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While reading this, you might be working relaxed on a couch placed at your favorite corner of the living room. While pandemic shut the office doors, it gave us the new work-lifestyle. Midst of lockdown, the work from home style helped millions of businesses to run their daily vital work cycles. The major credit goes to technology. Technology powered up people to be in touch with co-workers, clients, vendors, etc. Textual communication can run business processes but face-toface means audiovisual communication runs business processes in the best way. With the help of AV solutions, one can experience the meeting in the board room right through the home. AV solutions empower the driving force to work simultaneously on the same task and streamline business processes in the most sophisticated and smoothest manner. In this special issue of The Enterprise World magazine, The Best of 5 Audio Visual Solution Providers 2021, we are featuring the success stories of such companies that helped businesses with best in class and most reliable Audio Visual Solutions to achieve their desired growth in even pandemic situations. Featuring for the cover story is ZeroMiles. To cater to the AV communication needs of businesses across the globe, ZeroMiles is offering comprehensive and most innovative AV solutions. Under the innovative vision of Co-founder, Mr. Pankaj Jha, ZeroMiles’ team of passionate and multiskilled professionals is striving smartly to empower their clients and make them future-ready. With dedication and strong will to deliver the utmost innovative solutions, ZeroMiles has marked its firm footing in the Indian as well as global AV landscape within a short span. Readout a conversation with Mr. Kuldip Kamat, Managing Director at AllWave, in which he shared what AllWave is all about and how they are transforming different industry verticals. AllWave AV Systems is an industry-leading AV solutions provider that delivers custom-built & innovative collaborative, digital media, broadcasting, and electronic security solutions to a clientele spread across PAN INDIA. In a feature direct from our editorial round table, read out the journey of First Billionaire in the World. Billionaires are known for their luxurious and grand lifestyles, their garage, their feats, but little attention is paid to the person itself as becoming a billionaire is not something an ordinary person can achieve, it requires sacrifice, goals, strong mentality, discipline, and much more. The fun fact is these qualities are the prerequisite to becoming a successful entrepreneur but do not guarantee billions of dollars. So, what makes a billionaire, what are their habits, their qualities, etc. are questions everyone asks. As the trend has to start from a place, let’s go back and start from the first billionaire of the world - John D. Rockefeller. In our special editorial feature, Upshot Metros, this time we are taking you on the tour of Kolkata! Kolkata is one of the most important metropolitan cities of India and the capital of the state of West Bengal and was formerly the capital of British India. Read more about Kolkata inside and plan a visit once we get over the pandemic. There is much more inside! Happy Reading.
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Leaders in Spotlight This issue of The Enterprise World magazine, The Best of Audio Visual Solution Providers 2021 features, Featuring for the cover story is ZeroMiles. To cater to the AV communication needs of businesses across the globe, ZeroMiles is offering comprehensive and most innovative AV solutions. Under the innovative vision of Co-founder, Mr. Pankaj Jha, ZeroMiles’ team of passionate and multi-skilled professionals is striving smartly to empower their clients and make them future-ready. With dedication and strong will to deliver the utmost innovative solutions, ZeroMiles has marked its firm footing in the Indian as well as global AV landscape within a short span. Readout a conversation with Mr. Kuldip Kamat, Managing Director at AllWave, in which he shared what AllWave is all about and how they are transforming
different industry verticals. AllWave AV Systems is an industry-leading AV solutions provider that delivers custom-built & innovative collaborative, digital media, broadcasting, and electronic security solutions to a clientele spread across PAN INDIA. Their team of technical experts works side-by-side with Industry Specialists, AV/IT consultants, Project management consultants, end-users, and Space Designers to devise custom solutions that enhance your operations, improve collaboration, increase productivity, and drive ROI. Business Octane, a leading and pioneer video collaboration and collaborative learning solutions providing company is catering to various AV needs of businesses by offering a comprehensive plethora of most advanced and cognitively ahead solutions. Readout a conversation with Mr. Sanjay Bansal, of the Business Octane, in which he shared what Business
Octane is all about and how they are transforming the different business verticals with their innovative offerings. Ceeco Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was established in 1986 as “Cinesonic Electronic Equipment Pvt. Ltd” to address the Cinema & Sound opportunities which existed during that time. Ceeco, a trusted name in the AV & IT System Integration industry has set new benchmarks in design quality, technological expertise, and project management in diverse segments like Auditoriums, Conference Rooms, Board Rooms, Seminar Rooms, Broadcast and Post Production Studios, Network Operating Centers, Digital Signage Applications, Distance Learning, etc. Read an interview with Mr. Sanjeev Bhasin - Founder and Managing Director and Mr. Rahul Bhasin - Director at Ceeco Technologies, in which they shared the company’s journey and how are they transforming the sector.
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he worldwide epidemic 2020 has shown us the times we never imagined of. Colossal gratitude to innovations that assisted us with running our businesses remotely! Web-based Audio-Video Communications have ascended as a saviour for organizations to run their everyday processes. Today, employees from various corners of the globe are working distantly utilizing their keen gadgets, attending meetings, and collaborating to complete their assignments. There is increasing interest of businesses in real-time AV communications that can add a push to their growth graph even in these difficult times.
