•What risks does the mobility trend introduce? What about the influx of private, public and hybrid cloud architectures?

•What are the governance and compliance models that need to be implemented to mitigate those risks?

•What are some of the key steps enterprises can take in the near term to improve the risk posture of an organization in this new enterprise data access landscape?

Join us as we kick off the 25th annual CIO 100 Symposium & Awards ceremony. Meet old colleagues or make new connections as you enjoy the local California flavors. 

CompuCom invites you to indulge in fine food and good company. Enjoy this relaxed networking time with your CIO 100 friends and colleagues. All are welcome!
 

To deliver faster results, CIOs need an IT infrastructure that can adapt as quickly as business needs change. That's what $40 billion transportation giant FedEx is building. With cloud computing, virtualization and technology commoditization, IT architecture has reached a "thrilling stage," says Rob Carter, FedEx CIO since 2000 and an IT veteran of 30 years. Carter describes the change as “the Four Horsemen of Dominant Design" where interconnected, industry standard servers, networks, storage, and software give IT more flexibility than it's ever had to shift workloads with business demand, slash time to market and cost and ensure high data availability 24x7 around the world. In this opening keynote, Rob will delve into the details of the new FedEx private cloud environment and talk about where the company is seeing its biggest business returns.

With all the hype surrounding big data, how can you determine your organization’s readiness to reach the next level on the analytics maturity curve? To answer that question, SAS recently conducted a survey among members of the CIO Forum on LinkedIn to understand the expected timeframes within which various big data architectures and activities will need to be supported. The research also explored the top considerations for designing infrastructure that can support increasingly complex analysis objectives, and the partnerships needed to bring this higher level of analytics into the enterprise. Join us for this illuminating discussion about the next steps for big data. 

Sponsored by SAS

Is your organization fostering and expanding innovation outside your company’s four walls?  Organizations today believe in open environments for innovation and many are using virtual tools for internal and external collaboration, according to a recent global executive survey by Forbes Insights.  Today’s IT and business leaders face the challenge of integrating these tools into organizational structures that can unlock the value of open innovation, drive superior business performance and build competitive advantage.  In this session, we will discuss key findings from the Forbes survey and delve into the tactics, tools and strategies that forward-thinking businesses are using to successfully open up their innovation processes.

Sponsored by Cognizant 

With today's transformation of the enterprise well under way, knowledge workers are trading in legacy software and desktop PCs for tools that are more flexible, affordable and easier to access information from countless applications, smartphones and tablets. CIOs are experiencing firsthand the intense and demanding management challenges in embracing this shift in the post-PC world, which means exploring new technologies such as cloud computing to accommodate workplace BYOD trends. This session will explore real-world examples of how CIOs are addressing both long and short-term risks associated with BYOD, and why they chose cloud solutions to help meet their employees’ demands for simple, intuitive experiences while supporting IT needs for security and manageability.

Sponsored by Box

As the economies and capabilities of cloud computing continue to improve, modern applications from ISVs and IT groups are beginning to change in order to run effectively in the new model of cloud runtimes. That’s happening in your own data centers as well as at your cloud vendors. In this expert presentation, we’ll talk through what a modern application looks like, what unique capabilities it provides, and what Microsoft has learned in its own business about delivering and running hybrid applications.

Sponsored by Microsoft

Today's organizations are experiencing one of the biggest shifts in business operations since the introduction of the web. Social and mobile technologies are unleashing unprecedented amounts of opportunity for companies willing to embrace this new era of customer personalization and employee empowerment. CIOs are bracing for a tidal wave of big data that could consume your people, your data centers and possibly your career path. In this compelling session, Todd Michaud, CEO of Power Thinking Media and a former IT leader from Focus Brands, will provide specific examples of how this perfect storm of the "Big Five" -- social, mobile, cloud, big data and IT consumerization -- is changing and expanding the CIO’s role. He'll also offer real-world examples and expert advice on how to thrive during this exciting time for IT leaders everywhere.

The CIO/CMO relationship has long been complicated by marketing departments that sidestep corporate IT to forge their own relationships with vendors on marketing technology projects. Virtually every major IT vendor has now added social elements to their base product lines, as the "C" in CRM is quickly changing to mean "conversation" instead of customer. CIOs who want to stay in this fast-paced game of enterprise social media must act quickly.  In this session, IT marketing expert Frank Cutitta will cover key issues and challenges in IT's evolving relationship with emerging social and conversational media platforms. Frank will also explore practical strategies for forging partnerships with marketing to make sure your IT organization doesn't get marginalized in social media deployments.

