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Lead the Way in the New World of Data
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Barry Briggs
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft IT
Owens & Minor:
IT Modernization Effort Funds Itself    Executive Q & A
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Rick Mears
Sr. VP and CIO, Owens & Minor
Do We Have the Tools We Need to Navigate the New World of Data?
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Dave Campbell
Technical Fellow, Microsoft
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A Modern Application Portfolio Makes CIOs Agents of Change

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No matter what industry a company is in and whatever the size of its operations, chances are it is looking for ways to enable IT to better address the ever-changing needs of management, end users, customers and partners -- all while continuing to innovate and invest in strategic priorities.

On-demand: Lead the Way in the New World of Data

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Speak to any of your peers in the Enterprise and there is one thing in common: their businesses are awash in data and the trend is only going to accelerate. Join us for an expert panel discussion with Microsoft and industry leaders sharing real world solutions and reviewing the latest enterprise roadmap for business and data platform advancements.

Is it Still Big Data If It Fits In Your Pocket?

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Big Data is all the rage. While the big data systems, patterns, and value were initially demonstrated at Petabyte scale with large scale Internet services, Big Data is applicable in any organization, regardless of organization size or volume of data.

Design-Led Business Transformation

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Happiness and positive human values are new drivers in the new economy. Thinking like a designer can transform the way you develop products, services, processes, and strategy. It is about putting people and culture right at the center of the thinking and design.

Join Us: Virtual CIO Summit, April 24, 2012

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Back by popular demand, this virtual event will be broadcast live from Microsoft Studios in Redmond, WA and will feature interviews and conversations with Microsoft’s leading solution experts at the Microsoft US CIO Summit.
The Wire
Headline news for the enterprise
  • Lori MacVittie writes"...The problem of “big data” is highly dependent upon to whom you are speaking. It could be an issue of security, of scale, of processing, of transferring from one place to another. What’s rarely discussed as a problem is that all that data got where it is in the same way: over a network and via an application. What’s also rarely discussed is how it was generated: by users..." more
  • Bill Taylor writes"...The Fastenal story reminds all of us of the power of making big bets...in this case, offering a wider variety of products through more channels at a greater number of physical and virtual locations than anyone else in the business...That's a lesson I've learned over and over as I've studied hugely successful companies in brutally tough industries. It's just not good anymore to be "pretty good" at everything. The most successful companies figure out how to..." more
  • Tammy Erickson writes"[by HBR]...Technology, of course, has also been a powerful influence on the Re-Generation, so much so that Bill Gates proposed that we call this next wave Generation I, for Internet. Gates has used the term to refer to children born after 1994, describing them as the first generation to grow up with the Internet. With due respect, most who study the generations would say that..." more