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Today, if a business is running its processes with traditional techniques, it might be facing a pause and keeping its growth down. In this context, to cater to the AV communication needs of businesses across the globe, ZeroMiles is offering comprehensive and most innovative AV solutions. Under the innovative vision of Co-founder, Mr. Pankaj Jha, ZeroMiles’ team of passionate and multi-skilled professionals is striving smartly to empower their clients and make them future-ready. With dedication and strong will to deliver the utmost innovative solutions, ZeroMiles has marked its firm footing in the Indian as well as global AV landscape within a short span. ZeroMiles journey to becoming a market leader in the AV industry. ZeroMiles dominates the industry 10 | June 2021
with its position as a flag bearer in AV space. Their solutions deliver an unparalleled user engagement and experience as they focus on enterprise development and growth. They provide Audio-Visual solutions, cloud-centric collaboration, and communication solutions that are state-of-the-art, user-friendly, and cost-effective, empowering their clients. Their services and work showcase their rich domain knowledge and a flexible & agile workflow. ZeroMiles is a NASSCOM incubated company established in
2016, specializing in Audio-Visual solutions, cloud-centric collaboration, and communication solutions. Established by a team of experts with decades of experience in designing, engineering, deploying, integrating, and maintaining AV, Collaboration, and UC solutions, ZeroMiles brings to its customers the widest repertoire of solutions and services from the world’s best technologies. ZeroMiles is passionate about offering the most suitable solution for every unique business requirement and adopts a brand-
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agnostic design approach without force-fitting off-the-shelf single OEM products. The primary inspiration to start ZeroMiles was probably the understanding that the AV industry was in a rut with design ideas and approaches which were out of tune with the latest needs of enterprises. The traditional solution providers were providing 12 | June 2021
hardware-intensive, OEM-driven rigid solutions which overlooked the advantages that cloud technology, AI and Machine Learning bring to the collaboration environment. Bringing simplicity without compromising on functionality formed the basis of the approach adopted by ZeroMiles. The new approach
turned traditional design approaches on its head with ‘less’ meaning ‘more’ now. The ZeroMiles approach minimizes hardware footprint, lowers maintenance costs, and brings simplicity to board rooms and meeting rooms. In designing solutions, ZeroMiles ensures that the best of products and services
with unmatched flexibility in scaling up or down in terms of the number of users, features, or functionalities in response to changing business needs. Series of Initial Hurdles ZeroMiles has its fair share of hurdles and achievements on the way to becoming a market leader in the AV industry. They aim to provide the best services to their clients and contribute to the AV Communications industry as a whole. Initial challenges included multiple proofs of concept to showcase that blending new approaches based technological changes are more effective and less expensive. Organizations that had huge legacy infrastructure had the highest level of inertia and took time to realize that discarding a part of their infrastructure would save money even in the short term.
are blended with maximum protection for existing investment. ZeroMiles has the industry’s deepest expertise in integrating the complete range of premise-based solutions with cloud-based services enabling people to connect at any time, any place, and from any device. ZeroMiles services come
Leveraging the deep expertise across old and new technologies and industry domain experience coupled with a partnership with a myriad of world leaders in AV technologies, ZeroMiles has designed, delivered, and maintained a variety of collaboration solutions ranging from huddle rooms to large board rooms and even auditoriums, training centres, classrooms, and home theatres. ZeroMiles’ Diversified Plethora of Offerings A: Collaboration Spaces- For Simple, User-Friendly, Effective Meetings So that Meetings can focus on business and not the technology
behind ZeroMiles is reimagining Collaboration Space design by leveraging innovations and deep expertise in AV solutions. The collaboration spaces designed by experts at ZeroMiles carry their signature combination of simplicity, minimal hardware footprint, affordability, reliability, and user-friendliness. The company believes for effective collaboration, less is better in terms of the number of devices in the room. Their designs undergo multiple simplification validations and corrections till every component is justified. From small huddle spaces to larger-than-life immersive multimedia collaboration experiences. B: Video Collaboration - Cloud Based ZeroMiles is India’s #1 Cloud Collaboration company offering the widest range of secure cloud technologies packaged and priced just right for India. Their solutions lab rigorously tests every solution in the local environment before they are offered to end-users. The company’s design team will help you select the best cloud suited to your unique needs. Enabling easy collaboration sessions that anyone can join, from anywhere, on any device, technologies offered by ZeroMiles offer unparalleled interoperability, so our customers can connect with the widest possible audience sharing content with resolutions up to 4K. C: Video Collaborations Meeting Rooms for all scenarios The company delivers customized www.theenterpriseworld.com | 13
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collaboration solutions using building blocks from the world's leading technologies, that simplify enterprise video communication between organizations, meeting rooms, people, and locations. Whether you are looking to provision small huddle rooms, large conference rooms, get more out of your Microsoft Teams or Cisco Webex or Zoom subscriptions, they create tailor-made collaboration tools redeploying most of your existing video conferencing equipment. Whatever ZeroMiles solution you choose, you will benefit from their signature combination of simplicity, affordability, reliability, security, and total interoperability. D: Unified Communications: World-Class IP Telephony & UCaaS Solutions The company offers customercentric enterprise voice solutions for all business requirements. With deep expertise and experience across varied technology platforms, they understand and offer the right communication and collaboration solutions that suit varied business scenarios. Whether you plan to expand your existing office, extend your office to remote locations including employee homes or even revamp your communication strategy completely, ZeroMiles is best equipped to partner with you for the smooth execution of your UC project. They deliver custom integrated Unified Communications solutions leveraging the world’s best technologies and can deliver it the way you need it—on-premises or private, public, or hybrid cloud. ZeroMiles has proven success in 14 | June 2021
helping organizations transition to the cloud. By leveraging a cloud solution to modernize their business communications, customers can improve productivity, enjoy greater mobility, support a distributed workforce, and leverage emerging technologies like AI and IoT in blending communication with business processes. With greater choices, cost-effective pricing, and phased migration strategies, ZeroMiles can help you migrate to the cloud at your own pace with solutions that meet your unique business requirements. E: Contact Centers: Great Customer Experiences - Through CaaS and On-Premise Solutions ZeroMiles’ experience and innovation can help give your customers a smart, positive experience every time they interact with you. You can rely on our expertise to select the most appropriate solution for your business need from the wide range of award-winning and customerpreferred solutions. ZeroMiles solutions ensure effortless, seamless, and contextdriven omnichannel customer experiences with automation and AI-infused components. ZeroMiles is at the forefront of the revolution of moving customer experience management to the cloud. They understand the process and can help you migrate in the smoothest possible manner at your pace without disrupting customer relationships. Their cloud solutions include the latest self-service, routing, and agent tool coupled with amazing workforce engagement features and best-in-
class tools for analytics, quality management, and legal compliances. Their solution portfolio includes an accurate & intuitive voice interface in Indian languages which is revolutionizing Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for applications like voice search or speech transcription. Key Differentiators of ZeroMiles Technologies • Unique ability to design video and audio collaboration solutions from the best of technologies blending them with the most userfriendly applications and UIs. These solutions are usually a combination of cloud and premise-based offerings relevant to the customer’s environment. • ZeroMiles does not ever force-fit solutions in customer business requirements as delivering the right solution is paramount to our philosophy. • ZeroMiles’ ability to blend traditional premise-based solutions with cloud-based technologies creates unmatched flexibility and the best possible investment protection. ZeroMiles taking a step ahead with ZeroMiles has a plethora of solutions and services launches planned in the new financial year ranging from simple, customized collaboration solutions for the education segment, subscriptionbased video intercom solution, advanced, secure recording solutions for board meetings as demanded legal and governance compliance, wire-free collaboration environment for meeting rooms and
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customers across India with reach to customers in the Middle East, Singapore and the UK state of the art, two-way interactive smart displays. In terms of geographies, they are focussing on improving their revenues from overseas markets like including a few SAARC countries, the Middle East, and the UK. AV Sector and Its Future Across India Failure of most AV strategies in enterprises happens on account of the complexity of the solution, problems in interoperability with new technologies, the constraints related to AV equipment being tied to specific rooms. In most traditional meeting rooms, it is unthinkable for most people to have a video conference without active IT intervention as the solution is complex to handle. Furthermore, the ability to include ad-hoc audio participants from landline, office telephone systems, and mobile phones is also one of the major requirements which traditional approaches fail to fulfil. Lastly, most thriving organizations realize that the number of physical meeting and conference rooms
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cannot be increased to accommodate all demands for collaboration spaces. The solution is to create meeting rooms in the cloud with people collaborating on the device of their choice from the location of their choice without bothering about the availability of meeting rooms. ZeroMiles Technologies brings solutions that can help overcome these constraints and help enterprises create a simple, easy-to-use collaboration environment integrating disparate systems into one homogeneous collaboration environment for the enterprise.
