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CIO Strategies: Tackling
The Hurdles
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Keeping
pace with change
Change is good. In fact,
it's one of the few constants. But an institution
(more likely one from the Banking sector), that
invested a few crores of rupees in state-of-the-art
infrastructure, won't easily accept the fact that
a part of its IT infrastructure is obsolete.
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Married
to the Org.
Despite the oft-repeated phrase, "No one
is indispensable," every organization acknowledges
that people are a valuable asset. Because when people
move on for better opportunities, they take with
them skill sets that are essential for the business.
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For
a few hours more…
The role of the modern day CIO is quite different
from the IS Manager of yesteryear. The significance
of IT has increased since it has progressed from
being just a support function to a business enabler.
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IT budgets: A case for business
Traditionally, pitching
for IT budgets has been a big challenge for CIOs.
Planning for IT is now treated like any other
business activity.
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"Vendors should be treated like business
partners"
Choosing solutions
providers for one's IT infrastructure requirements
can be tricky business. After sitting through
vendor presentations and considering all
the "discounts" and value-adds,
a CIO is still concerned about the level
of service he will get in future.
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& ANALYSIS |
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McAfee
pushes for proactive security
"Put
the smarts into cable testing"
Color
printing set to go mainstream in enterprises
An
IntelliJack is born
Oracle
gropes for grid market in India
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| SECURITY
WATCH |
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Security
Watch
Virus authors traditionally wrote their virus code,
compiled it and released the virus into the wild,
where they went forth, multiplied and caused misery
to one and all. |
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Clearing
the hurdles |
| EVENTS |
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IS
2004 provides radical benefits to the CIO community
Keeping with the tradition of being the best source
of information management and strategy learnings
for Indian CIOs, Network Magazine organized its
annual event: Infrastructure Strategies 2004 (IS
2004). |
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PERSON |
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'We
need to examine how IT manages things'
'B-class
cities are showing positive trends towards EAS
software'
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HI-TECH HOTSHOTS |
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The
Road more or less traveled
Close your eyes…wait,
not yet, first read the rest. Take a deep breath.
Feel the cool monsoon air entering your body.
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FOCUS |
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Open
Revolution
Down
the SAN memory lane |
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CASE STUDY |
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A
campus WLAN, RFIDs, biometrics, smart cards, and
a wedding
Maintaining
the precious edge |
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SHELF SPACE |
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New
Products & Services |
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VENDOR VOICE |
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Managing
storage through layers |
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XSP |
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Remote
help in management
Wipro Technologies set
up its Network Operations Center (NOC) also called
Global Network Operations Center at the beginning
of 2001 with a workforce of just 10 people. |
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READERWARE |
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Cracking
the Hacker
A
strategy to consider |
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