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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 »February 05, 2009 — PC World —
The Super Bowl score may have been settled on Sunday, but results from the broadcast's ads are just now coming in. Place your bets: It's time to reveal which commercials came out on top.
We've put together the 10 most viral Super Bowl ads, based on Internet views worldwide. Online video analytics firm TubeMogul compiled the numbers, taking into account both official and pirated versions of the videos. The data includes views from Super Bowl Sunday through Wednesday night.
So grab your chips and dip (if, of course, you have any left), and read on. You don't even need 3D glasses this go-round.
10. Cash4Gold: Ed McMahon Gets Too Legit
Heeeeere's desperation! Our list kicks off with Ed McMahon's stint as a spokesperson--er, sorry, a spokesperson and a client--for Cash4Gold. The ad, which reeks of late-night infomercial, somehow snagged 1.3 million views across the Web, securing its spot on the countdown. If McMahon selling his gold hip replacement isn't enough, you also have MC Hammer hawking his shiny parachute pants. Dignity was always one thing that guy couldn't touch.
9. Coke Zero: Troy Tackles the Ad Guys
The Pittsburgh Steelers' Troy Polamalu pays homage to 1979's famous "Mean Joe" Greene Coke ad in this updated Super Bowl spot. Instead of the sappy sweet ending, though, Polamalu takes out the annoying Coke brand managers who are always complaining about how Coke Zero stole their taste. The move seemed to be a touchdown, too: This ad scored a full 5000 views more than McMahon's, sliding into our ninth spot.
8. Sobe: 3D Dancing, Lizard-Style
People may be complaining that the hotly hyped 3D technology in the Super Bowl spots fell flat, but that didn't keep three NFL players' dance with the Sobe Lizards from soaring to eighth place on the most-viral-ads list. Matt Light, Justin Tuck, and Ray Lewis donned what can only be called "tighty-whities" as they broke it down with the reptiles. Add some monsters and aliens, and you have yourself 1.4 million online views.
7. Pedigree: Where the Wild Things Are
Taking the title of "Most Roundabout Way to Get People to Purchase a Product," Pedigree's Super Bowl commercial cranked out bison, boars, and ostriches--all just to convince you that dogs are the best pets (and, presumably, that you should feed them only Pedigree chow). I can mock the ad all I want, but I may be barking up the wrong tree: Pedigree's Super Bowl silliness scored 1.5 million views, putting it in the number seven spot.