that may be improved with more automation,” enunciates Mr. Panigrahy. They created a service and consultancy model that allowed CEPTES to innovate and grow into a product company.

Since then, the firm has grown by leaps and bounds. Its portfolio is designed with diverse collective experience and focuses on Salesforce implementation, integration with other systems, analytics to uncover actionable insights, streamlining business

processes and product development. The firm even works as a strategic partner for Salesforce planning, development, and support. So far, it has completed over 500 projects and earned the trust of over 1,000 clients on five continents. It has received a 9+ CSAT grade for its service of handling complex business challenges. Through end-to-end solutions, CEPTES has carved a niche in the global business fraternity, fostering trust and excellence.

POISED FOR A NECESSARY TRANSFORMATION

CEPTES’s philosophy to shape the future of business is summarized in its name (C: Customer-focused, E: Employee friendly, P: Passion & Pride for performance, T: Trust & Transparency, E: Equality and S: Social responsibility). It hasn’t been easy, though, to establish and strengthen these pillars. “We’ve been bootstrapping since the beginning, and CEPTES was a spur-of-the-moment decision that became fruitful,” says Mr. Panigrahy. The initial years were quite difficult, as it was an innovative area that people weren’t aware of. But inherent collaboration and constant learning paved the way for growth. CEPTES was formed with the goal of solving clients’ emergent problems via innovation. In the last two years, COVID-19 has transformed the world, spurring novel opportunities. People have become more conscious and are striving for more value for less. This is what CEPTES is working to achieve.

With an integrated portfolio, they are reducing client dependency on resources with less maintenance and better scalability. Putting it simply, they are providing 360° customer satisfaction with better ROI. The company serves a wide range of clients, from government, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, real-estate and high-tech industries. Their tailored approach has brought loyal clients from North America and Asia, Australia and European nations. With trust and transparency as their USPs, CEPTES has taken a methodical approach to organic growth. They also nurture their team accordingly to ensure that the core pillars are constantly reinforced.

SUSTAINABLE WITH TIMES

Sustainability has been a core focus throughout CEPTES’s exponential growth. Nonetheless, their understanding of sustainability has evolved with time. Initially, their focus was to thrive on their spontaneous decision. And seeing how the workforce, portfolio and clientele have expanded with time, the company is surely on the right track. CEPTES has a robust team of nearly 300 employees who have developed 9 flagship products. The company is also blessed to have a panel of thought leaders who brainstorm to shape ideas. One of their creative examples is the “CEPTES Entrepreneurship Program” The idea

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behind this program is to groom the entrepreneur within individuals and turn developers into technopreneurs.

The programme bridges their existing expertise with the ones necessary to make new strides. It offers a more rapid career advancement by fostering new ideas, putting projects to work, and ultimately molding individuals into effective Salesforce drivers. Through this initiative, CEPTES intends to empower 2500 developers by 2025. While this is a lofty aim, it illustrates Mr. Panigrahy’s commitment to being a thought leader.

ADAPTIVE TO DISRUPTIONS

The black swan event caused by COVID-19 tested CEPTES’s might to survive and adapt. Like many others, it faced some downtime in the first two quarters. But that wasn’t enough to shake its resolve. They focused on product development, which fortunately culminated in more revenue and new opportunities. They developed five new flagships, three of which are already on the market and two are approved and awaiting launch. Apart from the innovation, CEPTES has accomplished wonders in revenue. The company’s revenue has increased by ~200% since the pandemic started.

The pandemonium also allowed them to further shape their entrepreneurial programme. They created the CEPTES Technopreneur University, a digital programme aimed at empowering non-Salesforce people, sabbatical workers, freshers, and those with non-IT backgrounds. They trained them and added 100 more resources to their workforce;

AN INSPIRING NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER

“Be passionate about your goals and don’t look for shortcuts. Always play for long term without sickening about money and have a mentor. This will help you stay focused even if in the face of disruptions.”

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by next year, they target to empower 1000 more. To summarize, the time was most likely transactional in terms of money, but they were able to evolve to the next level. Mr. Panigrahy further adds, “I can assure all of our stakeholders that we are here to prove that we are hungry and inclined to achieve more within the Salesforce ecosystem.”

INHERENTLY CONTRIBUTIVE TOWARDS SOCIETY

Mr. Panigrahy may be ambitious, but he has a golden heart for society. Under his stewardship, CEPTES has made proactive responses to COVID-relief, promoted the firm as an ecosystem of diversity, pushed women’s empowerment, ran environmental projects, created community fridges and improved tertiary education in rural areas. The founder admires Marc Benioff and believes that “business is not a decision between profit and purpose.” CEPTES has committed to donating 1% of its profit and time to sustainable development.

