11/02/2011 | |||
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast | ||
8:30 am - 8:45 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||
8:45 am - 10:30 am | Taking Business Relationships to the Next Level | ||
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Networking Break | ||
11:00 am - 11:30 am | High-Performance Computing in the Private Cloud | ||
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | State of the Market Report: IT Hiring in Houston | ||
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch | ||
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Managing the Chaos of Mobile Security | ||
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | The Business Impact of Mobility, Consumer Technologies and the Cloud | ||
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break | ||
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Business Technology Breakouts | ||
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | The "Gotchas" of WAN Optimization | ||
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Optimize Your License Management to Fund New Business Initiatives | ||
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Speaking to the Future: Meet the Next Generation of IT Talent | ||
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks | ||
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Cocktail Reception |
11/2/2011 | ||
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast | |
8:30 am - 8:45 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Moderator: Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine & events Mike Schaffner, Chapter President, SIM Houston | |
8:45 am - 10:30 am | Taking Business Relationships to the Next Level Moderator: Rick Pastore, VP of Editorial Programs, CIO Executive Council Lloyd Boyd, VP & CIO, Friedkin Companies Eric Brown, EVP & CIO, NCI Building Systems Twila Day, SVP & CIO, Sysco Corp. Steve Finnerty, Vice President of Information Technology and Vendor Services, Applied Materials, Inc. In order for IT to become a business influencer and game changer, the technology organization must transcend its “service provider” relationship with stakeholders and become a trusted business peer and partner. The task of guiding that relationship journey falls to the CIO and the senior IT leadership team. In this combination panel discussion and hands-on workshop session run by our CIO Executive Council, you'll take a short quiz to assess your own IT group's relationship with business leaders (see the link to our Stakeholder Relationship Journey Assessment below). Then with your own assessment in hand, you'll hear directly from a panel of Houston IT leaders about their own challenges, roadblocks and successes. Finally, the audience will take over the discussion in small groups to explore the panel’s ideas and identify further best practices.
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10:30 am - 11:00 am | Networking Break | |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | High-Performance Computing in the Private Cloud Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine & Events Michael Wolfe, SVP & CIO, AMD In global business today, more and more organizations must be able to function fully anywhere, anytime. As one of the pioneers in cloud technologies, AMD today runs a high-performance computing cloud that supports thousands of engineers worldwide with approximately 40 million jobs executed monthly. As an integral part of how AMD is able to meet expanding demand for IT resources, the cloud offers immense flexibility while helping to cut overall spending on hardware and data centers. In this Q&A interview with CIO's Editor in Chief, AMD CIO Mike Wolfe will talk about cost effective ways for IT to drive innovation within an organization and create business value.
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm | State of the Market Report: IT Hiring in Houston Gene Janiszewski, Founder & Managing Partner, Paradigm Group The job market for IT talent shifted into overdrive in recent months, especially in the energy and healthcare sectors. The task of finding skilled project leaders for SAP and Oracle -- or even technical staffers for help desks or quality assurance testing -- is now much tougher for CIOs. What are the best strategies for finding the technical people you need? How much should you expect to pay them? In this presentation from a former CIO who is now an executive recruiter, you'll get valuable guidance and insider advice on local hiring trends. | |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch
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1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Managing the Chaos of Mobile Security Lee Parrish, VP & CSO, Parsons Corporation For many CIOs today, the “short list” of approved mobile devices is fast becoming a longer, less manageable line-up of devices. Employees want to open their iPads to any corporate applications. Senior business executives want their latest smartphones hooked up ASAP. And corporate IT wants to manage risk and balance data protections without alienating anyone – all while business pressures turn security policies upside-down. In this expert session, CSO Lee Parrish of Parsons Corp., an international provider of engineering and construction services, will help CIOs bring some order to the chaos as he explores the roles of people, process and technology in building a layered security approach to mobile devices. | |
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | The Business Impact of Mobility, Consumer Technologies and the Cloud Moderator: Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine & events Jeff Carlson, SVP & CIO, Sun America Financial Group Faisal Naseem, Corporate Director of IT & Special Projects, Oil States International Walt Oswald, Corporate Vice President and CIO, Motorola Mobility Lee Parrish, VP & CSO, Parsons Corporation An increasingly mobile workforce, a growing influx of consumer devices at work and the rapid transition of cloud computing from buzzword to reality are all having a huge impact on business value delivery in today's enterprise. These trends bring with them tensions in the CIO role around enablement vs. security, agility vs. integration, and business vs. IT in technology resource control. In this engaging discussion with prominent Houston CIOs and the CSO of Parsons Corp., you’ll hear how their companies are managing these tensions as they update their technology roadmaps, compete for new customer bases and respond more quickly to the demands of business in a hyper-connected mobile world. | |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break | |
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Business Technology Breakouts | |
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | The "Gotchas" of WAN Optimization Nat Smith, Director of Product Marketing, Exinda Networks Most enterprises have worked with WAN Optimization by now, but not everyone is aware of the caveats and gotcha’s that can lower your ROI and reduce the potential of your WAN. Debunk the myth that WAN upgrades are necessary at 60% utilization – run your WAN at near 100% utilization while improving end user experience. Expose the falsehood that all optimization is good – learn about some dangerous practices that can result in friendly fire. Reveal the shortsightedness of managing networks by applications – the new world is about smart phones, tablets, and managing by the user. Get ready for some straight talk. | Optimize Your License Management to Fund New Business Initiatives Michael Ruggiero, Enterprise Account Manager, Flexera Software Every organization struggles to balance budget pressures with business initiatives, so CIOs must find creative ways to wring additional dollars out of IT organizations and assets. Enterprise License Optimization can help you do exactly that by driving down license and maintenance costs. Come hear more about this highly practical, next-generation approach to managing your strategic software assets. |
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Speaking to the Future: Meet the Next Generation of IT Talent Co-Moderator Eric Hungate, CIO, Texas Association of School Boards Co-Moderator Dan Wampler, Executive Director, Genesys Works In this entertaining and eye-opening exchange, you'll have the chance to meet some remarkable young people planning or starting careers in the IT profession via Houston's Genesys Works internship programs and Texas State's college chapter of AITP (Association of IT Professionals). Co-moderated by the CIO of the Texas Association of School Boards and the Executive Director of Genesys Works, this panel of next-generation IT talent will weigh in with their perspectives on what attracts them to this industry and what challenges they are facing. Our co-moderators will keep the conversation flowing in both directions on everything from the educational issues and workforce readiness of the Millenials to their social media habits and career expectations. | |
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine & events | |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Microsoft |