IT executives today must be as adept with their 'soft' leadership skills as they are with the more traditional technology and managerial skills. Earlier in their careers, CIOs were used to leveraging structured tools and approaches to manage systems development. In this breakout session, leadership coach Bob Kantor will delve into a different kind of structured life cycle -- one he created with the effective practice of IT leadership in mind. He's applied this approach with more than 100 IT executives in the past two years, and has coached next-generation IT leaders in our CIO Executive Council's Pathways program. Bob will present a brief summary of his upcoming book on leadership coaching and talk about the six components of his life cycle method, followed by sample techniques to begin applying them immediately.

Innovation starts with leadership but ends with execution. That's especially true in today's competitive, white-hot world of mobile business. At CUNA Mutual, that meant launching the first-of-its kind smartphone mobile loan application. For Deloitte, giving a competitive edge to its consultants worldwide led to the creation of a mobile platform supporting secure real-time workflow. Amtrak focused its innovative thinking on an eTicketing program that replaced a 120-year-old paper ticketing system. In this panel discussion, three of our CIO 100 award-winners will talk in depth about managing the IT challenges and measuring the business impact of their enterprise mobility projects. 

IT consumerization is creating the need for CIOs to take a lead role in delivering Global Business Services (GBS), ensuring a strategic, holistic view of end-to-end IT solutions. This session will focus on the key elements of the CIO as the GBS owner, with emphasis on navigating BYOD security challenges while enabling enterprise mobility services. We’ll cover real-world examples of CIOs taking an end-to-end strategic approach that deliver productivity gains without compromising security.

Sponsored by Accellion

Today’s CIOs are dealing with ever-greater challenges around operational complexity and inefficiency thanks to the increasing velocity of data growth, virtualization and demands for greater access to information.  More organizations are discovering that data appliances and other point products may seem initially to solve their problems, but in the long run they actually add complexity and cost.  This expert session will highlight customer use cases and delve into key considerations around IT planning decisions. We’ll also discuss the benefits of taking a modern approach to data management, enabling IT leaders to deliver greater business value by reducing operational complexity while enhancing recovery, access and efficiency.

Sponsored by CommVault

The future of IT is brighter than you think. A nexus of powerful forces (cloud, mobility, social computing) are enabling businesses like yours to accelerate innovation, operate more efficiently and evolve quickly to thrive in a fast-changing world. The IT organization sits at the center of this opportunity, giving CIOs an amazing opportunity to show how information technology can enable greater agility for future business advantage. Join us in a discussion with fellow CIOs to hear how they’re re-imagining the IT organization as a powerhouse for business growth. They’ll talk about how they’re harnessing the collective power of disruptive technologies such as cloud and mobility to increase productivity in the workplace by 50%, extend global service delivery, and save millions in annual operating costs. You won’t want to miss this engaging exchange.

Sponsored by NetApp

From the office to the living room to everywhere in between: that’s where today’s mobile workforce expects to function seamlessly and safely. The job of securing that end-to-end accessibility falls naturally to the IT organization as the “Bring Your Own Device” phenomenon continues to accelerate enterprise mobility adoption. Traditional mobile device management (MDM) solutions only address part of the issue, but today’s perilous environment calls for a more holistic approach to mobile security. It must be implemented at the application level, not just the device level. This session will highlight essential best practices for mobile security that can improve collaboration and productivity among business workers while protecting enterprise data through a secure, end-to-end workflow.

Sponsored by Good

Join NTT for a Japanese Sake tasting event, a do-not-miss opportunity to try and enjoy four distinguished selections rarely available in this country.

Finding ways to cut costs while drawing in more customers is a huge priority for $37.5 billion Supervalu, the financially struggling No. 3 grocery retailer behind Kroger's and Safeway. CIOs who know how to interpret customer behavior can help generate ideas for new products and find fixes for systems that aren't working well for shoppers. "It's real easy, especially in IT, to get lost in what you're doing and lose sight of the mission," says Supervalu CIO Wayne Shurts. "We have to bring customers in." In this presentation, Wayne will detail his efforts to draw IT more closely into customer-facing business operations and will talk about the increasingly vital role of social media tools to speed decision-making across the company.

T-Systems cordially invites you to experience a traditional German Biergarten reception. Please join us to for a social gathering with CIO 100 honorees and guests to experience authentic German cuisine and traditional German beer.

Demand for Boeing aircraft such as the 787 Dreamliner is generating record numbers of orders, with more than 4,000 airplanes valued at $302 billion on order for customers worldwide.  This has created great opportunities as well as challenges for the IT organization, which under CIO Kim Hammonds' leadership has adopted a business mindset while undertaking the largest IT project in company history. In this compelling opening keynote, Kim will talk about how Boeing IT is implementing 35 new applications, more than 100 enhanced applications, and more than 50 interfaces during the next three years to support increases in airplane production.

