IT spending in India is forecast to reach USD72.4 billion in 2017
Driven by growth in software and IT services revenue, research agency, Gartner, forecasts that the IT spending in India will reach USD72.4 billion in 2017 - up 6.9% from 2016. Analysts said the key vertical segments driving IT spending growth include the communications, media and services, banking and securities, manufacturing and utilities markets. "’Make in India’ is set to... By CIO&Leader
Tableau: Creating a Culture of Analytics
Data analytics company, Tableau Software added 3,900 new customers in the August of 2016, bringing its customer base to more than 46,000 across the globe. The company’s revenue increased 32% over this time last year. We spoke to Elissa Fink, the Chief Marketing Officer at Tableau on the reason behind the growing demand for data analytics among leaders from across the organization.... By Shubhra Rishi
Meet the oldest data custodian: The CIO
“Traditionally, the responsibility of handling and managing data has remained with the CIO, and therefore, instead of defining new roles, organizations are comfortable assigning the data analytics responsibility to the CIO,” says Arup Roy, research director at Gartner. Such is the case at Eveready Industries where IT is the sole custodian of data and analytics. Its CIO, Arup... By Shubhra Rishi
Steering data science-driven marketing: The CMO
Arup Roy, Research Director at Gartner, says, “The CDO also has a dotted responsibility towards the marketing function to make use of the data in communications with the consumers and also use the data to do modeling in predicting trends and identifying business opportunities.” Take Gagan Singla at Angel Broking, for instance. He’s the Chief Marketing Officer and the Chief Data Scientist... By
Whose Data is it anyway?
Since 2011, data has continuously made a comeback in our office discussions and business meetings. It has even crept into our coffee breaks. Questions, such as 'where do I begin?' or 'which solution should I deploy?' or 'what skills do I need?' must have already crossed your mind. Some of you may have also already identified data as your 'strategic corporate asset'. But how many of you are... By Shubhra Rishi
Marketers bullish about their companies’ martech investment: study
More than two-third marketers expect their companies’ marketing technology (martech) budget to increase in 2017. Seven out of ten marketers think their companies invest the right amount in martech, according to a new study, State of Marketing Technology 2017, conducted by global PR firm, Walker Sands Communications and chiefmartech.com. Based on a poll of more than 300 marketing professionals,... By CIO&Leader
For the first time in five years, networks are getting younger: Research
As much as 58% network devices in enterprises globally are currently indicating an early refresh of network equipment, according to the Network Barometer Report 2016, released recently by network integration company, Dimension Data. The annual report that describes itself as a gauge of global networks’ readiness to accelerate business, says for the first time in five years, networks are... By CIO&Leader
Does Donald Hold the Trump Card for Tech?
For tech companies openly supporting the democratic candidate, Hilary Clinton, their worst fears have come true. Donad Trump has been elected President of the United States despite a strong opposition from tech junta, economists and politicians alike. Take for instance, Elon Musk, who said rather strongly on how Trump is probably not the right guy for the presidency, and wouldn... By
Only 46% of Indian decision makers believe digital transformation initiatives impact their organizations
Digital transformation is suddenly gathering steam. For the last few years, we have heard leaders across lines of businesses start their digitization journey. While some of them are piloting new projects on a small level, others are looking at how to digitalize their entire organization. No matter how small the effort, something seems to be working. According to a recent CA... By CIO&Leader
Only 14% IT execs feel their department is ready to meet business needs: study
Public clouds and private clouds are the top technologies that will impact the enterprise over the next three years, according to a new survey by Pluribus Networks, results of which were released recently. Each of the two technologies were cited by 43% respondents , while virtual desktop infrastructure (41%) trailed close behind. Only 30% identified converged infrastructure as the top technology... By CIO&Leader
Research suggests four imperatives for IT performance in the digital era
A new research by benchmarking and performance measurement firm, The Hackett Group, highlights four imperatives for achieving world-class IT performance in the digital era. The research, Four Imperatives for Creating IT Agility in a Digital Age, says world-class IT organizations spend 21% less per end user than typical companies, and rely on 8% fewer staff. The four imperatives... By CIO&Leader