EYEING ON NEXT-SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGHS

CEPTES is now in the ‘hall of fame’ for assisting businesses in redefining growth in the new normal. Its fortitude and esteem are a testament to Mr. Panigrahy’s vision to manifest dreams into reality. He’s now peering beyond the horizon for new possibilities. He is intrigued by Web 3.0, particularly blockchain technology, which enables secure transactions, cuts compliance costs, and accelerates data transfer processes. He’s interested in AI, big data, and analytics because everything generates data and can be automated.

Lastly, he is looking at Metaverse, which will seemingly redefine how we interact with the digital environment. CEPTES has already built a real-estate product that allows users to take virtual tours of a property while at their convenience. The company wishes to further explore this technology to develop more groundbreaking products.

PAWAS GOYAL

A protagonist driving change in the game across the software development space

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In line with bringing our adored readers with exceptionally uplifting stories of the business world, we have brought to you an exclusive narrative of the triumphs made by the Director of Cylsys Software Solutions- Pawas Goyal. What made us feature his story is his attempts to truly rise above to make a difference. Though numerous admirable business leaders are the embodiment of energy, passion and connection, a few only make true justice to their vision, mission and commitment. And Pawas Goyal happens to be one.

This all started in 2010 when Cylsys Software Solution started its journey as a 360-degree software solutions provider offering some innovative solutions via fixating on its business verticals- Software & Mobile application development and IT Staffing. It has a reputation of being an innovation-led business that is driven by customer satisfaction, leveraging the inclusion of technological advancements in Cloud Computing, Mobility, Big Data, Reach Media and Social Connectivity.

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plan of creating the brand nameCylsys,” asserted the founder-director.

THE USPS Thriving on its innovative streak, Cylsys Software has also curated its outstanding product like FreeITstaffing– a cutting edge CRM that automates the entire HR business process, facilitating endto-end solutions in the IT Staffing domain. Moreover, IT LeadManager is yet another proposition by the company that is known to be a path-breaking CRM assisting the entire journey of lead generation to lead conversion where optimum utilization of company resources is translated to higher sales and revenue for any Business.

The company’s tech-oriented attitude towards creating efficient solutions played a major role in its formative years to scale better highs.

Undeniably, Cylsys embraces the techupgrades in the IT domain and keeps innovating in the current business verticals, foreseeing better business prospects.

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THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR

The brilliant and dedicated team of the company driven by its integrity and belief is what makes Cylsys stand out in the market. Each individual partnering in the client’s endgoals was a sheer contribution to the effective software development of their respective project. “The long list of satisfied clients is testament to the exceptional work the team delivers,” comments the leader. The leadership team steers the business towards greater success driven by dynamic business heads and team managers for each business vertical. Being in unwavering synchrony with the core values of the Cylsys vision as well as its shortterm and long-term goals, they are always focused on their customer goals and expectations. The core values assert the prominence of- integrity, honesty, client satisfaction, constant learning, and teamwork. The robust and optimistic leadership at the company ensures to be fixated on all these values while focusing on team strength, positive corporate culture and op

NAVIGATING THROUGH THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Indeed the covid-19 pandemic has been the toughest time in the history of mankind. Forcing us to deal with the new-normal scenario, the crisis induces major changes across the business landscape as well. Cylsys also made the appropriate changes to the entire business model to be in sync with the unprecedented scenario.

“In March when the entire country went into lockdown, we had to shut our operating offices. But did the operations pause for a single day? That’s an emphatic NO. All thanks to our team members. The ‘True Heroes’ of the day, who took up this pause as a challenge and came through with flying colours. Each member of the Cylsys family started working from home and ensured that each function and department worked on and delivered its daily set targets without fail. Zoom meetings replaced the virtual ones and homes got transformed into workstations. It took a little while to adapt to these changes. But in a few days, the business operations started at a rapid pace,” remarked Pawas.

Acknowledging the exceptional efforts made by their pool of developers at the company, the leader continued by saying that while working remotely on client projects at the comfort of their homes, delivering results in time frames set by the clientele, they generated good business. He stated that this extensive pool of resources proved to be a huge advantage in the success of Cylsys team during this pandemic.

“In July 2020, our centre in M.P was operational with all the safety precautions in place and permitted 30 per cent attendance for the staff there. We took an informed decision to keep our Corporate office in Mumbai shut as the number of Covid cases were still on the rise there and all means of transportation were not operational,”

asserted him. The senior management has been known to take every precaution to ensure safe steps in direction of the employee’s safety. Productivity was at its peak even amid demand disruption which was persistent across the business landscape.

