Cio Talk Network Podcast

The world today is experiencing an unprecedented growth in data and information generated by multiple disparate sources. Linking to this data is also being made easy by leveraging SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). Access to the data anytime and anywhere is also possible through wireless technology. Are we making the best use of this opportunity? What impact does this data/information deluge have on storage and information management? Guest 1: Andrew Warzecha Title: Chief Strategist, Information Management, IBM Guest 2: Henry Morris Title: Group Vice President and General Manager, Integration, Development, Application Strategies (IDeAS) solutions research group, IDC For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/information-as-a-service

In today’s world, most organizations have some sort of contingency plan in order to deal with business disruptions. Beyond just maintaining a warm or hot site, there are other IT management challenges that need to be thought through in the event of a natural disaster. How many organizations actually prepare for complete destruction of facilities, equipment, and inability to work in the same geographic area for long periods of time? Guest: Jim Grogan Title: Vice President, SunGard Availability Services For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-management-in-the-wake-of-a-natural-disaster

Getting on board Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) bandwagon may seem as simple as creating a few web services. But, there is more involved. Are all components of your IT organization ready for it? Guest 1: Dave Hollander Title: Chief Technical Officer, Contivo, Inc. Guest 2: Ronald Schmelzer Title: Senior Analyst and founder, ZapThink For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/is-your-it-soa-service-oriented-architecture-ready

ITIL is a set of best practices for IT governance first developed by British Government 20 years ago. With CMM and CoBIT already in place, what incremental benefits does ITIL provide? Guest: Malcolm Fry Title: Member, ITIL Advisory Group and Independent Executive Advisor, BMC Software For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-infrastructure-library-itil-is-it-a-silver-bullet

Supply Chain management (SCM) has significantly benefited from IT. Once the required level of optimization is achieved, does it make sense to keep investing where the incremental benefits are minimal? Is there an out of the box thinking required to take SCM to the next level? Guest: Mike Hugos Title: Chief Information Officer, Large, Center for Systems Innovation [c4si] For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-enabled-supply-chain-management-what-next

The VoIP wave promises great features along with significant savings. Once the adoption reaches critical mass, will it offer the same advantages over Baby Bells? What are the implementation and maintenance challenges? Guest 1: Michael Palmer Title: EVP Supply Chain Management and CIO, Allied Office Products Guest 2: Brian Barker Title: VP of Infrastructure, Allied Office Products Guest 3: George Goodall Title: Senior Analyst, Info-Tech Research Group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/voip-savings-vs-pains

The US Congress holds tremendous power and shapes the way IT related regulations are envisioned and enacted. The whole idea is to develop a system of checks and balances in order to prevent potential abuse and safeguard the interests of nation and its people. While the intent is noble, when it comes to interpretation of regulations in terms of understanding implementation requirements and impact on business, and finally corresponding development/deployment of IT policies; most organizations seem to be struggling and spending millions. Can we do any better? Guest 1: Brad Fitch Title: Deputy Director, Congressional Management Foundation Guest 2: Tim Lordan Title: Staff director, Internet Education Foundation For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/capitol-hill-and-it

As an IT leader, you can be only as effective in delivering results as your crew. Careful selection and grooming of your IT staff goes a long way. Guest 1: Dr. John Glaser Title: Vice President and CIO, Partners Healthcare System Guest 2: Mary Finlay Title: Deputy Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare System For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/developing-your-killer-it-crew

Till date, there are a very few adopters who have success stories to tell. Either the CRM deployments have been total fiascos OR have failed to deliver significant incremental value as expected. The whole idea is to get closer to the customer using CRM technology. Are we missing something here? Guest 1: Ellen Pearlman Title: Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, CIO Insight Guest 2: Michael Schreiber Title: Exec. Vice President Enterprise Services, United Way of America For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/crm-love-thy-customer-not-software

Mergers and acquisitions are becoming a way of life for today's CIO. How can the IT leadership be groomed to adequately handle the related challenges?

