The author has posted comments on this articleShilpa Phadnis, TNN | Nov 3, 2014, 05.14AM IST BANGALORE: Wipro's new initiatives in automation and artificial intelligence will involve establishment of what it calls digital pods. And there will be four of them one each Bangalore, London, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and another elsewhere in Asia. <\/p>\n
The digital pod will be like an innovation lab with giant digital screens simulating applications in a live-use case scenario. The four pods are part of India's third-largest IT company's newly-carved division Wipro Digital that offers customers digital capabilities through strategy, design and technology. <\/p>\n
\"The idea behind a digital pod is that we can sit together with our customers and demonstrate to them what can be achieved by throwing in some artificial intelligence tools into their business processes. In many cases, we would also be working with them to fine-tune the tools to make the processes more automated and efficient,\" Wipro CEO T K Kurien said. He added it would be possible to simulate the end-to-end experience on the interactive screen. <\/p>\n
Wipro focuses on the execution of digital transformation agendas at scale, starting from the customer touch point to the entire back-office process. Most large IT and technology firms are carving out separate digital units, deploying automation and artificial intelligence tools. Accenture recently launched the Accenture Digital Services. <\/p>\n
\"Wipro's big focus is investing in open-source computing, digital transformation services, artificial intelligence and advanced technologies consulting and managed services. There is direct interest from the CEO downwards (for cognitive computing and automation) and have specific investments in this space, but they have been shy to launch anything officially,\" said Phil Fersht, CEO of US-based research and consultancy firm HfS Research, who has been following the company closely. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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