Hear about just such an infrastructure and how it has worked from a senior executive who has overseen the implementation. Pioneering the use of an emerging technology can mean the difference between moving first to redefine the business model in your industry or being forced to adapt to the new rules set by your competitor. When the CEO and CFO call upon you to place your best bet, you'll need to know the technical issues and their strategic implications. This session will explore strategies for assessing and spotting disruptive technologies, and identifying some promising new ones on the market and in the pipeline. Every organization needs a good plan in place to address the security issues presented by ever more sophisticated technologies.
Breeches can result in irreparable harm to the enterprise.
But investments to maintain security in most cases are not going to build market share or contribute to growth. For many traditional corporations last year's rush for Internet gold has resulted in a glut of expensive, unprofitable e-business projects. Now it falls to senior management, and particularly the CIO, to determine what to keep, what to throw out, and how to proceed going forward. Evaluation and Analysis Methodologies for evaluating and analyzing the significance of new technologies and understanding their business applications. It is increasingly important that CIOs be good collaborators within and beyond their organizations.