With social distancing and lockdowns becoming a way of life, more and more businesses were opting for the Digital and Online route to survive. Therefore the demand for Mobile applications or e-commerce apps saw a sharp spike which was a boon for us. We had an array of Software solutions for these Business enterprises.

A VIBRANT WORK CULTURE “We have an amazing work culture at Cylsys. The main challenge this industry faces is acquiring good Talent! Once they are on board, nurturing them and finally showing them a career path with a perfect work-life balance is one of our key priorities. In this regard, Cylsys has things in place. We are one Team. We wouldn’t want to call them employees. Team members are apt,” affirmed Pawas.

He continued by revealing that the average vintage of the team members is over 4 years, which speaks volumes of the joy and satisfaction experienced by the team members while being associated with the company. From great incentives to reward ceremonies, the HR team has facilitated many initiatives to keep the employee spirits high. Fun Fridays, outings, team lunches and a lot more exist in the culture where fun balance is the focal point. All of these activities have facilitated great bonding between employees that eventually results in the growth of their overall business.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS BY THE ‘PROTAGONIST’

For Pawas, leadership is not about dominating and driving team members towards his proposed vision. Instead, he considers himself as a team member who works with the team. “Yes, I am the captain of the ship. Giving directions to the entire Team, guiding them if they are moving in the wrong direction and rewarding them for their performances is my job. But most importantly we work as a team, fully focused on the objectives and goals at hand. And since we are a technology company, learning is constant, even for myself. I like to keep abreast of any new technology in the market and am aware of the hits and misses in the IT domain,” enunciated the ‘tech-evangelist’.

MILESTONES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR

Cylsys has managed to cross some considerable milestones while bagging several accomplishments and accolades in its favour. At present, it takes immense pride in possessing more than 10 years of experience, where it has handled 500+ projects. So far, it has developed more than 1000+ apps for over 25+ industries. With a team of 100+ seasoned professionals, it has catered to the needs of over 60+ clients. Simultaneously, it has been scaling greater heights by establishing major benchmarks across the industry with its USPs.

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK “Dream Big. But with your eyes open. Believe in your dream. Convert it into a Goal and prepare your roadmap to achieve that goal. Don’t let hurdles and obstacles deter you. No mountain is too steep to climb. Success is really sweet when you have fought many battles to achieve it.”

Turn Your ‘Working from Home’ Into an Enjoyment at Staycation

The Covid-19 has completely changed the way we live as a human being on this planet. With the extensive spread of the pandemic, the world has turned to be coming to a halt and we are forced to stay at home for the sake of safety.

Although, the companies have started to open, still most of the employees are told to maintain business continuity with Work from Home procedures.

A long time spending at home can be a bit gloomy, what about choosing some places where you can find your peace of mind while working from home? Take a staycation in the hills or by the beach from where you can enjoy your work from the home period.

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Here are some spots around India which are open for bookings that would turn your ‘work from home’ into enjoyment at staycation:

• ZOSTEL

It is one of the largest and oldest networks of hostels and homes in India that covers over 30 destinations across the country. Zostel offers a long term stays at its various hostels. Nothing can be better than picking up a spot in the lap of nature and enjoying your work.

• ADIVAHA

This is a luxury resort in Dharamshala, situated within the mighty lofts of the Himalayas that is a great getaway from the hustle-bustle of the city where you can peacefully spend your working hours.

THE BUNGALOWS LIGHTHOUSE

The most amazing place to quarantine yourself with your family or friends. A place that has four rooms per villa, a swimming pool, and a view to mesmerize where you can sit back with your laptop and enjoy the beautiful sea that will inspire you to work.

ECHOR – NARKANDA COTTAGES

Snuggled in the palm of greenery that is surrounded by the mountains, a villa that is perfect for wanderers. These stunning cottages will definitely offer you the peace and serenity that you deserve in this time of a period. A place one can enjoy staying as well as working.

• TAJ THEOG

A place where one can experience the authentic Indian Hospitality with the added comfort of safety and hygiene. It has started to re-open from 21 August, the place has 99 rooms that offer a stunning view of nature. Although the spa and pool are remaining shut for now but one can work here enjoying the scenery and ambiance.

FORT NALAGARH

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This 15th-century fort is situated in the lap of the Shivalik range and the Sirsa river. This place rises above a 20-acre estate of forest and orchards. One can enjoy their work outdoors in the garden or even relish the old-school rooms.

