Srinivasan - The Intelligent Enterprise in the Era of Big Data

Big data, machine intelligence, digital age are buzz words thrown around at many a daytime meeting or evening conversation. In this book, Venkat Srinivasan brilliantly and succinctly challenges the organizations of tomorrow to be nimble, intelligent and efficient. And lays out a roadmap for them to succeed. A must read for CEOs, CXOs, consultants and academics who embrace change and are true leaders.

Dr. Sanjiv Chopra MD, MACP. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Srinivasan talks to us from a future that he has already seen and in many ways realized through practical applications he describes in his book. This is a breakthrough treatise on Artificial Intelligence in the virtual or non-physical world of Business Processes, de-mystifying, deconstructing and making the cold logic and magic of AI accessible to all. This is a must read for anyone curious about how work will get done in the future, so you can start making informed choices today.

Joy Dasgupta, SVP, RAGE Frameworks

For a business leader to constantly deliver superior business performance is daily fodder. The challenge lies in driving change in organizational behaviour. Dr. Srinivasan shifts the paradigm; he provides solutions for what may hitherto have been impossible or prohibitive!

Sanjay Gupta is CEO, EnglishHelper, Inc. and formerly SVP, American Express

This book is a must read for business and technology leaders focused on driving deep transformation of their businesses. Venkat has brilliantly outlined practical applications of intelligent machines across the enterprise. The best part, this eloquent narration is based on problems he has solved himself at RAGE Frameworks.

Vikram Mahidhar, SVP, RAGE Frameworks

An amazing book addressing the challenges faced by all businesses. Having gone through these challenges myself in my professional career with several global organizations I can totally relate to the book. Business needs are changing at a very fast pace and Dr. Srinivasan has offered very practical solutions. Process oriented solutions are flexible and allows business to adapt quickly to these fast changing requirements. Intelligent automation has the ability to dramatically transform organizations and provide a competitive edge. A must read for business leaders.

Vivek Sharma, CEO, Piramal Pharma Solutions

Technology is intended to make business more agile, more efficient. But time and again, this same technology becomes a straitjacket once implemented, and forces the business to adapt, instead of the other way around. The book provides a step-by-step deconstruction of what it takes to be agile, efficient and intelligent. Based on this deconstruction, Venkat develops an alternate architecture that leads to the truly agile, efficient and intelligent enterprise. This is not just theory and concept, but implemented and running at several leading global corporations today. Ignore at your own peril!

Deepak Verma, Managing Director nv vogt and formerly, CEO, eCredit, Inc.

Over the last 30 years I've helped a number of companies grow faster than their competitors in many industries. But, in so many ways, the enterprise of today has changed: it's global, its customers have many new expectations for service, it is facing new competition from new business models, and it has a new workforce with different skills and desires. Wherever you sit in this new corporation, Srinivasan gives us a practical and provocative guide for rethinking our business processusing data and user controlled access as a speedy weapon rather than a cumbersome control and calling us all to action around rapid redevelopment of our old, hierarchical structures into flexible customer centric competitive force. A must read for today's business leader.

Mark Nunnelly, Executive Director, MassIT, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Managing Director, Bain Capital

Efficiency, agile, and analytics used to be the rage. Venkat Srinivasan explains in this provocative book why organizations can no longer afford to stop there. They need to move beyond to be intelligent. It isn't just theory. He's done it.

Bharat Anand, Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Venkat Srinivasan is one of those rare individuals who combines the intellectual horsepower of an academic, the foresight of a visionary, and the creativity of an entrepreneur. In this book he offers a compelling vision of the next generation of organizationthe intelligent enterprisewhich will leverage not just big data but also unstructured text and artificial intelligence to optimize internal processes in real time. Say good-bye to software systems that don't talk to one another and cost a fortune to customize, and say hello to the solution that may become the new normal. If the intelligent enterprise seems utopian, read the chapters on how some companies have actually applied this concept with impressive results. Let Srinivasan give you a peep into the future. This is a must-read book for CEOs and CTOs in all industries.

Ravi Ramamurti, DAmore-McKim Distinguished Professor of International Business & Strategy, and Director, Center for Emerging Markets, Northeastern U.

Dr. Venkat Srinivasan has written a book aimed at business professionals and technologists. This is not geek speak, not an academic treatise. Venkat writes with great clarity and precision based on his real-life experience of delivering solutions through the RAGE AI platform. It is about the brave new world that narrows the gap between technology and business. Most of us have labored with technology projects that took too long, cost too much and delivered less than expected. Process-oriented software and Artificial Intelligence can create solutions that are flexible, smart and efficient. The book has practical advice from a thoughtful practitioner. Intelligent automation will be a competitive strength in the future. Will your company be ready?

Victor J. Menezes, Retired Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup

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