CIO Midmarket Summit
Dec 1 - Dec 3, 2013

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Pre-summit introductory discussions

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Optimizing Engineering Processes: Innovation is the Answer

To be a midmarket company means to be under constant pressure to innovate, grow and claim more market share. In terms of process engineering, all too often disorganized engineering data leads to muddled lines of communication, loss of time and higher cost. Today's midmarket IT leaders need to make innovation a priority in order to speed up time-to-market, eliminate unnecessary re-work and grow the company from the inside out. This session will discuss tangible examples of innovation in improving process engineering in the midmarket.

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Bring Your Own Device Management

• What devices do we support?
• What data should the device access?
• What applications should the device access?
• What policies should be applied based on user and device combo

Join Deepak Chaudhry in this interactive session presenting myths and realities of BYOD management.

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ERP: Implement, Upgrade or "Replatform"

ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) Systems provide the administrative system backbone for the enterprise. They provide the data for much of the data-driven decision applications that get the headlines. ERP systems are complex and often require specialized skill sets. As IT directors are challenged to plan the next generation of systems, they need to consider implementing an ERP, replacing it, upgrading to newer version and considering options for moving these systems to cloud or managed hosting platforms.

The projects to accomplish these different paths are different and have ramifications beyond the project life-cycle. Succession planning, total cost of ownership, hours of operation, sustainability and security all come into play as we make these decisions. During this session the participants will review recent efforts and discuss what should be considered as "next" for the ERP portfolio.

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Partners & compliance, IT and business working together

Companies suffer from rising compliance costs so how does a CIO blend technology and business process in order to comply with the demands of a SOX 404 audit but not break the bank?

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Managing Technology Through Mergers and Acquisitions

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Transform and Empower the Enterprise

Dramatic advances in technology open a world of options and will steadily continue to expand. Differentiating the illusions from the realities can be challenging for the CIO. In this session we will explore the experiences and results of one organization’s vision to empower the enterprise by constructing a corporate infrastructure dynamic enough to support both current and future demands. We will review the approach and final design while highlighting the actual benefits captured and the significant reduction in expenses achieved.

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Educational institutions are facing diminishing budgets, new and disruptive technologies, and increasing demand from students, staff, and parents. Technology is no longer a classroom “solution”—technology is part of the classroom experience. In order to effectively manage and deliver the required service levels, CIOs need processes and information. Establishing the necessary processes and utilizing the appropriate information enables CIO’s to advocate for the investments and changes required to meet these demands. In this presentation, we will explore practical first steps toward building a robust IT governance framework that can help determine and justify where budgets can be cut, where spending should be sustained, and where investments should be made, in order to meet the institution's needs.

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Consumer Device Management in the age of Big Data

The session will touch upon key focus areas – organization, business process, technologies and tools as organizations move towards big data analytics.  Understand the perspectives of a medium size company developing consumer, healthcare &  defense robots,  that is implementing mobile strategies for connected machines. Business challenges and opportunities with new and emerging technologies, data integration, skillsets and role of the analyst-engineer will be explored.

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Leadership - Navigating through Business and Technology Organizational Dynamics

Driving business and technology results is fundamentally dependent on Leadership. Leadership is the component that drives sustainable and innovative advances in your business. A good leader's actions and words filter down to all organizational levels to create a quality, engaged, focused and responsive culture. The concepts of organizational leadership are built on a foundation of core business elements. A clear understanding of these elements is key in developing an organization's strategic plan and vision. Effectively managing through consistent change in the business, respective industries, global influences, customer expectations, competitive landscape, technology and regulatory/compliance is an extraordinary challenge. IT Leaders must be multi-lingual in the aforementioned core business elements.

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Transformational Leadership: The Evolution of a Business Partner

Transformational Leaders are rapidly becoming the catalyst for progressive, organizational change and a driving force behind the organization's ability to manage organic and inorganic growth successfully. In recent years, Senior/Executive IT Leaders have been part of an evolution that has seen a transformation from a technology focus to business focused technology experts.

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Talent Strategies: How to recruit and develop the people you need to achieve success for all

The competition for talent is always fierce in the information technology industry. With the always accelerating pace of change in technology, businesses need to have a flexible and adaptable pool of talent. Project success is more dependent than ever on having the right people at the right time. Learn how Tom Bres and Sparrow Health System used some creative recruiting strategies and people development investments to successfully deploy an enterprise-wide electronic health record system and launch some outstanding careers in the process.

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The Innovation Mandate

Mobility, Social Computing, Cloud, and Big Data; not since the proliferation of the PC in the early 90's have we seen such a disruptive influence on corporate IT. This perfect storm of trends is triggering a tidal wave of transformation that is changing not just your IT department, but your business, your industry, and the world around you. In the face of these changes, the role of IT is being redefined, and many IT groups are struggling to maintain relevance while at the same time businesses themselves are struggling to maintain mindshare and market-share in an "if you're not growing, you're shrinking" world. An Innovation culture is the path by which businesses can stay relevant in the market, and IT can stay relevant within the business. Because of their unique position and the insights that are available to them, visionary CIOs will seize this opportunity to drive the development of an Innovation culture within their organization, positioning themselves, and their business partners, for unprecedented success.

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