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PALACE

A palace that is surrounded by tea estates and pinewood forests, one can enjoy horse-riding on the property and a place where you can find a spot to sit and work outdoors. It also offers some features like a seasonal swimming pool, garden, etc.

• JIM’S JUNGLE RETREAT, CORBETT

Enjoy breathing fresh forest air, free from all the worries, and give yourself in the safe hands of jungle refuge. Adore the carefree adventure and unite with nature, nestled between the Himalayan foothills and the Shivaliks. This place will help you get away from the pandemic blues.

Working from home won’t be that boring when you are in places where you can enjoy nature, it has the power to give you peace. No matter how hard the situation may be, humanity shall triumph. Stay positive, this too shall pass.

StrategicERP

Guiding Seamless Digital Transformations

Kriti Anand | Business Connect

ASHVIN GAMI MD, ITAakash Strategic Software Pvt Ltd

AN OVERVIEW

IITians have contributed to the growth and development of our nation in every field they have stepped in. It is no wonder that Mr. Ashvin Gami, Managing Director of ITAakash Strategic Software Pvt Ltd, has found inspiration in the works of his alumni, and developed his own innovative product: StrategicERP.

Mr Gami began his journey as a developer at IIT Bombay, having been encouraged by his professor to monetize on the supercomputer he developed as a part of a team to monitor ECG in real-time. He worked also on developing various products for enterprise-related security solutions. In just a few years, he had successfully delivered an ERP solution on the J2Fx framework to their first client in the real estate sector.

In his mission to contribute further to the nation and its economy, he devoted his life to building a company that would help organizations keep up with the technological developments of today’s world and thereby grow with our advancing economy.

With a goal to help enterprises adapt to the 21st-century business world, StrategicERP provides end-to-end process automation with an information management system customized for real estate, construction and infrastructure industries. As a thoroughly reliable IT solutions partner, StrategicERP guides businesses on the path to digital transformation with the help of their cutting-edge technological solutions. The company ensures comprehensive guidance for their customers at every stage. From consultancy to successful implementation, StrategicERP collaborates with their clients to help them excel at employing technology as their own tool for growth and success.

The StrategicERP solution is developed with the latest technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Technology, Business Automation, Information Analytics, Complete Digital Media Integration and more, so that their clients can leverage technology to their maximum benefit. In one of its innovative approaches, the company introduced Artificial Intelligence in ERP. Chanakya, StrategicERP’s propriety AI-ML powered feature, empowers businesses to leverage information for maximum business value. Its intuitive and intelligent business capabilities like predicting bookings and site visits lend clients a competitive edge by gaining actionable insights from their ERP system.

ABOUT STRATEGICERP

The product delivered by StrategicERP owes its cutting-edge tech to the core developers of the company trained at IIT and its visionary leader, Mr. Gami. An ERP automation system is the need of the hour: it creates a future-proof business for the clients, while securing their present operations. Moreover, its cloud-based functioning and AI-equipped system gives them a competitive advantage.

StrategicERP’s proprietary AI-ML powered feature enables organizations to collect and process data and information, helping them mold information for making better decisions for tomorrow. It gives them an edge by minimizing manual intervention,

providing intelligent Lead Qualification & Predictive Analytics, Collection prediction and Site Visit prediction. Through Intuitive Scheduling and Intuitive and Intelligent Finance Management, it cuts down runtime of the business, making it even more costeffective and efficient.

The cloud-based ERP solutions by the company allow the clients to embark upon the biggest trends in business automation: applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The integration of IoT devices includes Voice commands, Digital media integration, Biometrics and Face ID, Weighbridge integration, HR voice assistant, and multiple third-party integrations like Customer relationship management, Property portals, Customer service, Task management, Direct calling, Advertising, and Productivity Tools.

StrategicERP’s advanced ERP software also mitigates problems in business operations and communication. A centralized ERP system that can be accessed through the web on any device, consists of multiple modules to effectively streamline business processes. It offers a single-window platform that can onboard every employee as well as top management, bridging communication gaps, increasing employee engagement, and helping with assigning tasks and monitoring performance.

The ERP solution monitors the performance of employees and campaigns, and also helps C-level executives analyze the root cause of issues that pop up through its data insights. It facilitates the onboarding process, makes it easier to provide input for the C-suits wherever necessary, and ultimately helps with employee retention by calculating incentives and rewards. The software by StrategicERP comes with built-in Artificial Intelligence and can be integrated with IoT devices and third-party apps. It is customizable and can be easily upgraded to ensure compatibility with the latest technology, enabling the business to stay relevant.

