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Brian Alfred Pereira

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Brian Pereira is the Executive Editor of BW CIO. He has over 22 years of journalism experience and has covered business technology for the Indian Express and Times of India. He is also the former editor of CHIP and Informationweek magazines in India.

Latest Articles By Brian Alfred Pereira

‘Harnessing data properly can change the manufacturing industry’

Jacob Peter, Vice President - IT and Business Solutions, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) spoke to BW CIO World about how the company transformed itself over the years, the cutting edge work they do for Bosch global companies and the new focus areas.

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Volvo Cars fuels innovation with data, analytics, IoT

The future of the automobiles industry will be dependent on services. Volvo cars has been building services around its cars for some time now. It wants to leverage sensor data from its cars to make driving safer, and to improve the customer experience.

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How Siemens Mobility is enabling the Internet of Trains 2.0

Monitoring critical components on high-speed trains is essential to minimize downtime, failure and to improve safety and on-time performance. Siemens Mobility Services offers a platform called Railigent that has so far predicted almost every failure, and is helping its customers make intelligent use of data from rail assets.

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‘To win the platform battle, we have to win the India ecosystem’

In an exclusive interview with BW CIO World, Nipun Mehrotra, Chief Digital Officer, IBM speaks about his role and the mandate of the Digital Business Group. He spoke about the performance metrics on which his success (and that of the group) will be benchmarked.

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HDFC Bank digitises dairy cooperatives and makes farmers smile

Over 3 lakhs farmers in 16 Indian states receive payment directly and instantaneously into their bank accounts. Become eligible for loans; digitisation grows farmers business

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10 questions everyone is asking about Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world’s most valuable currency; today, it is even more valuable than gold. The rate of this cryptocurrency has been growing exponentially. There are many questions being asked about Bitcoin and its future. Sandeep Goenka, COO, Zebpay answers some of these questions.

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‘Women have a natural ability to collaborate for success’

More women are taking up technology leadership roles in organizations today. Organizations acknowledge that there are certain qualities that make women special. We asked Aruna Rao, CTO, Kotak Mahindra Bank about those special qualities. She also offers some great advice for women who aspire for career growth.

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'Blockchain becomes effective when more players are involved'

A panel discussed the state of readiness for Indian banks to use Blockchain. Some interesting use cases were also put forth by the panelists. Other topics discussed were interoperability, infrastructure, security and other type of 'Blockchains'.

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Panel: What Indian banks need to know about Blockchain today

Panelists agree that Blockchain will disrupt banking, but banks need to get a few things right. Blockchain will have a bigger impact with the inclusion of more players. Blockchain 1.0 expected here in 18 months.

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‘The delivery of content is growing at a fast rate in India’

Sajid Malhotra, CFO, Limelight Networks, tells BW CIO that the time is just right for CDN service providers to enter the Indian market. He notes that India has the fastest adoption cycles than any other market in the world. However, content service providers will have to get their business models right as India is a price sensitive market.

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