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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 »November 13, 2008 — IDG News Service —
Microsoft has hired a former Motorola executive to take charge of its Chinese operations.
Simon Leung, formerly president of Motorola Asia-Pacific, was appointed CEO and chairman of Microsoft's greater China region, an area that covers China and Taiwan. He replaces Ya-Qin Zhang, who filled the role in an acting capacity and will continue as chairman of the company's China research and development group.
Originally from Macau, Leung is a veteran of China's technology market. Before joining Motorola, he was president of Asia for Brightpoint, a wireless handset distributor and provider of value-added mobile services. He also headed up the Asian operations of Tandem Computer, a provider of high-end servers that is now part of Hewlett-Packard.
Leung will report to Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft's international operations.
Despite rampant software piracy, China is an important market for Microsoft. The country is the home to Microsoft's biggest R&D operations outside the U.S., and the company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars there to establish a presence in the market.