The Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch.

1. FEBRUARY 2021 I N D I A IT DYNAMICS AUTOMATED WRITING HOW ARE AI & ML GOING TO AFFECT THE CONTENT WRITING SPACE? OVERVIEW OF THE INDIAN IT SPACE POST COVID-19 COMPANIES THE MOST LEADING TO WATCH

4. EDITOR’S NOTE Tech Companies are Ushering in an Era of Business Growth and Dominance E very company aims to serve its clients efficiently, while earning significant profits. They aim to overcome the stiff competition and engrave their names on the mountain top of excellence. With rapidly evolving trends in technology, these companies require the assistance of the top tech companies which can help them resolve technically challenging situations. These tech companies are not only important for a firm’s daily operations, but also assists them to grow and operate efficiently. They help their clients to emerge with new and better ways of carrying out business activities. Tech companies take up the fair share of IT responsibilities on their shoulders. This provides the clients with more time to focus on their business. With proper IT support, companies can easily juggle many issues every day. They do not have to worry about technology issues. An efficient IT company helps its clients to grow significantly, while protecting from cyber threats and downtime.

5. THE MOST LEADING COMPANIES TO WATCH Every company includes increasing business productivity in its growth strategy. In such situations, tech companies can help them in increasing workplace productivity, without increasing costs related to employing more manpower. without worrying about data security, breaches, and cyber-attacks. The leading tech companies deliver their best services, while ensuring that their clients do not suffer from any sort of technical lag or interruption. The right tech partner will help businesses by recommending the best resources and tools for increasing their potential. These tech companies employ cutting edge technologies and innovative client services to provide lasting experiences. Hence, in this issue of CIO Look India, we showcase ‘The Most Leading Tech Companies to Watch,’ who deliver flexible and agile services. These companies offer the best services and advanced solutions to the customers. Read Away! Many companies face the issue of IT downtime. In such a situation, it takes a long time to figure out and fix the root problem. However, lengthy IT downtimes can be avoided by choosing the right IT partner. They can employ a proactive approach to enhance business productivity and resolve problems even before it happens. A trusted tech company offers advanced features which tackle malware and software updates, along with strengthening the entire security processes of businesses. Darshan Parmar Virus attacks can compromise enterprise security and can bring a company to standstill for hours. A simple email can also be a cyber-attack in disguise, which can steal sensitive company data. Tech companies can safeguard companies from cyber- attacks, while ensuring safe and smooth business transactions. An efficient tech company is the best choice for companies as it helps them to operate swiftly,

6. 10 Calculus Systems Delivering Tech-enabled Travel Experiences Cybernetyx Technik A Pioneer in High-performance Vision-based Human-Machine Interfaces 14 ARTICLES 18 28 Automated Writing How are AI & ML Going to Affect the Content Writing Space? IT Dynamics Overview of the Indian IT Space Post Covid-19

7. 20 Noesis Technologies A Leading IP Core Provider Outworks Solutions Pvt Ltd (OutworX) Enhancing Technology Capabilities of Businesses 24 SegWitz Sdn Bhd Empowering Businesses with Tailor-made Tech Solutions 32 C O N T E N T S

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9. THE MOST LEADING COMPANIES TO WATCH Company Name Featuring Brief Calculus Systems as a team, believes that the company and its clients are a tight knit family. Alok Surajmal CEO Calculus Systems Pvt Ltd Cybernetyx is focusing to capture a new market with its new range of easy-to-use and retrofit devices, that upgrades the existing infrastructure of users in minimum investment. Cybernetyx Technik Pvt Ltd Ramya Chatterjee CEO Headquartered in Patras Science Park – Greece, Noesis Technologies is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company, that specializes in the design, development, and marketing of high quality IP cores. Noesis Technologies P.C. George Krikis President and CEO Rohit Ranjan Vice President Customer Success Outworks Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (OutworX) is a 17 years oldcompany and the people it has are leaders in IT staffing, consulting, and managed services. OutworX Solutions Pvt Ltd SegWitz Sdn Bhd is a privately owned IT support and IT services business formed in Malaysia. Mukesh Maran Director and Founder SegWitz Tech

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12. Calculus Systems Delivering Tech-enabled Travel Experiences T delivery of context rich content has opened up new avenues for returning end user relevant information that can be customized both for the needs of infrequent casual travellers as well as business driven globe trotters. he present generation of powerful local computing machines at lower prices including mobile devices and high-speed internet for seriousness, and resoluteness in justifying the team’s investment of time and resources for providing solutions within its domain expertise. Be it an online booking engine to a much-customized corporate booking tool integrated with HR and Finance needs of each client, Calculus Systems takes each project with the same degree of sincerity and its team is always in sync with the client leaving a smile of satisfaction on all parties. Development is now focussed in areas that leverage client end data processing/rendering thus allowing end- users to view information that suits their individual needs. “We are looking at how AI driven models can be used to improve content recommendations for our client users to not just deliver what is needed quickly but also upsell key offerings that are genuine value adds,” says the team of Calculus Systems Pvt. Ltd. The services offered cater to all areas of travel including flights with GDS, NDC and direct integrations, aggregator hotels, inventory hotels, transfers, tours, rent-a-car, travel insurance, meet and greet services, guide services, cruises, event management programs, fully dynamic packages, pre- tailored and customizable packages, pre-defined popular integrated hotel packages, and many more. “In the recent past, we have also developed travel company related applications that support fleet management for car rentals and real estate verticals for long stay overhauls,” says the CEO of Calculus Systems, Alok Surajmal. As a company, Calculus works with a belief that its functionality is utilized when its clients have any unaddressed requirements. These can be related to expanding the business, streamlining current business processes, client servicing etc. Calculus serves in areas of providing solutions that help address specific business challenges. Team Dynamics Alok and Alvin Menezes, CTO of Calculus Systems are childhood friends who were infamous by the name TWO DORKS because of their passion of computers since schooling days as early as 1988. As a telecom domain professional, Alvin started his career with Motorola eventually becoming part of Calculus while Alok completed his stint as the General Manager for Pioneer Systems in Dubai before conceptualizing and launching Calculus in 2002. Ever since, Calculus has had the good fortune to grow rapidly and has won major awards for innovative ideas and solutions. This has also helped its clients to grab both eyeballs and awards for their E-business approach. From a humble beginning of two like-minded individuals in a small office, the company has spanned its business presence across four continents with a reputed clientele, some of whom have continued to engage its services since Calculus Systems’ inception while adding clients who are looking for innovative solutions. All About Travel “Calculus Systems caters to three domains Travel, Travel and Travel” The above-mentioned statement showcases the company’s love and dedication for the travel domain, its Alok manages the product strategy and business perspective while Alvin is responsible for overall 10 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

