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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 »July 01, 2002 — CIO —
What state is the best for e-commerce? The Progressive Policy Institute (www.ppionline.org) scored the 50 states (and Washington, D.C.) according to what a citizen can buy online (such as wine, cars, insurance and contact lenses), whether the state allows digital signatures (good for e-biz) or whether it imposes online taxes (not good). In number-one Oregon, for example, residents can order prescription drugs online without paying sales taxes. Conversely, South Carolina, which ranked last, doesn’t allow the online purchase of contact lenses and is one of 13 states that has not passed a law recognizing digital signatures.
Here’s the ranking of the top 10 for e-commerce: