One-third of C-suite executives say the CEO is responsible for digital innovation. The chief technology officer and chief information officer follow closely at 23 percent and 22 percent respectively. The CMO, however, is at 1 percent.
In an interview with Firstbiz, Partha Iyengar, country manager, Research, Gartner India, said Vishal Sikka will have to become a visible standard bearer for the Infosys brand, something that the Indian IT services still need at the level of maturity they are at.
India's second largest software services firm Infosys has finally found its new CEO in Vishal Sikka. Analysts feel the uncertainty is over, but at the same time Sikka will have to move very quickly to bring Infosys back on track.
Sikka was a former board member of SAP, and was tipped as a front runner for the post.
CIOs are getting bogged down with undue pressure and responsibilities. But this is also a good time for CIOs to rise and really prove they are worth their salt in the organisation - not just as managers handling back-end, mundane IT functions but as true leaders who make a significant contribution to how the business works and flourishes.
One third of CXO respondents indicated they are looking to replace their laptop with a tablet, says a Frost & Sullivan report.
The average age of CEOs who founded companies after 2000 is 36 years, 3 years lesser than CEOs who founded companies before 2000.
The appointment of a chief information security officer (CISO) to lead the data breach incident response team reduced the cost of a breach by more than $6, claimed the IBM-sponsored study.
This departure is critical since post the failure of SAP to sell ByDesign, HANA is effectively the only new innovation the company has been betting big hopes on.
Malkani replaced the company's President and Country Manager for India & SAARC region Jeff White, who decided to step down and move to Cisco US for personal reasons.
More than 44 percent of CIOs report to someone other than a CEO, President or COO. The lack of a seat at the top management table hinders CIOs from serving in the persona of chief innovation officer.
Indian CIOs will increase IT budgets up to 20 percent in 2014, claims a survey report.
David Wehner, Facebook's vice president of corporate finance and business planning, will succeed Ebersman, on June 1.
The bulk of this market's revenues come from software-as-a-service (SaaS) that accounted for $36 billion in revenue in 2013 and is expected to hit $131 billion by 2020.
Howard Bowland, VP & GM - Tech Support Services, HP APJ shares why the new style of IT needs different approaches to how its financial aspects are handled.
Expect a CDO role to emerge that may include the personas of the chief innovation officer and the chief intelligence officer.
More than one-third of IT departments already act primarily as services brokers, and this model is expected to expand rapidly in the next 12 months.
Abhay Savargaonkar will replace Jagbir Singh, who has resigned from his post as chief technology officer at Airtel.
High performance computing (HPC) will see a tremendous amount of usage in coming years. Tyrone sees a big future globally and for India too.
When Gartner asked CEOs who they would allocate relative responsibility for leading digital innovation and change over the next two years, the CIO came out on top.
Shangvi is known as the 'risk-taker, a sharp analyser, and a shrewd businessman' by his industry peers.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has sold more than half the shares she owned when the social network went public just two years ago.
Torrential changes will reshape the service provider landscape over the next several years as organisations struggle to adjust to a digital future, according to Gartner.
The study says men and women with equivalent levels of education and experience receive the same pay for similar work.
Target Corp announced an overhaul of its information security practices and the resignation of its chief information officer as the retailer tries to reassure customers and investors after a massive data breach late last year.
Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella, must take three actions to make the company relevant in the Age of the Customer.
Sahara boss Subrata Roy today apologised to the Supreme Court for not appearing in the court last week. Roy told the apex court the reasons for his non-appearance were genuine. Here are 10 things you need to know about Roy.
Chairman and CEO of world's largest steel-maker ArcelorMittal and one of the richest Indians, took a 38% cut in his salary and perks last year amid his firm reporting second consecutive loss in two years.
Hot areas for CRM investment include mobility, social media and technologies, Web analytics, and e-commerce.