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A CIO as a Second Banana Sep 24, 2008

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While there are obvious incentives for an IT executive to opt for the title of CIO in a small firm, what about accepting a position in a much larger firm where he/she reports to another CIO? For the ultimate IT leader, a CIO, what are the career advantages? How easy is it to adapt to being second banana in a larger organization, after having been the top banana elsewhere?

Guest 1: Shawn Banerji, CIO Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.

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Guest 2: Robert W. Blair, Senior Vice President — Enterprise Delivery Services, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

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Leveraging ITSM Beyond IT Sep 17, 2008

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IT Services Management (ITSM) started as a set of best practices to deliver better IT. However, the execution touches almost every area of business. Isn't it time that we exploit ITSM's potential beyond IT?

Guest 1: David Cannon, President, itSMF USA Board. Co-author, Service Operation book for ITIL v3. ITSM Practice Principal, HP

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Guest 2: John Foley, Director — IT Governance, Alcatel-Lucent

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IT Security: Future Perfect? Sep 10, 2008

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Today's IT security is only as effective as the human beings who implement and monitor it. Technology may promise self healing, intelligent, automated systems that will proactively respond to threats. How soon will this be a reality? Will this be state of the art IT security ...IN THE YEAR 2050?

Guest 1: Carey Nachenberg, Chief Architect and Symantec Fellow, Security Technology and Response, Symantec

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Guest 2: AI Kirkpatrick, CISM, CISSP, VP, CISO, First American Corporation

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Guest 3: George Dolicker, CISO, Lenovo

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Guest 4: Howard Smith, EChief Technology Officer, CSC, European Group Global lead CSC Collective Intelligence BPM Author, Co-founder BPMI.org

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India: The new face of enterprise IT Sep 03, 2008

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With the economic explosion in India has come challenges of managing growth and competitive pressures. Changing from the relatively insignificant business function of keeping computers running to becoming a mission critical backbone of an organization, enterprise IT's role requires a complete transformation in terms of people, processes, and technology. How are IT leaders in India coping?

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

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Is IT Consolidation The Right Strategy? Aug 27, 2008

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Consolidation of IT infrastructure, applications, and data is the logical way to control costs, but how much consolidation is practical? Too much and the end result may be a lethargic monolithic IT with a lot of inertia and intertwined critical parts requiring meticulous synchronization. Given the speed of technology change, is this approach practical?

Guest 1: John Conley, Deputy CIO, Governor's Office of Information Technology, State of Colorado

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Guest 2: Bruce J. Goodman, SVP and Chief Information Officer, Humana

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Burn the Desktop – Let's Work Online! Aug 20, 2008

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It wasn't long ago when using office productivity applications online were considered a fad. Enterprise applications are already running in (software as a service) SaaS and/or are internally hosted and used over a browser. A perceived inconvenience held us to the desktop. With web2.0 applications for office productivity gaining ground, can we safely say good-bye to desktops? Are we there yet?

Guest 1: Gregory R. Simpson Title: Chief Technology Officer, Synchrony Financial

Guest 2: Joshua Holbrook Title: Director, Enterprise Research, Yankee Group

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Can IT Bring on TRUE CSR? Aug 13, 2008

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Organizations have long been using Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a PR tool and/or cost of doing business. IT facilitates organizational changes such as those related to CSR, through communication and collaboration. So, are organization empowering IT leadership to take an active part in genuine CSR vs. just being a business enabler? And, since IT is also a source of environmental damage and a facilitator of change towards CSR, how can it be both hero and devil at the same time?

Guest 1: Georg Kell, Executive Director, The United Nations Global Compact

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Guest 2: Stanley S. Litow, VP, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President, IBM International Foundation

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Always Up IT: Beyond SLAs Aug 06, 2008

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Many organizations require virtually 100% uptime. This means more than just implementing internal or vendor SLA's. How exactly do you train people and develop a 100% uptime culture? What kind of technologies and processes do you have to put in place?

Guest 1: Steven Rubinow Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, NYSE EURONEXT

Guest 2: Imad Mouline Title: Chief Technology Officer, Gomez, Inc.

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CIO Dilemma: Be a Sprinter or Marathon Runner? Jul 30, 2008

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A CIO needs to keep his/her IT organization agile to handle uncertainty, rapid business changes, disruptive innovations, and cater to management that may not have the patience to wait for long term IT projects. On the other hand, careful strategy, consistency of effort, and an eye focused firmly on future goals are also needed. What should a CIO train for? Becoming a sprinter or marathon runner?

Guest 1: Jane Landon, CIO, NYC Department Of Finance, NY, NY

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Guest 2: Steve Bandrowczak, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Nortel Networks

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Security: A Moving Target! Jul 23, 2008

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Most innovations including virtualization, SOA, and Web 2.0 are still not fully cooked and have security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, there are more new innovations in the pipeline. How does an enterprise secure anything when everything is in flux?

Guest: John Pescatore, Vice president and Research Fellow, Gartner Research

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