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  • Modenik Lifestyle strengthens its leadership team

    Modenik Lifestyle strengthens its leadership team

    Mumbai: Modenik Lifestyle has announced the expansion of its management team with the joining of Suryanarayana GV as its chief information officer (CIO) and Utkarsh Thakur as the head of marketing for the men’s Category. 

    The new CIO, Suryanarayana GV, an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, has over two decades of industry experience in Oil, Gas, Power & Renewables, where he successfully implemented IT Strategies, Business Transformation, and has rolled out large scale IT projects to drive business-focused success. Over the years he has worked with various renowned brands including Cairn Energy India and Tata Power. At Modenik, he will be responsible for driving effective digital transformation enabling a future-ready organisation.

    Utkarsh Thakur joins Modenik as the head of marketing for the men’s category. He comes with a diverse experience of 20 years in marketing and has expertise in consumer understanding, brand management, product portfolio management, sales management, communication, and media along with exposure to Asian markets. Over the years he has worked for the WPP Group, the Bennett Coleman Group and Titan Company Limited. At Modenik Lifestyle, he will be helming marketing for the men’s brands – Dixcy Scott & Levi’s and Dixcy Scott’s women’s product Slimz. He will help the brands accelerate their growth across categories and geographies.

    Commenting on the appointments, Modenik Lifestyle Executive Chairman Sunil Sethi said, “We are pleased to welcome both Suryanarayana and Utkarsh to our management team. Their joining comes at a pivotal moment in our journey as we aim to accelerate our growth into a sustainable and collaborative ecosystem.” Sunil further said, “Suryanarayana’s decades of expertise in the technology sector is of immense value to us enabling us to accelerate both the innovation and impact of seamless integration of IT. Utkarsh has a wide array of experience in the consumer marketing domain, making him an invaluable asset to our leadership team.”

    The newly appointed Modenik’s CIO, Suryanarayana GV said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be joining Modenik’s leadership team at a pivotal time for the brand. I look forward to working with the team to deliver innovative business IT solutions that not only meet the needs of customers and consumers today, but also give Modenik the platform to support future business growth.”

    On joining Modenik as the new Head of Marketing – Men’s category, Utkarsh Thakur said, “I am excited to join the talented team at Modenik and work towards realising the ambition of making our brands the preferred choice in essential clothing. We have strong brands that can leverage the opportunity in the essential wear segment to deliver significant growth – my team and I are committed to making this happen through consumer-driven marketing.”

  • Majority of Indian business houses dependent on IT

    Majority of Indian business houses dependent on IT

    NEW DELHI: The VMware Cloud Index 2013 reveals that Information Technology is seen as a change enabler and source of business value for organisations by 85 percent of the respondents.

     

    Indian organisations are turning to IT to help them grow their business in the current economic environment, VMware said.

     

    Fast provisioning and zero downtime from networks (80 percent) and storage (81 percent) have been identified as key areas for IT to address over the next 12 months in the study. A total of 65 per cent claim will have a formal strategy in place for supporting end user computing, clearly showing that Indian businesses are acting to cater to the needs of the new age worker.

     

    The study reveals that nearly nine of every 10 per cent respondents in India believe that Cloud Computing or ‘as-a-service’ approach is relevant to their organisation.

     

    Nearly eight of every 10 respondents in India say they currently have a cloud-related initiative in place within the organisation or are planning to implement cloud, or ‘as-a-service’ approach, in the next 12 months.

     

    In terms of the top business priorities in India over the next 12 months, 87 per cent of IT decision makers said improving the quality and capabilities of their products and 85 per cent said addressing the rising expectations of customers and improving customer satisfaction.

     

    The current perception of IT remains positive in India with 63 per cent of respondents noting that the perceived credibility, influence and power of the CIO in their organisation is increasing.

     

    Business priorities are clearly shifting at a time when optimism is slowly returning to the Indian economy.

     

    In terms of priorities for IT over the next 12 months, improving IT agility and responsiveness to business demands was high at 82 per cent and operational efficiency was noted by 80 percent of respondents.

     

    Additionally, server consolidation via virtualisation continues to be a strong priority at 77 per cent.

     

    Respondents in India are also aware of and are planning new and evolutionary priorities.

    A software-defined approach to implementing and managing data center resources (servers, storage, networks) was stated by 71 percent of respondents. Furthermore, mobility and consumerisation of IT was also noted by 71 per cent as expected to create a lasting impact for organisations over the next two to three years.

     

    While 71 per cent of IT decision makers are concerned about end users accessing corporate systems and applications from mobile devices, 73 per cent believe that their IT organisation are able to keep up with the end user computing needs of their employees.