Thursday, January 8, 2009

CIO Resolutions for 2009 by Gartner

Gartner the leading information technology research and advisory company presents CIO resolutions for 2009 in the context of current economic downturn and uncertainty.Gartner says it will help CIOs excel and deliver better personal and team outcomes beyond their core IT agenda.John Mahoney, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner says
"In time of a recession, organisations have more time for introspection that identifies what the deep needs are and also creates demand on what IT can do.t brings the opportunity for businesses to exploit the technology they currently have to create something new."

Gartner formulated all the ten resolutions for 2009 into four strategic themes.

1: Reinforce enduring strengths and assets
Start building an alumni network.
Stop being the exception that enforces the rules.
Start scouting for key talent.
2:Prepare for the next change, sooner than you think
Start preparing for the unexpected.
Start using social systems yourself.
Start taking cloud seriously.
3: Survive in 2009 without collateral damage
Stop ignoring people and opting for soft targets.
Start offering your vendors a free lunch.
Stop fearing the future; start driving it.
4 : Newer technologies to get experience of in 2009.

Reference
Gartner Presents CIO Resolutions for 2009

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Nokia towards go green

It is a good sign that globally corporates are joining hands in the go green campain. In India too companies started adopting the environment friendly policies .This should be seen in the context of companies going for cost cutting measures in the period of economic slowdown. Companies found that efforts to save energy and avoiding wastages will not only save earth but will benefits the companies in the long run. A good move along this direction by nokia is worth noticeable.Nokia announced a plan to take back old handsets and declared that a they will plant saplings for each hand set returned.This is an appreciable move in the context of growing mobile markets in india and its result of alarming quantity of e-waste due to abandoned mobile sets. Also it is predicted that more people will leave their old handsets to buy new onces once the 3G services will come into effect in one month. Let us all join nokia to go green.