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November - 2013 issue

Implementing IT as a strategic enabler

By Sreenivas Pamidimukkala, CIO, AP Paper Mills Ltd

BSE and NSE(APPAPER) listed Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills is a producer of a variety
of papers and boards for the printing and publishing industries and various technical
applications. The company has a market cap of Rs. 1050 crores.

In the past few years numerous
applications are rounding the devices
and so are created on a daily basis. The
cloud technology being the main source
of these applications has resulted work
and other loaders go mobile, easing the
user to have access irrespective of the place
and time. With Online office meetings
becoming remote based, the trend is set
for an agile and robust workflow through
Cloud. An instance to spell would be
something like a tablet which is a serious
multifunctional prospect easing out the
fervor of the process.

Cloud is already answering to
the daunting needs of the business
operations nowadays; the hinge still lies
in the economic resultant of some aspects.
Already benefited through remote based
platforms, video conferencing using the
traditional systems would still favor the
blind investor due to high cost. A novel
solution to this pain point in bringing cost
effective systems will be the task to look
forward to.

However as a CIO, the major challenge
would be to deliver IT solutions within
time. Strategically there should be a