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Mobile Government: Risk, Rewards, and Roadmap May 02, 2012

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Enterprises have whole heartedly embraced mobility and are reaping the rewards, even while still working to mitigate the remaining risks. How is government viewing its transition to mobility? What risks and rewards are expected from making government more mobile? What is the roadmap to achieving wide-spread adoption of this successful paradigm while avoiding undue risk?

Guest 1: Claire Bailey, Director, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS)

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Guest 2: Gwynne Kostin, Director Mobile, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

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Managing The IT Skills Gap Now and For The Future Apr 25, 2012

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Business models, computing paradigms, delivery expectations, customer satisfaction, and profitability are all in flux. The ability of IT talent at all organizational levels to understand business as it stands and how it will morph in the future while maintaining and improving service delivery is no small feat. Can we prepare our IT people proactively or is it going to be a catchup game? Will our efforts to manage the skills gap even be adequate? What are organizations doing or should be doing to manage the IT skills gap and sustain delivery for now and in the future?

Guest: Todd Thibbodeaux, President & CEO, CompTIA

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PaaS: Are solutions ready? Are we ready? Apr 18, 2012

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PaaS (Platform as a Service) promises a faster, more cost-effective model for application development and delivery, because you can build and run applications in the cloud. Is this something we need or is it a solution looking for a problem? What does solution actually buy us? Who is it best for? Are application development groups ready to embrace it?

Guest: Drue Reeves, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

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Learning That Drives Enterprise Performance! Apr 11, 2012

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Ongoing improvement in enterprise performance requires learning at the individual, department, and organizational level. Although we traditionally invest in these areas, how well is that investment paying off? Have enterprises been able to track and plan for upcoming learning needs, make that learning happen, preserve it and make it accessible? Have they been able to measure the impact on individuals by groups and departments over the organization as a whole? Has enterprise learning changed over the years? If it is changing, what will it be like in the future?

Guest 1: Linda Argote, The David M. and Barbara A. Kirr Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory, Carnegie Mellon, Tepper School

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Guest 2: Gus Crosetto, Chief Learning Officer, US GAO (Government Accountability Office)

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The Consumer Dictatorship! Apr 04, 2012

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The free flow of information has given today's consumer more choices about purchasing and the power to respond quickly and effectively about what they like or don't like. Companies have little control over this vast flow of information that affects everything from dealing with what and how much is sold where and for how much, to dealing with customer satisfaction or dis-satisfaction snowballing over social media channels. The clock cannot be turned back on this revolution, so what can companies do to re-take control of information or change their business strategies, and how can IT help?

Guest 1: Jeanne Bliss, Author, President, CustomerBliss

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Guest 2: William Swislow, Senior Vice President, Product & Chief Information Officer, Cars.com

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Building a New CIO Cabinet Post M&A Mar 28, 2012

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An M&A situation can be a strategic opportunity for an IT leader to build a new IT organization. While some people will end up leaving, a new IT leader will emerge, either from one of the companies involved or from outside. How does this CIO of the new combined company go about putting together his new "cabinet" of advisors and right hand men?

Guest 1: William G. Halnon, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Republic Services Inc

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Guest 2: James M. Spitze, Executive Director, Fisher CIO Leadership Program Institute for Business Innovation, Haas Business School, University of California

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Should There be an IT Leadership Maturity Model? Mar 21, 2012

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If there are maturity models for the technology paradigms IT leaders adopt, wouldn't it be possible to develop a maturity model for IT Leadership as well? That is, an IT Leadership maturity model that would help CIOs and their lieutenants to measure their current state and chart a path forward for them to improve and become more successful and effective. What would such a maturity model look like? How realistic is it to expect humans to follow a structured path like a maturity model, in order to acquire the competencies and experience suggested by such models? Could a "one size fits all" standard maturity model be created?

Guest 1: Allan Hackney, SVP & Chief Information Officer, John Hancock Financial Services

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Guest 2: Tim Cook, Co-lead Information Officers Practice in the UK, Russell Reynolds

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How Do You Secure Your Extended IT? Mar 14, 2012

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Today, organizations are outsourcing more and more of their IT applications, systems, and infrastructure, and moving to the cloud. But can their IT leaders depend solely on the vendors' promises and contract agreements about delivering these services securely? It's one thing to articulate security concerns but another to live with risks, including job loss, which could arise while someone external has control of these services. How can IT leaders secure these extensions to their IT departments? What has been tried? What has worked or not worked?

Guest 1: Dan Blum, VP and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

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Guest 2: Alan Levine, Global CISO , Alcoa Inc.

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Financial Services: From BI to Big Data Mar 07, 2012

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While Bi and Analytics are not relatively new concepts for financial services organizations, based on rapidly changing business models, shifting regulatory reforms, the expansion into new markets, and continually morphing risk management needs, would using just "traditional" BI cut it? Is Big Data a good answer? Is there a compelling business case to escalate from traditional BI to Big Data? What have financial organizations tried with respect to BI transformation and Big Data adoption, in order to meet the new needs of clients?

Guest 1: Charles Costa, head of Global Technology and Operations and Chief Information Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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Guest 2: Dr. Michael Chui, Senior Fellow, The McKinsey Global Institute

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Is Mobility Improving Healthcare Delivery? Feb 29, 2012

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Mobility presumably offers advantages in delivering healthcare, and so investments have been made to improve it. What has been the result? Have the investments returned a significant ROI? What specific innovations have driven down cost, increased access, and improved the quality of healthcare? How has the consumerization of IT been leveraged to increase the overall adoption of mobility in healthcare while still managing related challenges?

Guest 1: Edward W. Marx, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Texas Health Resources

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Guest 2: Jim Murry, Chief Information Officer, Health Affairs Information Services, and Associate Dean of IT & Informatics, School of Medicine, UC Irvine

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