Avaya Presents CIO Masters Collaboration Circle

Making FY 2012-13 the Year of Innovative Collaboration

When communication is at the heart of business, and a collaborative environment – both internally and externally – is the key to driving productivity which in turn drives business innovation and growth, what businesses need are tools and collaboration strategies that enable users to quickly solve business challenges and fasten decision making.

Seamless and effective collaboration platforms support this work environment and enable organisations to stay ahead and stay successful, connecting not only workforces, but also partners and suppliers.

In the CIO Masters Collaboration Circle: Making FY 2012-13 the Year of Innovative Collaboration, a group of CIOs will discuss the changing face of enterprise collaboration driven by the emergence of new and more dynamic collaboration tools as well as proliferation of phenomena like social media. You can draw upon their vast experience to understand the right approach to enterprise collaboration initiatives, best practices for their effective execution, as well as how to get the most out of your enterprise collaboration investments.
Some possible discussion points (more will be fixed in association with the moderating CIOs):

• Transformation in the Indian CIOs approach towards Enterprise Collaboration.

• Business pain points that Enterprise Collaboration technologies/tools should be targeted to address.

• Key pillars of Enterprise Collaboration strategy.

• Aligning Enterprise Collaboration Strategy with the business strategy. Choosing the right collaboration tools/platforms to suit the business needs.

• RoI on collaboration. Maximising the potential of collaboration initiatives and justifying collaboration investments to the CFO.

• Extending collaboration to the external community: partners, vendors and suppliers.

• Tackling the ‘change management’ and cultural issue.

• Different collaboration tools/platforms. Emerging collaboration tools.

• Impact of Social Media and BYOD on enterprise collaboration.

• Challenges while moving to enterprise collaboration.

• Evolution of collaboration from a ‘communication tool’ to a ‘business strategy’.

• Expected collaboration trends in FY 2012-13