In this day and age of Open Systems and Open Source development, what possible value does ERP offer? With millions of dollars already invested in ERP solutions, are the organizations stuck paying for its maintenance or are there other options? Is the ERP world expected to morph into a more acceptable form. If yes, what would and should that form be? Guest 1: Walter Weir Title: Chief Information Officer, The University of Nebraska Guest 2: Stanley Elbaum Title: Senior Vice President Research, Aberdeen Group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/the-changing-landscape-of-erp-solutions

Try talking to an IT Leader about how to measure value of IT for an organization. Usually, the answer is long winded and full of abstraction. Now is the time to do the real math. What measures can be used to quantify the value of IT in form of hard numbers and dollars? Guest: Douglas Hubbard Title: Inventor, Applied Information Economics (AIE) For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/the-true-measure-of-it-value

CIOs have gone through utopia during the Internet Boom followed by a drastic cutbacks after the bust. Now, as economy is recovering, today's CIO is challenged to deliver value by investing in technology again. How are things different now? Guest 1: Ellen Barry Title: Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Guest 2: Stanley Elbaum Title: Senior Vice President Research, Aberdeen Group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/cio-of-a-recovering-economy-the-challenges-and-expectations

Government Compliance Regulations are requiring organizations to retain electronic records including structured data (databases) as well as documents, spreadsheets, and emails for longer than ever periods of time. Yes, mass storage industry will flourish. But, what impact will it have on the overall IT spending on other related aspects like architecture, facilities, etc. Guest: Gunjan Sinha Title: Chairman, MetricStream For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/enterprise-storage-and-compliance-feeding-the-monster

Radical results do not always warrant radical measures. With so much being said about how to turnaround a failing IT organization, what actually works? Guest 1: John Fontanella Title: Senior Vice President and Research Director, Supply Chain Services, Aberdeen Group Guest 2: Tim Hanrahan Title: Vice-President - Information Services, Adaptec, Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-turnarounds-strategies-and-tactics-that-work

Knowledge begets trust and confidence! As more and more technology leaders feel comfortable with open source technologies, the corresponding adoption rate is increasing. While there are a few challenges, organizations taking a leap of faith may be rewarded. Guest 1: Asiff Hirji Title: Chief Information Officer, AMERITRADE Holding Corporation Guest 2: Juergen Geck Title: Chief Technology Officer, SUSE LINUX, NOVELL For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/open-source-rewards-for-brave-souls

Organizations spend millions of dollars on business intelligence solutions. ROI depends on how we exploit the data and transaction patterns made available. Guest 1: Todd Walter Title: Chief Technical Officer, R&D, Teradata (a division of NCR) Guest 2: Wayne Eckerson Title: Director of Research, The Data Warehousing Institute Guest 3: Irving Tyler Title: Vice President P & Chief Information Officer, Quaker Chemical Corporation For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/exploiting-business-intelligence-solutions

While the advent of wireless applications has brought information at our fingertips, does it really make our business management any efficient or effective? Guest: Andres Carvallo Title: Chief Information Officer, Austin Energy For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/wireless-applications-value-for-an-enterprise

With IT becoming mission critical for almost every organization and with increase in reliance on outsourcing relationships, the key to getting best deals on IT products and services is to have great relationships and high level of trust. Easier said than done, what does it take to identify and maintain partner like vendor relationships? Guest 1: Sandra Hofmann Title: Chief Information Officer, MAPICS Guest 2: Michelle Cassin Title: Executive Director, ITG Internal Business Services, Health Care Service Corporation For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-vendor-management-an-ongoing-challenge

At one end every penny spent on IT has to be justified and is closely watched. On the other, technology is supposed to deliver miraculous results in overall cost savings in operations and business process optimization while juggling with ever changing business priorities. In such complex scenario, how do we budget for IT effectively and what spending patterns prevail? Guest 1: Gary Beach Title: Group Publisher, CXO Media, Inc. Guest 2: Dr. Howard A. Rubin Title: Senior Gartner Advisor, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Hunter College, the City University of New York, former Nolan Norton Research Fellow Guest 3: Barbara Gomolski Title: Research Vice President, Gartner For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-budgeting-and-spending-patterns