Infotech Lead India: Umesh Digambar Ikhe, group CTO, CARE Ratings, a rating company, says data security is prime priority.
As a group CTO, Umesh led IT vision and strategy for CARE Ratings and group companies. He is bringing collaboration and consolidation on technology by introducing new technologies for the group. He is also responsible for technology overhaul and migration of Care Kalypto Risk Management suite (ERM application).
CARE Rating has a long credible standing in market for providing rating and allied services. The IT Dept at CARE Ratings strive to align best technology solutions for our business. Some of the challenges we face include: technology penetration among business users; user involvement in technology initiatives; aligning IT priorities with Business priorities and distributed data marts implementation.
4G services will bring and empower our users with super-fast access to internet on their tablets. It is technology boom for marketing and sales organisation. The company uses video conferencing to facilitate within organisation and for connecting with our customers. 4G would enable CARE with reliable fast high definition (HD) video streaming on video conferencing across all locations.
Bharti Airtel is its primary service provider. CARE is currently building dual partner policy.
CARE Ratings, considering the confidential information it deals with, is evaluating the adaptability and methodology to implementing BYOD policy with suitable MDM application implemented.
Social media helps to penetrate and reach to new users. CARE Ratings uses social media like Twitter and Linked-In to publish industry articles, views and research reports. Social media is impending
factor which is helping the company for its growth.
CARE Ratings is planning to implement technologies such as Infra and application virtualisation; unified communications application over voice, video across gadgets; data protection and securing documents; business intelligence and analytics and data warehouse and BYOD.
CARE Ratings CTO says data security is one of the prime priorities for the organisation. It is deploying industry adapted best practises like DLP and IRM for data security. Compliance with regulators is a critical factor for security initiatives.
Cloud computing has changed the way IT hardware/ software is purchased, designed and used. With its promise of infinite scalability and a pay-as-you-go pricing model, it has immensely profited to small and medium business by lowering barriers to market growth with substantial reduction in technology costs and upfront investments. Cloud computing has brought utility computing closer to reality.
Information theft, delayed projects, lost worker productivity due to unavailability of IT services, mobile computing are the risks. To mitigate information theft the company provides Assess to users on a need to know basis and as per adequacy to current business requirements and emerging regulations. Periodic review of projects and tracking them to handle the bottlenecks enable the company to eradicate delayed projects. It is in process of deploying a DR and virtualisation which would enable to give continued access to IT services.
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