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Tomorrow's CIO

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -- The Association for Women in Technology Presents TOMORROW'S CIO. Inspired by panelist Ashwin Rangan's book "Tomorrow's CIO: Strategic Conversations That Align IT with the Boardroom," this forum brings together a panel of distinguished CIOs for a discussion about tomorrow's IT leadership.

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AWT Quarterly Technology Forum

SoCal Tech Calendar

Inspired by panelist Ashwin Rangan's book "Tomorrow's CIO: Strategic Conversations That Align IT with the Boardroom," this forum brings together a panel of distinguished CIOs for a discussion about tomorrow's IT leadership. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -- AWT Quarterly Technology Forum. Come join the discussion! See [link] (more)

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How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Now CIOs, as well as consumers, buy their next computer based largely on an image set by marketing. In fact, there are several good books written about Bill Gates and Microsoft. Large enterprises engaged major mainframe competitors in a series of benchmarks and technical evaluations, and the best technical solution won.

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Mature Companies Can Learn Many Things From Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Now CIOs, as well as consumers, buy their next computer based largely on an image set by marketing. In fact, there are several good books written about Bill Gates and Microsoft. Large enterprises engaged major mainframe competitors in a series of benchmarks and technical evaluations, and the best technical solution won.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. SVP at Cloud Technology Partners.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

socalTECH

My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company. I'm pitched 100 deals a week because of my book, so I've got to filter them. It was really the same business, but with less capital.

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Making The Enterprise Cloud Real: Unitas Global's Cloud Vision

socalTECH

Most of the CIOs we are talking to are at large banks and healthcare providers. What we''re trying to do is take private, in-house infrastructure, which is very difficult to provision and consume, and make that private infrastructure, which is as easy to use as it is to buy books online. But, the way we do it is different.