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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 »September 15, 2005 — CIO —
Thomas A. Fisher joined PRC, a provider of CRM services, last week, replacing Tina Rourk. He comes to the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company from The Hudson Highland Group where he was a managing director. Previously, Fisher served as President of eo Associates; vice president of global information technology at Applica (Black & Decker Household Products); CIO of First American Acceptance Corp.; and vice president and CIO of Long Distance International. And here’s a CIO feature story Fisher appeared in two years ago.
David Dibble will join electronic commerce and payments services provider First Data as CTO on October 1. He will report directly to Charlie Fote, chairman and CEO of the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company. He most recently served as a managing director in JPMorgan Chase’s technology organization, where he was responsible for defining and implementing a global data center strategy as well as systems integration projects associated with acquisitions. As CTO, Dibble will be responsible for all IT development activities, and his team will focus on identifying, creating and implementing technologies that drive customer solutions. Guy Battista remains First Data’s CIO.