BW Businessworld, an Indian business magazine based in New Delhi founded in 1981, has announced the three thrust areas for the 5th annual BW Businessworld Digital India Summit and Awards, which was held last 28 June at Shangri-La’s Hotel, New Delhi.

• Infrastructure as a utility to every citizen
• Digital empowerment of citizens
• Governance and services on demand

As a flagship program of the Government of India, BW Businessworld Digital India Summit & Awards’ vision is to transform India into a digitally empowered society & knowledge economy. Annually, digital experts in both the government and private sectors meet to celebrate the development of the digital and tech landscape. Digital India, Smart Cities, eGovernance, AI, ML, Analytics, Blockchain, Financial Inclusion, Security, PSUs, Education, And Health are some of the hot topics covered in the event.

Dr. Lovneesh Chanana, Vice President, Digital Government in APJ at SAP said:

“The summit and awards are a means to bring to the forefront such practices for others and it will have a sustainable impact on people learning and getting motivated to replicate their experiences.”

Ajay Chagti, Special Secretary (Information Technology), Government of NCT of Delhi, commented:

“Businessworld has taken an excellent initiative which will help in pointing out in best of best practices in private as well as government and it will increase the scope of replication of these practices. “

Among the eminent jury selected aside from Dr. Chanana and Chagti were – Dr. Charru Malhotra, Associate, Professor (e-Governance & ICT), IIPA; Sourav Mishra, Senior Manager – India Market Development, NASSCOM; Vinit Goenka, Secretary, Centre For Knowledge Sovereignty, Member Governing Council – CRIS Ministry Of Railways Government Of India and Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief. BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd. Dr. Rashmi Singh, Secretary, New Delhi Municipal Council chaired the jury.

According to Sourav Mishra, there was a transparent and thorough discussion among jury members in selecting winners in evaluating the contenders based on the following parameters: scalability, timeline, measurability, result or impact, accessibility, and innovation.

Dr. Charru Malhotra added:

“The selection process was methodical and structured. The research work was very well done by the BW team, it was easier to select the winner because of that.”

With a digitally transformed India in mind, the jury members expressed their views on the initiatives required to achieve that vision.

“E-solutions are not seen as a panacea to challenges around us. E-solutions and digital mode designed should be adapted with a complete understanding of the process as these solutions are meant to ease the citizen’s user experience. In order to do that, we need to bring all the stakeholders on board as the digital services provided do not reach the target audience,” Dr. Rashmi Singh said.

Award Categories

• Best Initiative in Transport and Mobility

• Best Citizen Engagement Initiative

• Best Data Security Initiative

• Best Safe & Secure Environment Initiative

• Best Infrastructure Initiative

• Best Education and Healthcare Service Initiative

• Best Agriculture and Farming Initiative

• Best Financial Inclusion Initiative

• Best Public Services Initiative

• Leader of the Year (Digital Transformation)

• Leader of the Year (e-Governance)

• Startup of the Year (Digital Transformation)

• Best Governance Initiative

The winners of Digital India Awards were awarded on 28th June 2019.

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SAP Business One Systems

Business software solutions company, Inecom has announced that it had been awarded ‘Top SAP Business One HANA Partner Singapore’ for the fourth successive year, securing Inecom’s position as the leading SAP Business One partner for business analytics and the next generation of business software applications.

SAP Business One is business management software designed for small and medium-sized enterprises. As an ERP solution, it aims to automate key business functions in financials, operations, and human resources. It is another powerful application from SAP SE.

The Inecom Group is a leading Asia Pacific SAP partner, with offices in Singapore, India and UAE. Established in 2002, Inecom has a proven track record of delivering world-class business software solutions with their quality accredited systems implementation methodology and complete customer care services. Inecom has completed over 400 regional implementations to date. Inecom is provider of SAP solutions as well as business analytics, cloud-hosting and disaster recovery solutions.

Leading the Way with SAP

According to a leading IT industry analyst, Forrester Research, SAP HANA is among the world’s leading Translytical databases. The term “Translytical” describes in-memory database technology that is designed to support both transactions processing and analytical processing in real-time and at the same time.

These advances and innovations are rapidly obsoleting traditional SQL database technologies, which struggle to support real-time applications, mobile applications and IOT effectively. Ms. Chua, Beng Choo, CEO of Inecom Singapore said, “We are delighted to receive recognition once again for our dedication to SAP HANA. In 2015, we recognized the coming technology shift and decided to focus entirely on SAP Business One HANA systems instead of the traditional SQL versions.”

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Excellence in Performance Management

Anaplan, Inc. announced that it was named to the Constellation ShortList for Cloud-Based Performance Management in Q1 2019. The technology vendors included in the Constellation ShortList offer the key requirements for early adopters pursuing digital transformation initiatives.

Constellation ShortList criteria for naming companies to its prestigious cloud-based performance management list includes the following attributes:

• Rapid deployment and configuration of multi-tenant services
• Agile budgeting, planning, and forecasting capabilities
• Flexible modeling capabilities
• Rich data analysis and reporting tools
• Compliant consolidation and statutory reporting capabilities
• Modern, intuitive interfaces

Constellation Research advises leaders on leveraging disruptive technologies to achieve business model transformation. Products and services named to the Constellation ShortList meet the criteria for this category as determined through client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share, and internal research. The portfolio is frequently updated as market conditions change.

