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Editor's
Letter
Innovation
and the IT department
Cover Story
Hard
questions for the fairer sex
Are women CIOs a better match than their male counterparts?
Can women in IT handle stress better?…. We talked to
four women CIOs to get their perspectives on a wide range
of issues that affect them. By Aditya Kelekar and N Geetha
The
IT Woman
It is no secret that women are severely underrepresented in
IT and that there aren't many women CIOs. But with all the
talk about how a greater gender diversity and better gender
dynamics can help the cause of the IT organization, the current
scenario could be in for a change in the days ahead. By Rajendra
Chaudhary
Vertical
Focus
Focus
On: Advertising
An optimistic trend prevails in the advertising sector as
CIOs are bullish about their technology deployments which
are not constrained by the economic downturn. While CIOs face
new business challenges, the investments in IT seem to be
unaffected with the top management relying on IT to drive
growth.
By Invitation
Tapping
into virtualization’s potential
Flexibility is among the top drivers for adoption of virtualization.
By Nandu Pradhan
Techvisor
The
two-factor shield
Internet fraud perpetrators have had a field day till now.
With RBI cracking the whip on banks 2-factor authentication,
the scene is set to change. By Aditya Kelekar
Head to Head
Madras
Cements Ltd
Chennai headquartered Madras Cements, a leading player in
that domain, has been a pioneer in many ways, with IT being
no exception
Case Study
HDFC
attempts storage nirvana
HDFC cuts down on its visits to the storage shop and extends
the life of its existing storage through virtualization. By
Rajendra Chaudhary
(Q&A)
HP:
Betting big on information management
In a chat with Jonathan Martin, Worldwide Vice President &
General Manager, Information Management Software & Solutions,
HP, Rajendra Chaudhary finds out more about HP's information
management agenda.
Hosting
an ERP is harder than CRM
Sushant Dwivedy, Director, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft
India, articulates the viability of an on-demand model for
his company's ERP line up, with Rajendra Chaudhary.
Analysts'
Views
Sunny
days ahead for Cloud Computing
Although most analyst firms have predicted that IT spending
will remain flat or decline in most parts of the world in
the coming financial year, interest in cloud computing offerings
continues to rise
Two
more years of recession—KPMG
Mick McLoughlin, Global Head of Restructuring at KPMG, feels
that we will take atleast two more years to come out of the
current economic recession
Outsourcing
“Megadeals” increased in 2008, says Gartner
The number of reported outsourcing "megadeals" awarded
to a single service provider in 2008 was 12, an increase from
10 in 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. Megadeals are characterized
as being worth more than $1 billion
Security
Updates
Is
blocking porn at workplace good for IT security?
Here's another reason IT folks have to limit the Net excursions
of the over-adventurous ones at office. In an analysis of
the links to and from sites associated with topics that enterprises
most often prefer to block, Websense found a rich ecosystem
of bad topics linking to other bad topics
Conficker
dominates malware scene
The devasting trail left behind by Conficker network worm
has earned it the number 1 position of notoreity in F-Secure's
Quarter 1 2009 security roundup
Most
employees leave along with company data, finds survey
In a survey conducted jointly by Ponemon Institute, a US-based
privacy and information management research firm and Symantec,
59 percent of ex-employees admitted to stealing confidential
company information, such as customer contact lists
Eco-Beat
Environment
authority critical of EU's anti-dumping efforts
In a new report on transboundary shipments of waste, the European
Environment Agency has pulled up the EU for its failure to
intelligently track the export of some waste streams, in particular
e-waste
HP
Announces Recycling Program
HP has extended its recycling program in India beyond corporate
customers to include consumers and small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs)
New
e-waste recycler in Bangalore
Another recycler has started operations in India's silicon
city. According to the e-waste news-tracker site, http://india.ewasteguide.info,
the company's plant located in Bidadi, next to Wonderla is
the first fullly integrated electronic waste recycling plant
and has a capacity of 1.0 ton per hour
Products
Crossfire
It's
a cultural issue
“I think the problem today in most organizations is that
data quality is nobody's job”
Downtime
Suresh A Shanmugam, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
Limited, BFSI - Financial Services
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