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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 »September 26, 2008 — IDG News Service —
Vodacom has launched the iPhone 3G in South Africa, initially available to prepaid and contract customers in all major cities.
"With iPhone 3G, Vodacom can further fulfill the strategy to deliver compelling and engaging Internet services via mobile to our customers," said Shameel Joosub, Vodacom SA managing director. "With special data tariffs to make browsing the Internet economical, Vodacom customers will have a great experience and excellent value tariff packages."
Contract customers can choose between Vodacom's 120s, 240 and 500s bundled minute plans, with the 8G-byte model available from 1,799 South African rand (US$221) and the 16G-byte model available from 2,899 rand. Prepaid customers will pay 6,389 rand for the 8G-byte iPhone and 7,569 rand for the 16G-byte iPhone.