CIO Talk Network Podcast

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Exploiting ECM to Maximize ROI Jul 16, 2008

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Organizations are adopting ECM (Enterprise Content Management) systems to handle the deluge of different types of content coming from many different sources. How successful are they at getting a handle on all that content, and when successful, have they figured out ways of leveraging it all as an asset to increase ROI instead of just passively storing it?

Guest 1: Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, Content & Digital Media Technologies, IDC

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Guest 2: Carl Kessler, Vice President, Worldwide Development, IBM

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Is Thinking OTB a Question of Nature or Nurture? Jul 09, 2008

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Is being a creative CIO based on natural talent alone? ....Or can critical skills like thinking "outside the box" (OTB) be learned? What balance of innate and acquired skills make the difference between a merely good CIO and a truly creative IT leader?

Guest 1: Calvin S. Sihilling, Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Nash Finch Co.

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Guest 2: Michael J. Gelb, Noted Author, Lecturer on Innovation & Creativity

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Better IT Workforce Through an Industry-Academic Partnership Jul 02, 2008

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A fresh graduate (even with MIS as a major) usually has little clue about how real world IT works. If ongoing education programs are ineffective in retooling or improving worker value, can IT and academia come together to create an ongoing certification program, to keep track of an IT graduate's training and career advancement, from college throughout his career?

Guest 1: Harry R. Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard College

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Guest 2: Kevin R. Faughnan, Director, IBM Academic Initiative, Software Group

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Re/Designing An Effective IT Governance Model Jun 25, 2008

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While there's a lot of emphasis on IT Governance, organizations have been building silo IT governance mechanisms to solve problems in isolation. This is a reactionary and prevents IT from making a strategic impact. How about proactively designing IT governance around an organization's overall objectives and performance goals and continually redesigning whenever these objectives and goals change?

Guest 1: Lynn Lawton, CISA, FBCS CITP, FCA, FIIA, PIIA, International president, ISACA and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI)

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Guest 2: Jeff Johnson, VP, IT Infrastructure, Constellation Energy

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Choice Computing? No problem! Jun 18, 2008

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What would it be like if an end user could be offered real flexibility in the way they use technology? This would include maintaining central control with respect to security and who gets what, as well as an almost self-healing desktop environment less dependent on support personnel. Are we there yet?

Guest 1: Ben Grimes, CTO, Avocent Co.

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Guest 2: Barbara M. Crane, Vice President, IT Customer Service, ARAMARK

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Software Project Success: Beyond Flipping a Coin! Jun 04, 2008

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There have been multiple best practices and methodologies proposed to minimize the risk related to software projects (iterative, agile, etc.). With stakes so high, organizations are open to any and all suggestions and deploy internal/external resources to help select the right software project methodology and manage execution. Still we can count more failures than success. Are we missing something here?

Guest 1: Russ Daniels, VP and Chief Technology Officer, HP Enterprise Services Hewlett-Packard

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Guest 2: Steve Moffett, VP of Solutions Delivery, DSW Inc.

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Virtualization Performance: Stretching The Envelope! May 28, 2008

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We've virtualized servers, networks, storage, applications, and I/O, and reduced the physical infrastructure footprint. The next step is to maximize performance. What avenues are being explored and what benchmarks can we reach or exceed?

Guest 1: Simon Crosby, Chief Technology Officer, The Virtualization and Management Division of Citrix (formerly CTO of XenSource)

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Guest 2: Tom Bishop, Chief Technology Officer, BMC Software

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Guest 3: Dr. Tim Marsland, Sun Fellow, Chief Technology Officer, Software Organization, Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Video over IP: Opportunities and Challenges! May 21, 2008

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Whether it's used for security surveillance or as a resource for an enterprise, Video over IP has penetrated the enterprise. What used to be an operations issue is now one more headache for the IT leader. What does getting Video over IP buy us? While it's a bandwidth hog, could there be benefits worth the investment?

Guest: CIO Talk Network, Host & CEO, CIO Talk Radio

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Can a CIO Afford a 2 Week Vacation? May 14, 2008

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Most IT leaders don't take much needed long vacations. The fears are that on one hand, if something happens, they'll have a mess to fix. On the other hand, if everything works smoothly in their absence, corporate management may wonder if they are worth the pay. Should/Can a CIO enjoy a long vacation?

Guest 1: Mark Tonnesen, VP IT, CIO, Logitech

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Guest 2: Jack Staehler, Group Vice President, Technology, Orbitz Worldwide

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SaaS Management: Morphing Pain! May 07, 2008

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SaaS promises big relief while causing new headaches such as: Identity Management challenges, difficulties in moving quickly and seamlessly from one SaaS offering to another, and greater difficulty in isolating issues within the brave new world of mashups.

Guest 1: John Rowell, CTO, Opsource

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Guest 2: Joe Burton, CTO, CISCO-Unified Communications

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Guest 3: Ben Pring, Research Vice President, Gartner IT Services and Sourcing Group

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