Event Highlights - Collaboration Retreat 2011

Event Highlights:2nd Collaboration Retreat 2011Dates: 23rd and 24th Sept 2011, PuneSynopsis: Apart from offering a first-of-its-kindinteractive platform for sharing CIO and CFOperspectives on Collaboration InfrastructureStrategies, it offered a good opportunity to the CXOsand delegates for networking and informalconversations.

Golf Clinic: 23rd Sept 2011Venue: Poona Club Golf Course, Pune

15 CXOs participated in the Golf Clinic and itwas a big hit. It was conducted by a national level Golf coach and trainer.

The Golf Clinic provided an opportunity for theCXOs to get to know each other while thecoach elucidated the nuances of the game.

Conference: 24th Sept 2011 Venue: MCCIA Trade Tower, Pune

In his opening address, Mr. Tarun Malaviya, CEO of Mithi, explained the theme of the Retreat and how this event is shaping up as a platform for seeding new ideas on collaboration. With the help of several real life examples, he talked about how in today’s world, collaboration is more important than competition as a means for progress. He explained how Collaboration impacts our work and social life and how Collaboration Technologies will define how business is done inMr. Tarun Malaviya, this century. .CEO, Mithi Software TechnologiesPvt Ltd

Mr. Ashok Malaviya, talked about how Mithi has been consistently trying to lower the cost of Email and Collaboration for its customers through successive generations of its product. He spoke on how every time Mithi attempted to reduce the costs for its customers, it had to improve performance. He explained how it is never really possible to reduce costs without first improving performance..Mr. Ashok Malaviya,Director - Sales, Mithi SoftwareTechnologies Pvt Ltd

In his Keynote Address, Mr. Chinar Deshpande, dwelt on the Business impact of collaboration. He shared some of the technology pillars for driving collaboration in todays economy, and how successful companies have weaved collaboration into their corporate strategy. He discussed examples of modern day collaboration patterns like co-innovation as against mergers and acquisitions. He also shared the results of an independent survey which underlined how the performance of companies considerably increased in profitability, productivity, sales growth, innovation, open culture etc, after they adopted collaboration technologies.Mr. Chinar Deshpande,CEO, Creative IT (India) Pvt Ltd He also touched upon how organizations are incorporating collaborative social media platformsKeynote Address: How into their business strategies.Collaboration is shaping businesstoday

1st Panel Discussion: “Is the role of CFO now morecritical in shaping the organizations collaborationstrategy?”Moderator: Mr. Arun Gupta (Group CTO, Shoppers Stop)Panelists:1. Mr. J.S. Puri - Advisor, Corporate Affairs and IT (Fortis Healthcare Ltd.)2. Mr. Sandeep Suryavanshi - CIO (Zensar Technologies Ltd.)3. Mr. Anil Khopkar – CIO (Bajaj Auto Ltd.)

1st Panel Discussion: Is the role of CFO now more critical inshaping the organizations collaboration strategy?”

1st PanelArun Gupta started the discussion by asking the panelists whether they report to Mr. Discussion: Is the role of CFO now more critical inshaping the and what kind of relationshipstrategy?” with their CFOs. CFOs organizations collaboration they enjoy The animated and participative discussion brought out some interesting aspects about the CIO-CFO relationship and the CIOs role in an organizations, like: • What matters more than the nos. (ROI etc.) is the business strategy, the long-term vision of the company, what is the business value that IT can offer, etc • CIO has to work with the business heads to deliver value to them, so whether CIO reports to CFO or CEO does not really matter • IT can create disruptive business models to directly impact the top-line, or help invent new markets or business models, and so IT should be viewed as a strategic function • The discussion on technology should be about competitive advantage (more so today), and not so much about TCO, ROI etc. • CIOs should be measured not just on how much cost savings they can bring in year on year in the maintenance cost, but also on the new technologies, initiatives & innovations brought in by them Mr. Gupta summed up the discussion with the observation that all the business functions would need technology to excel and should collaborate in jointly defining the business value of IT to the organization.

Mr. LN Sundarrajan advocated a pragmatic approach for leveraging IT to deliver value by involving the business/functional leaders as stakeholders. He explained how the cloud phenomenon is forcing even huge monolithic systems to be ready for being available on the web, and how new paradigms like mobility are changing the way transactions are done and impacting business agility.Mr. LN Sundarrajan He opined that cloud and mobile can be aFounder-Director at Rewire powerful combination to deliver a strong business value in terms of competitiveHow Cloud, New Devices & Social advantages, operational efficiencies, profitabilityNetworking are impacting Collaboration etc.

1st Panel Discussion: Is the role of CFO now more critical inshapingnd Panel Discussion: “Is Collaboration 2 the organizations collaboration strategy?” Infrastructure the starting point for a wider adoption of Open Source Software in an enterprise?” Moderator: Mr. J.S. Puri (CIO, Fortis Healthcare) Panelists: 1. Mr. Prasad Badiwale - Sr. VP, Group IT (Aditya Birla Group) 2. Mr. Baiju Gujarathi - Sr. VP, IT Governance & IS (Repro India Ltd.) 3. Mr. Milind Choudhari - Head IT (Edelweiss Tokio Life insurance Co. Ltd.) 4. Dr. Ajay Dani - Principal Research Scientist (CREATE LABS, PISL)

1st Panel Discussion: Is the role of CFO now more critical inshaping the organizations collaboration strategy?” The panel discussion threw some thought-provoking points like: • With proprietary software, cost goes up and innovation comes down, with open source it is the reverse • Change is coming to an industry from a seemingly unrelated source, through innovations in some other industries or fields • Openness and interoperability are key to success of the collaboration infrastructure • While it will take time for enterprises to adopt open source Business software as these are currently available mostly in proprietary format, it is easier to adopt open source collaboration software as these are fairly mature and stable

In his Concluding Address, Mr. Arun Gupta observed how the culture of innovation, making things work, and dealing with adverse situations make India what it is. He shared how the risk-averse nature of Indian companies and CIOs prevents moving business critical applications onto open source platform. He said when the Indian business overcomes this, therell be a big leap forward for IT in India. He ended by posing a question to the audience: “How does an organization prepare for the nextMr. Arun Gupta, generation of employees who have a veryGroup CTO, Shoppers Stop different set of expectations and form of collaboration?Concluding Address

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