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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 »October 10, 2005 — CIO —
Rick Beers (pictured at left) left his post as director of business process architecture at Corning and joined Bausch and Lomb as vice president of information technology. Beers had worked for Corning for 32 years.
Thanks to the friendly reader who told me that Elinor MacKinnon has been promoted to senior vice president and CIO at Blue Shield of California. Her promotion went into effect October 3, 2005. She replaces David Bowen, who left the company on August 19, 2005.
Good old Government Computer News reported that Charlie Armstrong was appointed deputy CIO of the Department of Homeland Security under Scott Charbo. Armstrong, who moved into his new position last month, had most recently served as CIO of DHS’s Border and Transportation Directorate. GCN has the low-down on Armstrong and his new role.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that St. Anthony’s Medical Center hired Gordon Lashmett as its CIO. He most recently worked for St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill. as its director of IT.