not matter whether one is communicating with a colleague across the office aisle or a supplier across the seven seas. Communication between people needs to be as if they were separated by zero distance (or as we say ‘ZeroMiles’) between them. A ‘ZeroMiles’ communication enables an individual to easily and cost-effectively connect, communicate and collaborate with another individual or a group of individuals without any consideration to the physical distance or the device they use to communicate.”
Enterprises are looking for simplicity as one of the primary features in AV solutions and increasingly looking away from the traditional hardware intensive, OEM locked solutions of yesteryears.
Businesses are beginning to look for
Mr. Pankaj Jha says, “Solutions need to be designed such that it should be adaptable in terms of scale. Collaboration and communication between two organizations or two human minds must be agnostic of their physical locations meaning, it really should
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Mr. Pankaj Jha – A leader with a high-res futuristic vision Mr. Pankaj Jha is the co-founder and the backbone behind ZeroMiles’ vision to simplify the delivery of cloudbased audio, video, and web collaboration solutions. He passionately believes that ease of use and cost of ownership needs to be innovatively addressed through technology and right-packaging to make every communication complete through the inclusion of video. He joined ZeroMiles from his position as Assistant Vice-President of UC & Networking Solutions at Enkay Technologies where he propelled the company to occupy a strong position in the Enterprise UC and collaboration space growing the business at a scorching pace. Before joining Enkay, Pankaj held sales, market development, and senior management positions at GTL Limited, Tata Telecom, Avaya GlobalConnect, and AGC Networks. He has graduated in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from Pune University.
traditional conference rooms. • Ability to easily record and retrieve video and audio calls from the device of choice at any location. • Simple, intuitive, user-friendly interface requiring ‘zero’ learning for users. • Add video/audio participants from any location on any device as easily as making a telephone call. • Add audio-only participants when video connection may not be possible. • Video centric Web collaboration and annotation features. • Cost-effective town hall meetings on the same infrastructure without additional expense. The Driving Force The company was founded with one inspiration, one goal – The Pursuit of excellence. The team is
in sync with the idea and mission behind the company’s foundation, allowing them to push past the barriers of normal and conventional methodologies and break the barriers of innovation and service standards, i.e., in pursuing excellence, no matter what the problems, situations, and circumstances, they feel compelled to provide the best and most dedicated services to their clients. The company’s aim, goal, and the dexterity of the team combine to create one of the leading AV communication solutions provider companies i.e., ZeroMiles! The company’s in-house team of engineers, designers, and developers has years of experience in designing and delivering collaboration solutions for modern enterprises stitching the existing investments with the most relevant collaboration approach blending the right mix of relevant technologies. In all the three basic areas of
design, delivery, and maintenance, ZeroMiles has the best-in-class manpower with the highest level of certifications and expertise across multiple technologies. Innovation is progress in the face of tradition. Innovation is the fundamental approach to solution design has been the primary driver for ZeroMiles. They identified ‘Simplicity’ as a white space when it came to AV and collaboration solutions in the Industry and created their design philosophy on this key concept. Innovation does not mean discarding the old but blending in new technologies to make existing experiences more efficient and comprehensive. ZeroMiles innovates to simplify leveraging their strong domain knowledge, creating a win-win scenario where customers enjoy lower costs with better functionalities and ZeroMiles Tech earns higher revenues and profitability. www.theenterpriseworld.com | 17
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ALLWAVE AV SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. Your Perfect Partner for AV Systems Integration Needs
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llWave is an industryleading AV solutions provider that delivers custom-built & innovative collaborative, digital media, broadcasting, and electronic security solutions to a clientele spread across PAN INDIA. Their team of technical experts works side-by-side with Industry Specialists, AV/IT consultants, Project management consultants, end-users, and Space Designers to devise custom solutions that enhance your operations, improve collaboration, increase productivity, and drive ROI. The company scales its technology products and services to any need and develops solutions for a large number of corporate enterprises, homeowners, auditoriums, educational institutions, and training centers. They also partner with the most innovative communication technology providers in the industry to give you access to the most advanced, secure, and effective AV solutions. AllWave is a 22-year-old system integration firm. They have seen a need in the market for trusted and innovation-focused audio-visual system integrators and that is the 18 | June 2021
reason why they got into this business. Their revolution has been from the public address and changing in the mid-90s to becoming a full-service designbuild Audio Visual and Technology Integration firm. They have sort of a lot of inspiration in the entire process of becoming certified capable and trusted to all their clients. In a conversation with Mr Kuldip Kamat, Managing Director at AllWave, he shared what AllWave is all about and how they are transforming different industry verticals. • What are the initial challenges you faced and what are the reasons behind the company’s long-standing success? The challenges which we faced were in terms of clients, we have to educate a lot of clients as well newcomers in the industry about the impact of our industry and over the years this challenge has reduced as the industry itself has become very mission-critical and we have taken a very conscious effort to upgrade our skills as well as skills of our teammates in a vert conscience manner which has
helped in this long-standing for over 20 years’ process. • What are the products or services the company focuses on? How are your services different from those in the market? AllWave started as a pure audiovisual system integration firm but we provide services such as smart workspace, IoT, hybridization, virtualization technologies (for Av lighting controls, and collaboration environments) we are zoom certified integrators as well and we own the important degree and certifications of all the manufacturers globally. Our team is very focused and we have a very unique project mgmt. process and as well and well respected aftersales support process including intelligence maintenance. • How do you decide to take the company a step further? We have a lot of plans over the next 2 years which will slowly be disclosed as well as move along. Our focus is going to be agile as well as being able to serve our customers with relevant technologies innovation and with high-class term support.
