CIO Magazine March 2012 Issue
Go Global
Cover Story
Go Global: What You Need to Prepare for?
Being a global leader just isn’t about getting on a plane or having a strong stomach. If you’re preparing to be a global CIO, here’s some of what you have to gear up for.
Go Global: Rate Your Cultural Smarts
If you’re anything like us, you probably think you are culturally aware. We do, after all, live in a connected world. Americans like to be on time, the French like long lunches. You’ve heard it before. But have you, really?
Take these quizzes from kwintessential.co.uk and find out for sure.
Case Files
Vedanta Unleashes Technology with Telepresence
In a world which asks telepresence to pipe down, Vedanta has unleashed the technology and taken it to new heights. Why?
Genpact Cut IT Costs by Rs 50 Crore to Retain Customers
In recessionary times, customers are dearer. Genpact knew that and to provide more value to its customers, it did something unusual: It cut IT costs.
View from The Top
The Game Changer
K.V. Srinivasan, CEO, Reliance Commercial Finance, on changing the company’s business model during a slowdown and how IT made the transition less arduous.
Feature
The Art and Science of Pricing
IT leaders need to step up and provide their companies with the sophisticated tools needed to make smarter pricing decisions, which lead to greater profits.
Getting the Vendor Collective Right
Shell and other big businesses use their clout to get normally hyper-competitive vendors to work together on IT projects and reveal their R&D plans and other benefits.
Column
Is Too Much Information Becoming Counterproductive?
In a world where a five-minute YouTube video is too long a commitment and 140-character tweets have usurped thoughtful paragraphs, we need to ask whether constant partial attention has brought us any improvements.
A CSO’s First Security Assessment: What Went Wrong?
The first security assessment at this CSO’s new employer wasn’t supposed to be personal. It just ended up that way.
The Ideal Cloud: Amalgamation of Cost and Agility
Are cloud services attractive because they are less expensive or are IT professionals drawn by greater agility It’s not an ‘either-or’ debate.
From the editor-in-chief
From the Editor-in-Chief : Get Real!
How serious are you about being a business executive if you are not into attracting and retaining profitable customers.
