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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.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »December 08, 2008 — IDG News Service —
Global economic woes haven't dampened enthusiasm for technology companies planning to go to Computex Taipei next year. In fact, 2009 will be the biggest year ever for the show, organizers said Monday.
Computex is one of the biggest computer hardware shows in the world. Organizers expect US$25 billion in procurement contracts to be signed at the show, up from $20 billion at Computex Taipei 2008. They estimate around 40,000 visitors from abroad will attend the exhibition next year, compared with 34,000 this year, to see devices and components from 1,800 companies already signed up for the show, compared with 1,700 this year.
A total of 4,700 booths have been rented out already, as many as could be fit into the five exhibition halls being used for Computex next year.
"People are still waiting in line for booth space, but that's all we can accommodate," said Walter Yeh, executive vice president of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a Computex co-organizer.
The bullish projections for Computex next year are a contrast to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month. In a rare sign attendance at the show may be down, Las Vegas hotels are slashing rates. Normally, visitors must make hotel reservations months in advance for CES, which runs Jan. 8 to 11 next year, and pay a steep premium to normal prices. But hotels have already dropped rates twice to entice people to come during the show.
Many people are worried about the global economic slowdown, which has seen companies globally cutting jobs and trimming spending. Several nations, including the U.S. and Japan, have already proclaimed they're in recessions.
Computex continues to expand because people have to show off products in order to drum up new business, said Yeh. Organizers of the show have also invited more people from Brazil, Russia, India, China and Southeast Asia to attend in 2009.
Several new technology focuses are also intended to stimulate interest in the exhibition.
Netbooks, the low-cost mini-laptops that have won acclaim this year, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs), will be on display at Computex Taipei 2009. Several companies, including Texas Instruments, Intel and Via Technologies, will show off MIDs based on their chip products at Computex, said Yeh.
WiMax, the wireless broadband technology meant to replace Wi-Fi, will also be on display. In a promotion entitled "WiMax on the Move," organizers have outfitted Computex shuttle buses and Taipei's subway system to transmit WiMax airwaves for the show next year.