Vendor

Heated Vendor Competition Characterised Global Mobile Phone Mkt In 2012: IDC

Vendors shipped a total of 482.5 million mobile phones in 4Q12 compared to 473.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011.

What You Should Look For In Your Cloud Service Provider

Some of the 'must-have' cloud service provider selection guidelines for CIOs.

How To Get The Most Out Of Your IT Infra Vendor

Aman Munglani, Research Director, Servers & Storage, Gartner, advises CIOs to avoid being over prescriptive with vendors and to keep a dual vendor strategy while charting out their IT infra blueprint.

CIOs Often Don't Read Into Contract Fine Print

Liz Herbert, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research warns of the mistakes CIOs often tend to make in managing their vendors and elaborates on the nuances of vendor contracts.

What PSU CIOs Should Demand Of Their Vendors

Before signing on the dotted line, here's what the PSU CIOs need to demand from their IT vendors and judge them on - beyond the RFPs.

Ensure Thorough Risk Assessment Of Cloud Vendor

Sachin Jain, CIO and CISO, Evalueserve provides his recommendations on 'Dos' and 'Don'ts' for vendor contracts and SLAs when moving to the cloud.

The CIO Bias

Jack Santos, Research VP, Gartner shares his views on vendor organisations' "Decision-Maker Delusion" mindset.

Managing Expectations Critical To Sustain Outsourcing Relationship

Debabrat Nag, BG - IT, Voltas talks about the company's journey in managing relationship with the outsourcing vendor

Open Virtualisation: More Innovation Without Vendor Lock-In

ERP Considerations For Mid-Size Businesses

The transition to ERP for mid-size companies is often the catalyst for faster growth and improved profits.