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 CIOs 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: Wireless data cards, PDAs, Smartphones, a host of services that allow businesses to be more efficient, to save money and to be more responsive to their customers. The list goes on but clearly, wireless communications have become an integral part of the way businesses – large and small – compete in the marketplace every day.
This panel consists of industry leaders who have launched innovative wireless solutions and integrated decision-making processes around WWAN technologies into their business strategies. The presentation will encompass elements such as: which applications enterprises most often choose to extend to their mobile workforce; how a business ensures that the implementation is successful; and what measurements are used to determine if the application achieved the desired results.

Discussion: Government is anecdotally and sometimes humorously known for its inefficiencies. The culture of government, unlike much of the culture of business does not lend itself to reward gains in efficiencies. However, this does not mean that governments cannot bring about major gains in efficient operation with good leadership. This panel explores real initiatives that have successfully improved government efficiency both through analysis of the business processes used and the integration of IT into these processes and how to make these initiatives work.

Discussion: Software process improvement and metrics based IT management is not just about the upside and the enormous return on investment. It is about our basic survival in an increasingly competitive global IT environment. In this presentation, Tony Salvaggio provides an historic overview of the US manufacturing revolution and he explains how many of the initiatives to come out of this transformational shift in manufacturing are precisely the same initiatives that we need to take within IT. Topics covered will include Resource productivity, standard process initiatives; metrics based management, and the importance of standard estimating.

Discussion: The IT industry is notorious for budget and schedule overruns. Why does this situation continue to plague us? Is it possible to structure IT so it can be run like any other part of the business, or do the complexities and challenges within IT render it unique? This interactive panel discussion will attempt to answer these questions. This discussion will focus on the interconnected nature of measurement, estimation, and process to drive real business value.

Discussion: Virtualization is becoming a more common component of the modern Data Center. The benefits of Server Virtualization are well documented and the question these days is not so much should you virtualize but when and what should you apply the technology too. Another relatively new part of this conversation is the benefits of Storage Virtualization as a complement to a VMware deployment. Technologies such as Thin Provisioning and data de-duplication create incremental benefits that can significantly impact your envirnonment. Benefits such as storage space savings, reduction in time of deployment, and an overall lowering of facilities cost. Not to mention reducing the cost of storage itself. We will discuss how these technologies can compliment each other to deliver even greater benefits your organizations.

Discussion: Traditional Business Intelligence methods are in a state of trial and scrutiny. Conventional methods require the construction of an OLAP cube to answer a specific set of questions. When new questions arise and the pre-defined measurements inside the cube are no longer sufficient, a new cube must be built with different parameters. To answer multiple questions, multiple cubes must be built, taking a considerable time and effort, leaving the end user with only more questions. To vastly diminish time spent on this process, what would you say if you could have unlimited multi-dimensional access to your data, accessing billions of records without building a data warehouse- at all? We will discuss how this revolutionary next-generation business intelligence can deploy a complete business analysis system in 2-3 weeks using AQL in-memory technology, leading to simple & powerful analysis and reporting for the business end-user.

Discussion: Green IT can help your bottom line. Top industry experts will show you how during a panel discussion of Green IT strategies you can apply at your data center to save energy, resources and money. Optimus Solutions will moderate a discussion featuring experts from IBM and VMware, along with two senior IT practitioners from Clayton County (Georgia) Water Authority and City of Cape Coral (Florida). Learn what these organizations are doing to make Green IT work for them. Hear how they achieved ROI on virtualization, data center consolidation and power management while helping preserve the environment. You’ll bring back powerful, implementable ideas to share with your executive team.

Discussion: Current and future plans for the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, robotic exploration of the solar system, and humans return to the moon and on to Mars.

Discussion: Do you feel as thought the value of your IT organization is perpetually in question? Does the business think a 3rd party provider can do it better, faster, cheaper than IT? Are your relationships with the business units dysfunctional or non-existent? Are you invited to the table when C-level strategies are shaped? Do you receive enough funding beyond just "keeping the lights on"? Do your major projects seem like a "death march"? If any one of the above situations hits too close to home, you are likely feeling the fallout from a serious perception problem. During this session various methods will be explored at boosting the image of IT including the top 5 quick hits that CIO's can put into place immediately to lay the foundation for improved communications with constituents. These suggestions are just the beginning of what must be accomplished in order to build a meaningful IT brand that will both serve as a rallying cry inside IT and resonate with the entire business.

Discussion: Individual employees and contractors continue to bring their personal, ever-increasing array of technologies into the business enterprise. Social networking technologies, or websites like MySpace and Facebook, are examples of how the “younger generation” are communicating today. These social networking websites can become time wasters or innovation committees or employer tool centers. How is your company dealing with social networking? Hear from our panel how four different companies are managing social networking in their enterprises.

Discussion: Join in a discussion with your peers about current industry trends, concerns and best practices of some of the most requested topics this year.

• Virtualization
• Wireless Technology
• Staff Retention
• CIO/CTO Career Development
• SOA "Pay as you go"
• Social Networks "Phenomenon

Discussion: The US Secret Service will present an overview of criminal web based forums; including the threats these groups pose to our nation's critical infrastructure, with an extensive emphasis on how digital currency is utilized to support their criminal activities. This will be followed by Q&A of a five member panel of electronic crime officers and agents from the Orlando area and the US Secret Service.