The Summit
25th - 27th September 2012
Summit Venue
The Radisson Resort Gold Coast, Queensland
The CIO Australia Summit is designed specifically with the CIO in mind-to assist forward-thinking CIOs as they meet not only meet organizational demands but transform and generate growth.
White Papers
Canon: Change or be left behind
Change is something that the majority of Australian executives and office workers strive for yet find difficult to achieve, according to two new research studies from Canon looking at the attitudes of business executives and office workers to change. Executive respondents ranked Australian companies fourth on the global stage behind developing nations such as China and India when it comes to embracing change, suggesting there's scope for improvement. The number one barrier to change was people, citing the fear of the unknown, a lack of trust in change, lack of vision or understanding about change internally and lack of direction or leadership from senior management. This highlights a skills gap in the leadership qualities required for managing the change process with more attention and resources required, in order for change management to be implemented successfully within Australian firms.
CAI: The Right Resources for Your Critical Project
IT organizations are constantly faced with the need to pursue large initiatives in order to promote the growth and competitiveness of their business. Examples include: SOA/Modernization ERP upgrade New custom development projects For any type of initiative, a cost-effective solution that uses the best possible resources is needed to ensure success. Ideally, you want to spearhead these initiatives with your own knowledge workers who understand your business. Additional resources are needed for large initiatives, but where do you find them? In house! Assigning resources that know your industry, know your business, and know the key players in your organization is your best bet. Backfilling for these resources, training them, and assigning them to the strategic initiative is the best solution, as long as you limit the associated risks of the backfilling effort.
CAI: Managing with Standards and Metrics
"You can't manage what you can't measure." This old saw is one of the fundamental precepts of successful project management: regardless of whether the project is a new house, the development of a new system, or the support of an existing application. Without metrics to provide a systemic barometer for the tasks at hand, managers in any field are unable to determine the productivity of the workforce, if the right work is being addressed, or if the work is being done properly. Additionally, it is the union of metrics and standard processes that enable the optimization of the workforce.
Compuware: Cloud Computing, Performance in the Cloud
Cloud computing provides on-demand, real-time network access to shared resources that can be physically located anywhere across the globe. From an enterprise point of view, it represents a fundamental shift in the way to acquire and implement new services (computing power, storage, software, etc.) to support the business. Instead of internally developed, monolithic systems, or lengthy and costly implementations of customized third- party business solutions, cloud computing provides an agile and fl exible environment with shorter solution implementation cycles and much lower initial cost.
TATA Consultancy Services: A New Way Forward
When you choose Tata Consultancy Services as your IT services, consulting and business solutions partner, you will discover what so many global enterprises have already discovered-the power of certainty. We are a leader in the global marketplace and among the top 10 technology firms in the world. Our continued rapid growth is a testament to the certainty our clients experience every day. Building on more than 40 years of experience, we add real value to global organizations through domain expertise plus solutions with proven success in the field and world-class service. It's how we keep you moving forward.
TATA: Solutions for the Metals and Mining Industry
Globalization, diversification, intense competition and stringent regulations make it necessary for you to reduce costs and maintain margins. In such a situation, achieving innovation, operational excellence, or improved financial management are just few of the challenges facing your enterprise. Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Solutions for the Metal and Mining Industry help you address these by aligning your business with proven IT knowledge. The results: agility, efficiency, and optimized operational processes.
Accenture: Vendor Profile Series for Cloud Professional Service Offerings
Accenture will be in all layers of the cloud – infrastructure, platform, software, and business process – but only for segments in its sweet spot (i.e., areas that take advantage of its strengths in industry knowledge, large-scale implementation, and complex operations). Cloud services are both an opportunity and a threat for all service providers, including Accenture, but IDC believes Accenture is behaving in a way that demonstrates its belief that, at least for Accenture, cloud services will be a net revenue gain. Accenture states its cloud pipeline has grown more than fourfold over the past year, and its cloud resources have also grown to keep in synch with the pipeline. An IDC Whitepaper
Avaya: An Executive Guide to Video Communications
Video is becoming ubiquitous in our personal communications – globally connecting individuals in social media communities for enriched, real time communications. So why have businesses not widely deployed this affordable and easy to use collaboration tool?
Blue Coat Systems: WAN Optimization for Today and Tomorrow
The purpose of the corporate WAN is simple enough: fast, access to applications and information. But managing the WAN is anything but simple today. Social and technological changes are transforming the nature of traffic and are raising cost and performance issues for network managers. As traffic mushrooms, bandwidth costs escalate, application performance declines, and complaints multiply. IT initiatives are postponed.
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