Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

When I was three – I was pretty clear what I wanted to become . I wanted to be a Station master for Indian Railways , wearing a white uniform and controlling the huge big trains with green and red flags . My grandparents bought me a pair of flags and I used to waveContinue reading “What do I want to be when I grow up ?”

I “grew up” in IBM – and one thing IBM does really well is how to transition responsibilities from one leader to another . Although not at very close quarters , I watched how smoothly Sam Palmisano transitioned over to Ginnie Rommety . And what I still remember the most from that time is SamContinue reading “Watching Leadership Transitions at IBM and SAP”

My pal Dennis Howlett wrote this piece on diginomica http://diginomica.com/2013/07/20/weekend-speculation-sap-ibm-accenture-2015/ where he speculates about the future of these three companies . Having worked many years at IBM , having competed with ACN all my life as a consultant and now working at SAP – my view is (surprisingly eh?) slightly different to Den’s . IContinue reading “Future of SAP, IBM and Accenture – I am bullish”