Muqbil Ahmar

18/07/2025

Thank God it's Friday...

09/07/2025

EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE: Gartner Warns of 40% Agentic AI Failure by 2027 — Industry Leaders Push Back: A recent Gartner report casts doubt on the near-term promise of agentic AI. As businesses rush to integrate agentic capabilities, industry leaders weigh in on what it really takes to build AI agents that can drive measurable outcomes.
-- 40% of projects in emerging technologies generally fail in the first 1000 days
-- Diverse reasons responsible for failures, including use cases, readiness, cost of acquisition, etc.
-- Enterprises need to overcome challenges through well-thought through use cases, implementation and clear ROIs

Here is what industry and technology leaders say about the predictions. Read the article below for details:

In a bold prediction, Gartner foresees a staggering 40% of Agentic AI projects being canceled by 2027 due to high costs and unclear benefits. Industry leaders discuss the implications and challenge the report's claims, emphasizing the importance of strategic implementation over hype-driven initiativ...

04/07/2025

One Framework. Many Frontlines. How do you unify security across IT, OT, ICS & IoT — without breaking operations, visibility, or trust? This was the topic of this extremely insightful discussion that I moderated. At The Economic Times ETCISO Decrypt Summit 2025, a powerhouse panel of cybersecurity leaders came together to tackle one of the most urgent challenges in enterprise security:

The session brought together cybersecurity heads of companies, including GMR Group, HPCL, Tata Chemicals, Tata Digital, Accops, and Aryaka.

03/07/2025

A new start....

03/07/2025

Floating Solar: Powering the Future from Water:

Floating Solar: Powering the Future from Water

30/06/2025

PRIVACY vs. DETECTION: It was a pleasure moderating this panel discussion during the Economic Times ETCISO Decrypt in Mumbai on June 26, in which six top cybersecurity leaders came together to unpack one of the most difficult dilemmas of the digital age.
-- Tanin Chakraborty, Sr. Director & Global DPO, Biocon Biologics
-- Sarang Nagmote, Data protection officer, Paytm Payments Bank
-- Pankaj Kumar, CRO, CEAT ltd
-- Kuldeep Tomar, Head Of Information Security, Games 24X7
-- Akhil Wadhavkar, CISO, CDSL - Central Depository Services India
-- Hemant Madan, Director, Solutions Engineering, CCIE (Sec) | CISSP, Arayaka
Many thanks to all panelists for their insights

30/06/2025

Capturing Tomorrow: How Carbon Capture and Storage Can Help Save the Environment:

As the climate crisis intensifies, the global community is urgently seeking technological solutions that go beyond reducing emissions to actively removing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. Among the most promising tools in this fight is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)—a process that cap...

26/06/2025

Today, It was a pleasure felicitating good old friend and cybersecurity expert Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary and Additional Director General of Police, Govt of Maharashtra during the Economic Times ETCISO Summit Decrypt at Sofitel, Mumbai

02/06/2025

Delivering the opening note at The Economic Times CIO Annual in Goa on May 29, 2025

28/05/2025

From Hype to Reality: How Green Hydrogen is Powering the Next Energy Revolution:

From Hype to Reality How Green Hydrogen is Powering the Next Energy Revolution

10/05/2025

Orlando diaries...