Discussion: An informal and interactive discussion with today’s search industry leaders. Find out: what they hear from prospective clients, what skills are needed to be successful, why do CIO's loose their jobs, what are prospective employers looking for, how do you get on their radar screens, which resumes get their attention, what is the future state of the CIO. This is your chance to hear it from the experts.

Discussion: The globalization of business, the dominance of immediate communications, and the ever-changing landscape of business opportunities and challenges makes the effective use of technology a vital element of any company’s strategic plan. With the infusion of technology throughout the business infrastructure, the skills and talents of the IT organization have become the competitive edge in the marketplace. Attracting, retaining, growing, and rewarding essential IT talent can be your salvation or your downfall. While some of the talents you need reside within the IT staff, it may also be found across the business community and among consulting partnerships in your community. What are the challenges and obstacles you will be facing in the future, and how will you be addressing them with the talent you have, while getting or growing the skill sets you will need? Here how other IT executives have faced these issues and their strategies for success.

Discussion: Data Privacy breaches are making headlines, as organizations scramble to protect the confidentiality of their critical customer and business data and protect their brands. According to Gartner, 70 percent of data breaches are internal to corporations in the non-production environments of Development, Test, QA, and Training. While many organizations today, rely on encryption strategies to ensure data privacy protection, this has been shown to leave large volumes of data vulnerable. In this presentation we will examine how organizations can take a proactive approach to combat security threats, ensure customer confidence and privacy, while also supporting compliance with local, state, national, international, and industry-based privacy regulations. Join us to learn how you can ensure the security of your data and your brand!

Discussion: A real life example of how an IT organization moved from supporting a single line of business at one geographic location to supporting multiple lines of business across 3 locations.

Discussion: Presidio, a leading Technology Infrastructure Integration company, will lead a panel of CIOs from area companies focused on the next wave of cost reducing technologies available from leading vendors. Discussion areas will include: Server Virtualization to improve Quality of Service, Availability and Business Continuance. Storage Centralization to simplify the management of data and match the storage type/protocol to the application and data value. New alternatives to tape will also be discussed as a means to reduce cost while significantly improving backup and recovery times. Unified Communications to improve productivity through convergence of voice, data and video over IP.

Discussion: There are approximately 8,500 state and federal regulations that affect corporate compliance and record retention. Some of the most notable are Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Patriot Act, Gramm-Leach-Bililey Act, ISO standards, HIPPA and SEC, NASD and NYSE regulations. In addition, the recently amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and associated case law have further imposed corporate obligations regarding the preservation, identification, collection, and production of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Considering that most surveys indicate that anywhere from 90 to 95% of a corporation’s documents (not to mention email) are created electronically, how these documents are maintained and managed in light of potential litigation obligations is a new challenge for the corporate CIO. This panel will discuss what obstacles the corporate CIO has encountered in balancing record retention on an every day basis with responding to litigation hold notices and electronic discovery requests. Also, how the CIO and corporate counsel bridge the gap to become compliant sound and at the same time litigation ready.

Discussion: This panel, from different Cleveland companies, will provide an overview of the ways in which their respective companies are experiencing various technology trends. The panelists will discuss what's working, what's not and the business drivers for initiating the various techniques.

Business Problem: The integration of Information and Technology into the strategic and internal investment planning of the enterprise brings IT under scrutiny for governance practices.
IT Solution: Commit to a strategic program of ‘Governance Roadmap Implementation’ that delivers incremental business value while building compliant systems and behaviors. IT Governance is much like a living organism. There are many parts and systems that must work together to be healthy and productive. Achieving good governance is an evolutionary process of building on success and adapting to the rapidly changing environment of IT. Taking any of these parts for granted, or trying to function without all systems operational, can lead to unforeseen and undesired outcomes.

Discussion: The purpose of this keynote session is to learn from experienced and successful CIOs who will provide the audience with insights, ideas and management innovations they can take back to their own organizations to enhance the effectiveness of the CIO function. The panelists will share what has worked in their organizations as well as lessons learned from past experiences. They will also share their insights on current issues facing CIOs and what they expect will be future challenges.

Discussion: Panel will discuss the aspects of Vista and its potential impact on an organization. We have panelists representing the IT Infrastructure perspective, the hardware perspective, the Microsoft perspective and best practices for most effective Vista migration.

Discussion: It does not matter if IT is strategic or operational, if IT does not deliver value to the enterprise it will be reduced (removed). Today’s presentation will explore current business, economic and IT trends and how IT may be positioned to deliver value to the enterprise. Trends will include mistakes to avoid, tips for success, business alignment (BPM), outsourcing (BPO), any time any where delivery of services, future directions of the Internet(s) and reporting structure.

Discussion: Will speak to the realities of today and the requirements of the role of CIO going forward which will be both more complex and require more leadership capability. Beyond that will speak to the "call to action" for those of us in the field, if we are to be responsive. This call to action will be about leadership that can deliver the basics of IT in a flawless manner. It is about earning ones way into the inner circle of leadership of the enterprise with earned trust, respect and credibility. It is about leading change in ones self and others. Therefore what must we do or do differently. This will include proactive approaches to the transformation required between where we are and where we must be. Finally, will be a period of dialog with the attendees to explore, challenge, probe and test concepts presented.