TechGig Podcasts

It's federated ‘network intelligence’ technology has led to an uptick in intelligence-sharing between payment operators to prevent fraud. More importantly, it helps to distinguish between genuine spending behaviour and fraudulent ones. When these models are trained for a specific merchant or sector, it helps improve fraud detection accuracy by as much as 40-50%. Even the industry under the NPCI is...

DevOps comprises cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases an organisation's ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity. It evolves and improves products at a faster pace than companies using traditional software development and infrastructure management processes.    To talk about the approach, best practices and business benefits, Sukriti Yaduwanshi...

We all know that we are living and operating in an era where data is more valuable than ever. And securing the data is also more crucial than ever. In today’s episode, we talk about confidential computing- which is a new technology that allows organisations to unlock the value of their most private data while keeping it more safe and secure.    To broaden our understanding of the topic,...

For developers, modern day growth calls for constant innovation, upskilling and reskilling. Re-thinking, re-imagining, and disrupting your own business to keep pace with the level of change driven by technology and customer expectations have become the rules of survival.    What skills one should look at, what are the game changers in the tech market and the gaining popularity of low cod...

DARQ is an acronym for all the coming future realities (Distributed Ledger Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Extended Reality, and Quantum computing). Industries are looking beyond their digital transformation and finding solutions about how they can shape the coming time ahead, with post-transformation DARQ technology. It is a crucial technology that will decide the future of industries and...

This podcast talks about IoT, Edge Computing, Cloud, 5G & AI, and why techies need to start building competencies around them in 2021.   Listen to Sukriti Yaduwanshi’s conversation with Vivek Sharma, Managing Director – India, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group.   #TechGig #IoT, #5G #Cloud #AI #EdgeComputing #TechCommunity

Organizations are increasingly strategizing employee education around data security and its potential threats. Some organizations have gone a mile ahead by ensuring the physical protection of devices by focusing on the product design itself. A smart, secured, and the intelligent device can help battle the problem significantly. To not compromise on productivity and to make collaboration easy, Dell...

Listen to this special podcast with four immensely knowledgeable power houses from Cognizant who will talk about the world’s largest coding battle- TechGig Code Gladiators and what it takes to be a developer in our current era of tech innovations.    Speakers include:  -Karthik Padmanabhan, Associate Vice President, Digital Experience, Cognizant  - Chandan Lakkoju, Sr. Manager,...

Serverless architecture is a method to build and run applications and services without having to manage infrastructure. You no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems.   Agility, scalability, and security are a few clear advantages in the adoption of serverless technology. So where we understand and know the accelerated ad...

We are living in a world that is generating data at an unprecedented scale like never before. The current pandemic that has pushed the enterprises to be more digital, has in hindsight propelled the digital business transformation, and in turn, generating more and more data.   This has led to the creation of new opportunities for enterprises: be it new products or services, or using data...

The backend developers are responsible for creating, maintaining, testing, and debugging the entire back end. This includes the core application logic, databases, data and application integration, API, and other backend processes. So no matter what you’re building, having a strong foundation is crucial — that’s where back-end engineers come in.    Looking at the current demands for backe...

A career in cloud computing may range from developers and architects to data scientists and network security professionals, and more. These require specific sub-specializations, but many of us are clueless regarding how to build a career in the cloud computing domain.    To have a better understanding of how one can build a career in data storage and cloud technology, listen to this podc...

The past several months have seen the acceleration of multi-cloud implementations. In addition to using private clouds, employees working remotely are also accessing applications from public clouds and consuming services delivered from the cloud.  In such scenarios, a new model is required to securely enable an increasingly remote workforce, one that delivers consistent security and an optima...

As CIOs work to build their technology stacks, it's not surprising that many are embracing low-code/no-code platforms to maximize output within their organizations. Gartner estimates that by 2024, low-code will account for more than 65% of application development activity.    With digital transformation top of mind, the benefits of low-code/no-code often lie in the fact that you can empo...

Scaling and automation are two significant components of any business design. With so much technological innovation around the world, it’s imperative for businesses to have their models automated. So I am going to speak with one of the leading technology brands which changed the landscape with a lot of tech innovations and advancements.    Listen to this interesting conversation with Meg...

Open-source software is developed in a decentralised and collaborative way, relying on peer review and community production. Open-source software is often cheaper, more flexible, and has more longevity than its proprietary peers because it is developed by communities rather than a single author or company.    It is also a promised land for developers and in this podcast episode, we will...

Java is everywhere. From android applications and web server tools to enterprise software, Java has in a way, formed the backbone of the internet revolution. It is hence both wise and lucrative to look for a career in Java as a software developer.    To educate you with the current market positions from the plethora of career opportunities in Java, today I am in conversation with Raja Ra...

IoT and AI are two independent technologies that have a significant impact on multiple industry verticals. While IoT is the digital nervous system, AI becomes the brain that makes decisions that control the overall system. The lethal combination of AI and IoT brings us AIoT - Artificial Intelligence of Things - that delivers intelligent and connected systems that are capable of self-correcting and...

Well, as we all know, customer service is the foundation and critical driver of customer experience.  Yet, there are challenges for an average customer service provider for today's dynamic customer-centric market- there are distractions, time challenges, and brand issues.    This is where Conversational Service Automation claims to be an emerging category of solutions by leveraging...

Living and succeeding in the new normal demands extra consciousness. To talk about this, we are in conversation with Vidya Shankaran, who is the Talent Transformation Leader from Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation.    A passionate leader with over two decades' experience across India and the Americas- Vidya as a senior director, designs and implements Cognizant's digital engineer...

This session is an exclusive interaction with Saleha Williams, Global Head Strategy Enterprise Engineering at Cognizant. As a senior executive at Cognizant, she leads the global strategy office of Cognizant's Enterprise Engineering division. Saleha sees innovation, diversity, and inclusion as the secret sauce to successful individual, team, and business growth.   Saleha has provided tips, adv...

Although being aware and updated with the market trends can help us keep up the pace, however, it cannot eradicate the moments of uncertainty and self-doubt. Building a relevant career in technology demands mentorship and guidance. With so many opportunities floating in the new-age technology, it’s becoming difficult to make a choice.  So we at TechGig thought to resolve these concerns by bri...

We are witnessing the biggest evolution of the working era with the digital transformation. Now that we are gradually adopting digital workspaces, AI eliminating job profiles still remains a concern. In this podcast, we’re in conversation with Prashanth Kaddi, who is a Partner with Deloitte India, in the Consulting business working on analytics and cognition.   Listen to what Prashanth has to...

According to the Digital India report of 2021, there were 624.0 million internet users in India in January 2021. The number of internet users in India increased by 47 million between 2020 and 2021 and Internet penetration in India stood at 45% in January 2021.   Amid all this hype of internet usage and undergoing a shift, where does India stand in the digital transformation? What is the curre...

The pandemic introduced us to an extensive form of Digital Transformation. The adoption rate for technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cloud Computing instantly spiked. According to reports investments in AI and machine learning are set to reach $232 billion by 2025. Job opportunities in AI and ML have jumped by almost 75% over the past half a decade and are looking to k...