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• Being a successful leader in the AV sector, please share your views on the current business scenario in the sector across India. We feel the industry is completely very fragmented, several verticals will be impacted by the current covid situation as well as after we emerged from the vaccination drives. Sectors such as government, education, as well as MSME will be impacted positively from a system integrator perspective. As the pandemic has shown the important need for communication and collaboration and having good infrastructure. • Why it is said that the workforce plays a vital role in every business’s growth? Please tell us about your team. Our team gel well together, we have been together for many years. Some of the team members since inspection we have a unique “cando culture”, we take our responsibility very seriously. We are also very agile to understand the evolving needs of the customer. • Can you please brief us about your professional experience? My journey started in the AV industry in the year 2007 when I returned from the US with a master’s degree in Electrical system engineering as well as a stint at the advisory board company in Washington DC where I had my first real work experience in the corporate world. In the last 12 20 | June 2021
years, as a company, we have diversified to a range of different solutions keeping up with the pace of the industry, and have achieved growth on the profit and revenue front as well as on the team strength & expertise. Today, our team can cater to projects across PAN India. We have been fortunate enough to work on a variety of projects including many renewed auditoriums, boardrooms, training rooms, video conference suites. and now more increasing in the space of what we like to call as SoftwareDefined AV. We work with a large number of command centers, auditoriums (private and stateowned), Training institutions, etc. Some of our known multiple projects are IIT Bombay, UBS, Citigroup, ANZ, etc. Our total project strength to date is over 2800+ projects across India. We have successfully delivered AV solutions to over 400+ clients across India ranging from many SME and fast-growing companies to very large multinational organizations. • What are the key achievements of your business journey? We have achieved several milestones along the way. Including several interesting projects. We don't look at milestones only as a daily process where each one of us looks forward to contributing something meaningful and making our customers successful by providing them world-class infrastructure and support.
• ‘Innovation is the key to business growth’, Please share your views. Innovation is a very important part of our growth. If you visit our website, we have listed some of the innovations which we worked with in software-driven space, as well as traditional space. A lot of customers reach us because they believe us, we are not only capable but also high on innovation. A lot of projects (experience centers, command centers special applications) are a result of a lot of time spent on testing products, developing software’s and ensuring that they are fit for the market. • Any client experience you would like to highlight? It will be a disservice to other customers if we highlight only a specific customer. We have several case studies which are published on our websites as well as we encourage all our potential customers as well as old customers to visit our website from time to time to look for updates via our blogs section. • According to you what is the future of AV technology in India? We feel AV is going to merge with a lot of IT hardware IT infrastructure as well as softwaredriven applications. We welcome this unification and are hearing up for further growth.
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ecoming a Billionaire is no easy feat as it not only involves starting a successful company and launching breakthrough products/services but it is embedded deep into the nature and vision of the person, who has what it takes to take the company, its products/services ahead without compromising on quality, assurance and most important of all keeping the vision and mission of the foundation clear as ever no matter what is the status and position of the company. Billionaires are known for their luxurious and grand lifestyles, their garage, their feats, but little attention is paid to the person itself as becoming a billionaire is not something an ordinary person can achieve, it requires sacrifice, goals, strong mentality, discipline, and much more. The fun fact is these qualities are the prerequisite to becoming a successful entrepreneur but does not guarantee billions of dollars. So, what makes a billionaire, what are their habits, their qualities, etc. are questions everyone asks. As the trend has to start from a place, let's go back and start from the first billionaire of the world - John D. Rockefeller. Money - invoking status or creating fallacies? John was the eldest son among his six siblings and his mother Eliza Davison Rockefeller was a traveling physician and his father William (“Big Bill”) Avery Rockefeller was a snake oil salesman. He attended the Oswego academy after his family moved there from Moravia, New York in 1851. The family later shifted to Strongsville, a town near Cleveland, Ohio where he attended and later dropped out of Cleveland’s Central High School. After that he started working as a bookkeeper and attending business classes at Folsom Mercantile College, he ventured into his first enterprise which was a commission business dealing in hay, meats, grains, and other goods. He mapped the growing demand and potential of the oil industry, he established his first oil refinery in Cleveland in 1863, which became the largest refinery in the vicinity in a matter of two years. In 1870, John along with a few associates and American financier Henry M. Flagler established Standard Oil Company in Ohio. John emphasized economical operations, and Standard began to buy its competitors, and by 1872 gained control over almost every refinery in Cleveland. This acquisition made their presence dominant and aided them to negotiate with railroads for favored rates on oil shipments. The next phase comprised of buying pipelines, terminal facilities, buying competing refineries in other cities, and creating a dominant presence in the United States and abroad. Rockefeller and his associates placed the stock of Standard in other states, forming one of the first major US 'trust' with John at the pole position. Standard had expanded and grown to such an extent that by 1882, it had a near-monopoly in the oil business. Standard was criticized for its competitive practices, and there was a building resentment of the public towards monopolies, which led to antimonopoly laws (Sherman Antitrust Act) in 1890. Rockefeller evaded by dissolving the trust and transferring the properties to companies in other states, later brought together as Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), which existed till 1911, and declared in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act by the US Supreme Court. John was into benevolence and charity in the 1890s but devoted himself to philanthropy by 1897. He made the funding possible for the University of Chicago and donated around $35 million by the time of his death (1937). In association with his son John D. Rockefeller Jr., he created Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901), General Education Board (1902), and Rockefeller Foundation (1913). His total benefactions totaled more than $500 million. Money, freedom to independence, or liability? John D. Rockefeller was not only a man of great philanthropy and vision but also an astute and commendable businessman. He not only inspired but also laid down the path and strategy to effectively run and establish a business through his life experiences and professional journey. John has and will always be remembered in the history of mankind as the first billionaire and as one of the greatest philanthropists of all time.
