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Falgun Shukla
Falgun Shukla Sr. GM-IT, Hikal

Hikal Profits from a Technology That Failed in 2008

How do you convince management to invest in a technology project that's already failed? Hikal's IT leader has the answer.
Rohan Deshpande
Rohan Deshpande CTO, O&M Worldwide

O&M Transformed its Office to a BI Hub for International Clients

When one of the world's most-coveted ad agencies, Ogilvy and Mather, wanted to take customer satisfaction to a new level, it turned to BI.

Vijay Mahajan Helps MSLS Boost Productivity by 40 Percent

Mahindra Shubhlabh Services works with about 250 farmers who grow fruit crops such as grapes, apples, and agri input products for MSLS. This produce is then packed and exported to European companies.The company aims to be a farmer’s single point access to all the products, services, and knowledge they need to run productive farms.

CIO Mentors Insights from the CIO Governing council

VVR Babu Group CIO, ITC
VVR Babu

Business for Society’s Sake

CSR should not be seen as just a marketing tool. It needs to be embedded in one's business strategies.

Pravir Vohra Group CTO, ICICI
Pravir Vohra

What Makes a Business CIO?

We need to build a culture of trust and a feeling that IT and the business are on the same side.

CIO Conversations

Cloud Computing and its role in IT-Business Alignment

R.D. Malav

Vice President- Information Technology, Jindal Poly Films

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"For IT infrastructure to be agile, flexible and easily manageable, cloud is the only effective option."

Dharanibalan Gurunathan

Vice President, Offerings Management & Development, Global Technology Services, IBM, India/South Asia

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"While businesses have understood to a great extent what benefits Cloud computing brings in, IT remains apprehensive."

CIO Debate

Cloud Computing Benefits: The Top line or Bottom line?: Topline or Bottomline

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S. Raghuna Reddy S. Raghuna Reddy

UTI Mutual Fund, SVP-IT

Cloud computing can help companies shrink time-to-market, thereby transforming business.
Abbraham Ittyipe Abbraham Ittyipe

Harrisons Malayalam, Head-IT

We expect cloud computing to cut capex costs by 50 percent and opex costs by 60 percent

Should You Move Mission Critical Apps to the Cloud? : Ayes or Nays

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Jyotish Chandra Mohanty Jyotish Chandra Mohanty

OERC, Joint Director-IT

We have already put mission critical applications in the cloud and haven't faced too many problems.
Sanjay Gupta Sanjay Gupta

Omaxe India , GM-IT

Putting the mission critical application on the cloud is putting the business at risk

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Business Intelligence refers to  software applications that helps  turn raw data into information. This information in turn helps organizations take critical decisions, cost-cuttings and identify business opportunities.

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

Vendors tout the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model as an easy way to deploy applications. SaaS promised easier, speedier and cheaper implementations. But is SaaS all it's cracked up to be?

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Virtualization

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Managing information technology sustainably can reduce corporate energy bills and keep toxins out of landfills. Thinking "green" with IT can help companies manage raw materials more efficiently and increase revenue.

 

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Mobiles are allowing mobile e-mail, Internet and even corporate network access. Critical enterprise information is leaking onto mobile devices whose risk of loss is much higher than it is for PCs at the office.

 

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