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June 17, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM U.S./ET (GMT-4)
Larry Bonfante, CIO of the U.S. Tennis Association, will discuss the skills and approaches that your rising IT leaders must learn to be effective in an executive capacity.
How to Handle Your New CEO: Managing Turnover at the Top
June 18, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
Turbulent times have increased turnover at the top. Find out what Council CIOs have done to "break in" new CEOs—build relationships, set expectations, educate on the role of IT.
Mid-Market CIO Panel: Tips and Techniques for Improving Vendor Relationships
July 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
We'll highlight relationship priorities and best practices identified in a Council study, and we'll interact with a CIO panel on the approaches they've used to improve strategic vendor partnerships.
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Know Your (Open) Sources
Just because a piece of code a developer downloaded off SourceForge says it is released under the Mozilla Public License ...
July 01, 2006 — CIO —
Just because a piece of code a developer downloaded off SourceForge says it is released under the Mozilla Public License doesn’t mean that all that code wasn’t itself stolen from someplace else. (In the Linksys router case, for instance, Linksys reportedly bought chips from Broadcom, which in turn received firmware from overseas third parties—making it difficult to clearly define what Linksys should have known about its code.)
For that reason, experts say it’s worth trying to get the code you use from trusted sources. The people behind larger, more public open-source and free software projects often claim to be very careful about who they let contribute code and how thorough they are in determining the origins of that code. Some companies that deal in open-source code—including Red Hat and Hewlett-Packard—offer indemnification programs that could help protect your company should the code you’re using be found to infringe on someone else’s intellectual property rights.
How is Open Source Changing the Face of Enterprise Software?
The Link Between Effective Online Business Banking and Web 2.0
The Reality of Open Source Business Intelligence Options
Brocade and Imperva: Providing Best-of-Breed Products
Improve Code Quality Across Your Software Organization
Maximum Efficiency Gains with Virtualization
IT Consolidation Made Easy
Webcast with Dan Vesset: Investing in Business Analytics Technology
Capitalize on Your SAP Content
Enterprise Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime?
Preparing Your Business Services for the Future
Enterprise System Management Challenges in Big Organizations with Eli Almog
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