Moving beyond mobility
We are in the most interesting times today...the times of “Tsunami Transformation”. In such an evolutionary stage of transformation, it is sometimes very difficult to pin-point the stage of transformation that we are in. If we take a look at the history of interaction, you will realize that every form of human interaction is unique to the actors involved; heterogeneity is what defines us as... By Vikas Gupta
From the Editor: Do you have enough outsight?
While IT leaders are never tired of talking about digital transformation, many of the large corporations, especially where big transformation is taking place, have chosen to appoint business guys to positions like Chief Digital Officer, Head of Transformation who are leading the journey. When I speak to many of those people leading the big change, I do ask about the role of their CIOs and... By Shyamanuja Das
Why this year will define a new order to gender equality in enterprises?
Many years ago when cloud deployments were at their peak, during an interview, an Indian woman CIO was talking about how tough it was for her to say goodbye to legacy hardware and deploy a hybrid cloud strategy. She made a reasonably strong case for the hybrid cloud and indicated a growing acceptance among CIOs to reposition their cloud strategy—from purely private to hybrid. Incidentally, it... By Shubhra Rishi
2018's focus: Women in IT
8th March is International Women's Day. And on this niche platform, we can only go so far as to explore why there are still so few women in enterprise IT. Through our brief research last year with Headhonchos.com, we spent time analysing the women pipeline in enterprise IT. The result was somewhat expected. At 35%, most women were likely to be hired in the field of HR while only 12% were... By Shubhra Rishi
Rule of Two: Cisco, Polycom have three-fourths of the market even as global telepresence market revives
Telepresence market has shown signs of revival and is expected to grow love the next five years, says research firm Synergy Research Group (SRG). New 2017 data from SRG shows that after a long period of tough market conditions, Q3 and Q4 2017 saw year-on-year growth in spending on telepresence. In the second half of 2017, the telepresence market grew 21% over the first half and 4% year on year... By CIO&Leader
How Application Classification Framework impacts Infrastructure Support services
Enterprise IT managers have actively been moving to outcomes based commercial constructs such as Managed Services for operational functions such as, Application Maintenance and Support. This model has been successfully industrialized for Infrastructure Support (IS) services, wherein the entire IS service work gets efficiently decomposed into well-defined Resource-Unit (RU) which can benchmarked... By Sandeep Gupta
APJ cos see the need for digital transformation; lag in implementation
The need for digital transformation has reached critical levels, as per CA Technologies Asia Pacific & Japan Digital Transformation Impact and Readiness Study. 80% of business and IT leaders surveyed agreed that their industries have been impacted by digital disruption. However, most organizations are lagging when it comes to staying relevant and competitive in this digital economy as only... By CIO&Leader
Two large Indian enterprises make it to the World's Most Ethical Companies list
According to a report by Ethispere Institute, 135 companies across 23 countries and 57 industries feature in the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies list. The US has the maximum number of ethical companies while the UK has two. Among the Indian companies, Tata Steel and Wipro are the two companies that have made it to the list. The research found that listed World’s Most... By CIO&Leader
Security is an art form, rather than a science
The first step in improving the security of IT system is to answer these basic questions: What am I trying to protect and how much is it worth to me? What do I need to protect against? How much time, effort, and money am I willing to expend to obtain adequate protection? These questions form the basis of the process known as risk assessment. Risk assessment is a very... By SN Sasikumar
How to protect against ransomware threats
'IT Security’ and Internet of Things (IoT) are of great significance in today’s digitally connected world. The rapid pace of getting everything connected and online in a “smart” world is creating new vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers. Ransomware as a concept has been around for years now but has recently evolved. Hacking group, 'The Shadow Brokers', was behind the ... By Rupen Shah
The purpose of DevOps is to create a strategy for better collaboration
DevOps, normally mistaken to be either a tool or a profile in an organization, is neither. It is a set of principles and practices that helps in continuous integration and development. DevOps is an application development method that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between the developers and Information Technology (IT) professionals. So, DevOps is a response to the... By Muneesh Kumar