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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 »June 01, 2001 — CIO —
One byproduct of the Web gift registry is the in-store kiosk. A mini-interface, the kiosk lets shoppers pull up a bride’s gift list in the store. The buyer can either print out the list and go shopping, or select an item at the kiosk and buy it right there by swiping a credit card. Steve Stockett, senior vice president of systems development for Federated Systems Group, a division of Federated Department Stores, says this has turned out to be faster for the customer than going to a sales associate. In fact, Federated, which owns Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s and Burdines, has found the kiosk functionality so efficient that their sales associates use it at the cash register. Instead of customers wandering the store, they can approach a sales clerk, have the clerk look up the item, then hand over a credit card for payment.