New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- As India's technology leaders and Indian enterprises gear up for 2026, industry leaders with a consensus point out that the pilot phase is over. Ahead lies the mandate for disciplined execution, where artificial intelligence (AI), cloud infrastructure, and automation must deliver measurable outcomes while maintaining security, resilience, and governance at scale.

After years of testing AI tools, experimenting with cloud architectures, and running proof-of-concept projects, companies are moving to enterprise-wide deployment. The question now is whether they can actually deliver on the promises they've been making.

The transition from testing to deployment at its core has altered boardroom conversations. Vikram Bhanda...