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Enterprise-Wide Agile Adoption…Art or Science? Dec 08, 2010

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To realize the full potential of "going Agile," the enterprise must also leverage Agile values, principles, and practices throughout the entire company. Organization-wide, "Going Agile" requires broad technical, organizational, and process changes. Done properly, adoption provides improved project visibility and offers great benefits: accelerated time-to-market, increased productivity and quality, reduced risk and project costs. However, organizations often underestimate the tremendous amount of effort and change required to adopt Agile processes. What does it take to get Agile successfully adopted throughout the enterprise?

Guest 1: Jeff Sutherland Title: Co-creator, Chairman, CEO, SCRUM

Guest 2: Kirsten O. Wolberg Title: Chief Information Officer, Salesforce.com

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Dwindling Budgets Prompt IT Rationalization Nov 24, 2010

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With money tight, IT departments in all sorts of organizations are looking for efficiencies and making systematic efforts to reduce non-productive redundancies. In addition to saving money, a hoped for byproduct is that a successful rationalization exercise will also remove disincentives and barriers to shared services, find reasonable levels of sourcing, improve the interoperability of applications, and optimize the delivery of services. Sounds like a tall order… What does it take to get IT rationalization done the first time and then keep at it? Is this a fundamental change, or will things go back to business as usual, once the economy improves?

Guest 1: Charlie McMahon, Vice President of IT and Chief Technology Officer, Tulane University

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Guest 2: Martin J. Gomberg, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, A&E Television Networks

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What's Good for Biz is Good for Gov! Nov 17, 2010

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The business success stories of the corporate world are famous for continuously and aggressively seeking out ways to reduce costs and maximize profitability. In order to become bigger and more successful, they consolidate and eliminate redundancies, streamline processes, implement newer lean technologies, institute best practices, and use footprint reducing alternatives like outsourcing. If these strategic moves can make private businesses more competitive and robust, couldn't the same strategies provide the same benefits for state and local government and organizations with large networks, such as health care systems?

Guest: Gopal Khanna, Chief Information Officer, State of Minnesota

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IT: Facilitator of a Collaborative Budgeting Process Nov 10, 2010

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The "Butterfly Effect" tells us that a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. If we accept this wisdom, then how crucial is IT budgeting, given that IT influences or affects just about every possible aspect of an organization? How can IT leaders champion and foster collaborative budgeting throughout their organizations?

Guest 1: Ron Kraemer, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Notre Dame University

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/ron-kraemer/

Guest 2: Steve Romeo, Vice President of Information Technology, Breg, Inc.

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Are Global Privacy Laws chasing Cloud Computing Away? Nov 03, 2010

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Strict privacy laws and inconsistency in the way they are defined across multiple regions, are a deterrent to the adoption of Cloud Computing in Europe. How do these snags impact global organizations with a presence in Europe as well as the local players? What can be done so that organizations are able to optimally leverage their Cloud computing investments while we all work towards a common global standard?

Guest 1: Antonio Piraino, Vice President Research, Tier1 Research

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/antonio-piraino/

Guest 2: Pieter Schoehuijs, Chief Information Officer, AKZO Nobel N.V.

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/pieter-schoehuijs/

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Cloud, Mobility, Social Networking, and Inter/National Security Oct 27, 2010

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As a world we're vulnerable to malefactors with a plethora of ways to create havoc and uncertainty in our lives and businesses. On the other hand, as a world, we've also elected to be completely plugged in and interconnected. There's an on-going love affair with instant connectivity to anyone, anywhere, at anytime, using any device. While we may still try to erect walls around ourselves, these walls will also have lots of windows where trouble can creep in. How do we reconcile our mania for connectivity with the desire to live in a safer world?

Guest 1: Patrick Heim, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Kaiser Permanente

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Guest 2: Richard Dorough, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Textron

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Guest 3: William F. Pelgrin, President and CEO, Founder and Chair, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)

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Building an Information Driven Business Oct 20, 2010

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What information drives your business? How big is the gap between what you have in quality of information vs. what is desired? What do we mean when we say that we want to compete on information? What is the holy grail for becoming a truly information driven business and how to get there?

Guest 1: George Tumas, Chief Information Officer of Internet Services Development, Wells Fargo

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Guest 2: Tony Young, Chief Information Officer, Informatica

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Securing Our Financial Future Through IT Oct 13, 2010

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The financial meltdown is bringing a new discipline to the investment services industry. Cost inefficiencies and malpractice are under attack everywhere. How is IT being used by IT and business leaders to identify ways to cut costs and improve service delivery and security for average investors while preparing the industry to comply with a new regulatory environment?

Guest 1: Rudy Wolfs, Chief Customer Service & Chief Information Officer, ING Direct

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Guest 2: William Jan, Sr. Research Analyst, Financial Management & GRC, Aberdeen Group

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From Information Security to Information Assurance, The Game has changed …Should Players too? Oct 06, 2010

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What started as computer security, morphed into information security, and is now being called "information assurance." This includes the managing of all risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of data, the systems and processes involved, and information in digital, analog, and physical forms. So, the game has changed in scope, scale, and complexity. But can a CIO truly delegate all this to his/her CISO and stop worrying?

Guest 1: David Stanowick, VP and Chief Information Security Officer, Alliance Data

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Guest 2: Rafael C. Diaz, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Illinois

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Can IT Prevent Implosion Across The Energy Value Chain? Sep 29, 2010

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While most of us advocate energy efficiency and sustainability, it comes with a price tag. For one thing, links in the energy value chain such as production, delivery, and retail, are all facing their own challenges related to an aging workforce, infrastructure, and technology. Additionally, the competitive pressures that are driving down costs, may force suppliers to cut corners. How can IT across the energy value chain, work to prevent an implosion?

Guest 1: David Harkness, VP and Chief Information Officer, XCEL Energy, Inc.

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/david-harkness/

Guest 2: Pablo A. Vegas, VP and Chief Information Officer, American Electric Power (AEP)

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