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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 »November 14, 2005 — CIO —
William J. Lutz joined Orchid Cellmark today as its vice president of information technology. He comes to the Princeton, N.J.-based provider of identity DNA testing services from Genencor International, where he most recently served as CIO. At Orchid Cellmark, Lutz, 56, will lead a business process integration and automation initiatives as well as the deployment of new enterprise systems. Prior to joining Genencor in 1997, he worked for Bausch and Lomb for 17 years.
The Business Journal of Portland, Ore. reported last Friday that Tektronix hired Rob Blaskowsky as its new vice president and CIO. He most recently worked for Serena Software as its VP and CIO.
Last month, clinical software company etrials Worldwide appointed Jan Wilson to the position of vice president and CIO. Prior to etrials, she possessed the following unwieldy title: technical solutions manager, delivery project executive and program manager for IBM’s global engagement and production outsourcing services. Is there enough room on a business card for all that? According to etrails’ press release announcing her hire, Wilson “successfully led complex and global IT initiatives for Fortune 500 companies and implemented multiple, emerging technologies to IBM’s worldwide customers including on-demand infrastructure, global Web-hosting, help desk, mainframe and workstation solutions.” How much do you want to bet she strikes an outsourcing deal for etrials with IBM? That is, of course, provided etrials wasn’t already an IBM customer prior to hiring her.
Movers & Shakers will not be updated tomorrow.