The New CIO: From a Tech Expert to a Business Leader and Strategist

It is no longer enough for the chief information officer (CIO) to be competent in technology. They have new responsibilities that go much beyond technology. And with new responsibilities come new challenges. Today, a successful CIO is a business strategist with deep technical expertise. The Increasing Business Responsibilities of the CIO Around two decades back, […]
How CXOs Can Use GPT-4 and Streaming Data to Generate Real-Time Insights

GenAI is now a household phenomenon. Large Language Models (LLM) models interpret complex datasets to discover patterns. But genAI does not find use in business applications that depend on real-time proprietary data feeds. Integrating genAI capabilities with live business data is still a challenge. The Importance of Streaming Data Today, the bulk of relevant enterprise […]
How to Create a Culture of Innovation

Digitisation has lowered entry barriers and increased competition. In such a cut-throat environment, enterprises rely on innovation to offer differentiated products. But success in innovation is not guaranteed, even when enterprises invest money in innovation projects. Innovation thrives only when the enterprise culture supports it. Promote Creativity Innovation cannot exist without creativity. A culture of […]
Top Skills to Future-Proof the IT Team for Tomorrow

Relentless tech advances, especially in AI, have disrupted the workplace big time. Side-by-side, there is a crippling skills shortage. Skill development has not kept pace with technology. The World Economic Forum’s “Future of Jobs Report 2023″ gives a very interesting statistic – about 44% of all workers will need to update their skills in the […]
How to Gear Up Enterprise IT for the Future of Work

Tech advances such as Gen AI and the globalised business market are disrupting existing work models. The competitive business environment forces work teams to move fast and make instant decisions. Innovation has become the norm. Businesses often struggle to keep pace with these changes and fade into obsolescence. How can businesses keep up with these […]
What is Adaptive Threat Protection?

Cyber threats continue unabated. Enterprise cyber security teams struggle against the relentless onslaught of ever-evolving attacks. The reason is cyber security falling behind the advances threat actors have attained. Traditional network security is static. It focuses on protecting the network perimeter. It deploys firewalls and antivirus that match network traffic with static malware signatures. Such […]
Zero Trust Security Tools to Help Get the Most From AI

Artificial Intelligence has become integral to protecting today’s complex networks. But effective security requires much more than mere technology adoption. The approach is just as important. Reactive security solutions use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns and predict behaviours. But cybercriminals launch even more sophisticated AI-based attacks to overwhelm such solutions. Enter Zero Trust as […]
Is Gen AI a Bubble Waiting to Burst?

Eighteen months since the launch of ChatGPT, the expectations of Gen AI transforming businesses and societies remain just that – expectations! Companies caught on the hype have committed to spend around ~$1tn in data centres, chips, and other AI infrastructure to ride the gen AI wave. While the investments continue unabated, the returns are nowhere […]
Want to Save More Than 20% of Your Cloud Costs?

The cloud delivers significant financial savings compared to running on-premises infrastructure. But these savings do not realise just by subscribing to the cloud. Without financial management, the cloud model may become more expensive than an on-premises system. For instance, unchecked cloud spending leads to resource sprawl, which impedes visibility into resource utilization and increases waste. […]
Top CFOs Say This Is Their Biggest Pain Point in 2024

In most enterprises, the CFOs’ responsibilities extend far beyond finance. They play a proactive role in decision-making. Their position allows them to understand the enterprise-wide implications of different choices. Despite their strategic role, CFOs also face many pain points in their work. These include overcoming cost pressures and finding a solution to the skill shortage. […]
Mastering Generative AI Scaling: Are You the Right CIO?

Reality has started to catch up with the gen AI hype. Enterprises have been launching gen AI pilot projects left, right and centre. But just over one out of ten enterprises succeed in scaling up such pilots into workable business models. And only 15% of enterprises have been able to derive meaningful bottom-line impact with […]
The ‘AI IQ’: A Crucial Element for Tech Leaders in the AI Era

Artificial Intelligence (AI) improves work methods and amplifies human potential. Key enterprise functions, be it operations, supply chain, HR, finance, or anything else, become more intelligent. But the caveat is using AI the right way. Using AI tools to add value requires much more than technical know-how. The million-dollar question facing enterprises is whether their […]