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“Money is just a consequence. I always say to my team, 'Don't worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come.” – Bernard Arnault
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BUSINESS OCTANE Pioneer & super-specialist in Telepresence and Video Collaboration Systems
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he lockdown scenarios caused due to the global pandemic have inspired many to work remotely. With the use of modern technological advances today every business process can run through web-based solutions. While businesses are running their day-to-day processes remotely the need for cross-functional communication and overall remote teamwork has increased. In this scenario, the audio-video collaboration solutions are playing a vital role as they empower businesses to run their processes smoothly. Business Octane, a leading and pioneer video collaboration and collaborative learning solutions providing company is catering to various AV needs of businesses by offering a comprehensive plethora of most advanced and cognitively ahead solutions.
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Tell us about the company. Business Octane is the World's Ultra-super specialist in the domain of Ultra-Immersive Video Collaboration and Collaborative learning, with one its kind pathbreaking solutions, originating from in-house research & development over the last 15 years for which multiple patents have been filed and granted. Business Octane’s 20 Game-Changing Solutions for Customers are a comprehensive cure to all the audiovisuals problems that have plagued Business Users - in a way nobody has done before! Business Octane is a pioneer & super-specialist in India and among very few players of the world in the field of Telepresence System and Video Collaboration Systems and has pioneered a whole new set of paradigms of business interactions over a video which are not only 5 to 20 times more effective than ordinary Video Teleconferences but also give life-size experience for the first time, never felt before. Life-size experience gives the impression as if the participants at the other end are present in the same room with its extraordinary crystal clear picture quality and smooth audio.
These paradigms work not only on Telepresence but also on cloud software too. Business Octane has introduced cloud-based (Zoom & Ms. Teams based) Video Collaboration and Video Learning solutions. In the new normal Video Collaboration is moving to desktops, Tablets, and Smart Phones with cloud-based software replacing the traditional Group Video Collaboration. Business Octane fundamentally believes that Group Video Collaboration (Group Immersive Telepresence, Dynamic Telepresence, Room Based Video Collaboration) is indispensable. While there is a surge in cloudbased software so Business Octane Provides the best platform to combine the Group Video Collaboration and cloud platform like Zoom, MS Teams & WebEx to complement each other which will make it a far more potent Collaboration solution than when they are stand-alone. Business Octane’ Cloud-based Immersive Video Collaboration for the enterprises, apart from few traditional Rooms (like Board Rooms) comprises more of a blend of open workspaces, Open conference rooms, private offices,
and huddle rooms— smaller, more informal meeting rooms/lounges (which includes the cabins of CXOs). Business Octane provides comprehensive of its kind solutions for these spaces. With the help of these solutions, management and leadership teams based out of HO & nerve centers are frequently able to get together to collaborate and review with enterprise-wide teams without disrupting and delaying their other important deadlines, with effectiveness which is higher than even making everyone travel and reviewing face to face, resulting in a huge saving of time for everyone and time is money For the new normal, Business Octane has also launched cloudbased Zoom & MS Teams Rooms Work from Home (WFH) solutions for the remote workers which can dramatically enhance the video conferencing from home, adding more to the productivity of the organizations with enhanced business. These WFH Zoom & MS teams’ rooms are not only convenient and comfortable but are also easy to operate.
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What are the products or services the company focuses on? Ultra Easy Video Audio Local Collaboration Solutions: With Business Octane’s Ultra Easy Video Audio Local Collaboration Solutions Transform your Huddle Rooms, Lounges & Conference Rooms into high capability VC rooms at an amazing value! By enabling users to get amazing audio, video, and local meeting experience that includes electronic whiteboard, annotation, and interactive presentation (wired/wirelessly) in local meetings/ local training coupled with presentation annotation and whiteboard explanation in video meetings/ video training! – all that also without bringing any cables to the conference table in all your huddle rooms, lounges, mediumsize conference rooms, classrooms, and training rooms!! Collaborations in a Box Solution Our new paradigms of Immersive collaboration in a box mainly suitable for Huddle Rooms can be easily moved and require no room preparations and require no rack spaces and can be easily set up in a few hours, will for the first time give the power to hassle-free standardize your collaboration experience across all locations while simultaneously improving aesthetics and providing amazing ease of use. CEO Cabin Room Solutions The cabin of any CEO/Chairman/CXO is the Most Important place where an important thought process churns out taking the shape of important strategies, 26 | June 2021
necessary for the organization’s growth. Business Octane presents Cabin Room solutions to give your CEO/ Chairman the Ultra Immersive Experience from the comfort of his cabin to interact with his team members and stakeholders. It is a new Ultra flexible and exciting highest quality video collaboration system that can increase the immersiveness of video meetings of your CEO/ Chairman/ CXO up to 600. Boardrooms The world’s most powerful Ultra Immersive Board rooms work both on Telepresence & Cloud software and give the best meeting experience to management and leadership team at their nerve centers. These paradigms of collaboration for board meetings empower all the board members to have hassle-free meetings and presentations based upon multiple shares, compare, annotate and joint explanations along with solutions of audio teleconferencing and aesthetic speech reinforcement without traveling and help to get the message across. Unprecedented engagement happens among all local and distant participants in the business video reviews and meetings.
collaborative learning & training with Ultra Immersive Smart Classrooms! The Ultra–Immersive Classrooms from Business Octane are designed to train a large number of trainees from multiple locations. The solutions work both on hard codec as well as on Zoom Call. * they are ideal to teach/ train students from 2- 5 locations in a Telepresence environment. However, through Zoom* call, a Trainer/ Teacher/ trainer can invite a large number of trainees from multiple locations (Up to 100 locations), who may join the training from anywhere either through their PC, Tablet, or Cellphone. The trainer can see all the locations all the time, content, and active speaker on three separate screens and the speaker who will be asking questions will appear life-size on the center screen. Also, experience the spatial audio quality, crystal clear video, and lifelike life-size large visuals in your training. Train students with the same effect similar to face-to-face classroom interaction which was never possible before. Also, empower your best trainer to train students simultaneously from multiple locations from any of the devices.
