Wednesday, October 16, 2013
mHealth Adoption in India
Posted by Sean Lunde in Business Landscape
Limited resources and a large percentage of the population living in remote areas have led to a large healthcare gap in India. At the same time, mobile communication has exploded with 900 million Indians now having access to some form of mobile connection. India’s healthcare system is ripe for innovation and Mobile Health (mHealth) has a potential to overcome healthcare challenges around access, cost, and quality. mHealth is the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices
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Sean Lunde
Solutions Consultant, Healthcare and Life Sciences Consulting Group
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Business on the Internet of Things
Posted by Wipro Insights in Technology Trends
Imagine a world where supermarkets did not maintain inventories and administration departments did not monitor office stationery, but suppliers and manufacturers were automatically notified when stocks had to be replenished, with valuable insights into customer’s preferences as well. This could soon be a reality as the ‘Internet of Things’ radically disrupts traditional supply chain management, while transforming every other aspect of managing businesses in a connected world.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Four Factors for a successful Test Environment Management
Posted by Peri N Murthy in Organization Strategy
Test Environment Management is about controlling, steering and managing the enterprise level test environments. It consists of multiple components like hardware, software, databases, middleware, applications and test data managed by tools, procedures and resources effectively.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Utilities - Braving the Customer Experience Frontier
Posted by Hasanat Ahmad Khan in Business Landscape
The utility space today is in a state of flux with new players vying for a share in the pie, mounting environmental concerns, and tighter regulations. As if these challenges weren’t enough, customers seem to be willing to change their service providers at the drop of a hat. In the first few months of 2013, more than 20% of customers in Europe had switched their utility service provider[1]. An alarming bit of statistic that clearly warns utility companies not to take customers for granted.