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Gut Feel vs. BI Jul 07, 2010

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If business people still base 40% of their major decisions on gut feeling, isn't that a bit like gambling? With big money riding on a decision, why is it so hard for business and IT leaders to make decisions based on BI and the numbers? Is it because some data may be missing, or that we don't have one version of the truth? Why exactly does the gut win out over the head and BI?

Guest 1: Stuart Kippelman, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Covanta Energy

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Guest 2: Tony Bender, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, McKesson Corporation

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The Private Cloud: Why? How? What Risks? Jun 30, 2010

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When does it make sense to go with a private, internal cloud? Once the decision is made to go with a private cloud, how do you decide if it should it be built totally from scratch? If you plan to outsource some aspects, how do you choose the right vendor? How do you plan a private cloud implementation from beginning to end and avoid any problems that might darken your cloud investment?

Guest 1: Christopher J. Rence, Chief Information and Business Transformation Officer, FICO

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Guest 2: Paul Cushing, Senior Vice President, Technology and Media Infrastructure, ESPN

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How to NOT Get Fired Within Your First 180 Days as a CIO! Jun 02, 2010

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The higher you rise, the harder you land when you fall! With everyone scrutinizing you closely for mistakes or weaknesses, as you join an organization as the new CIO, what can you do to avoid a fall from grace? What can you do within your first few months to establish a strong foundation for yourself as an IT leader, and win the hearts and minds of everyone who matters, above you or below?

Guest 1: Bruce G. Schinelli, VP of IT and Chief Information Officer, TTX Company

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Guest 2: Shawn Banerji, CIO Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.

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What "IT" Takes to Get The World's Airlines Flying High! May 05, 2010

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Airlines strive to provide air travel that is safe and reliable, with a customer experience that is world class, comfortable, and competitively affordable. They also have to route tons of cargo and baggage reliably (and intact) to destinations around the globe. How does IT help in this mission? And, what about external organizations whose internal IT's can also influence the success or failure of an airline? How can all these different IT departments help get (and keep) the world's airlines flying high into the 21st century?

Guest 1: David M. Bowen, CIO and Assistant Administrator for Information Services, US FAA

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Guest 2: David Ricardo Orellana Moyao, CIO, Mexicana Airlines

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Guest 3: Federico Genoese-Zerbi, Vice President, IT Business Partners, Boeing

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Has Green IT Delivered on its Promise? Apr 28, 2010

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There has been a lot of talk about what we all want and expect out of Green IT, but have we achieved true sustainability at a positive or even breakeven ROI? What is left to do? Where are the success stories, and what have been the challenges that have prevented IT leaders from realizing the full potential of Green IT? Are there any new frontiers left to be explored?

Guest 1: Dr. George O. Strawn, Director of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for the Federal government's multiagency Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. Co-Chair, The NITRD Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council.

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Guest 2: Vaughn Noga, Acting Director, Office of Technology Operations and Planning and CTO, EPA

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What Things Do We All Hate About IT? Apr 21, 2010

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Technology can be extremely frustrating, both for IT leaders and for business users. Business people question whether IT costs too much and delivers too little, too late. They also resent being powerless to influence what IT does and how it does it. For their part, IT leaders feel that business demand for IT services often outstrips their ability to provide those services and that business users unfairly assume that IT is more about limiting than partnering. Is there a single version of truth behind these two viewpoints?

Guest 1: Greg Wass, Chief Information Officer, State of Illinois

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Guest 2: Susan Cramm, President Valuedance and Former CIO, Taco Bell Corporation

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Guest 3: Walter Weir, CIO, The University of Nebraska

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Cloudy Picture: Why is Fed IT Slow at Adopting The Cloud? Mar 24, 2010

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If there are obvious benefits for corporate IT to move to the cloud, what about Federal IT? Wouldn't Fed IT benefit in the same way? Are there any situations where it doesn't make sense for federal IT to move to the cloud? What special security challenges will federal IT face in adopting the cloud, and how will they be handled? What lack of resources or support is slowing down Fed IT adoption of cloud computing?

Guest 1: Andrea Di Maio, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Research

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Guest 2: Susan Swart, Chief Information Officer, Department of State

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The New Fed IT Workforce: What Will Change? Mar 17, 2010

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There is a big push to modernized and make government IT more efficient. While there are a lot of ambitious initiatives, what's the plan for the fed IT workforce? If an IT organization is only as good as its IT workers, what are Fed IT departments doing about acquiring the best resources? Furthermore, corporate IT has been ruthless about paring down its IT work force, while government workers have traditionally enjoyed job security. Can a new lean federal IT afford the luxury of lifetime employment for IT workers?

Guest: Roger W. Baker, The Honorable Roger W. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, CIO, The Department of Veterans Affairs

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Should IT Drive Business Service Reliability? Mar 10, 2010

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To deliver value, a given business service must be highly reliable. What are the challenges to reliability? And, if reliability is based on broad accessibility, guaranteed continuity, and high performance - aren't those all dependent on IT? If IT is driving reliability, who is accountable, IT or Business? Shouldn't IT share accountability?

Guest: Rob Reeg, President, Global Technology and Operations, MasterCard World Wide

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Patient Centric Health Care Through IT! Mar 03, 2010

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Being in a hospital can be frightening and uncomfortable for patients and their families. Advances in IT are dramatically improving health care and bettering the experience for patients, their families, physicians, nurses, and all members of the health care team. Learn how IT is making care more patient centric, improving quality and safety, decreasing wait times and much more. What new kinds of patient care improvements is IT making possible? How is IT contributing ways to advance the health and wellness of patients, lessening the time a patient is hospitalized, increasing the productivity of clinicians and providing life-saving and life-enhancing programs, services and technologies?

Guest 1: J. Scott Joslyn, Senior Vice President and CIO, MemorialCare Health System

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Guest 2: Scott Lundstrom, Group Vice President, IDC Health Insights

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