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Training has become the dire need of any organization in the fastchanging competitive business world Our new paradigms of training can empower your best trainer to train students from multiple locations simultaneously without any loss of effectiveness and make it more effective. Business Octane is Setting new trends in the domain of
Our new paradigms of town halls and seminar rooms empower the CEO to address and recognize from his podium employees from almost 100 locations in a way that was never possible before, however up to 49 locations will be visible all the times on a separate screen & active speaker on another screen life-size life-like.
Vision To become the world’s most preferred Enterprise Productivity Enhancing Solution Provider in the realms of Collaboration and Learning, helping enterprises become more innovative, efcient, and competitive so that they can grow faster and become more protable.
Town halls will not be the same ever! Audio Visual Solutions We also provide turnkey Audio Visual solutions that include professional displays, special cameras, video codecs, cloud video conference services, touch & non – touch video walls, large format display for experience centers, paging & background music system and audio for large areas & auditoriums backed by professional pre-sales & post-sales services. We also offer attractive replacement offers for upgrades of the current conferencing infrastructure. Professional Services We also provide special services such as long-term managed rentals, facility rentals, event rentals, genuine value replacement offers, and pay as you use services for some selected offerings. How can Business Octane help the enterprises?
Mission Every day, we at Business Octane are motivated and inspired by the difference we can make to our client’s enterprise.
20 Game-Changing Solutions These new paradigms have resulted in a set of 20 unique gamechanging solutions to our customers that fundamentally help them gain a unique competitive edge based on nimbleness & agility so that they can outpace the competition in a business environment that is ultracompetitive and fast-changing as now no business can take systems for granted their past success to recur into the future. Our new paradigms of cloud-based solutions help you to easily collaborate like never before with business quality video and content sharing from any conference room or desktop with any other colleague from their desktop or their mobile devices also any external stakeholder such as customers, partner, suppliers, and prospective employees. Similarly, for government customers, these game-changing solutions help in faster execution of development plans faster response
to various disasters & crises, and faster training of new skills systems & Processes. Similarly, for education customers, these game-changing solutions are helping to improve the quality of management and administration reviews, quality of teaching for making it more interactive and to help the teacher to simultaneously train multiple classes in one campus or multiple campuses to get over the problem of shortage of quality teachers. Business Octane aims to do this by: • Improving collaboration across the client’s enterprise to empower them • teams to take faster decisions, conduct effective reviews, and galvanize each employee to realize the organization’s vision • Helping the client’s enterprise ensure that people, their biggest asset, learn much more from training and the results show in their performance, henceforth.
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Kolkata is one of the most important metropolitan cities of India and the capital of the state of West Bengal and was formerly the capital of British India. Kolkata is also nicknamed Diamond Harbour. It is one of the largest cities in India and one of the major ports. Kolkata's old name was Calcutta. Calcutta officially became Kolkata from January 1, 2001. From 1757 onwards, the city became completely dominated by the British and from 1850 onwards the city began to develop rapidly, especially the growth of the clothing industry increased dramatically here, however, the effect of this development except the city was nearby. Was not reflected anywhere in the areas of Despite the devastation in Kolkata
due to the storm on 5 October 1864, Kolkata continued to grow mostly unplanned over the next one hundred and fifty years and today it has a population of about 14 million. Kolkata is full of intellectual heritage and has played a central role in the Indian independence movement and has established its name in history. Along with the Indian National Congress, many major political and cultural institutions like 'Hindu Mela' and revolutionary organization 'Yugantar', 'Anushilan' were established in this city, as well as many great personalities of India like early nationalist Arvind Ghosh., Indira Devi Chaudharani, was Vipinchandra Pal. www.theenterpriseworld.com | 29
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The History This Kolkata city is mentioned as 'Khas Mahal' or 'Shahi Jagir' in Ain-e-Akbari compiled by Akbar's chief courtier Abul Fazl. The family of Savarna Ray Chaudhary had authority over its zamindari. Sutanati, Govindpur, and Kalikata were the three villages, which was decided by Jab Chornak, an agent of the East India Company, to establish the British trade agreement. Aurangzeb's grandson Raj Kumar Azim-Us-Shan inspired the family of Savarna Ray Chaudhary to transfer the rights of the zamindari of these three villages of the East India Company. The British administration was shattered by Siraj-ud-daula, but recovered by Robert Clive in the year 1756 after the Battle of Plassey in 1757. This East India Company systematically made the city of Calcutta the basis of
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its power and built fortifications and also progressed politically. Kolkata was the capital of the country during British rule and London was the second largest city of the British Empire after Kolkata. Between 1820 and 1930, the seeds of nationalism had begun to be sown and the nationalist movement under Indian leadership had reached its zenith when people stood against British rule. Kolkata was India's most populous city before 1980 but was replaced by Mumbai after that. At the time of India's independence in 1947 and after the IndoPakistani war of 1971, there was an influx of refugees from 'East Bengal' (now Bangladesh) which severely shaken the economy of this city.
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Food and culture The Main Market The attractive markets of Kolkata are full of colour, sound, and food. Gariahat Market is home to handloom sarees, Bengali cotton sarees, and traditional silk sarees. Artworks, toys, and fashion accessories, hand-made bangles and necklaces, wood-carved sculptures and hand-made brass utensils, paved ceramics, especially attractive decorative motifs in extravagant traditional designs on the walls Goods can be seen on Chowringhee Road. Shovabazar is known for its traditional Bengali shopping. Malik Flower Market is the largest flower market in Asia, which is a delight to watch.