13. tThe Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch Gautam Dand Support Manager Alok Surajmal CEO Kaushal Parikh Project Manager Alvin Menezes CTO “ product architecture and implementation of custom solutions. The company’s Support Manager, Gautam Dand oversees handling support tickets and services uptime while Kaushal Parikh, manages client interactions starting from capturing business requirement to final product demonstrations in his role as Project Manager. If you have a business problem, come to us and have it solved “ Calculus Systems as a team, believes that the company and its clients are a tight knit family. As a company, the team works passionately with the clients. “We may often have differences in terms of how we do things, we may even argue over it while deliberating the choice of the best approach, but we always agree on why we want to do and are happy to experiment with various ideas before selecting the best fit,” shares the team of Calculus Systems. With this approach, the team does not go on the highway with many clients but is very selective of the clients and continues to work with them for extended periods of time building on newer innovations. The very fact that some of the clients are with Calculus Systems since its inception speaks a lot about the company and its commitment towards them. This thought process has constantly driven the team to strive hard to give the clients, future ready products that may sometimes have a lukewarm response in the immediate present but add teeth and muscle to their business efforts in a fast-changing competitive world. www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 11

14. “We provide products and solutions as well as back office services for client management and finance as a one stop shop, to enable our clients to streamline their business processes and transactions,” states Alok. Business process re-engineering is a natural result from most of the company’s solutions that help businesses reduce their staff time and efforts and achieve maximum efficiency with lower recurring investments. in terms of flight ticket pricing vis-a-vis associated service offerings for the client. “Our belief is that focus should be long term, but plans are made for the short to medium term in an industry that relies on high fluidity when it comes to innovation and change,” describes Alok. It is no secret that the pandemic has not been kind to the travel industry, however this has provided Calculus Systems with the opportunity to fine tune its products to suit the client businesses’ work-from-home requirements in a secure and effective manner. As the business world recovers, the team at Calculus Systems is engaged in enabling opportunities that allow its clients to step ahead with their pre-pandemic plans and open multiple platforms to showcase their service offerings including niche mobile applications, end-to- end travel offerings, real-time support to travellers and the team intends to play a major role in delivering these. “We are also looking at price sensitive emerging markets to see how hosted technology solutions can be used to provide products that strike the right balance between value and cutting-edge innovations,” informs Alvin. The Way Ahead As an early mover into the travel domain, there were a handful of players (totally dedicated to this domain) but the competition has grown a lot these days. As with growing competition, some tech companies have approached the price sensitive route to acquire clients and some have taken recourse to references. Calculus is proud to say that it is one of the high bracket price companies to work with and have always justified its cost to clients in the long run. Another advantage to Calculus was that the company was very focused on the Travel domain and this has proved very helpful in providing cutting edge solutions to the client base. Being on top of any new technical changes both in terms of development environments/ frameworks and communication standards while retaining the same level of assured quality to existing functioning modules has been a constant challenge that Calculus Systems has always endeavoured and continues to successfully overcome. While 2020 was a quiet period more downhill than otherwise, Calculus has been on track in establishing a branch office in Turkey and the next year. “We intend to enter the European market with a base in Germany,” concludes the duo along with their team. One of the areas of development that the company is focusing on, in the present, is NDC integration to provide available rich content from airlines directly to the client’s customers without being restricted to GDS systems alone and thus offering better value for money 12 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

