Cloud Computing - Game Changing Technology?
No commentsAnything as a Service (XaaX) is potentially game-changing technology that could reshape IT according to the CIO Insight article ‘Cloud Computing: Anything as a Service’. Amazon, Google and Salesforce.com have the most mature offerings. Other companies like IBM, AT&T, and Verizon are jumping on the ‘cloud’ bandwagon. Will it attract large number of customers?
I think […]
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Testing GM’s IT Strategy
No commentsSUV and pickup sales have been plunging in the US due to rising gas price. GM, a major player in the SUV and Trucks market, is planning of changing manufacturing capability from building big gas guzzlers to building small cars. Ability to adapt to changing customer need due to this new reality (high […]
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Emerging Role of IT in the Marketing Strategy of Coco-Cola
No commentsCoco-Cola has been a leader in non-alcoholic beverage industry and has dominated that market over the past century. But due to globalization, the beverage market has become more volatile, where fickle customers constantly switch drinks. Global beverage market is also getting fragmented at a faster pace with new products being introduced by the […]
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Microsoft’s ‘Cloud’ Strategy
1 comment so farMicrosoft announced its “Oslo” strategy last year as part of an overall service oriented architecture (SOA) initiative, but Oslo is about much more than SOA. It is Microsoft’s core modeling technology that will help take Microsoft deep into the cloud. This, according to eWeek’s article Oslo: Road to Microsoft’s Cloud.
Article quotes Steven Martin, senior […]
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Role of IT in demand forecasting
1 comment so farForecasting has become more and more complex lately. Customers are less loyal to the brand and global competition has become fiercer, making it difficult to predict sales. Adding to the problem: Products, sales and distribution channels all have proliferated, and the life spans of products have gotten shorter. As a result, some companies […]
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Ethnocentric Corporate Culture
1 comment so farIn my last blog titled, Infosys’s Globalization Strategy, I talked about the need for Infosys, to create a globally diverse top management, to overcome Indian ‘ethnocentric corporate culture’. Diverse multinational, multiethnic top executive will be able to create a polycentric corporate culture and only then Infosys will be able to reap maximum benefit from […]
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Infosys’s Globalization Strategy
No commentsCreation of diverse workforce would be the greatest challenge for corporations in a globalized world, says Infosys Technologies’ chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy according to Silicon India article “Creating diverse workforce greatest challenge for global firms”.
In a bid to address this daunting challenge, Infosys has built a global base to grow in the […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Genuine, not just Generous
No commentsCEO s generally agree that customer expectations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are increasing. While customers have always cared about societal issues, their concerns are now more frequently turning into action and influencing purchasing decisions according to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future”. “Genuine, not just Generous” is the last […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Globally Integrated
No commentsLabor arbitrage and riding the wave of economic growth in China and India — are being replaced by a new focus: global integration, according to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future“. “Globally Integrated” is the third of the five characteristics that define the Enterprise of the Future (Read the summary […]
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Enterprise of the Future: Innovate beyond Customer Imagination
No commentsAccording to IBM Global CEO Study titled “The Enterprise of the Future”, majority of the top executives surveyed agree that same go-to-market strategies, products and services will not work in the future. Thus, tapping into the new geographic and demographic segments will require a deeper understanding of these customers and a more tailored approach […]
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