Innovation forges a secure & sustainable technology future

Amid ongoing technological upheavals, industry leaders are using the occasion of World Technology Day to reflect on the intersection of innovation, sustainability, and resilience. At the forefront of these changes are companies specialising in cybersecurity and construction technology, sectors that are both shaping and being reshaped by digital transformation.

Gopi Sirineni, CEO and Co-Founder of Axiado, a company focused on hardware-anchored, AI-driven security solutions, emphasised the crucial need for responsibility in the pursuit of innovation. "Innovation today is inseparable from responsibility. Empowering a sustainable tomorrow begins with building technology that advances and also endures. In cybersecurity, this means designing systems that are resilient by default, not patched after the fact," Sirineni commented.

Sirineni highlighted the vulnerabilities traditional software-only security systems face, particularly in environments such as cloud data centres and 5G networks, which must now contend with increasingly sophisticated hardware-level threats. "Traditional, software-only security is no longer enough, especially in high-risk environments like data centres and 5G networks. These systems manage massive volumes of sensitive data and are increasingly targeted by sophisticated, hardware-level attacks. To protect them, we need security that's built into the hardware itself, resilient by design, not reactive," he stated.

The Axiado chief stressed that the foundation of a sustainable digital future lies in trust—trust in the systems being built, the data being protected, and the people those systems serve. As technological innovation outpaces regulation and adapts to ever-more complex attack vectors, Sirineni called for building integrity, privacy, and resilience directly into next-generation technologies. "Innovation will always push boundaries. It's our responsibility to ensure those boundaries are reinforced with integrity, privacy, and resilience, so that what we build today continues to empower generations to come. Empowering the future means securing it first."

In the construction technology sector, organisations are similarly embracing the fast-paced evolution of digital tools. Janak Vakharia, CEO of Xpedeon, a global provider of software solutions to the construction industry, noted the accelerating transformation driven by artificial intelligence, automation, and real-time data analytics.

"On World Technology Day, we celebrate the boundless potential of innovation to transform industries and elevate human progress," Vakharia remarked. "At Xpedeon, our evolution from a traditional ERP provider to a global SaaS platform is rooted in a clear vision—to lead the next wave of digital transformation in the built environment."

Vakharia underlined the changing landscape of the construction sector, often known as ConTech, where integrated intelligent systems are now central to how projects are conceived, executed, and maintained. "As the ConTech landscape rapidly advances, driven by AI, automation, and real-time data intelligence, we are committed to creating technologies that redefine how construction and engineering projects are designed, delivered, and scaled. The future of ConTech lies in intelligent, integrated systems that drive efficiency, sustainability, and agility, and we are proud to be at the forefront of that movement," he added.

The push for sustainability and digitalisation is no longer limited to the creation of new tools; it encompasses a broader ethical mandate. Both Sirineni and Vakharia called for an industry-wide commitment to embedding security, resilience, and sustainability into the foundation of all technological progress. Their perspectives underscore a shared belief that long-term empowerment—whether of digital infrastructures or the built environment—rests on responsible stewardship and the continual reinvention of technology itself.

As business landscapes shift, and digital threats and opportunities multiply, companies like Axiado and Xpedeon are striving to ensure that innovation serves not just the present, but also carries forward the promise of a secure, sustainable, and inclusive future.