Reliance Infocomm wins IDC award for Best IT Team

BANGALORE: Information Technology (IT) organizations in Asia/Pacific with the

most success in achieving Dynamic IT have two distinguishing features: their

definition of success is clearly articulated, and the team as a whole has

multiple competencies, in addition to technology management excellence,

according to an IDC CIO survey across 11 countries in Asia/Pacific. IDC

presented findings and recognized the leaders of five exemplary IT teams with

awards during its CIO Summit in Bangkok earlier this month.

"To be successful on this journey of sustaining responsiveness to the

business, IDC believes uncompromising leadership commitment is as vital as the

ability to stay the course through the challenges," said Dr Patrick Chan,

Director for Emerging Technologies at IDC Asia/Pacific. "A roadmap that is

translated into milestones that can be recognized by all stakeholders,

especially individual employees who are users, has proven to be pivotal in

facilitating change." he added.

Dynamic IT Survey Results

The IDC survey was conducted across some 120 companies to assess how

businesses were aligning their IT investments with corporate strategies and

business goals.

Creating competitive advantage through IT, controlling IT costs, and ensuring

regulatory compliance emerged as the top three most pressing priorities for CIOs

and their IT teams in the region.

IDC findings indicate that most Asia/Pacific companies are keen to embrace

Dynamic IT, defined by IDC as the creation of a high-performance IT capability

that effectively supports the rapid pace of business change. Given the

competitive and evolving Asia/Pacific market, enterprises are increasingly

looking at harnessing IT as a strategic tool; to remain relevant, gain a

competitive edge and leapfrog into the global arena.

Survey participants provided feedback centered around Six Pervasive

Principles, IDC's blueprint to building Dynamic IT, and prioritized the

initiatives that they were expecting their organizations to implement as

follows:

• Flexible internal/external sourcing
• Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Modular components/standards-based interoperability
• Flexible operating cost model
• Virtualized resource model
• End-to-end design and management

IDC also noticed that, whilst the Dynamic IT vision is gaining traction in

Asia/Pacific, common challenges hindering implementation include disruption to

existing processes associated with outsourcing and redeployment of human

resources, shortage of skilled staff for emerging areas such as SOA, and the

lack of defined processes and practices in place to facilitate IT

standardization.

CIO Awards

In conjunction with the event, IDC presented awards to five exemplary IT

teams which distinguished themselves in their industries with innovative IT best

practices and their dynamic IT vision across the Six Pervasive Principles. The

awards recognize the significant achievements of CIOs and their organizations in

the successful and innovative deployment of IT to meet business goals.

• Finance Industry: NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited
• Healthcare Industry: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
• Communications & Media Industry: Reliance Infocomm Limited
• Distribution & Logistics Industry: Corporate Express Australia Limited
• Manufacturing Industry: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing :Limited