Verizon Custom 2014

Time	Session Information
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor, CIO, Computerworld, Network World
9:10 am - 9:55 am	The State of Enterprise Clouds: 2014 and Beyond John Burke, Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research The modern enterprise, driven by a need to respond with agility to enterprise needs and business opportunities, is converting the data center into a private cloud and rapidly shifting work to externally hosted and cloud solutions. As this is hybrid service delivery environment evolves, IT has to build a strategy to guide selection of sources for each service, encompassing all the key facets of provisioning, from foundational security to sustainable budgeting.
9:55 am - 10:20 am	Strategic Frameworks for Managing Cloud, Mobile and Legacy Infrastructures in an Integrated Manner: An Executive Interview Helen Donnelly, Director, Product Marketing – Cloud, Verizon Enterprise Solutions Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor, CIO, Computerworld, Network World In this session, Lane Cooper interviews Verizon executive Helen Donnelly, who will discuss advancements in network, security and cloud technologies, their interdependencies and impact on Enterprise cloud applications.
10:20 am - 10:35 am	Networking Break
10:35 am - 11:00 am	Building a Strong IT Foundation that Leverages Cloud at GE Capital Snehal Antani, CIO & Chief Architect, GE Capital GE Capital is leading with technology. Our strategy is based on 2 key tenets: "Commercial Intensity", where IT has shifted from being a back-office function, to a core part of the value we deliver to our customers; and responsibly moving at "Market Speed", where we can deliver faster than our competitors, but more importantly, quickly deliver more value to our customers. This session will talk about our journey: building a strong IT foundation leveraging Cloud and DevOps to drive economies of scale; visibility through integrated information, where our commercial teams and our customers can make better business decisions leveraging "Continuous Insights"; and pursuing business model innovation that an integrated, "customer centric" business enables.
11:00 am - 11:45 am	Panel Discussion: Enterprise Clouds: Building Secure and Compliant Environments Panelists: Snehal Antani, CIO & Chief Architect, GE Capital John Burke, Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research Helen Donnelly, Director, Product Marketing – Cloud, Verizon Enterprise Solutions Moderator: Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor, CIO magazine, Computerworld and Network World

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