The captivating aroma of Bengali food The food of Kolkata has delicious unique magic, with breakfast or dessert never-ending in the list of dishes. In Kolkata, 'Rasgulla' is literally a ball filled with sweet syrup. Prepared with milk, sugar, and cheese, it melts in the mouth like a sugar candy (sweet), its taste is very unique. 'Misti Doi' (Frozen Yogurt) made from the perfect blend of milk and sugar and is a tempting snack. Chilling/kulfi is the perfect thing for summer days in Kolkata. It is a very cold beverage of Kolkata which is decorated with pistachios and almonds. Breakfast is very popular in Kolkata and the
most popular breakfast dish there is Radha Pallavi (Stuffed-Dal Ki Puri). Jhalamuri is a delicious snack found on the streets of Kolkata, which is made with peanuts, coriander, puffed rice, and other spices. Balls made of wheat flour, which is filled with spicy water, called Puchka (Pani Puri), are much preferred in Kolkata. The mouthwatering Kosha Mangsho (mutton curry) is served with boiled rice, luchi (puri) and paratha, along with thick gravy and meaty pieces of meat. Mughlai parathas are stuffed with eggs and meat mince which you
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will start licking your finger after eating. Macher jhol (fish curry) is the staple food of this city with rice, it is found almost everywhere in Kolkata. The delicious Kathi rolls of Kolkata are very much liked. Fish fry has its own distinct importance in Kolkata cuisine. Bengali Culture Bengali Culture is one of the most important cultures in India. The culture unites people from different casts and religions. Festivals in Kolkata are celebrated with a vast enthusiasm that makes the city more beautiful and happier. Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Diwali, Saraswati Puja, Holi (Doli Yatra), Rath Yatra, Vishwakarma Puja, Janmashtami,
Jagadhatri Puja, Kolkata Christmas Celebration, Dover Lane Music Festival, Kolkata International Book Fair or Kolkata Boi Fair, Kolkata International Cinema Festival, National Theater Festival of Nandikar, International History and Heritage Exhibition / History Festival, etc are some popular festivals across the globe. Bengali people have a unique style of clothing. With globalization, the style of clothing has changed a bit but Bengali people prefer to wear traditional cloths on festivals like Durga Puja, Kali Pooja and etc. Not only in Bengali but also in many different languages and art areas, Bengali people from Kolkata
have made their unique identity. Rabindranath Tagore was a worldrenowned poet, litterateur, and philosopher from Kolkata. He is the only Indian litterateur to have received a Nobel Prize. He was also the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize and the first nonEuropean to receive a Nobel in literature. He is the only poet in the world whose compositions are the national anthem of two countries the national anthem of India 'Jana Gana Mana' and the national anthem of Bangladesh 'Amar Sonar Bangla'. Rabindranath Tagore, also known as Gurudev, gave a new direction to Bangla literature and music.
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Kolkata Victoria Memorial It is one of the most popular sightseeing places in Kolkata. A large number of people from India and abroad come to see the Victoria Memorial. This memorial was built in 1901 by Viceroy Lord Curzon in memory of Queen Victoria. It took 20 years to build this memorial at that time. This memorial started in 1901 and ended in 1921. This building is an invaluable heritage of British rule in India.
Howrah Bridge Howrah Bridge is also famous as Gateway of Kolkata. This bridge is also called Ravindra Setu after the Nobel Prize winner Rabindra Nath Tagore. Apart from tourists from India and abroad, it has also attracted filmmakers like Satyajit Ray to Richard Attenborough and Mani Ratnam. Howrah bridge is famous worldwide.
Shaheed Minar Shaheed Minar was built in memory of Sir David Doctor Loney, who emerged as the army hero during the Nepal War. This tower is built on the lines of Qutub Minar in Delhi. The height of this tower is 158 feet. Its special thing is that if you climb this tower, you can see the whole city.
Science city If you are fond of knowing the adventures of space, space or science, then the science city of Kolkata is waiting for you. The bizarre things kept here will surprise you a lot. Kolkata, the second-largest city in India after Delhi has never failed to amaze tourists as well as investors. Go make time and visit Kolkata to learn, explore, create beautiful memories as well as spread your business wings in one of the most economically vital cities in India. 34 | June 2021
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eeco Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was established in 1986 as “Cinesonic Electronic Equipment Pvt. Ltd” to address the Cinema & Sound opportunities which existed during that time. Ceeco, a trusted name in the AV & IT System Integration industry has set new benchmarks in design quality, technological expertise, and project management in diverse segments like Auditoriums, Conference Rooms, Board Rooms, Seminar Rooms, Broadcast and Post Production Studios, Network Operating Centers, Digital Signage Applications, Distance Learning, etc. Over 3 decades, they have evolved into a multi-product / divisional entity with a strong network of distributors and dealers across India. To maintain a sharp focus in every activity, their divisions function independently and comprise highly experienced professionals.
and Mr. Rahul Bhasin - Director at Ceeco Technologies, they shared company’s journey and how are they transforming the sector. Conversation with Mr. Sanjeev Bhasin. • What were the initial challenges you faced? In the early stages, there were common challenges like lack of funds, lack of customer base, lack of opportunities, etc. However, the long and consistent journey and sticking to the same field provided us with the base from where to grow. • Which was that point that triggered the growth of the company? There were two points that we can refer to (1.) Execution of Parliament Library Project within the limited period and with limited resources. We learned to manage big projects and continue to date to
successfully implement these across India. (2.) Evolution into a distribution company across India for multiple AV & IT products. These are the two points that triggered the growth of the company, which resulted in Ceeco becoming a brand name in the AV industry. • How have the company graphs changed since the foundation? Can you share a few statistics? With the increase in the company profile by being a value-added distributor for various multinational brands and also by increasing the reach geographically, there is a consistent increase in the company turnover. • What is the reason behind your company’s long-standing success? We have achieved all this with team efforts. All the team members perform well under the guidance of our leadership team. Our team members’ passion and dedication
Sanjeev Bhasin Founder and MD
towards creating unique solutions have helped us to establish ourselves as a niche in AV solutions landscape. Long and sustained relationships– be they with OEMs, customers, partners, team members etc. are key to our success. • What are the products/services the company focuses on? How are your services different from those in the market? Ceeco offers many AV products such as VC & UCC Collaboration Solutions, Wireless Presentation Systems, Meeting Room Booking Systems, AV control systems, Display Devices, etc. Our solutions involve Video Walls, High Brightness Projectors, Control systems, Audio Systems, Lightning & Acoustics Solutions, etc. As a responsible player in this field, it has always been our endeavour to bring a certain degree of value to whatever we offer to our collaborators and because of this,
we have our presence visible in many cities across the country. We go a long way in holding hands with our dealers & partners and in taking them through the drill, where they gather the knowledge about the new products & solutions. Not only that, we extend our support to them for marketing that brand. Conversation with Mr. Rahul Bhasin. • How do you decide to take the company a step further in terms of your products/services? By introducing innovative products and solutions which add value and prove to be a useful solution for the end customer. Considering the pandemic situation, hybrid solutions for both work from office and work from home were introduced to fulfil the customer needs. • Is there any new addition to the list of products/services? Anything exciting you would like
