On July 13th, we invited analysts from around the world to join our annual Global Analyst Summit at Coworth Park in Ascot, UK.
The summit gave us an opportunity to connect with the analysts, and outline our strategy for the coming year.
Our CMO Julie Woods-Moss started the day with an immersive VR experience over breakfast.
.@juliewoodsmoss kicks off #GACS16 by giving analysts a feel for VR in action in the world of #F1 pic.twitter.com/ZIFWfUtQFm
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
CEO and Managing Director Vinod Kumar then formally opened the summit, introducing the theme of the day and giving an update on our activities over the past year.
CEO Vinod Kumar introducing #GACS16: "Welcome to the #platform economy" pic.twitter.com/2ABLq8mun0
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
Vinod Kumar shares that we added 600 enterprise customers last year @tata_comm #GACS16
— Julie Woods-Moss (@juliewoodsmoss) July 13, 2016
Tata Comms CEO Vinod mentioning Investment in Sentient Technologies – AI and security #GACS16. Sentient being a #Gartner cool vendor 2016
— Jessica Ekholm (@jessekholm) July 13, 2016
.@tata_comm CEO Vinod Kumar discussing the Era of Cloud Capitalism – great turn of phrase. #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/NTP6XmZ5Hc
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 13, 2016
"Platforms require our customers to evolve from looking digital to being digital" #digital #Gacs16 @tata_comm pic.twitter.com/idSzbnwOYz
— Craig Hepburn (@craighepburn) July 13, 2016
Afterwards Genius Wong, President, Global Network, Cloud and Data Centre Services, explained how we’re enabling the platform economy through networks and the cloud.
Genius Wong – president of network and cloud @tata_comm shares #cloud strategy #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/0kximR21Yr
— Julie Woods-Moss (@juliewoodsmoss) July 13, 2016
.@Tata_Comm's IZO solution expands to public/private/hybrid platform – Public Internet, meet QoS #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/jZlYfAx0IS
— Bill Haskins (@WHaskins) July 13, 2016
Afterwards, Anthony Bartolo, President of Mobility & Collaboration, explained the potential of UCC.
"Customer demand for Cloud-based UC solution is growing way more rapidly than we had expected" @tata_comm Anthony Bartolo #GACS16
— Roopashree (Roopa) (@roopa_shree) July 13, 2016
Anthony Bartolo: future of #UCC is combining with #SaaS enterprise apps – hence the importance of APIs #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/vnDktxpA3R
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 13, 2016
Anthony Bartolo on how CIOs can deliver to the promise of UCC @tata_comm #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/hZO4NbL9Gm
— Mehul Kapadia (@mehulkapadia) July 13, 2016
Rounding off the morning, Chief Strategy Officer Tri Pham presented on Tata Communications’ internal culture of curiosity and innovation, as well as our strategic priorities.
Chief Strategy Officer Tri Pham presents the last session before lunch, discussing innovation & partnerships #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/AktjmfSjXT
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
. @tata_comm #ShapeTheFuture program playing crucial role in building new businesses – Tri Pham #GACS16 #innovation pic.twitter.com/ieFLneRtLv
— Julie Woods-Moss (@juliewoodsmoss) July 13, 2016
@TATA_COMM CS0 Tri Pham on key areas of investments in the future. #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/5GR1n1kwYB
— Roopashree (Roopa) (@roopa_shree) July 13, 2016
Some highlights from this morning's sessions at #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/aLP7xirDBX
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
After lunch, the programme continued with breakout sessions.
Sumeet Walia President, Global Enterprise Services, gave the summit an update on our enterprise customers, with help from Gagan Pabla from our partner Cisco.
Sumeet Walia begins this afternoon's sessions at #GACS16: "3,600 enterprise customers benefit from our global reach" pic.twitter.com/14lwp3wVQM
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
Cisco's Gagan Pabla on our relationship: "Of all the carriers, Tata Comms gives the best support." #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/y6twnB8XuU
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
Next up Genius Wong, who gave an update on the backbone of our business: the network.
To build or not to build: Genius Wong on our network strategy & the pros & cons of building vs leasing cable #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/9ewJqbNUld
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
Genius Wong explaining the dynamics on sub sea cable investments @tata_comm #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/BAT9b5k94s
— Mehul Kapadia (@mehulkapadia) July 13, 2016
Meanwhile, Rangu Salgame, Chief Executive Officer, Growth Ventures and Service Provider Group, explained the scale and depth of our service provider business.
