India, Jan. 11 -- We've long talked about CIOs joining the boardroom discussion, no longer seen as solely responsible for keeping the lights on. Instead, IT's leaders are seen as business value multipliers, not just using technology to enhance a company's performance and products, but instead getting close to the customer and revenue generating activities.

Less mindshare however has focused on the larger IT organization, which too has evolved alongside the expectations of CIOs. Once tasked with maintaining a company's system infrastructure, IT organizations now identify inefficiencies in workplace processes where software can optimize procedures and allow employees to be their most productive. Enabling this shift is IT's ability to store...