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to share? COVID-19 has brought revolutionary changes to our lifestyle. Work from home, Social Distancing, Face masks have become the new normal. In this situation, we have focussed on introducing VC & UCC solutions catering to various price points. Thinker series from Cybernetyx Germany, Mercury & FLEX series from Crestron-USA, ClickShare CX Collaboration series from Barco-Belgium, and Professional Camera series from Marshall-USA are the new exciting products that will charter our growth shortly. • How has the technology transformed traditional way of business? “Technology has completely transformed the business and will continue to do so”. Organizations are continuously evolving and are adopting new ways of working & learning together. Successful collaboration requires clear communication of ideas, goals & www.theenterpriseworld.com | 37
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“The Key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.” strategies, whether in the same room or outside. Upcoming technologies like Artificial Intelligence & Analytics finding their presence in every product and solution will drive business growth shortly. • What do you think are the responsibilities of an entrepreneur? The responsibilities of an entrepreneur are: ♦ Building Sustainable, Sellable and Scalable Business. ♦ Developing / Introducing the best products & services. ♦ Continuous improvement of the business model. • Can you please brief us about your professional experience? AV industry was very new to me initially. After on-the-job training from senior colleagues, exploring various AV products & solutions of renowned brands like Barco, Delta, Crestron, and many others, meeting with the partner community, AV associates& end customers across India helped me to understand deeply and enhance my knowledge and skills about the AV Industry. It has been a very good experience so far &, I am sure; it will help in introducing new changes & implementation of the same in times to come. • What are the key achievements of your entrepreneurial journey? As I am into the early stage of the entrepreneurial journey, there are 38 | June 2021
not many achievements to mention. I am still learning from failures and successes and in due course, this should lead to achievements worth mentioning. • How do you look after your employees? What makes your team unique? As an entrepreneur, we maintain a suitable & professional work environment for our employees. We properly guide them to achieve organizational goals and at the same time, we allow them the freedom to provide their inputs. We also organize annual recreation for our employees to relax and bond with co-workers outside the office environment. • According to you, what are the basic factors that businesses in the digital landscape should focus on to get better results? The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new reality for many people who could not even make simple actions through a smartphone before. It was a period full of risks and new challenges, both for businesses and people alike. However, this has hastened the adoption of VC platforms and people at all levels have become conversant with these - be it via the most popular app WhatsApp or more professional ones like MS Teams, Google Meet Now, Zoom, Skype, etc. All businesses will have to focus on being more IT-friendly, find new ways to reach out to their customers digitally, and also provide innovative, practical
&hybrid solutions. • One person who you admire the most? I admire my father, the founder & M.D. of Ceeco the most. I have learned a lot from his journey and will use all this learning in charting out future paths personally for myself and professionally for the company. • Whose business story do you find the most inspiring? For me, the most inspiring business story is of Mr. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google • Constant vigilance- a need or a strategy? Please share your views. Constant Vigilance is a need. It can apply to any kind of individual or a company. By being vigilant, one can be prepared for unplanned situations. Individuals or companies will be able to adapt themselves easily if they are vigilant to their surroundings at all times. • It’s a rat race out there. How do you cope with that? In every field, there is a rat race. As a company, we need to identify & focus on our strengths and should offer uniqueness in our offerings &solutions. For this, we need to continuously upgrade our skills by remaining updated.
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It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people. - Steve Jobs
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ech companies have witnessed exponential growth rates over the past years, mainly due to the rise of computing practices, shifting to online forms of working, shopping, marketing, etc. Tech companies engage in the research, development, and production of goods and services that are technologically based, such as computers, mobile devices, home appliances, and much more. They are one of the leading industries responsible for leading the human era into the future with the intervention of new-age gadgets, gizmos, and appliances which not only help the consumers save time but also achieve their desired results all with a very engaging and highly satisfying user interface and service support. Tech companies have a lot riding on their shoulders as it is their job to bring breakthrough products/services in the market which not only captures maximum customer response but also opens the door for new research, innovations, and healthy competition in the market for more effective and affordable goods and services. Techno – logical or illogical? Some of the most renowned companies in the tech world have their offices set up in India and are
not only providing outstanding career opportunities but also immaculate products and services to India and around the globe. Nvidia is one such company working in the field of Management and gaming. They produce graphic processors for gaming and professional markets, known for Tegra mobile processors for smartphones, tablets, etc. Cisco is another name that needs no introduction, working in the IT domain. They offer exemplary services, right down from R&D, IT services, support, etc. BMC Software is a leading name in the IT sector, providing SaaS services, along with on-premises software and services in many areas such as cloud computing, automation, IT services, etc. Tech Mahindra is another big player in the Tech industry providing IT and BPO services. The company has become a global brand, upholding the heritage, culture, and values that drive the Mahindra group. L&T Infotech is the 6th largest tech company in India, working in the IT domain, providing a plethora of services, right from IT to digital transformation and much more. Their work culture inspires innovation, and always go an extra mile for their clients. Mphasis Ltd is also among one of the promising tech companies in India providing
IT services and IT consulting. They are steadily growing to be one of the top tech companies in India with major acquisitions and stakes by HP and Blackstone. Mindtree Ltd is a part of the L&T group, working in the field of IT, providing IT services and IT consultancy services to their clients. They offer a wide range of services, agile, digital, analytical, and much more. TCS is another big name dominating the IT-sphere with services such as Blockchain, cloud solutions, IoT, automation, AI, and much more, making them one of the top tech companies in India in 2021. Tech, bridging the future Tech companies are not only playing a crucial role in the development of the human race but also in bridging the gap to the future and the image we hold of it. They are pioneers of technology, working relentlessly to gain deeper insight and knowledge about the technology, and use it to provide products and services that are not only beneficial but also add value to the individuals using it. Thus, tech companies are not only the way to future technology but also a true measure of the development and intelligence of the human race so far.
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