What happens when you go green?

McKinsey predicted a couple of years ago that by 2020 IT would be the largest polluter of the earth and would produce carbon dioxide more than even the aviation industry. This report turned out to be the eye opener for CIO's and going green and recycling was at the top in their list of priorities.

This alarm though faded in light of the economic fallout which started in the end of 2008. Now with the Copenhagen summit a passe and its failure to produce any substantial results, people must themselves weigh the benefits of going green; specially CIO's.In light of this crisis here is a report on the benefits of going green.

Top threats to cloud computing!

Cloud Computing represents one of the most significant shifts in information technology many of us are likely to see in our lifetimes. Reaching the point where computing functions as a utility has great potential, promising innovations we cannot yet imagine.Customers are both excited and nervous at the prospects of Cloud Computing.To aid both cloud customers and cloud providers, CSA developed “Security Guidance for Critical Areas in Cloud Computing”,the industry standard catalogue of best practices to secure Cloud Computing.

The threats like abuse, nefarious use and data loss has been plagueing the users and providers akin. To know more about the top threats and how to overcome them click here.

Data security weakness of cloud computing

If cloud was the buzzword of 2009, then data protection of cloud computing has been the muse of 2010. European leaders and ENISA (European network and information security agency) have called for an agreement to protect information and have more stringent data protection laws, since the cloud has exposed cracks in the armor.To find out more about what agreement has to say click here.

Is Data-center outsourcing a easy ballgame?

Data Center outsourcing is the talk of the day. More and more Asian companies are adopting to this model, though their approach to this has been slow as compared to other world countries.This model opens up more avenues and jobs for the local people; but are the dynamics so easy to adopt: if yes, then why is Asia lagging behind. Find out the real story by clicking here.

Security Control Attestation for cloud Computing Providers

To understand how certifications can help the Cloud service providers, we can look at the strategies various IT sourcing providers with global delivery models adopted when it came to providing assurance to their customers on Information Security & regulatory compliance.


In the early years of outsourcing,there were lot of apprehensions expressed by potential customers around the state of Information Security, Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance when outsourcing to IT service providers.The IT service providers knew that to get customers business, they need to provide a reasonable assurance on the state of Information Security to their customers.  In any outsourcing discussion that took place around that time, there used to be a huge focus on such topics.


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Disclaimer: This post has been written by Tajeshwar Singh, who is an Enterprise Solution Architect from HCL  ISD. To read more of his posts go to www.Inthepassing.wordpress.com.

Clouds and Infrastructure Management

Typically infrastructure management involves design & planning of infrastructure components, procurement, deployment, operations and disposal. However, cloud computing introduces a different aspect – cloud management activities.


Cloud computing has various flavours like SaaS, PaaS, IaaS from services point of view. Also from ownership model, there are public clouds which are owned by service providers and then there are private clouds which offer cloud computing services but are owned by the customer themselves and reside in their data centers.



Disclaimer: This post has been written by Tajeshwar Singh, who is an Enterprise Solution Architect from HCL  ISD. To read more of his posts go to.

Corporate Ethics Isn't About Rules; It's About Honesty

Somewhere along the way, as we chase our goals, deadlines, targets or simply our daily to-do lists, we tend to forget the real issues in the world outside our windows. This post may seem a tad more emotional than my previous ones. I am emotional. Recent developments impel me to cut across all boundaries and appeal to leadership to shake off the 'bigger-larger-higher' stupor that has consumed business.


The very least we can do is to be honest about what we do each day.There is so much poverty, so much hunger across the world. Greed for revenue and profits can only transform our world into an animal kingdom.


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Disclaimer: This post has been published by Harvard Business Review and written by Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies Ltd, A Global IT Services Company. Reproduction of this work in any form is prohibited.

A Time for Flexible, Positive Leaders

As the world looks back to look ahead, nothing could ring more true today than Alvin Toffler's prophesy: "The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."


As leaders in times such as these, we too have to "learn, unlearn and relearn" the principles of leadership and growth. To learn what went wrong, to unlearn the flawed policies of the past, and relearn the right way forward until we bring stability back to our businesses and to our economy.


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Disclaimer: This post has been published by Harvard Business Review and written by Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies Ltd, A Global IT Services Company. Reproduction of this work in any form is prohibited.

What are the key Infra decisions?

It is getting increasingly difficult for enterprise CIOs to determine the IT infrastructure outsourcing and multisourcing decisions. Whom and Why it should be outsourced coupled with the sledgehammer task of finding out the right vendor for the job, has stolen the wink out of them. Read the report of a well known US based multinational; how it managed to take the decision and what were the factors they considered before doing so.

The other benefits of cloud

The cloud is not just about cost savings but more than that. This is one of the important reasons why companies like Cisco, Microsoft, Google and many other major players are moving to this model.In an interview Microsoft's Ron Markezich enlightens us about the other benefits of moving into the cloud based service.To know more Click here

The Energy Conference

Stabilizing carbon dioxide levels at 450 parts per million in the atmosphere--a level that is projected to result in an average global temperature rise of about two degrees Celsius,would require an "energy and environment revolution" with investment in the trillions of dollars. This is what Nobuo Tanaka had to say at the recently held MIT Energy Conference at Boston. To read more about the happenings click here.

Who Is the Leader of the Future

Who is the future leader? One who asks the right questions or one who provides the right answers? A shepherd or a catalyst? The one in the driver's seat or the navigator who sets the direction? Would a future leader be a financial architect, a social architect, or the green architect?

The dark clouds gathering around business were overlooked for a couple of days in Florida last week as 600 business leaders searched for the rainbow beyond the storm at Unstructure, the HCL Global meet. Powerful questions, debates and thought provoking ideas stamped the proceedings. I cannot help but come away feeling positive, recharged and optimistic that the world of business is in safe hands.

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Disclaimer: This post has been published by Harvard Business Review and written by Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies Ltd, A Global IT Services Company. Reproduction of this work in any form is prohibited.