16. The Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch CYBERNETYX TECHNIK A Pioneer in High-performance Vision-based Human-Machine Interfaces “People aren’t trying to use computers- they are trying to get their jobs done.” I computers so that they could see and understand the world around us, and people will not be dependent solely on keyboards and screens and mouses to interact with their displays and applications. t was this belief that led the inception of Cybernetyx Technik Pvt. Ltd. Cybernetyx was setup with a vision to provide visual capabilities to the touch, stylus touch, multitouch, and gestures on the screen and delivers an intuitive, seamless experience based on natural human input. Cybernetyx aimed to build the future of all human- machine interaction using sensors and machine learning in many of its devices to make them interactive and collaborative in nature. While offering interactive and collaborative solutions the company understood that there is a huge opportunity in the meeting spaces and learning spaces, which are just using normal whiteboards and marker boards. In Education, it developed an education platform Kneura, and devices for learning and workspaces are EyeRIS Series, Galileo Series, and Quriosity Series. The problem got noticed in the classrooms by Nishant Rajawat, the Founder and Chairman of Cybernetyx when he saw teachers were struggling to control the larger displays with a keyboard and mouse. With the existing solution at the time, the physical interactive whiteboards that were heavy and bulky, teachers suffered from the slow writing performance and high procurement cost. As a result, schools were able to procure only a few units and it was quite daunting for teachers to learn and use it effectively. Moreover, teachers did not have any digital tools to teach, access content, and reduce their workload. Adding Transformative Evolutions to its Portfolio In the Edtech vertical, EyeRIS when attached on an existing dry-erase whiteboard or chalkboard with a simple mount converted it into a full-fledged smart interactive whiteboard system with multitouch support. This was a more advanced and elegant solution as compared to the bulky Smart (Interactive) Board solutions available in the market. Various system integrators such as Tata Interactive, Edurite (acquired by Pearson and now BYJU’s), Mexus, Educomp and SChand Education rapidly adopted and successfully deployed this technology in thousands of classrooms. Similarly, in the meeting rooms where projectors and panels are being used, people face difficulty while collaborating and sharing their knowledge. The first question that clicked immediately was why cannot surfaces become intelligent and computers sense our intentions via visual cameras and execute the desired actions naturally, like a human assistant would? With this thought, Nishant invented ‘EyeRIS’ which is the world’s first intelligent optical touch technology that brings vision capabilities to computers allowing them to see and understand our world and enables a direct human interface without the use of any intermediary device like a keyboard or a mouse. As Cybernetyx’s products got more acceptance in learning space, the company understood that teachers needed interactive digital tools that can be used on larger surfaces naturally. Keeping the requirements in mind, it developed an integrated smart classroom product under the EyeRIS IntelliSpace brand along with a dedicated multitouch teaching application, that gave more tools to teachers to write, draw, annotate, and access content directly on the screen. Building the Future of All Human-Machine Interaction Inspired from the workings of the human eye, EyeRIS (short for an Eye-Like Rapid Imaging System) is a hi- speed camera unit that can plug into any computer and convert its display (such as a monitor, LCD screen, or even a projector) into a multitouch enabled surface up to a size of 100 — just like a giant smartphone or tablet. With its Visual Touch 3D optical tracking platform designed for a natural user interface, it senses finger- Recently, another major transformative evolution of EyeRIS technology was implemented for LCD screens due to a lot of demand into the Corporate and Education segment. This product recently won the Innovation of the year at IDA awards and became the finalist under the Digital Device for Education category 14 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

17. at BETT, London 2020, the world’s largest event for EdTech Industry. The latest addition to the portfolio is Quriosity, the all-in-one interactive panel for education that transformed the traditional classroom into smart classroom with all the features required to conduct classes in hybrid learning environment. For Corporate segment, the Thinker series products have retrofittable visual collaboration tools that help in-house and remote teams to interact and collaborate on the shared canvas. For stand-up meetings, brainstorming and ideation, all hands, and even exhibitions and events, Cybernetyx transformed the existing meeting room into a highly productive modern meeting room equipped with the most advanced necessary tools and technology. Nishant Rajawat Founder and Chairman At the Helm Along with Mr. Nishant Rajawat, Cybernetyx is being guided by Mr. Ramya Chatterjee, CEO, and Mr. Nandan Dubey, CTO. Ramya Chatterjee CEO Nishant founded Cybernetyx while he was researching computer vision for smart spaces at the multimedia labs at Bahen Center of Technology, University of Toronto in 2006- 07. His research here was focused around developing an intelligent computer vision technology that could track human activity and intent in a 3D space using any standard 2D camera and real-time tracking algorithms. This research continued through his MBA at IIM Shillong, where he recognized the hassles of interacting with a keyboard and mouse during his lectures. He knew at the back of his head that this way of working needed a revamp and thus, built EyeRIS. In the company, he plays an active role in product development, product road mapping, need gap analysis, and product marketing. Nandan Dubey Ramya Chatterjee, a Graduate Engineer and a Post-Graduate in Management, is the present CEO of Cybernetyx, who has 18+ years of experience in working with industries such as Audio Visual (AV), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), IT Hardware / Software and Office CTO www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 15

18. Enabling People Lead a Secure and a Smart Life Technology is deeply woven into the fabric of our lives and with a growing arsenal of advanced technologies to work and learn intelligently, Cybernetyx is expanding its reach in Education and Business through its devices by augmenting their capabilities and successfully delivering expected outcomes on ever-tighter budgets. Combining micro-computing devices with cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cybernetyx has developed a new breed of intelligent devices called ‘Perceptual AI Devices’ for collaboration. Advances in analytics, automation, and sensors have significantly boosted the business in the past few years. Being a technology driven company, Cybernetyx is aiming to build machine intelligence platforms and smart connected devices that can be used to deliver an uninterrupted and enhanced learning experience, overcome the barriers of collaboration and communication, and enable people to lead a secure and smart life. It follows an integrated approach that reduces the dependency on other devices. Just one small and portable device of Cybernetyx solves many problems and eliminates the need for many devices. Also, the retrofit devices transform the existing infrastructure bringing minimum changes. “ Our Vision is to impart computers with the ability to see to interact with us more naturally and enhance our creativity and productivity A Roadmap Ahead Rightly said, a company that benefits from tailwinds is much more likely to experience growth and economic- profit performance than the headwinds. Similarly, Cybernetyx is focusing to capture a new market with its new range of easy-to-use and retrofit devices, that upgrades the existing infrastructure of users in minimum investment. “ Automation (OA) segments with vertical focus that includes Education, Corporate and Govt. Ramya joined Cybernetyx in 2012 and has been instrumental in shaping it up from its emerging state to a robust multi- million global enterprise in a very short span. Technology is delivering astounding advances, transforming any ordinary kind of display or TV or monitor into an intelligent display with touch interactivity, audio, and video capabilities, and lots of smart tools to interact directly on the screen. With an established and innovative range of products for displays, the company is aiming to capture a bigger market and expand its presence in different and new markets. In addition to expand its product portfolio and different channels to reach out to customers, the company is also into the SaaS platform model with its virtual learning platform – Kneura. It has gained 15K+ subscribers within three months of its launch and aiming to cover 10,000 schools in the coming days. Nandan Dubey, a Computer Science Master’s Degree holder from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, is currently the CTO of Cybernetyx. He comes with 9+ years of experience in helping business and tech merge. He conceptualizes and delivers technology solutions for Cybernetyx to make business goals happen. As CTO, Nandan looks over all the technical and strategic aspects of the range of products and services at Cybernetyx. He has played a key role in managing the tech teams, matching business objectives to their goals, and ensuring Cybernetyx maintains its space as a leader in the technology space. 16 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

