So What’s The Fuss With These Technologies Really About?

CIOs are usually bombarded with various cycles of prediction and reports made by IT research companies/consultancies and vendors to give them a fair idea of what technologies are going to make it big. But, have these technologies really had the…

Union Budget 2013-14 – A Story of Odds & Ends

As a follow-up to my previous blog where I highlighted pain points IT decision makers are facing in India, below are some of my observations from the budget announcement yesterday. While a can of worms might be in the offing…

Questions CIOs Often Ask On Cloud Security

A discussion with IT leaders and managers on cloud security is always an interesting one. While I’ve had the pleasure of having multiple such discussions over the last 2-3 years, the roundtable I chaired during the recent NASSCOM India Leadership…

Keeping A Cat-Eyed Vision At The Union Budget 2013-14

It’s that time of the year again when Indians and all others with economic ties to this country eagerly await the announcements from the much celebrated annual financial event, the Union Budget. To gauge the market sentiment, I made a…

Decision Making A Roadblock For Adoption of Social Technologies

Most CIO conversations that I've had in the past few quarters either begin or end with a discussion on social technologies. While some refer to social as LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs, other mature and advanced users talk about tools like…

What Do DIT’s ‘IT Rules, 2011’ Mean To Orgs Operating In India?

After not addressing the flak for years from Governments across the globe, the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India (GoI) has introduced new rules earlier this year. Coined as the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2011, the notification is…