As a result, the coming year will see intense CIO involvement in optimizing customer experiences, exploiting analytics, transforming Big Data to Big Opportunities, accelerating all facets of enterprise execution, mainstreaming social capabilities, and enabling co-creation of value with customers.

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"These solid results were overshadowed by unacceptable execution in Enterprise Servers and Storage, " she said.

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However, their fundamental value lies in the human intent of the enterprise, not the efficiency of their execution.

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The analysts writes in a research note that he actually prefers WDC over STX, give a better track record on execution, cost advantages and opportunities in the enterprise market.

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And in creating a self-sustaining execution, nothing builds a more solid foundation for an enterprise, and nothing can kill one faster than failing to do it completely.

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