{"id":998432,"date":"2026-03-16T08:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=998432"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:12:14","slug":"ais-rapid-rise-to-powerthe-next-infrastructure-wave-vs-hariharan-group-ceo-redington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/16\/ais-rapid-rise-to-powerthe-next-infrastructure-wave-vs-hariharan-group-ceo-redington\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018AI\u2019s rapid rise to powerthe next infrastructure wave\u2019: VS Hariharan, Group CEO, Redington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Redington is evolving from a pure-play distributor to a technology ecosystem orchestrator under its \u201cUnlock Next\u201d strategy, emphasising digital platforms, services and value-added solutions beyond traditional inventory and logistics. This shift addresses the rise of cloud, SaaS, AI and cybersecurity, where software now drives a larger share of the distribution industry. In this interview, VS Hariharan, Group CEO, Redington, speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on its transformation journey and expansion plans. Excerpts:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redington is evolving from a pure-play distributor to a technology ecosystem orchestrator under its \u201cUnlock Next\u201d strategy, emphasising digital platforms, services and value-added solutions beyond traditional inventory and logistics. This shift addresses the rise of cloud, SaaS, AI and cybersecurity, where software now drives a larger share of the distribution industry. In this interview, VS Hariharan, Group CEO, Redington, speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on its transformation journey and expansion plans. Excerpts:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}