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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.
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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.
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5 Reasons to Say Yes to Macs, When Your Company Says No
Sometimes, IT leaders are told that the company runs Windows, period. But that doesn't stop them from wishing for the forbidden fruit: One CIO explains why he'd like to bring Apple to his enterprise.
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More technically-educated users represent a win for any company, Weider says.
"Part of my job as a CIO is to increase the technical savvy of our workforce, and Mac users seem to want to learn about technology more than Windows users," he says.
Many of his workers use Macs at home, so Weider was able to convince other executives that the healthcare companies needed to support those Macs and allow remote access to specific applications through Citrix.
"There is a real culture around the Mac," he says. "People that are Mac users talk to other Mac users, and really learn about their Macs."
5. The Cool Factor
Finally, Macs are just cool technology, Weider says. The aluminum cases and slick desktop interface make a statement.
"They are beautiful pieces of machinery," he says. "I went into a company that runs all Macintoshes, and it was awesomely beautiful."
For the majority of companies, however, information technology is a means to an end, and it's the destination that matters.
"In the end, the OS is like a car," Weider says. "Some are cooler than others—XP is a Chevy Impala and a Mac is an Audi—but, as a CIO, I am more worried about where we are going than the car we are driving."
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