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Ashok Sethi, CIO Sapient
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Today, let’s talk about the CIO. An expert on the “art of the possible”. He acts as an optimum “catalyst” to integrate “IT” so that the organization can move towards a shared vision of an Enterprise of the Future. He empowers the organization to survive in uncertain economic times.
A CIO is a “Change agent driving creativity” having “Innovation focus” with “Opportunistic Wisdom”. A definition construed by Sapient’s CIO, Ashok Sethi, in our dW CIO connect Interview.
Ashok elaborates- “as a catalyst, a CIO articulates and aligns IT vision based on business strategy outlined by the Leadership team. He translates vision into strategic initiative portfolio for functional heads.” In a gist, he is the owner of the ecosystem’s lifecycle in an all-encompassing 360degree view. But how does this translate down to the IT community Space?
According to Ashok, the IT community at large should focus on understanding the business strategy/direction and engage in understanding business processes, which would enable them to become partners with the business. The need is to innovate keeping the “services thinking” hat on, provide solutions that become roadmaps and always view problems from the End User’s perspective- “Realize we are the first users of our own services.”
Ashok Sethi’s message to IT Professionals " They should exchange information and collaborate which in turn would lead to innovation. IT is ubiquitous with high social and moral responsibility.”
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WIN IPod Shuffle, Watches... Take the QUIZ.
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developerWorks brings you the year long "developerWorks SPECTRUM contest". It's a good mix of technology and fun featuring an introduction to developerWorks, technical quiz about futuristic technologies and opportunity to win lot of goodies including ipods, dWorks branded Watches, T Shirts and developerWorks bags.
Spectrum contest is Fun. Answer 10 simple questions on Rational or Tivoli or WebSphere or Lotus or Information management which changes every month. There is a hint at the bottom of each question / answer to help you check out online to choose the appropriate answer.
Step 1 :: Register once. User name & password will be sent to you to your ID. Login & attempt one brand after another.
Spectrum contest is Fun. Answer 10 simple questions on Rational or Tivoli or WebSphere or Lotus or Information management which changes every month. There is a hint at the bottom of each question / answer to help you check out online to choose the appropriate answer
Step 2 :: Ensure you get 6/10 correct answers to move from one brand to another. If you are not getting 6/10 you can attempt multiple time to get thru the same brand. If you get 6/10 and more at one attempt, then you are not allowed to participate again in that month for that particular brand. The chances of getting the prize is maximum when your scores are maximum i.e. 10/10.
Register NOW. Register Now!
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17th November, 2009 | Messaging and Connectivity User Group
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Attend the Messaging and Connectivity User Group meeting on 17 Nov '09 | Get to know the latest on Messaging and Connectivity products
Agenda:
02:00 - 02:30 PM - Registration
02:30 - 03:00 PM - Welcome and Keynote Address
03:00 - 06:00 PM - Technical Sessions
Tracks:
WebSphere MQ V7.0: Learn more about .NET in WMQ v701, High Availability, Client Auto Reconnect, Enhanced Governance, Enhanced SSL Security, Multi Instance QMs
WebSphere Message Broker : Learn more about New Features in WMB v7, Runtime Security Manager, see demos on healthcare and banking
WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7 : Learn more about what's new in FTE v7.0.1 and what's coming in FTE v7.0.2
IBM's approach to pervasive messaging : Learn how enterprise messaging applications can be extended to the edge devices such as PDAs, smart phones and retail POS machines
How do I register for this meeting? RSVP > H R Sridhar (hrsridha@in.ibm.com)
If you are a member of the Messaging and Connectivity User Group South Asia, you can register via the website at https://www.websphere.org/check_user?type=meeting&meetid=1537
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