Tag "PCQ 35"

Influencing & guiding a generation’s tech choices

by June 6, 2022

By Krishna Kumar, former Editor, PCQuest & the first one to head PCQ Labs I still remember that day clearly. It was getting late, but that was nothing new at the …

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The future is Open Source

by June 1, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Marshal Correia VP & GM-India, South Asia, Red Hat… “The Open Source movement started in MIT in the early 1970s. Basically what it …

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Digital India ready to go to the next stage

by June 1, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Nandan Nilekani, Chairman & Co-founder, Infosys & Founding Chairman, UIDAI (Aadhaar)… “Many of the building blocks of Digital India had already been laid …

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Is Make in Tech India on track?

by June 1, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive interview with Ajai Chowdhry, Founder, HCL & Chairman – Board of Governors, IIT Patna… “I am very deeply involved in the whole ecosystem of the startups. …

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The chipsets of the future

by May 31, 2022

By Rajen Vagadia, VP & President, Qualcomm India The building blocks of technology will be the bedrock of fast-paced next-gen innovation Semiconductors have often been called “the crude oil of the information …

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How students can flourish in the coming online age

by May 31, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Arjun Mohan, CEO-India, upGrad… “Online education is tougher for the school students. In the younger classrooms, more than the learning you do from …

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Is Remote Work here to stay?

by May 31, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Punit Modhgil, Co-founder, Octane Research… “In the mid-1990s we all got wired up and our computers got attached to servers globally. If I …

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A world of just online money: The future is already here

by May 31, 2022

By Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO, One97 Communications & Paytm There was a time when one would ask the question — is a cashless economy possible? Today, that question hasn’t …

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Smart, connected and automated vehicles

by May 30, 2022

By Rajeev Chaba, President & MD, MG Motor India Innovation and technology have driven the reins of the connected car space in the automobile industry. As consumer expectations continue to evolve, …

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The future of assistive technologies

by May 30, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Som Mittal, Former President & Chairman, NASSCOM… “The government believes that we have 2.5% of our population which is disabled. Our view is …

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How tech has been used in politics and governance

by May 27, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Arvind Gupta, Co-founder & Head, Digital India Foundation… “In the early days, the PC as a proxy for technology and data has been …

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Multiple devices and multiple screens in the post-covid era

by May 27, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Vineet Taneja, Corporate Advisor, Angel Investor & Former CEO, Micromax Informatics… “Very broadly speaking pre-Covid, the laptop was for work, the phone was …

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XR for every citizen and every industry

by May 26, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Sravanth Aluru, Founder & CEO, Avataar.Me… “XR is usually the right term to talk about the umbrella Extended Reality concept. When you’re talking …

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How Jio spearheaded the mobile data revolution

by May 26, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Sandip Das, Independent Board Director & Advisor, Sterlite Technologies & Former MD & CEO, Jio… “I have no doubts in my mind that …

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Future of Tech: Today’s Innovation. Tomorrow’s Tradition.

by May 26, 2022

By Kulmeet Bawa, President & MD, SAP Indian Subcontinent The technology industry today is barely recognizable from the fifties and sixties when the arrival of computers and gadgets heralded the dawn …

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How PCQuest Started the Linux Revolution in the Country #PCQ35Years

by May 26, 2022

By Anil Chopra VP-Research and Consulting, CyberMedia Research Former Editor of PCQuest Though it has been more than 25 years since PCQuest released its first-ever Linux distro with the magazine, it seems …

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How cybercafes popularized the Net

by May 26, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with R Ramaraj, Founder, Satyam Infoway (Sify)… “It was not yet Y2K. We at Sify were listed on Nasdaq in October 1999. We were …

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Different form factors for different personas and businesses

by May 25, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview Rahul Agarwal, Investor, Advisor, & Entrepreneur & Former MD & CEO, Lenovo India… “Traditionally India has been a desktop market given the demographics and …

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Indian ecommerce: The story till now

by May 25, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-founder, Info Edge (naukri.com, jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com)… “E-commerce is a more recent phenomenon. I will broaden the definition of e-commerce to all …

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India’s dotcom revolution

by May 24, 2022

Edited excerpts from an exhaustive video interview with Rajesh Jain, Founder & MD, Netcore Cloud & Founder, IndiaWorld Communications… “I had started IndiaWorld Communications, India’s first Internet portal in March 1995, …

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