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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 »August 01, 2002 — CIO —
It’s another sign of the times: the webpages at Bid4Assets.com are chock-a-block with land parcels, luxury condos and Lamborghinis, ready for your bid. The Silver Spring, Md.-based online auction site that specializes in surplus government assets looks to be on track for its stated goal of profits by year’s end (see "Going, Going, Gonzo" in our Web Business 50 issue at www.printlinks.com). It’s not just fancy sports cars seized from drug dealers either. Auction items also include real estate from defaulted loans or back taxes.
Bid4Assets puts as many as 2,000 items or properties up for auction every month, depending on how busy the feds have been. Here’s a look at some items?and their prices?Bid4Assets recently sold for the U.S. Marshals Service.
$29,099: 2000 Jaguar S-Type (26,215 miles), sold in June
$170,000: 1999 Lamborghini Diablo MOMO Edition Car No. 2, sold in June
$123,300: Single family home in Belton, S.C., sold in May
$91,500: 40 acres of land in Williston, Fla., sold in April