20. IT Dynamics OVERVIEW of the INDIAN IT SPACE COVID-19 Post 18 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

21. T world. The spread of the virus had led countries into lockdown, fearing the economy of a recession. As the virus consequentially affected most established countries, its impact on India was relatively lower than the others but has had a larger impact on the country’s businesses and economy. Many companies faced distress around the availability of money. This massive event put liquidity at the top of mind for every chief financial officer. sys and HCL Technologies give annual forecasts, while Wipro gives revenue guidance for a quarter. In current times, Indian firms have faced several project abandonments by clients across sectors due to restrictions in air travel and closing down of cities and countries to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. he outbreak of Covid-19 has fiercely impacted the global economy, with shattering businesses across various sectors around the Not only the IT Industry is affected, but the pharmaceutical industry is also deranged by the Covid- 19 outbreak because 70 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients are brought in from China. These active pharmaceutical ingredients are essential to a large number of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in India. To one side, the Finance and Real Estate sector, except for the Banking & Healthcare services were anticipated to take on a large part of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 epidemic in India as of March 2020. In inclusion, the overall impact of the virus on India’s economy was forecasted to reach around INR 8.8 Trillion. Despite GDP forecasts lacked growth for the south-Asian country, the large unorganized sectors of the country were said to keep the economy from sinking. Following the outbreak, nearly 55 percent of electronics imported from China have now slid down to 40 percent due to the lockdown. Over the last couple of decades, the IT industry has been India’s prime sector to economic growth. It plays a vital role in fulfilling the country’s several middle- class dreams of achievement and ambitious careers. However, major companies in India’s IT services, according to industry analysts, will see a significant slowdown in growth during this financial year. Reports claim that “Top software exporters, including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and HCL Technologies, will be impacted most by the lessened technology spending from clients in the US and Europe following lockdowns across the globe.” In the future, enterprises will focus on engaging people with the right amalgamation of expertise and experience to achieve their goals, while enabling new ways of working and enhancing virtual work support systems. Besides this, IT talents will be hired virtually which will become the new norm and working from home will become a part of work culture. Moreover, enterprises will become more resilient owing to the fully distributed nature of the Work from Home model. The WFH model is intrinsically safer and well suited for business progression and agility, and employees will have more reliability over their schedules. In the coming future – for efficient communication and co-operation, investments will shift from real estate to newer technologies that will make remote working more practical, high-yielding, and encrypted. In the times of catastrophe, Brokerage HDFC securities anticipates IT sector revenue to cut down by 2-7 percent due to a delay in decision making in the next six months while businesses evaluate the influence of the virus. Customers are also anticipating reducing their IT budgets and decelerate new initiatives due to the fear of an uncertain economic situation and depression. According to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), “India’s software and services exports grew 8.1 percent to In an announcement, former Chief Financial Officer at Infosys Ltd V Balakrishnan said that “There will be an impact on the Indian Information Technology industry for numerous reasons. With the limitation on movement of people following the panic, Indian IT companies’ potential to deliver services on-site could get grievously impacted but that could be fixed to some extent by working remotely”. A steep reduction is going to be seen in Project-oriented services, like consulting, custom application development, systems integration, etc. are expected to reduce steeply in the short-term. But managed services, such as application management, hosting services, network management, IT outsourcing, etc. are expected to reduce only slightly in the short- term. US$147 billion in the fiscal year 2020. More over, Info - Ashish Chandgude www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 19

