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Saluting the unsung heroes

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CIOL Bureau
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The CIO has virtually been the unsung hero of the enterprise. We see reports all the time about certain enterprises doing brilliant IT implementations. However, what people do not realize is that such IT implementations have been made possible by processes and people. Within enterprises, people devise these processes -- read, the CIO. 

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Anil Kumar R, Senior Vice-President, CIOL

Delivering the opening address at the CIOL-Dataquest EnterpriseConnect Awards presentaion, Anil Kumar, senior vice president, CIOL said: "CIOL Forums that were started five years back have grown from strength to strength. Today, we are available on demand free of cost, though you need to register. Whenever there is a technology and whatever be the technology, it is the people who use them to their benefits."

He added: "As leaders of technology, CIOs have, for a long time, been unsung heroes. So, the theme for this year's event is CIO Oscars. CIOs have been instrumental in delivering technology to all, without many knowing it. There has been a heterogeneous mix of verticals in the nominations received by CIOL. In quite a few places, there were close calls, some ending in photo finishes, in terms of points."

He cited an instance of Ashok Soota, a Jury Chairman at one of the events, who said that he would like to implement the EnterpriseConnect Awards questionnaire as the KRA for his CIO.