April 23, 2012 3:33 AM
Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
Audits and compliance,
CIO and business continuity,
exiting CIO,
handing over the charge,
IT process documentation,
types of documentationI realized the importance of documentation many years ago when I joined an organization to head its IT function. The previous IT head had left the organization...
April 16, 2012 4:56 AM
Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
data warehousing,
in-memory analytics,
In-memory computing,
in-memory databaseOver the last few years we have seen phenomenal changes in the technology landscape. New technology breakthroughs keep taking place every now and then; either in the hardware space or in new software and process ideas and these have been altering our approach to computing. I am now talking about...
April 9, 2012 8:45 AM
Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
CIO vacations,
delegation of responsibilities,
job satisfaction,
work-life balanceMany years ago, a senior colleague of mine in the company was treated as a blue-eyed boy of the department, and a person who, people said, could be relied upon. He was considered the most sincere and committed amongst us all and some others proudly said that there could be none like him. He was
April 3, 2012 8:20 AM
Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
application migration,
Cloud computing,
cloud migration,
cloud security,
SLAs and cloud,
software licensingThe ‘Cloud’ has been at the horizon for quite some time and is now slowly moving to the center stage. A lot has been written about this topic and spoken of at numerous...