2009 Calendar |
| Month |
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Trends |
Research |
CIO Priorities |
| January/ February |
Jan 26 |
Dec 15 |
Data Overload: Looking at ways to manage and distribute it. |
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Virtualization |
| March |
Feb 23 |
Jan 22 |
CIOs Educating Non-IT Executives: What are effective strategies for CIOs to deal with non-IT-savvy business folks, and the new generation of social-media-centric workers will fit in. |
IT Spending
Survey |
Storage |
| April |
Mar 30 |
Feb 25 |
New IT Metrics: How CIOs and their bosses
gauge the efficiency of their IT infrastructure/organizations |
Role of the CIO |
Wireless |
| May |
Apr 27 |
Mar 26 |
Why Business Fails at Alignment: A look behind why IT-business alignment remains the perennial No. 1 challenge of CIOs |
Emerging
Technologies |
Negotiating Sourcing / Contracts |
| June |
May 25 |
Apr 23 |
Web 2.0 in the Enterprise: A look at how Web 2.0 has become a major weapon in the IT organization arsenal. |
Mobility |
Infrastructure Consolidation |
| July/August |
Jul 27 |
Jun 25 |
Doing More with Less: Only when an organization understands its strengths and shortcomings can it make the most of its IT teams. |
Outsourcing |
Reimaging the Data Center |
| September |
Aug 31 |
Jul 29 |
Rebirth of the Gov't CIO: Barack Obama's vision of using technology to improve government is beginning to come to fruition. But how much realistic are his goals? |
Vendor Value |
The CIO's Role in Project Management
New pressures and demands on CIOs don't allow for them to spend as much time managing projects as before. We'll look at how IT leaders can best oversee ongoing projects/implementations/initiatives, investigate new ones and, most importantly, how to sell those ideas to the C-suite. |
| October |
Sep 28 |
Aug 27 |
The Death of Big Software?
The recession is bringing "nice to have" technologies/tools like SaaS, cloud computing, Web 2.0/social media, etc. into the enterprise faster than anyone expected. What does that mean for the big, clunky software systems of old? |
Making Non-IT Execs More Tech Savvy |
Training IT Workers
In tough times, one of the first things to disappear from IT budgets is training dollars. But in a time when retaining top talent is a top priority, how can CIOs fight for an adequate level of training money? |
| November |
Nov 2 |
Oct 1 |
The State of Cloud Computing
The biggest buzz-phrase in IT today is little more than just buzz, at this point. But that's still a big leap from where it was a year ago. We'll look at the biggest barriers facing the cloud, and what CIOs are doing with it today--and where they see it going in the next 12 months. |
IT leadership |
How CIOs Can Become More Business-Savvy
A hard look at why CIOs still struggle to be more strategic, more business savvy and more aligned with the business. We'll bring both CIO and other C-level executive voices into the story to identify gaps and solutions. |
| December |
Nov 30 |
Oct 29 |
The Future of IT
We'll survey some top futurists and IT gurus to see what IT strategy/leadership/management trends to expect in 2010. |
Emerging Tech |
Evaluating Emerging Technologies
Building off our research findings, we'll talk to leading CIOs to see how they can best investigate/evaluate new opportunities in IT. We'll also look at how the recession is helping/hurting these efforts. |