.@Tata_comm Largest intl voice provider with 52B voice minutes and relationships with ~2K service providers #GACS16
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 13, 2016
@TATA_COMM CEO of GV &SP business talks about his group's strategy #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/wJcrLZaqFl
— Roopashree (Roopa) (@roopa_shree) July 13, 2016
Afterwards, there was an update on our UCC offering from Peter Quinlan, VP, Unified Communications and Collaboration Product Management.
A @Tata_Comm partner once told me "Tata's SIP products are uniquely global" – this slide backs that POV up #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/phLsmivmBa
— Bill Haskins (@WHaskins) July 13, 2016
In the first session following the afternoon coffee-break, Julie Woods-Moss illustrated the qualities needed to partner with next-generation companies with the help of musical accompaniment.
.@juliewoodsmoss begins her #GACS16 PM session with brass quintet: "Important to work in harmony with partners" pic.twitter.com/SH0ho7ANhH
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
.@juliewoodsmoss using musical interludes to highlight attributes of Next Gen partnerships, here Speed #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/RNAz5wnwiO
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 13, 2016
.@tata_comm @juliewoodsmoss : All about importance of dynamism when working with NextGens #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/Wu4dnuSJUb
— Natalie Papaj (@WVU2005) July 13, 2016
She ended her session with another VR experience.
…and concludes with a #VR musical experience, ending the session on a high note! #GACS16 @juliewoodsmoss pic.twitter.com/NKf0klSWHI
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
At the same time, Brian Morris, VP and GM of Global Media & Entertainment Services, explained how our media ecosystem helps content owners and broadcasters get their content from viewfinder to viewer.
Brian Morris explains how @tata_comm helps the entire viewfinder to viewer journey for content owners #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/Og8kW3D1q3
— Mehul Kapadia (@mehulkapadia) July 13, 2016
Srinivasan CR, VP, Global Product Management, Data Centre Services, then explained how we are helping enterprises drive digital transformation by enabling cloud adoption, as well as helping them to manage security threats.
@tata_comm Srinivasan talks about Tata's cloud strategy #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/TrpwsFaIMZ
— Roopashree (Roopa) (@roopa_shree) July 13, 2016
Our #yourizo platform puts control back into the hands of the CIO – Srini CR @tata_comm #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/7sb5bcAlcf
— Mehul Kapadia (@mehulkapadia) July 13, 2016
Impressive #OpenStack based hybrid cloud management console by @tata_comm #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/LncxCuSJGg
— Roopashree (Roopa) (@roopa_shree) July 13, 2016
In the penultimate breakout session, Anthony Bartolo explained how our network enables mobility around the world.
Most of the mobility growth over the next few years will be in developing countries, 3B more smartphones #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/yBQ7BU33fS
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 13, 2016
The final breakout session of the afternoon saw Chief Operations Officer John Hayduk discuss how we service our customers.
.@john_hayduk rounding off #GACS16: "50% of customer lifecyle is now digitised. Aim is 100% in 2 years" pic.twitter.com/UMHC4DwqcI
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
After a day full of interesting discussion and collaboration between all of the attendees, Vinod Kumar closed the summit by thanking everyone for their participation.
That's a wrap! Vinod closes this year's #GACS16 – thanks to all who came and see you next year! pic.twitter.com/7iFDiwe1bi
— Tata Communications (@tata_comm) July 13, 2016
After the summit ended, there was relaxation, reflection about the events of the day, and positive feedback from everyone involved.
Wrapping up day one #GACS16. Great dialogue in a typically British setting pic.twitter.com/20bd0cnZgE
— John Hayduk (@john_hayduk) July 13, 2016
Wth @rangusalgame @mysoremadhu @roopa_shree on future of #managedservices n service providers #gacs16 pic.twitter.com/AJXuTrgjGi
— Vidya S Nath (@NathVidya) July 13, 2016
Many #thanks to Grace @charis_emunah and all #comms staff at @tata_comm for a great #GACS16 at @CoworthParkUK. LHR-BCN in a couple of hours
— Steve Blood (@SteveJNB) July 14, 2016
Thank you to @juliewoodsmoss, @Justine_MJM, @charis_emunah and the rest of the @tata_comm team – great job with #GACS16.
— Sheila McGee-Smith (@McGeeSmith) July 14, 2016
I call this one "Me, after a great few days of A+ food and deep thought." Thx to Team Tata for a great #GACS16 pic.twitter.com/x9kcoGnATT
— Bill Haskins (@WHaskins) July 14, 2016
Inspired & energised after a wonderful @tata_comm CEO & Analyst Summit last week.#CEO16 #GACS16#snapchat filter pic.twitter.com/yLWryADyXA
— Julie Woods-Moss (@juliewoodsmoss) July 19, 2016
See you next year!