22. A Leading IP Core Provider Accelerating Innovation © ith the advent of new W environment, a conduit to leverage its powers and potential is quite important. A service provider that can analyze customer needs and realize what needs to be done to meet the customer expectations is what people are looking for right now. Hence, the demand for excellent technology enablers and service providers have skyrocketed. processors for narrowband, broadband powerline, and wireless physical layers. start-ups and have been integrated into SoC, ASIC, and FPGA designs for various end-products in telecom, defense, industrial, and space sector,” says the team at Noesis. technologies constantly disrupting the business Noesis Technologies is also active in the development of integrated telecommunication systems that can be used in education as well as in Research and Development applications. In the framework of this activity, the Noesis team has developed ComLab™ which is a cost- efficient highly integrated development environment (IDE) that enables a system designer to rapidly build, configure and evaluate in real-time the performance of complex telecommunication systems. Headquartered in Patras Science Park - Greece, Noesis Technologies is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company, that specializes in the design, development, and marketing of high quality, cost-effective, advanced communication IP cores, and provides expert ASIC/FPGA design services in the telecom area. “Our mission is to provide a complete portfolio of hardware acceleration telecom IP cores that will enable our customers to meet their design requirements in terms of function and performance, their expectations in terms of quality and service as well as their time to market goals,” says the CEO of the company George Krikis. Noesis Technologies is the technology enabler, providing innovative solutions that transform the world into a better place to live in. Noesis Technologies is a leading IP Core provider excelling in the innovative design of hardware- accelerated, reconfigurable, physical layer (PHY) baseband processors for communication technology. Its IP solutions are key components to the most sophisticated telecom systems and are technology enablers in the development of high-quality end- products in emerging markets of IoT, Smart Home/Grid, Wireless Sensor Networks, Security, Défense, Automotive, Consumer Electronics as well as other application fields. Backed-up by its leading-edge expertise in OFDM transmission, forward error correction, encryption, and networking technologies, Noesis Technologies delivers robust, state-of-the-art, highly efficient solutions that are used to improve data quality, increase bandwidth, or reduce the overall system cost of end- application. Also, Noesis offers expert ASIC/FPGA and DSP development resources, with access to all major ASIC/FPGA design flows that enable its customers to launch their products in the market on time and with the highest quality assured. “Our highly skilled engineering team has in-depth expertise in software modeling, hardware design and implementation of complete systems mainly focused on data networking, audio, video, consumer, embedded processors, and military market segments,” states George. Through its stringent design methodologies, the company ensures the highest quality on its cutting-edge products that are backed up by excellent technical support and warranty policies. Leveraging an Advantage The company’s IP cores present an industry-leading combination of high performance, low power, and low silicon area, as well as are highly parameterized for adaptability to a wide range of applications. Noesis offers a complete portfolio of forwarding error correction, security, networking, audio/voice/data compression, telecom DSP IP Core solutions including OFDM baseband “Our IP cores have been licensed to many customers worldwide ranging from tier-one companies to innovative Technologies at the Helm There are two primary technological 20 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

23. undertakings that the company works with that are given below for more clarification: Forward Error Correction Error correction codes provide a powerful system performance optimization tool that enables data transmission throughput rate increase, transmission power, and required bandwidth reduction as well as improving data reliability and decreasing system cost. Noesis Technologies is a world leader in Forward Error Correction (FEC) technology, offering a complete portfolio of FEC IPs for Reed Solomon, BCH, Viterbi, Turbo Product, Turbo Convolutional, and LDPC codes that employ fully scalable VLSI architectures enabling optimum trade-offs between performance, power, and silicon footprint. George Krikis CEO “ We offer expert ASIC, FPGA, and DSP development resources to get your product in the market in time Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM is the dominant transmission technology for wireline and wireless communications. It offers strong advantages such as high spectrum efficiency, multipath interference resilience as well as robustness against frequency selective fading channels. Noesis Technologies has in-depth expertise in DSP algorithmic modeling as well as efficient hardware implementation of reconfigurable OFDM systems exhibiting exceptional high performance and reliability over a wide range of applications. “Data security is of paramount importance in our highly interconnected world,” describes George. Great security and privacy risks exist in online financial, business, personal health information transactions. Equal or even greater risks exist in the communication between interconnected smart devices in an IoT network. Noesis Technologies has addressed the need for security by providing high-performance cryptography solutions that enable confidentiality, integrity, and authentication functions in the communication network. “ mandatory. The LDPC code is the preferred FEC algorithm for 5G cellular wireless communications. LDPC is a powerful code that can operate close to the theoretical Shannon channel capacity. Noesis Technologies has developed a patent-pending, fully scalable architecture, LDPC Codec IP Core (ntLDPC) based on the LDPC-QC algorithm that offers very high throughput rate capabilities at low implementation complexity. Noesis Technologies is also very active in the research domain of telecom PHY layer AI assisted and ML technologies for wireless networks. A complete family of AES IP Cores is available covering a wide range of application requirements in terms of throughput rate, power dissipation, and silicon area. Noesis low power solution (ntAES8) exhibits the world’s best performance-silicon area ratio available in the industry. Noesis higher-speed versions of AES Dynamic Solutions 1. 5G Cellular The wireless spectrum resources are very ‘expensive’ therefore efficient system design is quite 2. Data Security and Integrity www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 21

