Cio Talk Network Podcast

Surveys show large numbers of CIO's are applying/deciding to apply lean principles to improve their data center operations. But applying the “lean techniques” developed by car manufacturers 30 years ago, to today’s data centers, will require experimentation and a fundamental change of mindset by employees. So far, experts are acknowledging the trend exists, but there isn't much documentation on exactly how to do it and what is involved. Guest 1: Terri Jordan Title: Vice President of Operations, eBay Guest 2: Rob Soderbery Title: Senior Vice President, Data Center Management Group, Symantec For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/the-lean-data-center-just-another-bandwagon

Now that the first quarter has started, the last minute buzz around next year planning is over. Seminars, articles, and conferences are centered around the CIO Agenda for the new year. What was the due diligence performed as these planning agenda items were identified? Should IT leadership use them as a ready checklist for their respective organization? Guest 1: Deirdre Woods Title: Chief Information Officer, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania Guest 2: Andres Carvallo Title: Chief Information Officer, Austin Energy For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/cio-new-year-agenda-a-weather-forecast-or-more

As organizations start implementing ITSM and/or SOA, the interdependence between the two should become obvious. Are organizations recognizing this connection? How can this inherent relationship be leveraged to plan and execute a common implementation and achieve higher level of efficiency, better quality of service, and reduced cost? Guest 1: Ken Hamilton Title: Founder/Past Chair itSMF USA; Director, HP Education Guest 2: Russ Daniels Title: Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, HP Enterprise Services Hewlett-Packard For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/itsm-and-soa-siamese-twins

We are surrounded by a large number of Information Technology media outlets which ideally should aim to keep us informed and help us make better decisions. Given the reality of competition and heavy dependence on Advertising and sponsorship dollars, is true journalism intact when it comes to IT media? Do IT decision-makers heed the advice offered by and through these media outlets? Guest 1: Gary Beach Title: Group Publisher, CXO Media, Inc. Guest 2: Abbie Lundberg Title: Editor in Chief, CIO Magazine Guest 3: Maryfran Johnson Title: Founding Editor in Chief, CIO Decisions Magazine & Conference For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-media-today-use-abuse-and-impact

By 2010, there will be a major IT workforce exodus with baby boomers reaching retirement age. How are we planning to handle this shift expected in IT workforce levels? How is industry and academia collaborating to ensure that the new breed of IT talent is ready for the market in terms of quality and quantity? Guest 1: Ed Lazowska Title: Bill and Melinda Gates Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Former Co-chair, President Bush's Information Technology Advisory Committee Guest 2: Dr. Merrick Furst Title: Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Computing, Georgia Tech For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/impending-it-workforce-vacuum-whats-the-plan

There is a tremendous talent pool out there with potential to become the next successful CIO. Most don’t know their potential or are not exposed to the right grooming. Then there are others who are ready but don’t seem to get the right opportunity. What can be done to pave the path for these CIO trainees? Guest 1: Bill J. Vass Title: President and Chief Operating Officer, Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc Guest 2: Robert Worrall Title: Chief Information Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/cio-trainee-a-tough-road-ahead

Given the dynamic business environment, hosted supply chain offerings seem like a dream come true. How realistic are these claims? Are there any strings attached? How should organizations go about deciding whether hosted supply chain is the way to go? Guest 1: Beth Enslow Title: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Research, Aberdeen Group Guest 2: Ron Riggin Title: Senior Vice President of Technology, Red Prairie For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/challenges-and-rewards-of-hosted-supply-chain

Lately, a lot of investment has been made in providing sophisticated dashboards and metric to IT and Executive leadership. Are these tools useful or even usable? Are they actually being used? Can or are they being abused to disguise failure? Guest 1: Mike Boyle Title: Chief Information Officer, Allstate Financial Guest 2: Dr. Greg Hanson Title: Assistant Sergeant at Arms and Chief Information Officer (CIO), United States Senate For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/dashboards-metrics-et-al-the-use-and-abuse

With the advent of pc virtualization and Web 2.0, the perceived need and value of IT Asset Management may be diminished. If so, how do we justify the investment in Asset Management? Guest 1: Jack Heine Title: Research Vice President, Gartner Research Guest 2: Dean Verhaeghe Title: Vice President Development, Optimization Products, Tivoli Software, IBM For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/justifying-it-asset-management-tomorrow

On an average, about every 4 years, many CIOs move on. Some say there are no challenges left to resolve and others say that there are way too many! In either case, it seems like a 4-year itch, the results of which may not be in the best interest of the organization or the CIO. Guest 1: Mark P. McDonald Title: Chief Information Officer, City of Vancouver Guest 2: Gerard McNamara Title: Managing Partner, CIO Practice, Practice Managing Partner, CIO Practice Americas., Americas - Heidrick & Struggles Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/cio-turnover-a-four-year-itch

