Recently we all read/saw the news about the ‘Black out in India’ (Black Out = Power failure). Vantage Agora has two centers in India, which provides back office support to several US customers. Naturally, some of our customers asked us if VA operation was affected by the ‘Black Out’.
I was in the US and I did not even know about the black out until one of our customers asked me about it. When I was asked this question the first time, I checked my dashboard (We provide complete management dashboard (VA Matrix) for all our customers that enables them to see their operation status every morning) and said “Not really, and given that your dashboard and numbers look all right, we seem to be okay. Let me check with the team and get back.” I quickly checked into Club VA (VA’s patent pending enterprise social network) for answers and within minutes I had an answer that read something like this:
“Yes, there was a power outage in parts of Northern India during the night but life in general was not affected since literally every company has its own generator back up to provide power without any interruption.”
I was happy that there was no impact...Read more
About the Author
As the founder of Vantage Agora (VA), Harsha has been instrumental in the growth of the company since its inception. Harsha has over 20+ years of experience in consulting, Enterprise Social Networking, Business Intelligence, and Process improvement. His work with companies such as Fidelity, American Airlines, I2 Technologies, etc, has made him an Expert in Business intelligence and Process improvement.
Harsha has developed a patent pending 'Enterprise Social Network – VA Club', Harsha also has 4 process improvement patents.
Harsha graduated MBA from southern Methodist University (SMU) Dallas, a masters in Computer Science from Louisiana State University (LSU) Baton Rouge, and a Bachelors in Engineering from Bangalore University (BU).
About Vantage Agora
Vantage Agora (VA) is a global provider of back-office solutions, custom IT services and consulting services for companies in the insurance, finance, and healthcare sectors. As a SSAE 16 Type II audited company, Vantage Agora utilizes advanced data processing and quality control systems on a secured network to ensure efficient, comprehensive management of back-office functions such as insurance, accounting, financial and administrative tasks. Founded in 2004, Vantage Agora has offices in Cleveland and Dallas.
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