24. The Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch IP Cores (ntAES32, ntAES128) address throughput rate demanding applications such as optical networking, secure data storage, or video encryption. sustainable world where efficient power management is of fundamental importance. Smart Grids is the new technological revolution that has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions via the efficient deployment of the available energy resources. Power Line Communication (PLC) is the smart grid enabling technology that upgrades the existing transmission and distribution grid from a simple electricity transportation medium to a bidirectional data communication and electricity network. nodes that are distributed in the spectrum of interest sensing physical and environmental conditions. WSN can be used in a variety of applications such as health, agriculture, industrial surveillance, and monitoring, environmental and earth sensing, etc. 3. Internet of Things (IoT) – Wearables The Internet of things is a network of interconnected embedded devices with computing capabilities using the existing internet infrastructure. As per an independent research report, it is predicted that in the year 2025 will be 30.9 billion connected devices in the world with total services spending for the IoT reaching 263 billion US dollars. One key factor that needs to be addressed in WSN applications is energy efficiency. The nodes are battery operated and it is usually required to be operating during the complete lifetime of the network which could be years without battery replacement. Noesis Technologies has developed a state-of-the-art PHY Layer baseband processor (ntG3_BBP) fully compliant with ITU-T G.9903 narrowband OFDM PLC transceiver for G3-PLC networks. Data transmission is very expensive in terms of power dissipation, while data processing consumes significantly less. Data reliability is of prime importance, however, an auto ARQ mechanism is not efficient since the energy ‘cost’ of a retransmitted packet is prohibitive. “At Noesis Technologies we are using disruptive innovation and technology to support IoT communication and low-power computing requirements for a variety of applications,” claims George. Security is also another key requirement in IoT applications. Besides, data compression capability at IoT devices reduces the bandwidth requirements and thus saving valuable power resources in battery-operated nodes. 5. Smart Home The backbone of a smart home is based on a network of information appliances communicating with each other. These appliances could be lighting, heating, air conditioning, security, video/audio streaming devices ensuring comfort, security, and energy efficiency to the homeowner. Power line communication is the ideal networking infrastructure for the communication of smart information appliances mainly due to low wiring cost (existing electrical wiring), the availability of many access points (electrical outlets), and the lower hardware cost of PLC cards when compared with expensive RF components used in a WiFi network. Therefore, the use of FEC technology is the favoured approach to ensure reliable transmission and at the same time to optimize power dissipation requirements. This is because when using FEC technology, packet retransmission can be avoided and due to the extra coding gain the transmission power levels can be lowered to achieve a specific bit error rate (BER) or frame error rate (FER). Noesis Technologies provides low-power versions of FEC IP Cores that are exceptionally energy efficient for extending the battery life of sensor nodes. Noesis Technologies offers a range of highly optimized, low-power IP Cores in the fields of data compression (ntHUFF), security (ntAES8), forward error correction (ntLDPC tiny family), narrowband PHY baseband processing (ntG3_BBP) as well as customized solutions tailored to our customer’s IoT application power and cost- sensitive requirements. Also, Noesis has developed a custom OFDM low power / low complexity-based band processor (ntOFDM) ideal for power-sensitive IoT wireless battery-powered applications such as wearables, sensor nodes, water/gas meters, etc. Noesis Technologies provides PHY layer baseband PLC solutions for both narrowband (ntG3_BBP up to 500 Kbps) as well as broadband (ntGhn_BBP > 1 Gbps) communication. Technology has revolutionized the way we do business and Noesis Technologies is at the helm of delivering successful solutions and services to its clientele dynamically. 4. Smart Grid Technology moves rapidly towards enabling the creation of a 6.Wireless Sensor Networks Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of many interacting wireless 22 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

26. T echnology has emerged as one of the foremost drivers of resources in any industry. It drives multiple resources that a business needs to successfully function and operate right from the raw materials to qualified personnel and modern equipment. Everything runs on or with technology. It has integrated in our lives so deeply that without it, we can hardly imagine our present let alone our future. Technology in business is not the new guy in town, but surely it has a new purpose today. That purpose is to take the way we do business in the current times to the next level. For that to happen, not only we need to fully understand the concept of technology, but also find ways to efficiently and effectively harness or leverage its capacity to do more. One such company helping in cracking the code of technological implementation and leveraging its power to upgrade the businesses is Outworks Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (OutworX). technology leaders, who understand our responsibilities and hence follow the best practices to deliver on-time services for you,” says Mr. Rohit Ranjan, Vice President – Customer Success. Outworks specializes in mobile app development. “We have developed more than 150 high-performance, secure and user-friendly mobile apps compatible with all the major platforms like iOS, Android and Windows,” says the team of Outworks. Its team of engineers ensure that the clients’ app remains App Store-listing friendly and can get easily ranked among the respective categories. The company also provides App Store/Google Play Optimization assistance and services to app owners for them to attain top positions in respective app stores. The team of Outworks is on a mission to assist business leaders get the most out of the technology investment where it stands by their values of understanding the urgency in the service they are delivering. The team grasps the requirement properly instead of jumping to conclusions all the while valuing the time of the clients. The company is 17 years old and the people it has are leaders in IT staffing, consulting, and managed services. It has international offices across UK, Malaysia, and HongKong. In India, the company has presence in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Dehradun, and a corporate office in Noida. Outworks is a leading mobile application development company facilitating 360 degrees application designing, development, and consulting solutions. “Our talented, experienced, and creative developers transform our clients’ business idea into reality,” expresses Mr. Ranjan. With its innovative custom application solutions for businesses, Outworks helps boost productivity and profits of its clients. Offerings that Stand Apart The company is headquartered in CA, USA. Its team works closely with the clients to understand their needs and apply best practices to implement, manage and support their technology needs. “We are certified partners of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, FireHost, and different Right Partner for Your Business Outworks’s Core Services include: • Developing Mobile Apps • Quality Assurance • E-commerce • Manage Resources • Frictionless Parking Solutions Outworks serves businesses across all the industries facilitating numerous of annual talent acquisitions worldwide. The 24 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

27. The Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch company is a global leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions. Its team works with a customizable and scalable talent delivery model which can be an extension to the client’s business. This arrangement is so robust that it possesses the power to provide benefits from day one. The dynamic leader of Outworks, Mr. Rohit Ranjan, offers a history of Profitable, Market Centric, Process direction and Revenue Strategy credited with taking Outworks Solutions to a fast-growing International IT service providing company. Rohit is with Outworks for around 12 years and his efforts shaped fast revenue growth and Global Business Development. Rohit is responsible for company’s increasing development and expansion effort into high growth, emerging markets both domestically and internationally. “ Rohit Ranjan Vice President Customer Success He earned his Bachelor of Science (Statistics) and has an MBA in HR and Marketing. Rohit has vast experience in IT Staff Augmentation, Project Management and Client Success and Retention. He has built his career on foundation of Relationship building with all the Stakeholders touched by the organization he has represented. Its importance has guided how he works with clients. It had an important influence on the type and approaches of services he creates for his consulting clients. “ www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 25

