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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.
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Though technology becomes more pervasive in the lives of young people each day, technology jobs aren't high on the lists of what they want to do when they grow up. Consider the 90 percent of girls between the ages of 11 and 16 who think computers and cutting edge gadgets are cool, according to a recent survey of 1,000 U.K. adolescents: Only 28 percent of those girls are considering careers in the technology industry.
The number of boys in that age range who say they've thought about pursuing technology careers is nearly double the number of girls, at 53 percent, according to the research, which was conducted by youth communications group Dubit Ltd. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) commissioned the study in conjunction with its annual BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards. Dubit conducted the survey in April and asked respondents about their perceptions of the IT field and about their future career plans.
Seventy-three percent of young girls say there's a big difference between using technology in their personal lives and wanting to pursue careers in technology because of the relative few "smart female role models," the survey says. More than half the girls also think there should be fewer celebrity role models like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, and more inspirational business role models. Notable technology executives who could fit the bill include CIO magazine Hall of Fame inductees Barbara Cooper and Dawn Lepore. RIM itself also has a female CIO, Robin Bienfait.
"Never underestimate the power of role models. If young women can see a career path which has been enjoyable and rewarding for another, they are more likely to follow it themselves," said Maggie Philbin, former host of popular British science and technology TV show, Tomorrow's World, in a press release. "It's so frustrating to see teenagers using technology naturally and creatively, seemingly unaware that they could play a key role in shaping the way we use technology in the future. And it's equally important, once they make the decision to work in this area, that they are encouraged and inspired to rise to the highest level."
Additional survey findings include: