Ready … Steady … Virtualize

"Virtualization was not out of choice because in this recession period somebody had asked me to create a DR site in 6 months. My first challenge is: how do I handle the change management process. My second challenge is that earlier we had very strong teams who were champions of what they were looking at. One was a network specialist, the other one was a system administrator, another a DBA. They are not criss-crossing into each other’s territories. Now with virtualization, I need people who have multiple skills," says Sharad Saxena, Head – IT – Assets & Compliance, ICICI Bank, at the roundtable on the theme of end-to-end virtualization across the spectrum of applications, servers and desktops.

Countering Online Frauds Through Secure Banking – Mumbai
While Indian banks have deployed security systems with most exacting standards, the way Indian society works, the way Indian culture permeates, the purpose of security is defeated to a certain extent, says B.R. Nath, chief information offi cer, State Bank of India. Participating in a roundtable discussion on ‘Countering Online Frauds through Secure Banking’ organized by Banking Frontiers in Mumbai, Nath pointed out that Indians generally lay much stress on mutual trust and ‘what a person does is he just looks at how he is supposed to do the transactions and then carry it out without the least botheration.’

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Cheque Truncation Roundtable – Mumbai
25 bankers from over 18 banks. IT heads and Cheque Trucation heads. Power breakfast followed by two hours of discussion. Participation by almost all leading banks and select upcoming banks. Sponsored by unisys and canon. Report published in July 2005 issue of Banking Frontiers.

 
Risk Management Roundtable – Mumbai
22 panelists from over 19 banks and Financial Institutions. Chaired by the regional director of PRIMIA. Excerpts published in the May 2005 issue of Banking Frontiers.

 
Enterprise Content Management Roundtable – Mumbai
12 bankers from 8 banks. Moderated by the Editor of Banking Frontiers. Sponsored by Interwoven. Excerpts published in December issue of Banking Frontiers.

 
Storage Roundtable – Mumbai
Round table on Storage Management. Attended by 13 bankers from 9 leading banks. Sponsored by Storge Tek International. The excerpts are published in June 2004 issue.