28. A PINNACLE OF USER SATISFACTION “I have been working with Outworks for many years now and the talent has been better than any other outsourcing firm that I have worked with in the past. In addition, I have been delighted with the level of communication and leadership among the team members assigned to my team. My Outworks team has truly become a seamless extension of our company. I would recommend Outworks to anyone looking to bring their products to life or anyone looking to enhance existing products.” - Chris Moher, Director of Software Products – TCS an ARI company, PA, USA “It was great working with the Outworks team, they were very quick and professional with all the work submitted as well as very understanding and quick to communicate with any problems. Overall, I am very satisfied with the App and I highly recommend Outworks team to anyone who is interested in having an App written.” - Michall Gryntakis, App Owner – KeyFinder, UK “Outworks have gone above and beyond their call. Great working with the team. Look forward to working together on other projects. Delivered on time and on budget. Very happy with the service. Great work by the Outworks team.” - Emile Harmel, Co-founder – Digitalhobo, UK “Outworks were very professional in their interaction with us. They lived up to the timelines and got the requirements spot-on. They went the extra mile and ensured all the required design and functionality changes were accommodated. Looking forward to working with Outworks in the future!” - Karthik Srinivasan, Solutions Lead (BI) – Zyme Solutions, India “The Outworks team helped us in articulating our requirements better by their curious and helpful feedbacks and queries. They worked together with us, most of the time very patiently. Most of the times, their first cuts presented were the ones we had in our minds. What I liked the most about them was that there was a readiness to share and take knowledge and work as one unit, instead of vendor-client binary. The goal of quality output and one which is good in the long run was shared hence by both of us. I recommend them highly for such projects.” - Aditya Rikhari, Co-founder – AnnSatya Organic, India 26 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

30. HOW ARE AI & ML GOING TO AFFECT THE Content Writing Content Writing SPACE? AI & ML 28 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

31. Automated Writing C same. The writer will have to research for keywords, come up with relevant content ideas, compose plagiarism-free content, proofread, schedule, upload, and regularly share the content. This is indeed a challenging task. Now imagine if all these tasks are performed by machines for the writers. Won’t it be much easier? In today’s age, almost anything can be automated with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). In fact, many notable media organizations such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, and so on use AI and ML to create impressive content. ontent writing is a very interesting yet complicated profession. Whether it is just an individual content writer or an entire team, the task is more or less the These organizations are using AI and ML to create content which are formulaic who, where, what, and when stories. Additionally, many organizations are employing AI into creative writing endeavours such as novels and poetry. In fact, a recent study also predicts that almost 20% of all business content will be AI and ML written in the future. www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 29

32. How Do AI & ML Write Content? In-Depth Research AI & ML employ natural language generation (NLG) to automatically transform data into a written narrative. It is currently used for various purposes such as creating data reports, personalized e-mails, in-app messaging communication, business intelligence dashboards, and much more. While writing a blog or an article on any topic, we can see that it takes a lot of time and effort to plan and research for the topic which will be read and liked by the audience. Sometimes, this process works; however, on some occasions, it feels like a waste of efforts and time with zero to next returns. AI first defines the type of content required. Each type of online content ranging from social media posts, financial reports, or poetry, have unique writing structure and style. The NLG solution or the software provider develop the narrative design, also known as the template or narrative type. Various NLG tools include Google’s Text-to-Speech, Amazon’s Polly, and many other in-house tools, which may vary from organization to organization. Increasing Investments in NLG However, an AI content writer resolves these issues, while saving time and efforts in researching. It can utilize algorithms to track and identify conversations over the internet. This, in turn, helps in perceiving the types of content which are demonstrating most well- known and are mostly engaging the target market, assisting marketers in making the right content for the right audience. Enhancing Content Engagement Providing customers with highly customized content that they can identify with enhanced customer engagement and lead to higher returns. Moreover, we know that higher the engagement rate, more the income. By implementing NLG, companies can process large datasets, which in turn, enhances proficiency. They can implement an NLG solution to deliver various narratives in a jiffy. This, on the other hand, will require more manpower and time to write each one separately. NLG also provides complex personalization at scale. This is of tremendous service and overall experience benefits for customers. Swift Content Creation ML can simplify the content writing procedure and produce large amount of quality content at a faster pace. Although this technology may require human intervention, it will increase productivity and efficiency. If content creation simply meant reading over, pressing a few buttons, and making certain edits, imagine how many different contents can be delivered in a month by using AI and ML. An AI content writer assists in the creation of top-notch content, and not just spinning words around. AI and ML will not render content writers useless; rather, they will simplify the process of content writing. We cannot even imagine how the joint forces of human talent and artificial intelligence can transform the content writing industry. But enough of the speculations, what the future really holds cannot be predicted easily. Accordingly, with natural language processing, the data becomes clearer for humans. Graphs and charts are visually engaging, however, people who are not used to analysing data may find it difficult to extract the information they are supposed to receive from visualization. NLG can also assist in engaging the reader who is looking at the information with composed summaries and key insights that support the charts. AI Content Writing can Improve Marketing Strategy A recent survey suggests that only 30% of B2B marketers believe that their company has a strong content marketing team. This raises the point that the rest of the lot are not satisfied with their content marketing efforts. Yet, in any case, it is going to be an exciting time in the content writing space. This raises the question: How can an AI content writer produce more relevant, successful, and engaging content? The answer lies in the explanation given below: - Ananda Kamal Das 30 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

