September, 2022

Conference on ISPs perspective about peering & content

South Asian Network Operators Group 2017 is a conference dedicated to Data Network Operators in South Asia and covers operational issues, internet policies and technologies relevant to Data Network Operators in the region.

Every year in SANOG key decision makers/ Network engineers/ participants and sponsors from Government of India, Various PSUs, ICANN, ISOC, Google, Facebook, Limelight , Akamai , Microsoft, APNIC, Netflix, APIA, Juniper, Cisco, Amazon, Equinix and key representatives from most of the ISPs & Telco’ s from India and SAARC countries participates. It also runs a Training program consists of subjects like IPv6, BGP. DNDSEC, MPLS which are very great interest amongst the Network Engineers.

Sify was proud to be one of the prime sponsors (Bronze partner) of the conference. The event provided a regional forum to discuss operational issues and technologies of interest to a data operators in the South Asian region.

Sify technologies participated in Panel discussions at SANOG 2017, where it shared its perspective on…

How can ISP’s ensure high availability at affordable costs

How can ISPs provide a secure service without compromising on the quality of Service

Venue

Ramada Gurgaon Central, Gurgaon

Date

10th July 2017 – 11th July 2017

Organizers

South Asian Network Operators Group

A conference on driving digital transformation in East India

Sify TEQzest, an elite and exhaustive evening program was hosted for the CIOs & CXOs from Ranchi & Rest of East o 21st July at The Chanakya BNR, Ranchi.

TEQzest aimed to focus on how businesses can be made agile through digital integration and convergence leading to transformation with the theme of ‘Driving Digital Transformation in East India’.

The event started with a keynote address on ‘Digital Transformation Strategy in Ranchi and East India’ by Guest of Honour Satendra Singh, IAS, Secretary, Department of IT & e-Governance, Government of Jharkhand. Following the keynote, Nihar Chakraborty, Senior Vice President & CoO – East and SAARC countries, Sify Technologies made the presentation on ‘Role of ICT Service Provider in the digital transformation journey’.

The evening concluded with a CIO power panel discussion based on the theme of the event ‘Integrate. Converge. Transform – The new mantra for success’ comprising technology leaders and policymakers from various enterprise and Govt. organizations who deliberated and discussed on driving through disruptive technologies.

Sify got an opportunity to showcase its digital transformation proposition to prospect customers in Healthcare & Education verticals and PSU & Govt. sector in Ranchi. Apart from the ICT story, we were able to highlight our iTest, Telecom, Application and Cloud capabilities. Sify engaged in business led dialogues with over 70 CXOs.

Venue

The Chanakya BNR, Ranchi

Date

21 Jul 2017

Organizers

INFOCOM – ABP Initiative

Enabling digital organizations to run simple

This is an annual flagship event for SAP partners in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The 2017 edition of the event was attended by 200 CXO participants from 120 partners across all partner categories – resell, services, build – for complete SAP solution portfolio. There were also 50 SAP senior executives from APJ region of India organization, SAP India sales leaders and channel teams.

The Agenda of the summit included the following. Apart from this, there were booth displays, on site activities and media interactions.

Welcome and Keynotes

SAP India managing director’s session

SAP APJ regional management presentation

SAP business and channels highlights and updates

Break-out Workshops

Emerging market trends and new go-to-market initiatives

Customer successes in specific SAP solutions

Fostering demand and pipe acceleration through partners

Enhancing collaboration and process efficiencies

Awards and Entertainment

External thought-leader talk

Partner awards

Entertainment night – live band

Networking over cocktails and dinner

Venue

The Renaissance, Mumbai

Date

9 Aug 2017

Organizers

SAP

A forum that focused on ‘Digital Transformation’

INFOCOM-CTO Forum SAARC Tech Summit 2017 was an elite and exclusive evening program that was hosted for the CIOs, CXO’s of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event was aimed to focus on the theme of “The Digital Transformation”.

Sify got an opportunity to showcase its Digital Transformation proposition to 110 plus prospect customers in Enterprise, Healthcare as as well as Education, Banking Bangladesh.. Apart from the ICT story we were able to showcase Sify’s in-house capabilities like Cloud, iTest, and OEM Applications capabilities like SAP, Oracle & Microsoft. Sify also got a networking opportunity with prospect customers as it was the first event where Sify’s ICT capabilities were showcased in Bangladesh.

Opening Remarks was given by D D Purkayastha, Managing Director and CEO, ABP Pvt Ltd and Chairman, INFOCOM. Inaugural ceremony was performed by the CHIEF GUEST, Begum Tarana Halim, Minister of State, Posts, Telecom & IT, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Talking about the initiatives being taken by Bangladesh Govt. to ensure enterprises and ICT companies investment in expansion.

