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

Top 15 technology start-ups

Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) honours Pioneer IT companies for their accomplishments as innovators of the highest caliber, and whose technologies will have a deep impact on business and society. I just went through the list of companies and their innovative ideas and it is very surprising. I am listing some of them which i found very attractive to me.
1) Nivio
An indian company which is providing a vitual online desktops to users. This makes computing as easy and affordable as a Cable TV subscription.User have to purchase a monitor ,keyboard and mouse and a connecting device which substitues CPU. The difference is data is stored in the internet in a virtual environment.
2) Spinvox
SpinVox captures spoken messages and cleverly converts them into text. It then delivers your message to a destination of your choice – inbox, blog, wall or space.
3) Slide
Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and make a slide shows and vedios.The company's widgets include slideshows, guestbook’s, SkinFlix, and FunPix. It also operates along with Facebook and Myspace.
4) Mint
Online free personal finance service. This helps users to automatically track and analyse their financial transactions, set budgets, and even send balance updates in text messages to cell phones.Only thing you need to do is register anonymously using a valid email address and give your account details. Mint automatically gets the account details analyze it and provide the details required.

See the kind of ideas which is transformed to better business solutions. You can see the complete list of 15 companies in the reference link.All are bright innovative ideas. One interesting thing you can notice is that young minds are behind most of these innovations.
Reference
Times of india