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Public Council Teleconference: Application Rationalization — Hidden Costs and Smart Decisions
November 17 at 11:00 am US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Honorio Padrón, of The Hackett Group, who will share the drivers for companies to tackle application rationalization and the results of research that define the hidden cost of complexity. Additionally, we will discuss key decision milestones—to start or not, holding the course steady and fulfilling expectations.
Virtual Desktop Cost-Benefit Analysis — Michael Jacobs, Catlin Group
The analysis contained in this presentation measures the cost of everything from the machines and licenses to the infrastructure for virtual vs. traditional desktop environments.
Honor your best senior team members - Apply for the CIO Ones to Watch Award
Get well-earned public recognition for your top up-and-coming team members, your IT organization and your enterprise. Award winners will be announced, publicized and feted in May 2010, great timing to help attract new IT recruits to your company.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »March 29, 2007 — CIO —
You gotta hand it to Tony Soprano: He needs almost no technology to keep money coming in by the Hefty bagful. With the highly anticipated final season of HBO's The Sopranos scheduled to begin in early April, here's a peek at where the wise guys stand, metrics-wise:
Peak viewership of an episode: 13.4 million (season 4 premiere)
Emmys haul: 17 nominations and four awards
Most seen computer brand on the show: Apple
Amount of ziti that James Gandolfini earns per episode for final 8 shows: $1 million
Amount of actual ziti eaten on camera: Supercomputer's still working on it