Akshay Upadhye

Everybody says data is the new oil. Yes, it is. But like the oil, crude oil is of no relevance until it goes through a refinery. The analytics engine is the refinery for your data. So put your data through the analytics engine to start getting value out of it. Otherwise, data in itself – … Read more

The days of CIOs being strictly Information technology specialists are long over. The earlier focus on IT Heads was to ensure that the various components of their information systems were functioning properly or in simple language keeping the lights “ON”. But as organisations have evolved on their technology journey, IT is no longer a back-office … Read more

Companies need to wake up to the impact of efficient spend analysis in influencing intelligent business decisions. What is Spend Analysis? Spend Analysis is the process by which unstructured expense data or procurement data (from your finance systems such as Oracle or SAP) is structured into a defined taxonomy to not only keep a track … Read more

Traditional high street banks that were already under pressure from challenger digital banks are now under more pressure as an impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In Europe, especially, where there has been an extended lockdown by the Government, banks have been left with no choice but to rely on digital methods to service new … Read more

In normal terms, inheriting a legacy would sometimes be taken positively as you are being handed over something received from an ancestor or predecessor and could be of immense value. One such example is of railways that the British Empire built in the past and left as a legacy in the colonies they ruled. But … Read more

You hear the word “Digital Transformation” across most departments of any organisation irrespective of their size, nature of business and geography they operate in. But few questions persist amongst a lot of people with regards to this jargon. What exactly is the meaning of Digital Transformation? Why there is so much focus on it over … Read more

“We spend too much money on IT, and we need to find ways to reduce IT spend.”  Throughout my several years of experience in leading major IT and digital transformation programs for various scale and complex organisations, I have always heard the above common statement from senior leadership teams. Every time I have presented a … Read more