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Stellar performances worth an Oscar

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CIOL Bureau
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In his address, E. Abraham Matthew, president, CIOL, and CEO, Cybermedia Dice, at CIOL- Dataquest EnterpriseConnect Awards 2007, said that since CIOs were the drivers for the innovation and growth of IT sector, they deserved due recognition.

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He said: "Who else can aptly recognize them other than CIOL, a pioneer in specialty media focused on IT. If CIOs are the stars on the laptop screens, their stellar performances are worth an Oscar. A CIO's performance, in an enterprise, is nothing short of a Hollywood heartthrob, who sets the screen ablaze by his/her presence, and carries the production on his/her back all the way to make it the blockbuster.

"CIOL, known as the torchbearer in the realms of technology media, was the first to notice this. Once this came into mind, it did not take a long time to set into action. CIOL, along with Dataquest, conceived and developed the Enterprise Connect Awards in 2004, around a framework that recognizes a CIO's leadership qualities, business-technology understanding, people orientation and performance through pioneering and innovating efforts. Thus, the CIO's Oscar spawned in the IT firmament with the glitter that can add further sheen to the shining stars, who are known by the designation Chief Information Officer.

He added that the EnterpriseConnect Awards recognized and rewarded excellence among CIOs in enabling their organizations to become more efficient and competitive, and that the Awards had become the standard and a synonym for Excellence and Merit among Indian CIOs.

"My expectation from you, the super CIOs is for you to work on the aspect of getting exposure for managing business globalization. How many of you are global CIOs? From your own workplace, do you see yourself as a Global CIO? It is all about practices and processes that would be accepted. Perhaps, CIOL and Dataquest need to think of a category for awarding this as well," he concluded.