As we move forward into 2012, you would be in the process of setting the IT agenda for your enterprise in the new year. Depending on the business model, CIO s’ mandate could be to run, grow or transform their organisations by leveraging technology. However, this would also be a good time to look back into 2011 and take stock of what some of you had anticipated, what actually happened and why.

The year 2011 started with the belief that it would be the year of the tablet.

By mid-year consumers and CIO s alike were besieged by the problem of plenty. While consumers were spoilt for choice, CIO s grappled with managing mobile devices and the related enterprise security challenges. The year saw enterprises moving a step closer to cloud computing. Some pioneering CIOs embraced the emerging model. Umesh Jain, President and CIO , Yes Bank, for instance, moved all his bank’s applications on to the private cloud. The ‘Go Green’ theme was unavoidable too. We conducted a survey on this issue with CIO s across the country. It revealed some interesting and encouraging results. Of a sample size close to a 100, 86 percent vouched for absolute support from their top management on deploying green IT. For a large percentage (72 percent), going green was a corporate mandate. CIO s were taking initiatives such as virtualisation, hardware refresh, reduced printing and the use of web 2.0 to cut down on their carbon footprint.

The year also witnessed some innovative IT deployments. Encapsulating the best of analyses, features opinions and case studies, we bring to you CTOForum’s Collector’s Edition. Through this elegantly designed issue, we reminisce and celebrate your thinking and your accomplishments. We, at the same time, encourage you to continue to lead with the innovative use of technology in 2012. This issue intends to serve as a good reference point as you track your organisations’ progress. Personally, as we enter a new year, we promise to try and attain higher benchmarks for ourselves. We would like to request your support in keeping us honest and keeping us on our toes.

Have a wonderful and prosperous new year!