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Dallas - 2011 CIO Forum - Threats and Opportunities in the Cloud

February 23 - 6:00pm

Please RSVP by Sunday, February 20th
Whether you are a dabbler or a doubter, the CLOUD is here to stay. Understanding the impact of the Cloud is crucial to the CIO’s role in bringing value and viability to his or her business organization long term. Learn how to separate the reality from the hype to define a practical strategy for Cloud adoption and how to ensure that several years down the road you don't end up with a support nightmare or being held hostage to a Cloud provider.
Forum Dates
Chicago - February 17 Dallas - February 23
Houston - February 22      Seattle - March 3
Speakers
Brian Orrell, CTO, Pariveda Solutions
Brian Orrell
Chief Technology Officer
Pariveda Solutions

Brian Orrell has more than 20 years of technology consulting experience in a variety of industries and technologies. His emphasis is on the delivery of enterprise solutions using Agile methods. His areas of expertise include designing, developing and maintaining distributed systems. More...

Vaughan Merlyn, Principal, Vaughan Merlyn Consulting
Vaughan Merlyn
Principal
Vaughan Merlyn Consulting

Vaughan Merlyn brings over 35 years of IT strategy and management experience as an IT industry executive, researcher, author, educator and management consultant. He has focused on transforming the performance of IT organizations, aligning information technology and business strategies, and the implementation of technology-enabled business change. His career experience and perspective brings together the important disciplines of IT management and organizational change management into a unique and powerful combination. More...

Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 Drinks
6:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 9:00 Introduction - Threats and Opportunities in the Cloud

Business demand and IT supply maturity:
Challenges and Opportunities at Level 1: Infrastructure and Core Solutions
Challenges and Opportunities at Level 2: Business Process Enablement
Challenges and Opportunities at Level 3: Product, Process and Business Model Innovation

Understanding the Cloud Provider Landscape

Real-World Cloud Cases
Level 1 Case: Scaling through Infrastructure On Demand Outsourcing
Level 2 Case: Extending reach and enhancing customer experience
Level 3 Case: Innovating products and business models

Building your Cloud Agenda

Panel Discussion
Pariveda Solutions Cloud Strategy Offerings

Cloud Strategy Formation: A methodology for developing a cloud strategy for CIO’s looking to identify and plan for cloud use that maximizes the possible value to be gained from this technology. Based on Pariveda’s IT Strategy and Business Systems Planning methodologies, Pariveda will assess the current and planned systems for an organization, evaluate the fit and benefits of cloud technology by system, and develop a detailed roadmap, outlining the best uses of cloud technology and the costs and savings from its implementation.

Optimizing Application Development in the Cloud: A proven toolset for cloud development tailored to an organization for organizations that use the cloud for development capacity. Whether initiated by a CIO seeking to provide variable capacity to the organization or by a business unit working outside the constructs of IT, the toolset provides a structured development environment that can ensure solutions are developed to be appropriately integrated into the organization’s application suite. The Cloud Shadow leverages Pariveda’s cloud experience to ensure appropriate approaches for integration, data, productions controls and integrity are all integrated into the development environment to create production-ready applications that meet the standards of the IT function.

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