November 2, 2010 6:00 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
budget discussions,
business case for IT,
CIO,
IT budgets,
learning from CXOs,
marketing IT,
ROIA long time back during a budget meeting, one of my CEOs narrated a story (or maybe a fable) on Boardroom discussions on budgets. This story has stayed with me for a long time, and the memory was refreshed last week in a discussion with some industry leaders. Here’s the story:
In the...
October 24, 2010 11:14 PM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
CIO,
Communicating success,
IT lead innovation,
IT projects,
operational ITThere is an old Hindi song “The peacock danced in the jungle, who saw it ?”; no one is the wise answer. Now what has this got to do with the CIO and the IT organization ? A lot !
IT is one of those functions whose absence is felt a lot more than its presence. Whether it is a simple email or...
October 19, 2010 5:56 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
CIO,
consumerization of IT,
iPad and CIORecently, I had an interesting discussion with a handful of global CIOs from Korea, Japan, Germany, India, USA and a few others. It centered on the pains, acceptance and way forward on the much flashed about computing device — across all seminars, airports, lobbies and any other place that you...
October 12, 2010 1:30 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
CIO,
CIO Challenges,
global CIO challenges,
holy grail for CIO,
human challenges,
Oh I SeeMany moons back, this column was conceptualized based on the intermittent musings posted on Oh I See. It has evolved with feedback from readers and critics in equal measure who keep providing me with feedback, headlines and thoughts...
October 5, 2010 12:40 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
business benefit from IT,
CIO,
CIO award,
CIO speech,
IT awardAll of us have seen award ceremonies like Oscars or Grammies (on television or live). Some would have also received awards — usually followed by the award winner being asked to say a few words. Almost all of them sound like clichés, since they follow a predictable pattern.
Recent times have...
September 27, 2010 8:00 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
CIO,
IT startups,
IT vendors and the CIO,
vendor due diligenceEvery CIO gets many calls from startup IT companies wanting to bounce their million dollar idea—to seek the CIO’s advice and understand whether it makes sense in the enterprise. Some of these are self-funded, while a few may have angel investors or private equity already in place for growth....
September 20, 2010 11:34 PM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
CIO,
customer service,
engaging the CIO,
how to sell,
IT vendors and the CIOI met the CEO of a global market leading hardware and services vendor recently – he’s from an organization which has been engaged with us for many years. He was earnestly seeking customer feedback on how is his company contributes to the success of customers and what is required to sustain or...
September 14, 2010 1:13 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
aspiring CIO,
CIO,
comfort zones,
how to become a CIO,
role of the CIO,
succession planning for the CIOLast week, I was invited to speak to a gathering of IT Managers (CIO aspirants). The subject was of course “How to become a CIO”. With some...
September 7, 2010 2:14 AM
Posted by: Arun Gupta
business CIO,
CIO,
role of the CIO,
strategic CIO,
types of CIOMy Sunday morning breakfast with a CIO proved to be quite an interesting discussion. He was wondering whether it is time to change now, since he will be completing almost five years in the current company. “Renewal is necessary to keep the learning going”, pronounced the person sitting across...
