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September 27, 2011  2:39 AM

Metrics that matter



Posted by: Arun Gupta
BITA, business IT alignment, CIO Dashboard, IT budget, IT Metrics, Measuring success

I bumped into an angel investor in a social gathering organized by a company funded by him. Discussing a range of subjects, he was interested in understanding how customers of his funded company used technology; and traction with the management across different sectors....

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September 20, 2011  4:34 AM

Engaging the Board



Posted by: Arun Gupta
BITA, Board and the CIO, CIO and the Board, Engaging the Board

If you want to get a seat on the Board of Directors, then you have to think like them; understand what drives them and how they take decisions. The BoD is not interested in the micro details of various initiatives or specifics of the technology solution....

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September 12, 2011  11:32 PM

Squeezing the last drop



Posted by: Arun Gupta
Add new tag, IT budgets, IT procurement, Negotiating deals, setting expectations

One of my CIO friends narrated an interesting anecdote about his meeting with a CEO of a mid-sized IT services company. They were talking about the extension of a contract that had run through three successful years. The CEO was relatively new to the company...

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September 5, 2011  12:39 PM

Learning never ends, neither does work



Posted by: Arun Gupta
24X7, CIO Curriculum, Investing time, learning and development, Time management, work life balance

Over the weekend while I sat reading some emails and my commitment towards writing Oh I See!, a 4-year old walked by and curiously observed my activities,...

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