34. T helps organisations reach their goals and manage their tasks easily. In Malaysia, organisations are increasing year to year, such as banks, colleges, universities, and other establishments. However, they need IT products and services for support to run their businesses all the time. Due to this matter, it is also implied that the market opportunities for IT products and services are high. A new and emerging company-of-the-future that thrives on riding this tech- transformation tide, is SegWitz Sdn Bhd. he fast-paced world of today demands technology to serve as an essential ladder that business owners who were either struggling to sustain their businesses with the traditional sales and management systems or wanted to scale up using the latest technological advancements. The company also has integrated and provided a set of profitable services like AI, blockchain, IoT, video game development, IT consultancy, and much more. Leading the Charge Mukesh Maran is the Founder of SegWitz where he leads a team of 14 developers. SegWitz is a software development company that helps businesses and startups to make their web and mobile apps. Owing to Mukesh’s leadership and the hard work of his team, the company has served over 60 clients in 9 different countries and completed over 60 projects. They soon gathered enough experience in the consumer market and reinvented themselves as a large-scale software development agency in web and mobile app development services that targeted and helped SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups. After just a few months of initial establishment, SegWitz started developing software, and have ever since been working tirelessly to produce web and mobile applications that make running and managing businesses a lot more convenient and easily expandable. As a kid, Mukesh was a computer geek who loved making things work, little did he know that it would one day become the very purpose of his life. SegWitz Sdn Bhd is a privately owned IT support and IT services business formed in Malaysia. They are a proud bunch who boast a strong team of developers who thrive on rolling up their sleeves and solving their customers’ problems with technology and meeting their business needs. Humble Beginnings SegWitz’s journey in the Malaysian tech market can only be described as tremendous, both on an individual level as well as a collective level. In January 2019, SegWitz started as a small web design and development company with its earlier prospects being small 32 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com

35. “Growing up, I was always fascinated by the idea of creating a platform that helps businesses function online and minimizes the friction by optimizing my web and software development skills,” says Mukesh Maran. Mukesh Maran Founder Mukesh self-taught himself the nitty-gritty of business and set his foot in the tech solution industry back in 2016 with his first company SpyWood Technology that basically dealt with cybercafe installation and provided the required support. He then founded SegWitz in January 2019, with the ambition to change the Malaysian tech industry with a relatively small team. SegWitz, despite not being too old, is growing at a rapid rate and has become a symbol of trust in the software industry. Care for Clients SegWitz offers a variety of services and assistance to their clientele earning them some well-deserved reputation and trust. The most exclusive services include web and mobile development that enable SMEs, startups and corporations to operate, improve and expand digitally. The mobile applications developed by SegWitz's expert developers blend in with the traditional business models and require minimum effort from the client's end. The company strives to always keep up with the ever-changing tech market and are well capable of crafting user-friendly mobile applications that automate business operations and establish efficient sales channels. some pieces of code that look and sound good but bring a promise of growth to the businesses we work with,” states the team over at SegWitz, triumphantly. and determination as the tech enabler that changes the entire game for the businesses they cooperate with and increase their sales by digitally elevating them. Each division of the company is dedicated to shaping some part of the industry anew. The Shades of Change The SegWitz team does not just see themselves as developers whose mere purpose is writing pieces of code, rather they project their skills Their web and mobile app development services are hailed in the entire south eastern market for one big and defining reason – quality. “We don't just pull together Cultivating such an environment helps them push beyond their limits, boosts creativity, and maximizes www.ciolookindia.com | FEBRUARY 2021 | 33

36. The Most Leading Tech Companies To Watch every industry, and the tech solution industry was no exception. Some small companies who could not foresee what was coming, came to a halt; while at the same time some other companies could see right through the chaotic scenario and achieve great feats regardless of the pandemic. Evidently, SegWitz was one of those companies that foresaw the upcoming obstacles and took proper measures to not just survive but dominate the industry. remotely to take care of their client's needs and helped many businesses to reinvent themselves to sustain and even flourish amidst the global pandemic. The Future is Calling When it comes to SegWitz Tech, there is nothing better than technological advancements as they tend to benefit the company’s growth. Innovation in the IT and software industry means the ability to improve their services and produce better results for their customers. “We as a team have always cherished and embraced the change that our rapidly evolving business brings and if something can help us better adapt to it, we wholeheartedly welcome it,” says Mukesh. To scale its business, SegWitz has made some interesting plans to be implemented this year. One of the most exciting ones is cultivating a purely educational blog that would provide value and help SMEs, startups, and corporates learn how the mobile-app development industry works. They aim to educate and nurture as many C-Level executives, SME owners, and startup founders as possible. “When we first sensed the shifts in the market productivity. Hence their ability to produce amazing results and stay competitive in the market in their own way. due to Covid-19, we made sure we have enough cash flow to sustain our business for the few upcoming months and minimized our business expenses.” As the famous saying goes "The first step is always the hardest”. SegWitz too had its fair share of obstacles. Initially, SegWitz had a considerably small team, and whenever they took on a large project, they had to quickly recruit new developers and experts. Scaling the business with an unstable team was a great challenge but team slowly overcame it as a company. Numerous businesses were struggling for their survival since their traditional business model was failing, the demand of having an online business skyrocketed, this opened the gate of opportunities for SegWitz as they broke their own sales and production records many times during these difficult times. “We have enormous visions for SegWitz, by 2023, we want SegWitz to become one of the front faces of the mobile app development industry in Malaysia and thrive to help 300+ companies digitize their businesses by 2025,” added Mukesh. This sudden increase in demand required sudden recruitment, so the team took on this challenge enthusiastically by conducting online interviews and hiring extremely talented and experienced employees from all over the world. Crowd gathering was not safe anymore, so the SegWitz team including Mukesh Maran worked It took Mr. Mukesh long enough to build a well-structured and organized team of passionate souls who never compromise on quality, but now, as they have the essential systems ready, all it takes is a bit of direction to generate great results. The global pandemic has affected Achieving these goals would require the company to expand their team to different continents of the world. SegWitz is planning to expand its production offices in India and the Philippines while opening business and sales offices across Europe and Asia. 34 | FEBRUARY 2021 | www.ciolookindia.com