About Anaplan

Anaplan connects people, plans, and data in every area of a business, including finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, workforce, and IT. A Connected Planning approach combined with Anaplan’s unique platform enables companies to operate in a more dynamic, collaborative, and intelligent manner to drive their businesses forward.

“We’re honoured to be included on the Constellation ShortList again this year,” said Sampath Gomatam, senior vice president, Product. “We regard this recognition as a validation of a business model that puts customers first with a platform that offers a single source of truth for planning in meeting changing business requirements.”

The Anaplan platform gives customers the power to address all financial and operational requirements. Anaplan’s flexible modeling provides a way to adapt the tool to the process instead of forcing users to adapt processes to the tool. Anaplan supports all ERP systems instead of restricting the user ecosystem.

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Structure of WARC Media Awards

There were four categories and each one had its own judging panel and set of Special Awards. The judging panel of industry experts, chaired by Nicole Kane, Global Media Director, McDonald’s, read the entries. As part of the judging process, judges were asked to nominate entries they think deserve to be considered for the Special Awards. The categories are:

• Effective channel integration: How sophisticated communications architecture helped boost campaign effectiveness.
• Effective use of partnerships & sponsorships: How collaborations with third parties, including native advertising and sponsorships, have helped brands meet business goals.
• Effective use of tech: Communications that have effectively used or combined emerging platforms or technology in the media mix. How did using a particular tech contribute to the overall business success of a broader campaign?
• Best use of data: Recognising the role of data in an effective communications strategy.

Details of the Winning Campaign

The campaign also picked up one of three special awards bestowed this year – the Personalisation Special Award for being “the best example of a campaign that used data to segment effectively.”

Challenged with sluggish growth, rising alternatives for enterprise solutions, and shorter key decision-maker lifespans in a category that tends to have long lead times, SAP and PHD had to work together to find a better way to spark growth.

The award-winning campaign, ‘Finding a Buried Treasure’, increased leads for SAP and decreased their cost-per-lead by tracking executives’ job changes and continuing where it left off with the executives previously exposed to SAP, rather than approaching them as fresh leads just because they changed companies.

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The awards are presented annually to SAP partners excelling in contributing to customer success and innovation.

The recipients were chosen based on recommendations from the SAP field, customer feedback and performance indicators. The Customers’ Choice award also recognises a customer-nominated SAP partner.

The awards will be officially presented at the SAP Global Partner Summit, to be held in May in conjunction with the SAPPHIRE NOW conference in Orlando.

The 2017 winners and finalists are listed below.

Customers’ Choice Partner of the Year
Winners (tied): Capgemini and EY
Finalist: NETCONOMY

SAP Business ByDesign Partner of the Year
Winner: Navigator Business Solutions
Finalists: Seidor and All for One Steeb

SAP S/4HANA Partner of the Year – Small and Midsize Companies
Winner: intelligence, NTT DATA Business Solutions
Finalists: vCEntric Technologies and All for One Steeb

SAP S/4HANA Partner of the Year – Cloud
Winner: Delaware Consulting
Finalists: Dickinson & Associates and Birchman Group

SAP SuccessFactors Partner of the Year – Small and Midsize Companies
Winner: Gavdi Group
Finalists: Synchrony Global and Allos

SAP Hybris Partner of the Year – Small and Midsize Companies
Winner: Gorilla Group
Finalists: BORN and intelligence, NTT DATA Business Solutions

Database and Data Management Partner of the Year
Winner: OpenText
Finalists: Celonis and IBM

Value Assurance Partner of the Year
Winner: IBM
Finalists: Deloitte and EY

Platform Reseller of the Year
Winner: IBM
Finalist: itelligence, NTT DATA Business Solutions

SAP Business One Partner of the Year
Winner: Seidor
Finalists: Vision33 and VAR One

SAP Ariba Partner of the Year
Winner: Accenture
Finalists: Deloitte and EY

SAP S/4HANA Partner of the Year – Large Enterprise Companies
Winner: Deloitte
Finalists: Accenture and IBM

SAP Cloud Platform Partner of the Year
Winner: Siemens
Finalists: Accenture and Keytree

SAP SuccessFactors Partner of the Year – Large Enterprise Companies
Winner: Accenture
Finalists: Deloitte and EY

SAP Hybris Partner of the Year – Large Enterprise Companies
Winner: Accenture
Finalists: Capgemini and Deloitte

Business Insights Partner of the Year
Winner: Fidelity Information Services
Finalists: Fusion Consulting and Galigeo

Digital Marketing Momentum Partner of the Year
Winner: intelligence, NTT DATA Business Solutions
Finalists: N’ware Technologies and Beyond Technologies

ISV Partner of the Year
Winner: CallidusCloud
Finalists: Dubai Technology Partners and PwC

Solution Extension Partner of the Year
Winner: OpenText
Finalists: Celonis and DocuSign

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