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Gearing IT for the Rains: What CIOs Need to Know
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Gearing IT for the Rains: What CIOs Need to Know

Here's how CIOs can prepare their organizations for monsoons, when faced by flooded basements, stranded employees, and disrupted services. 

CIOs Don't Need to be Business Leaders
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CIOs Don't Need to be Business Leaders

Given the complexity of today's applications, the future role of the CIO cannot be less technical and more businesslike, columnist Bernard Golden writes. Plus: inputs from Indian CIOs

10 Steps to Business Process Transformation
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10 Steps to Business Process Transformation

Spurred by the recession, CIOs have sharpened their focus on processes, and transformed business models, believes Coonie Moore Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.

Rajesh Munjal
Rajesh Munjal

VP-Business Operations, EasyCabs

Carzonrent's Becomes the Only Company With an Automated RMS

Carzonrent puts in place a robust revenue management system after it loses track of 1.4 percent of its transactions.

Technology:
Business Intelligence & Analytics
Industry:
Services
Amod Malviya
Amod Malviya

VP Engineering, Flipkart

Flipkart Drives Innovation Through Intelligent use of IT

By using a system that allows Flipkart’s engineers to launch multiple versions of its website in real time, IT drives  a new level of innovation.

Technology:
Business Intelligence & Analytics
Industry:
Services
Arup Choudhury
Arup Choudhury

GM-IT, Eveready Industries

How Eveready Brought Down its Forecast Errors

Battling inefficient manual systems, Eveready Industries’ new businesses were reporting 60 percent forecast errors. Here's how its CIO turned that number into75 percent accuracy rate.

Technology:
ERP
Industry:
Manufacturing

CIOs Find Personal Mobile Devices too Risky

A majority of Indian businesses believe that the risks of allowing the use of personal mobiles outweigh the benefits.

The Byte: Tech News Digest

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Are CIOs the Most Qualified to be Business Leaders?

Srinivasan Iyengar
For a comprehensive knowledge of operations and what makes the enterprise tick, the CIO role has no competition. -Srinivasan IyengarCOO (former Director-IT & Change Management), Aegon Religare
Zoeb  Adenwala
Having a detailed and horizontal view of an organization’s processes isn’t enough to be a good business leader. -Zoeb AdenwalaGlobal CIO, Essel Propack
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CIO100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony 2012

Sep 06, 2012 at Hyderabad


CIO boasts of a proud tradition of honoring the leading pioneers of Indian IT by felicitating them with the most coveted mark of IT excellence - The CIO100 Awards.
Now in its 7th year, the CIO100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony 2012 is slated to be held in Hyderabad, with exclusive invitations to the top 200 finalists.

Nominations Open!


Apr 2012

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What’s Driving Business Analytics? CIOs Ponder

CIOs share the five IT trends that are transforming how their companies process data to gain valuable business intelligence.

Ways CIOs Benefit From Facetime with Customers

CIOs who get out of the office and talk face-to-face with customers can bring back ideas for new products and better systems.

Getting Storage Big Data Ready

The customer is always right, but how would you know? Few CIOs truly understand what external customers want and why they act the way they do.