IT Leaders' Survival Guide For 2012

"Before I make my 2012 predictions and offer sage advice, let me preface it all with a bit of personal philosophy and observation. It's my belief that trends in IT and business never ever happen as abruptly as most folks in my business would like, or predict,"says Art Wittmann.

Wittmann further adds:

"When we talk about transformative and disruptive technologies, a very disruptive technology might displace another during the span of a decade or so. Think about VCRs and video tape, and the move to CDs and DVDs, and the subsequent move to streaming media. When investments are large as they are in this example, it's not unusual to see three or more generations of technology still being actively used."

So if you want to boost your social networking and professional appeal to recruiters and potential employers, herein under are FIVE MUST DO's for the IT leaders to survive in 2012:

1. Embrace a world beyond Microsoft and Intel
2. Put mobility in perspective
3. Get serious about data oriented security
4. Practice vicious standardization in the data center
5. Make IT managers spend 10% of time with internal and external customers

For details on each above, read full story HERE.

[ via Information Week / Global CIO ] By Art Wittmann

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Pakistan bags 7 APICTAs

At the 10th International Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Pakistan team bagged 7 awards out of 16 APICTA categories. The credit goes to the efforts of the P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES), which has been representing Pakistan in many international events. The proud Pakistani delegation picked up 7 Merit Awards (the APICTA Silver equivalent). These included Runners up Awards in Security Applications, E-Inclusion and E-Community, Financial Applications, Communications, E-Government and E-Health categories. This is the first year in the history of the APICTA Awards that the Pakistan name was called 7 times across 6 diverse categories.

“We have always known that Pakistani technology companies are doing great work for customers in Pakistan and globally so this simply is an acknowledgement of their hard work and credentials at an international level by an international panel of respected judges”, said Ms. Jehan Ara, President P@SHA at the closing ceremony of the APICTA Awards in Kula Lumpur.

Commenting on the achievement, Mr Khushnood, the Pakistan Google Country Consultant who also took the role of an APICTA Judge this year, remarked, “Seven awards at an international world class event like APICTA is a testament to the collaborative effort put together by the P@SHA delegation, P@SHA mentors, member companies and Pakistani participants.”

Bravo P@SHA!! The awards truly make you the flagship of IT industry in Pakistan.

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