THE TIMELINE

StrategicERP evolved into the successful and sustainable tech giant it is today through years of dedicated and planned efforts:

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• Top 10 best webbased solutions

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• Manufacturing ERP with cloud, mobility, analytics, and AI for all industries

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• Our first Ceramics industry client

• TechImply Expert’s Choice

• TechImply Best User Experience/ Interface 2022

• Expanding AI functionality

• StrategicERP version 22.1

• 700+ customers

CARRYING OUT ITS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Mr Gami believes that being socially responsible for a corporation brings pride and upliftment within the community and increases engagement and visibility. In these times, it has become even more imperative for corporations to contribute to well-being of the general population. StrategicERP played its part by collaborating with IIT Bombay to develop a mobile application during the pandemic to track asymptomatic patients and trigger an alert on the user’s phone when in close proximity to a potentially infected person. The Corontine app uses geo-fencing technology to ensure that a quarantined patient remains within their isolation perimeter. StrategicERP took this project from the RFQ to the UAT stage in two days, which in itself is a monumental achievement. This app was used by the Odisha government and by a hospital in Meghalaya as well.

THE ROAD AHEAD

The team at StrategicERP is dedicated to refining its product so it can be used more effectively. The latest version, 22.1, has been upgraded to be more user-friendly, with more integrations with productivity tools and IoT devices, and an enhanced functionality of voice commands. The company’s goals are to have a satisfied clientele of over a thousand customers, and to become a publicly listed ERP organization by 2025.

Mr Gami strives to align his company’s progress with the rapidly advancing technology, and as a leader of an emerging IT solutions brand is optimistic about the company’s future. In his own words,

“In keeping with the future trends, we are continuously upgrading our software and will be ready when the world demands it! There still is hesitancy to adopt new technology but as we move ahead in time, the aversion to technology that we see today will deplete gradually.

Progressing in the right direction is important, keeping in mind the potential challenges in the future.

China thrives on people, Japan thrives on process and the USA thrives on innovation. If we wish to come anywhere close to them in growth, then our country must adapt to all of the above, viz, people, process and innovation.”

Education Has Put off Physical Classrooms and Shifted to Online Classes

The best days were when schools and colleges were open and students were seen rushing to school in neat and tidy uniforms with bags in their shoulders and sometimes running with those heavy bags to not get late. After reaching school, to stand for morning prayers and then some physical activities, after that straight to the classrooms filled with our classmates. The same way for college, when students were always confused with what to wear today, what period to bunk and go to the canteen, etc. Those days now seem to be just a memory to cherish.

An education center is the best public policy tool available to raise skills. While school/college time can be fun along with raising social skills and social awareness if we look from an economic point of view the primary point of being in school/college was that it helped in increasing a child’s ability. But the arrival of COVID-19 has led to the departure of students going to education centers.

Well! we say a coin has its two sides, the same way this too has both good and bad impressions but let’s just go for a positive version because 2020 has brought us enough negative things.

Whatever the condition comes, one should never stop learning, and if one way of going to an educational center is closed than open another way of e-learning.

The arrival of Covid-19 has forced schools and universities across the world to put off physical classrooms and shifted to online classes. While the faculty deals with the new ways of managing this sudden transition to online education, students are left clinging on to their mobile phones and computer screens.

FUTURE EDUCATION SYSTEM

The new way of learning where courses are conducted online, examinations are conducted online, assignments are submitted through email. For India, this seems to be a good opportunity to strengthen internet connectivity across rural India. It will help every village and town to be digitally connected for the better interaction between the students and teachers. When it comes to the students some are quick at adapting this system and some take a little longer time to acquaint with this system. Fundamental structural changes should be made in the curriculum/syllabi and programs should be a part of the curriculum in engineering and science degree programs. This will help in creating future entrepreneurs and this can be one way to help beat unemployment and increase business skills amongst the youth. The business community should play a foremost role in this new educational system.

Higher education in India needs to be more international but more locally connected and socially responsible, more flexible(curriculum), should be innovative and open for more collaboration. Innovative models should be introduced, Universities/institutes could be online that would provide internet-based flexible offerings.

The Post Covid-19 is an opportunity we look forward to transforming the higher education system. Institutes/Universities should definitely utilize this opportunity to transform itself. the focus should be more on internationalizing higher education as today we are facing Covid-19 but no one knows what lies ahead in the future for millions of youngsters.

– Kurt Lewin

“Learning is more effective when it is active Rather than a passive process”