Proves criticality of tech infra, need for better DR: Indian CIOs on Delta outage.

India, Aug. 9 -- Indian CIOs reacted to the news of Delta Airlines' masive operational disruption because of a tech outage by primarily highlighting two things: One, the incident just proves how critical is IT infrastructure today.

This is a case of CIOs' worst nightmare coming true, said Nilesh Sangoi, CTO of Meru Cab Company. "Business' dependence on tech is massive,' he said in answer to a question directed at him by CIO&Leader on Twitter. Kamal Karnatak, Group CIO, RJ Corp was more scathing. "Shows unpreparedness in terms of DR/BCP," he said.

Here are some of the tweets in response to CIO&Leader's specific question to CIOs on Twitter: As a CIO, what is your reaction to the Delta Airlines incident. CIO&Leader, which has been promoting open dialogues among CIOs using social media platforms, especially Twitter, posed the question marking CIOs active on Twitter.

Nilesh Sangoi, CTO, Meru Cab Company

@cioandleader @ashokjade @dhandu1957 @Sureshkm_GT @CIO_Dash CIO's worst nightmare coming true. Business's dependence on tech is massive.

- Nilesh Sangoi (@nileshsangoi) August 9, 2016

Kamal Karnatak, Group CIO, RJ Corp

@cioandleader @Arindam62459167 @jayantmagar @ashokjade Shows unpreparedness in terms of DR and BCP. How can a top airline afford this?

- Kamal Karnatak (@kamalkarnatak) August 9, 2016

TG Dhandapani, CIO, TVS Motors

@cioandleader @ashokjade @nileshsangoi @Sureshkm_GT @CIO_Dash shows how business depends on IT. Presence of IT is felt in its absence.

- TG Dhandapani (@dhandu1957) August 9, 2016

Darshan Appayana, Chief Information, Security & Knowledge Officer, Happiest Minds

@dhandu1957 @cioandleader just comes back to the basis of ensuring that there is no single point of failure in your ecosystem.

- Darshan Appayanna (@CIO_Dash) August 9, 2016

Aneesh Nair, CIO, NDTV E-commerce

@cioandleader Unbelivable! No DR preparedness @Delta?! Thousands across the world affected due to this silly mishap!!! Your PoV @rdsam66

- Aneesh Nair (@aneeshnair) August 9, 2016

Ashok Jade, CIO, Shalimar Paints

@cioandleader @Arindam62459167 @kamalkarnatak @jayantmagar it shows no or bad disaster planning and executions & Biz dependency on IT...

- Ashok Jade (@ashokjade) August 9, 2016

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