Xerox Corporation has been on a fast track to business transformation since its acquisition of ACS (Affiliated Computer Systems) in 2010, propelling it forward as a “services-led, technology-driven” company. Carol Zierhoffer, new CIO at Xerox, will share her perspectives on the critical role her global IT organization is playing to accelerate business and cultural transformation within this iconic company, with a goal of becoming the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management. By tapping into the innovative culture of Xerox and entrepreneurial capabilities of ACS, Carol is working to apply leading edge research, technology and best practices to support and grow Xerox's diverse businesses.

Across all industries, enterprise IT leaders are expressing high hopes for the role cloud services can play in transforming the way they provide and deliver services. The early successes with relatively unsophisticated workloads in the public cloud have amplified those high expectations even further. Yet adoption of private cloud computing for a broader mainstream set of existing workloads still means overcoming a set of challenges that enterprise CIOs face today.  Highly complex, optimized legacy environments are not easily migrated to the cloud. Which applications are suitable for moving into the cloud? In this session, Juergen Urbanski, VP of Global Architecture at T-Systems, will discuss the challenges and provide a multi-faceted, practical approach to taking advantage of the cloud that factors in the evolving maturity of underlying technologies and standards.

Sponsored by T-Systems

Full migration to cloud computing is a big step for many enterprises, so naturally there are many questions that must be answered before making such a commitment.  Commissioned by NTT Communications, IDG Research Services surveyed 300 enterprise IT decision-makers in the U.S., U.K., and Asia-Pacific regions about their current challenges with enterprise cloud deployments. What are the missing pieces that organizations encounter as they map out a cloud strategy? How does virtualization technology impact the creation and use of more flexible computing resources? In this roundtable session, IDG Enterprise Group Publisher Bob Melk will present key findings from this recent research and lead a discussion with the audience.

Sponsored by NTT Communications

As new business models emerge from the confluence of rapid technology change, expanding customer power and vertical market realignment, your company’s future depends on striking the right balance between innovation and efficiency. The main source of new products, services and process improvements will be coming directly from customers and online communities – often ahead of internal R&D and employees – as the social enterprise takes hold. Join us for this expert session on using IT to enable and accelerate business innovation in this new ecosystem.

Sponsored by Dell

As a leading global provider to financial services companies, IFDS Group is a joint venture between State Street Corporation and DST Systems.  The core of its business is providing outsourcing administration and technology solutions to the mutual fund, insurance and banking industries in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. Previously, its clients lacked the self-service reporting and analysis tools to visualize multiple data sources in the most meaningful ways to deliver better sales and marketing data for executive sales teams. That led the company to create IFDS Insight, a comprehensive business intelligence solution for executives and sales officers that includes interactive dashboards, sales reports, alerts and auto-distribution to computers, tablets and smart phones. In this case study session, you’ll learn how this customer-facing BI solution is helping clients grow top-line revenue, improve their customer experiences and win new business.

Sponsored by Information Builders

Is your IT senior leadership team ready for tomorrow’s challenges? Have they got the right mix of executive skills, business know-how, customer-centric thinking and whatever X-factors your business needs in its future IT workforce? In this unique hybrid of panel discussion and hands-on workshop, you’ll rate your own team using a new CIO Executive Council assessment tool. Then, after hearing some quick insights from our panel of CIOs on how they built game-changing teams, you’ll discuss your own ideas and strategies with your colleagues as you build a plan for action.

With the rapid-fire rise of social media and next-generation marketing technologies, the timing is ideal for IT and marketing to join forces and transform the customer experience. Yet many left-brained IT groups are instead growing further apart from their right-brained colleagues in marketing, who eagerly take advantage of cloud computing services to sidestep IT. Where is the middle ground for both organizations to innovate and evolve together? Frank Cutitta, CEO of the Center for Global Branding, will share the results of CSC's recent "CIO/CMO Harmony Index research and then lead a Q&A session with a CIO-CMO pair from Northrop Grumman, talking about how IT and marketing can not only create a better relationship but also work together to spur greater business innovation.

This lively, multi-topic workshop features a selection of CIO 100 winners holding small-group discussions on the practical details, business outcomes and lessons learned from their projects. The workshop offers a more detailed look inside the workings of a wide range of innovative, high-value initiatives from selected companies and executives.

Join us for a special awards reception to kick off the 25th anniversary of the CIO 100 Awards and honor the 100 winning companies.

The 2012 CIO 100 Awards presentation will celebrate 100 organizations that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers. Featuring a formal roll call of honorees, this is sure to be a night to remember.

As a courtesy reminder, please note that the Awards Dinner is black tie optional.