Sify got an opportunity to host exclusive evening session and present on “Sify’s play as ICT Service Provider”. On day 2 of panel discussion on ‘Manage Risk – Build Trust – Embrace Change’ Sify had the opportunity to talk about its Data Center and Cloud capabilities and how it is continuously innovating for customers like PayTM, Maxlife, Max Bupa, SBI and others. Sify even delivered a key note session on “Accelerating Digital Transformation with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud”

Venue

The Westin, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Date

11th August 2017 – 12th August 2017

Organizers

INFOCOM – ABP Pvt Ltd

A summit on ‘The future of IOT – the next revolution’

Internet of Things was intended to redefine life; it is not just technology but is expected to change how we live, work, commute, consume, entertain and more. Powered by connectivity and computing, IoT aims to connect people, devices and accessories and events in a seamless manner to simplify the process of simpler tasks and improve the quality of complex decision making. Developments in the related fields of artificial intelligence, robots / ibots and M2M communications promise a more connected world.

Sify participated in the India IOT Summit 2017 as a Digital Transformation Partner. Sify shared its views in a panel discussion on “The Future of IoT – The Next Revolution”.

Discussion happened around challenges that are currently hindering innovation in IoT, How IoT is shaping Industrial Business Models, what kind of challenge or opportunity customers are facing between order to cash in terms of ownership – various department that comes in between – sales, operation, customer service, finance etc – how are customers creating the ownership among stakeholders?

The panel discussions were on the following topics…

CEO Panel – The Future of IoT – The Next Revolution

How is IOT influencing and changing business models

Stepping into the fast lane, what does a fully autonomous future really look like?

Developing the future of IOT Security

Harnessing the power of IoT to transform manufacturing

The platform of platforms for the Internet of Things

IoT India Congress 2017 was the ideal platform that readily impacted businesses/revenues not only for the entire ecosystem of technology business such as telecom operators, system integrators, IoT platform and solution providers but also those segments/user communities who might not yet look at IoT as a business game changer for them. End-to-end ecosystem of IoT were brought together to work with each other to speed up the IoT movement in India.

The platform achieved this through CEO meets, product & solutions discovery for SMEs, funding opportunities and mentorships for start-ups and academic projects, idea discovery avenues for VCs and incubators and policy inputs for government agencies. Relevant Government departments, Industry associations and professional bodies in these spaces pledged their support to this platform.

Speakers from Sify participated in panel discussions to introduce the conversation in the areas of IoT story and help ratchet up the importance of its offerings in the market.

Sify Leaders held one on one meetings and interactions with key prospects to project Sify’s capabilities in provider in IoT, DCS, CMS, along with end to end converged ICT solutions.

Sify Leaders also met a large number of industry users and practitioners to catalyse their investment in IoT solutions that will transform their own and their customers’ businesses.

A symposium on the evolving landscape of Data Centers

The speed of change is outpacing traditional infrastructure systems, legacy processes and mainframe mind-set. Hence the event was organized to discuss the evolving landscape of Data Centers. The event was India’s largest & most influential gathering of Industry.

As a Platinum Partner for the event, Sify gained high visibility and reach among CIOs, CTOs and decision makers amongst diverse verticals. The event created awareness about Sify among the audience as an SLA partner who is capable of taking care of all the IT related needs. Sify’s ICT solution positioning with unique pricing models was well appreciated by all the participants.

Bhavesh Mathur presented the Sify positioning while Prashant Anthony Pereira was part of the Panel Discussion on “Architecting the Security of the next Generation Data Center”

Sify had set up an Engagement Zone at the event where effective Q&A sessions with customers and prospects was conducted. Sify also had networking sessions for closer engagement with prospects.

Over 160+ attendees turned up from 140+ unique organizations. The event was covered exhaustively by CNBC TV18 and is scheduled for telecast, with an exclusive byte of Bhavesh Mathur.

Venue

JW Marriot, Mumbai

Date

3 Nov 2017

Organizers

UBS Transformance

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This session has helped Sify to position itself as a focused player in the Healthcare vertical. With this event the audience came to know Sify as a one-SLA partner that is capable of taking care of all the IT related needs for an IT leader, so that he/she can comfortably focus on their strategic business priorities. The next CIO needs to move away from being caught in the traditional rut of managing infrastructure and worrying about the issues, which should be nothing more than hygiene for a tech savvy enterprise. Our solution positioning of Sify + Varian + CTSI partnership was well appreciated by all the participants.

The roundtable workshop also highlighted several pain points of the health care vertical where Sify’s outcome based models were highlighted and customers were keen to know how Sify can offer various outcome based models in Transforming their ICT space.

Venue

The Leela, Mumbai

Date

1st December 2017 – 2nd December 2017

Organizers

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited

The event has helped Sify to position itself as a focused player in the Pharma vertical. Through the engagement, the audience came to know Sify as a one-SLA partner that is capable of taking care of all the IT-related needs for an IT leader.

The roundtable workshop also highlighted several pain points of the pharma vertical where Sify’s outcome-based models were highlighted and customers were keen to know how Sify can offer various outcome-based models in transforming their ICT space.

We got an impressive footfall of more than 50 people. There were positive interactions with prospective customers in our Experiential Zone.

Surajit Chatterjee (CoO-West) & his team were spearheading the entire Networking Session along with Sify’s Sales Leadership Team.

Venue

JW Marriott, Mumbai

Date

13 Dec 2017

Organizers

Exito