As SOA becomes pervasive within the organization as well as among external entities, just setting up related technology is not enough. While we are betting on this wild horse, what control and governance measures are being taken for its successful adoption? Guest 1: Peter S. Kastner Title: Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Technology, Aberdeen Group Guest 2: David Buckholtz Title: Vice President, Enterprise Architecture & Planning, Sony Pictures Entertainment Guest 3: Ronald Schmelzer Title: Senior Analyst and founder, ZapThink For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/successful-soa-adoption-what-does-it-take

We demand agility from our IT environments and offering software solutions to address the issue. How about infrastructure? Understaffed and bogged down by daily fire-fighting, can we truly expect the infrastructure team to complete a project without an effect on other groups and at the speed expected? Guest 1: Wallace Dalrymple Title: Chief Network & Telecom Architect, Global Technology Management, General Motors Guest 2: Johna Johnson Title: President, Nemertes Research For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/agile-infrastructure-is-it-an-oxymoron

While we are busy handling compliance and integration issues, communication among IT workers, between IT and other departments, IT and end customers, etc. is equally important and usually the weakest link preventing IT from delivering at its full potential. Guest 1: Sheleen Quish Title: Senior Vice President of HR and IT, Ameristar Casinos, Inc. Guest 2: Mark Brown Title: Director, Management Communication Center, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/how-to-make-it-successful-through-better-communication

More and more US companies have been adopting ITIL best practices in combination with 6 Sigma, CoBIT, and other existing frameworks. Is ITIL really delivering on its promises? Guest 1: Malcolm Fry Title: Member, ITIL Advisory Group and Independent Executive Advisor, BMC Software Guest 2: John P. Gillispie Title: COO, Iowa's Information Technology Enterprise Office, CIO, State of Iowa, Former President of NASCIO For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/is-itil-delivering-on-its-promises

With constant pressure to deliver "more with less", not only the IT leaders but the whole IT organization needs to join hands and get creative, get unconventional, and break the norms with a sole purpose of making the business successful. How do we build such a maverick IT team? Guest 1: Steve Bandrowczak Title: Chief Information Officer (CIO), Nortel Networks Guest 2: Thornton May Title: IT Futurist & Dean, The IT Leadership Academy Guest 3: Phil Laplante Title: Professor-Penn State University, Chief Technology Officer, Eastern Technology Council, and Founding Member-The CIO Institute For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/building-a-maverick-it-organization

Partnering with Vendors, Up/Downstream Value Chain members, or other departments/divisions can successfully can bring multiple benefits to an organization provided it is initiated and maintained carefully. Come to think of it, partnering is no different than dating! Guest 1: Jim Wetherbe Title: Stevenson Chaired Professor of Information Technology, Texas Tech University Guest 2: Matthew Miszewski Title: Chief Information Officer, State of Wisconsin Guest 3: Catherine Boivie Title: Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Pacific Blue Cross For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/partnering-for-success-in-it-a-dating-game

While some treat the concept of 'web 2.0' as hype, the concept has gained enough mass, that it cannot be ignored outright. Meanwhile, software as a service is gaining popularity, while there is also an increasing demand for consumer devices to be integrated with enterprise data. What has your IT leadership done to ensure that your company’s departments will be ready when Web 2.0 becomes mainstream? Guest 1: Kevin Vasconi Title: Chief Information Officer, Polk Global Automotive & President, RLP Technologies Guest 2: Joe Lafeir Title: Vice President, RLP Technologies For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/preparing-your-it-for-web-2-0

A CIO's role is more crucial to organizational success today, than ever before. How well established are performance benchmarks? How can a CIO’s ongoing performance be measured effectively? Guest 1: Susan Cramm Title: President Valuedance and Former CIO, Taco Bell Corporation Guest 2: John Baldoni Title: Chair of leadership development N2growth, a global leadership advisory firm & Author of 13 books… newest is MOXIE, The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, None For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/a-cios-performance-appraisal

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is carrying out a monumental task of bringing all federal and state agencies together in terms of its data and applications, thus creating a cohesive force to fight against internal and external threats. Easier said than done, this mega project is extremely complex, will take years of effort and cost billions of dollars. Are we biting off more than we can chew? How are we ensuring that this laudable yet daunting initiative sees the light of successful completion? Guest 1: Jim Flyzik Title: Chairman, Information Technology Association of America - Homeland Security Committee Guest 2: Steve Cooper Title: Chief Information Officer, American Red Cross and Former CIO, Department of Homeland Security For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/a-safer-america-through-it

The ability to juggle multiple IT initiatives is a required qualification for IT leaders. Stepping up to the challenge many IT leaders end up biting more than they can chew or pick the wrong battles. What does it take for an IT leader to pick the right type and right number of IT initiatives thus getting the most out of IT dollars spent? Is it an art or a science? Guest: Robert D. Austin Title: Associate Professor, Harvard Business School For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/prioritizing-it-initiatives-art-or-science