What a quiz this was! Being in the second year of BIQ, we had to outperform to last year. Technology Senate 7.0 (Phuket, August 20-23, 2009) had a series of quizzes on BI.
As per the format of the quiz, the prelim was a crossword having mix of questions from across subjects related to Enterprise Application […]

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Vikram Kole
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Improve Business Performance 
 Growth in business profits
 Growth in sales
 Growth in market share
 Stock price appreciation
Training / Orientation in key areas 
 Hours of user training
 Number of users turned out successfully
 
Attendance in training sessions 
 Number of attendees at user training sessions
 Number of hours users have spent on training services
 
Aligning IT services with business objectives 
 Improving SLA’s
 Number of capabilities (services that can be […]

Posted on August 20th, 2009 by Dhiren Gala
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The Business Intelligence (BI) landscape has seen high demand in the last couple of years, with the large enterprise vendors, acquiring smaller BI players, BI being on top in CIO’s Priority List for 3rd year in a row—all this highlighting the important role that BI is playing in the strategic planning and performance management for […]

Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Vikram Kole
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Over the years, organizations across the globe have invested heavily in ERP, CRM, SCM, etc. to streamline and integrate their business processes. With sizeable investments happening in licensing, implementation, AMC etc. Organizations are intending to make the most out of these investments. The obvious next step for these organizations is to make intelligent use of […]

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Sanjay Mehta
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D.A.N.D.A. (Denial, Anger, Negotiate, Despair & Acceptance)
DANDA is a Hindi word meaning Stick.  Sometimes in the corporate world too, the management has to make use of the DANDA (Stick).  When talking about technology, Business users do not always welcome the CHANGE in technology.  Business user goes through five distinct stages till accepting this change in […]

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Sanjay Mehta
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Team CTOF (The CTO Forum magazine) surveyed CIOs under four parameters in 20 enterprise technology categories to determine the MOST TRUSTED IT VENDORS for the year 2008.
The four parameters considered for the survey were Customer Intimacy, Demonstrating Tangible Business Benefits, Domain Expertise and Service & Support.
This is the third year that Team CTOF is conducting […]

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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Information technology (IT) has the power to disrupt industries and transform how business is done. Leading companies are already tapping that power. Rethinking business strategies, processes and management practices. Reshaping companies and cultures. Recasting infrastructures and product portfolios. And most important, achieving exceptional business results. Standing at the center of this transformation is today’s Chief […]

Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Vikram Kole
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Prompt action on technology needs helps save time and, thus, money!
With a gamut of businesses that include investment banking, securities broking, investment management, institutional equities, asset management, wealth management, mutual funds and so on, Edelweiss Capital Ltd is one of India’s growing integrated investment banking companies. It also plans to make a foray into retail […]

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Dhiren Gala
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As mentioned in my earlier article, this was a stimulating experience and a brainstorming session for the CIOs keeping them on to their toes. Business Intelligence Quotient 2008 at Technology Senate 6.0, Dubai concluded last week was a huge success.  As per the format of the quiz, the prelim was a very balanced mix of […]

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Vikram Kole
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We have been the sponsors at Technology Senate at Pattaya last year and on Star Cruise a year before. We have done presentations, key notes and exhibited within the conference. This time we thought of doing something different.  During a meeting to discuss on the participation for this year, Kailash Shirodkar, Dy. Chief manager & Salim Sayed Dy. […]

Posted on August 5th, 2008 by Vikram Kole
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