On the latest episode of Technogram by Redington, Deepak Puligadda, Global Chief Technology Officer at Redington Limited, engages in a powerful yet candid conversation with Suresh V Shankar, Founder & CEO of Crayon Data — the company behind Tangram.ai and Maya.ai — on where AI is truly heading, and what it takes to move from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact.

Takeaways:

• 70% AI readiness may become the new competitive edge, separating organizations that are piloting from those that are scaling with intent and measurable outcomes.
• The mindset gap between AI natives and AI immigrants is widening, reshaping how enterprises approach adoption, governance, and innovation velocity.
• Agentic automation in regulated workflows, enterprise knowledge summarization, and digital workers are redefining value creation — with AI positioned to augment human intelligence, not replace it.

On the latest episode of Technogram by Redington, Shobha Moni, Founder and Partner at Triad Software Services, reflects on leadership, entrepreneurship, and the moments that shape founders - those that ultimately help unlock what’s next.

Takeaways:

• Long-term success in business isn’t built on paperwork
• it’s built on integrity, transparency, and doing the right thing even when it’s inconvenient.
• Bootstrapping, cash-flow awareness, and the ability to adapt during downturns are critical survival skills for entrepreneurs, especially in volatile markets.
• ERP, AI, and mobility only matter when they solve real business problems. Clean data, last-mile adoption, and human judgment are what truly unlock growth.

In this episode, we feature Kanta Mirchandani, Regional Distribution Lead at Microsoft CEMA. A veteran leader in cloud transformation and digital innovation, Kanta unpacks how AI is reshaping modern enterprises and redefining the future of productivity. She breaks down the emergence of the Frontier Firm—organizations that merge human creativity with AI agents to accelerate efficiency, decision-making, and innovation.

From “intelligence on tap” to the evolving responsibilities of channel partners, Kanta shares practical frameworks for leveraging AI securely, enhancing customer engagement, and reimagining business processes in real time. She also highlights how partners can stay relevant by building AI literacy, managing AI agent teams, and embedding governance and security into their strategies.

Key Takeaways:

• Why Frontier Firms succeed by blending human ingenuity with AI tools to solve workforce, customer, and innovation challenges.

• How “intelligence on tap” enables real-time decisions, faster product development, and optimized operations.
• How channel partners can shift from sellers to trusted advisors by adopting AI readiness, secure practices,