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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »February 01, 2008 — IDG News Service —
1. "Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6B,"
CIO.com, February 1
"Microsoft's Yahoo Offer: Details of the Deal,"
PC World, February 1
Settle in -- this one will be a lively topic of discussion and grab headlines for weeks to come, no doubt. Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo for a premium price of $44.6 billion, with the aim of giving Google a run for the online services market. The deal, which Yahoo described as "unsolicited," would provide better competition because it would give Google a more legitimate rival, according to Microsoft. Yahoo's board approached Microsoft in February of last year, but ultimately Yahoo decided that wasn't a good time to make a deal. Fast forward a year, featuring job cuts, turmoil, restructuring, more upheaval, and recently the departure of CEO Terry Semel, whose resignation as chairman was announced Thursday and presaged Friday's acquisition deal.
2. "Web Traffic Disruption Raises Internet Infrastructure Vulnerability Concerns,"
Network World, February 1
Damage to two underwater cables in the Mediterranean Sea this week slowed Internet services, although U.S. businesses aren't expected to experience much disruption as a consequence. Not so in the Middle East and some parts of Asia, which took the brunt of the disruption. The incident underscores the fact that the Internet's infrastructure is vulnerable. One cable is operated by Flag Telecom and the other by a consortium of 15 telecommunications carriers. It is believed they were cut on Wednesday of this week by ship anchors. The cables carry some 75 percent of network capacity between Europe and the middle East. The situation has a lot of people publicly fretting about what would happen if multiple cables were cut at the same time and also has raised the specter of what would happen if terrorists set out to damage the Internet's infrastructure.
3. "Analysts Give CIOs Advice on Weathering Recession,"
InfoWorld, January 31
Analyst firm Forrester isn't predicting a recession, but it is advising CIOs to prepare just in case. As part of that call to prepare, Forrester analysts offered suggestions for what CIOs should do. The advice includes: "Get close to your CFO. You want to be arm in arm," said analyst Andrew Bartels. Right now, there is a 55 percent likelihood that the economy will remain stable, with a 35 percent change the U.S. will dip into a shallow recession and a 10 percent probability of a deep recession, Forrester analysts said. CIOs should review company portfolios and see if there are projects that could be delayed, reduced or canceled, they said. "If you're running things well, adapting to recession is easier," analyst Alex Cullen said.