Piyus Kanti: Trailblazing AI Innovations to Enable Digital Transformation

Cloudstrats is a well-known global solutions and managed services company based out of New York focused on helping customers innovate their digital transformation journey with advanced technologies such as Automation, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence. They enable cloud, optimize cybersecurity, and implement DevSecOps practices for their customers. They also provide enterprise solutions such as SAMAI, Automata, Narad and Infinity to analyze, mitigate, and remediate technology challenges efficiently and effectively.

A Multi-Faceted Leader

Piyus Kanti is a tech entrepreneur, solutions architect, and investor. He is also the founder of Powai Valley Ventures, a tech start-up accelerator. He has also led technology and information security management with eClerx, a global financial and analytical services company. Piyus has been also involved with various international consulting and solution architecture assignments with several Fortune 500 companies around the globe. In addition to his primary business pursuits, he also loves to help tech and gaming start-ups.

Delivering Exceptional Solutions Post-Pandemic

AI is just one of the few technology developments that Piyus believes will transform industry and organizations. One such example is when the COVID -19 outbreak disrupted several businesses, Cloudstrats joined hands for COVID management by developing NARAD, its COVID-19 data management and analytics solution that brought together relevant data which assisted users to interpret them through its intuitive and interactive visualization tools. It helped to optimize the management of COVID-19 patients through digitization, automation of current processes, and advanced prescriptive and predictive analytics.

The Three Pillars of Offerings

In an era where agility, security, and an integrated approach towards business operations have become paramount for ease of business and efficiencies, organizations are looking at partners who can offer unmatched cloud-based automated solutions to enhance business results. They are looking at optimizing their investments and workforce to focus more on their core business areas. Catering to this need, Cloudstrats helps clients automate and streamline business processes and thus boost their business outcomes with watertight security and enhanced visibility of the operations. The Discovery of tailored solutions, advisory, and managed services are the three pillars of Cloudstrats' offerings.

Disruption Tech to Increase Market Traction

Piyus always makes sure that Cloudstrats is on the right track of using disruptive tech. Piyus states "Cloud computing has been witnessing increasing market traction within major geographies across the globe. In India, the market for cloud-based data services is currently in a growing phase due to rising adoption in large business setups as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they continue their digital transformation journey. When it comes to enterprise cloud computing, it is a complete solution for varied organizations and companies that enable applications and services to be delivered as a service. All the computing resources can be delivered rapidly to end users as per their business requirements". So, keeping all this in mind, Piyus says that the main benefit of Cloud is that it can be scaled up or down easily, where users can acquire all those resources that they are looking for and need to pay only for what they are using.

Upholding a Company with Leadership Skills

Piyus considers that AI/Big Data/Machine Learning to be the areas of work in which there are so many mysteries about real-world results, where there is so much to ingest and discover, that one needs a certain level of 'courage to be involved period– to invest one's time and money in it. For many companies, given the younger workforce and new learning, there is still a lack of a record of accomplishment, and Piyus believes that this is one of the biggest challenges.

"The industry and leaders yearn for certainty and with a lot of development in big data technologies, there can still be a step into the unknown. Removing departmental silos is one of the most important tasks that an AI leader must complete before value in one's team can be achieved. Interdepartmental flow is one major mission to be accomplished" remarks Piyus.

Words of Wisdom for the Young Leaders

In the journey of immersion of AI, Piyus suggests that young leaders not shift their focus from the criticality of cybersecurity. "In a rapidly changing realm with many entities having advanced computing capabilities, there needs to be serious thought dedicated to cybersecurity" believes Piyus.

He further adds that the core capability will be to make sense out of complex data, better than everyone around.

A Future Filled with Goals and Possibilities

Talking about the future, Piyus says "Artificial Intelligence is altering the IT industry and dynamically changing the way companies work. It is growing crucial for society, economy, and governance. The increasing adoption of AI into intrinsic aspects of life is making businesses make informed decisions and improve efficiency at the same time, though, these developments raise important policy, regulatory, and ethical issues. It is a journey to leverage the technology and safeguard from any potential risk".

As initial adopters with developed expertise, Cloudstrats is excited about the possibilities. Piyus asserts that customers can now leverage technology to increase productivity and be ready for the future and the company will be partnering with them at every step of the journey.