Digital Transformation in the 5G Era
Broadly, designing and implementing a 5G network requires comprehensive planning and testing. For telcos, navigating this terrain can be treacherous, especially when limited internal skill sets is a top concern of executives when it comes to developing a 5G private network.
On the contrary, enterprises will need to focus on their business readiness to capitalise possible opportunities that will arise from 5G deployment. Hence, who are the early adopters in Malaysia/SEA and how have they overcome this challenge? More importantly, has the promise of greater efficiency and innovation come true for the early adopters?
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Digital Transformation in the 5G Era
Gopi Kurup, CEO, Axiata Enterprise
Gopi leads and manages Axiata Group Enterprise strategy, emerging businesses, technology partnerships, platforms, and branding to grow all the regional Enterprise client segments. For 25+ years, Gopi has worked across the IT, telecommunications and insurance industries in developing expertise for driving transformation programs, product portfolio redesign, management and innovation.
Prior to joining Axiata, Gopi was a Managing Director within Accenture’s Communications, Media & Technology group based in Hong Kong. Working for the Technology Consulting practice, he helped organisations to transform their business through the management and implementation of new applications, platforms, architecture and technology. Prior to joining Accenture, Gopi was the Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Malaysia R&D and Head of B2B Product Management.
Adrian Lim, Partner, EY
Adrian Lim is a Partner with Ernst & Young Consulting Sdn. Bhd. In his role, he leads Technology Consulting in Malaysia and Cloud in ASEAN for EY Ernst & Young. With over 20 years of consulting experience, Adrian has helped his clients maximize the business value of technology and digital – to drive better customer experience, operational excellence and new product offerings. His primary industry focus are on telecommunications and energy clients across the ASEAN region.
Dharmaraj Sivalingam, Head of Research, IDC ASEAN
Dharmaraj Sivalingam is the Head of Research for IDC ASEAN and has more than 16 years of working experience in the consulting, information technology (IT), and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. Dharmaraj is responsible for developing Southeast Asia–specific Future of X (FoX) research and driving outreach of FoX practice areas across Southeast Asia countries. He is also helming consulting projects related to FoX and is involved in business developing this practice further in Southeast Asia. Dharmaraj is also a frequent speaker at industry events across South East Asia covering a broad range of topics including digital transformation, cybersecurity and emerging technology.
Prior to joining IDC, Dharmaraj was responsible for managing large scale IT Infrastructure and Transformation projects in the roles of portfolio and program manager for clients in the Insurance and Banking industry. This included major projects such as data centre migration to cloud, application modernization and identity and access management landscape uplift among others.
Dharmaraj graduated from Multimedia University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology majoring in Software Engineering.
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