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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 »October 28, 2008 — IDG News Service —
The Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ) held the First National ICT Research Symposium in Lusaka from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23.
"The CAZ, through its initiative of hosting a research symposium for the ICT sector, is to accentuate the benefits of a well-regulated ICT sector by promoting an open and competitive digital economy," said CAZ acting CEO Richard Mwanza at the symposium's opening.
The event also aimed to forge relations between the CAZ and Zambian researchers, thereby catalyzing research capacity within the authority and higher learning institutions in order to aid in the ICT sector's sustainable development, Mwanza said.
ICT has become vital in attaining the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, he noted, which aim to reduce poverty and improve education and health care in developing countries.
Zambia's ICT sector currently contributes to one-fifth of the country's GDP, added Minister of Communications and Transport Dora Siliya, and the government hopes to see this contribution increase significantly.