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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 »March 30, 2006 — CIO —
On Wednesday, search giant Google and Internet service provider America Online (AOL) finalized the deal in which Google is to invest $1 billion in exchange for a 5 percent AOL stake, CNET News.com reports.
This conclusion is based on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, according to CNET.
The companies are expected to close the deal by July, and it was first announced last December, CNET reports.
As part of the agreement, the companies will utilize each other’s services for collaboration on advertising, instant messaging and video, according to CNET.
For related news coverage, read Google to Finish AOL Investment in Q2.
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