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Vittal Raj Elected International Vice President Of ISACA

Vittal Raj Elected International Vice President Of ISACA

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Over the last 25 years, Raj has directed projects in the areas of IT governance, information security, IT assurance, enterprise risk management and risk-based internal audits.

Improving Customer Exp: New Age CIO Challenge

Improving Customer Exp: New Age CIO Challenge

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Marcus Starke, Senior VP, SAP Worldwide Marketing Regions talks about various new challenges that CIOs are facing with the rapidly changing era of IT.

Under Pressure Infosys Recalls Narayana Murthy As Chairman

Under Pressure Infosys Recalls Narayana Murthy As Chairman

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Current co-chairman S. Gopalakrishnan will become executive vice chairman, while CEO S.D. Shibulal remains in his position, Infosys said.

SAP Announces A Single Unified Development Organisation

SAP Announces A Single Unified Development Organisation

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SAP will consolidate all innovation under Vishal Sikka, member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, Technology and Innovation.

NASSCOM Foundation Rewards Social Entrepreneurs

NASSCOM Foundation Rewards Social Entrepreneurs

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Rita Soni, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation talks about the huge role of technology in doing good for the society and about being a social entrepreneur.

Is The Business Cheating On CIOs With IT?

Is The Business Cheating On CIOs With IT?

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Dane Anderson, VP, Research Director & Region Manager, Forrester Research talks about business undertaking IT, surpassing CIO controls. He suggests tips to manage the disruptive technologies causing this phenomenon.

Greyhound Research Appoints Ashish Bhagwat As Principal Analyst

Greyhound Research Appoints Ashish Bhagwat As Principal Analyst

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Ashish will focus on Business Process Management (BPM), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Social Technologies, Digital Marketing among other things.

Cloud Challenges: Risks Vs. Benefits

Cloud Challenges: Risks Vs. Benefits

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Jacob Lamm, EVP Strategy & Corporate Development, CA Technologies talks about CIOs using cloud flexibility to leverage best of breed components of various technologies and innovate.

F5 Networks Appoints Parag Khurana As MD For India

F5 Networks Appoints Parag Khurana As MD For India

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HP veteran Parag Khurana joins F5 to drive further growth in the Indian subcontinent.

IT Just Keeping The Lights On Is Not Enough

IT Just Keeping The Lights On Is Not Enough

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Nagaraj G N - Business Technology Leader shares pearls of wisdom for CIOs to manage device proliferation, IT consumerisation and building in-house vs. outsourcing.

What Is Your ERP Strategy?

What Is Your ERP Strategy?

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ERP is presumably the new term for Early Retirement Plan, effectively created and deployed with HR.

APAC CEOs See Themselves As Tech-Savvy Pioneers: Gartner

APAC CEOs See Themselves As Tech-Savvy Pioneers: Gartner

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CEOs see expanded role for IT but believe IT is still struggling with fundamentals.

CIO-CMO Bond Strengthens As Big Data Advances

CIO-CMO Bond Strengthens As Big Data Advances

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Naveen Mishra, Research Director, Gartner says that with Big Data emerging as a trend, the CMO will become integral to the CIO and the IT team at large, playing a big role in its decision-making process.

Microsoft Names Insider Amy Hood As CFO

Microsoft Names Insider Amy Hood As CFO

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Hood, 41, the first woman to hold the CFO post at Microsoft, takes over from Peter Klein, who announced his departure in April.

Akamai Technologies Appoints New VP And MD For India

Akamai Technologies Appoints New VP And MD For India

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Sidharth has worked in various senior roles as Country Manager- IBM Rational India, Area Vice President -Salesforce.com and Sales Manager at Tata Elxsi India.

Sify Names C R Rao As Chief Operating Officer

Sify Names C R Rao As Chief Operating Officer

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C R Rao has over 21 years of industry experience and brings with him rich expertise in strategic planning, operational management and organisational development initiatives.

2013 CIO Budget Priorities: Forrester

2013 CIO Budget Priorities: Forrester

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On average, firms plan to increase their technology spending by 2.0 percent in 2013.

Meru Cab's Trip Tracker Service Takes Over As 'Most Used' Service By Commuters

Meru Cab's Trip Tracker Service Takes Over As 'Most Used' Service By Commuters

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The "Trip Tracker Service" has recorded over 1 lakh trips across India, in less than 45 days since its launch.

BlackBerry Appoints Sunil Lalvani As MD For India

BlackBerry Appoints Sunil Lalvani As MD For India

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Lalvani will be responsible for overseeing and driving the overall business strategy and growth for BlackBerry in India.

Xavient Appoints Robert Hallahan As VP Of Solution Architecture

Xavient Appoints Robert Hallahan As VP Of Solution Architecture

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Robert has over 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, with extensive executive level strategic consulting.

Reducing IT Cost Doesn't Equal To Innovation

Reducing IT Cost Doesn't Equal To Innovation

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Manish Bahl, VP and Country Manager, Forrester India explains how CIOs are uniquely positioned to drive innovation but they just need to think more from the business perspective than IT.

CIOs Must Explore Design-Thinking Techniques For Complex ICT Projects: Ovum

CIOs Must Explore Design-Thinking Techniques For Complex ICT Projects: Ovum

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Design thinking in government ICT is particularly applicable in changing workflow for shared services, in co-creation initiatives, and in efforts dealing with open data that involve citizens and multiple agencies.

How CIOs Can Prepare For The Shift From IT To BT

How CIOs Can Prepare For The Shift From IT To BT

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John Brand, VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research talks about current business technology(BT) maturity in India and how CIOs can be equipped to handle the shift from IT to BT.

Only One In Four CIOs Self-Identifies As A Business Strategist Or Game-Changer

Only One In Four CIOs Self-Identifies As A Business Strategist Or Game-Changer

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A new report from Emerson Network Power, finds that nearly half of CIOs consider themselves IT service providers or cost centres, rather than business game changers or strategic innovators.

Succession Planning Is Key To CIO's Own Growth

Succession Planning Is Key To CIO's Own Growth

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Vijay Sethi, VP-Information Systems and CIO at Hero MotoCorp shares his leadership mantra and advises on a positive outlook towards succession planning.

So What's The Fuss With These Technologies Really About?

So What's The Fuss With These Technologies Really About?

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CIOs are usually bombarded with various cycles of prediction. But, have these technologies really had the impact which was hyped about them?

MphasiS Appoints Kumail Tyebjee VP And Business Leader Of Mobility Service Line

MphasiS Appoints Kumail Tyebjee VP And Business Leader Of Mobility Service Line

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Prior to joining MphasiS, Tyebjee led the Mobility Consulting practice at Infosys Consulting for five years.

52% Of CEOs Have A Digital Strategy: Gartner

52% Of CEOs Have A Digital Strategy: Gartner

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The 2013 Gartner CEO and Senior Executive Survey found that, as macro uncertainties abate, 78 percent of CEOs now feel able to plan their 2013 and 2014 investments and growth.

Inane CIO Surveys

Inane CIO Surveys

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Why are most surveys so painfully irritating and difficult to respond to?

The Balancing Act Between IT Consumerisation And Innovation

The Balancing Act Between IT Consumerisation And Innovation

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Industry stalwarts and eminent analysts deliberate over the tough battle between the new normal of decreasing IT budgets and increasing technology requirements.