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IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Crowne Plaza Ravinia &
Atlanta, GA

7:00AM-8:45AM	REGISTRATION – Foyer

7:00AM-8:45AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

8:45AM-9:00AM Ravinia D Marc Di Francisco Dr. Dave Chatterjee	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Dr. Dave Chatterjee, President, SIM Atlanta Chapter; Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia

9:00AM-10:15AM Ravinia D Anubhav Saxena	KEYNOTE – "BLUEPRINT IT: 7 ESSENTIALS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER ORDER BENEFITS" Presented by: Anubhav Saxena, AVP Customer Advocacy, HCL Discussion: In the past 25 years (1980-2005) only 5% of the US organizations that have gone public, have made it to a billion dollars in revenue. These blueprint organizations have created a disproportionate share of employment (56%) and market capitalization (64% of US GDP). They have been supported by their blueprint IT teams, that have continued to provide higher order benefits- despite market volatility. Of late, these blueprint IT teams have dramatically restructured their financial and managerial performance, to sustain their win themes. This session will share repeatable, real world examples and quantifiable success patterns. Patterns that will help create a timeless blueprint, beyond the up-down cycles.

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11:00AM-NOON Session 1 Ravinia C Steven R. Bulmer John Miller Josh Reed	"IMPROVE WHILE YOU MOVE: UPGRADING DATA PROTECTION STRATEGIES AS PART OF IT DATACENTER COST SAVINGS AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES" Moderated by: Steven R. Bulmer, CTO Infrastructure Computing, Consonus Technologies Panelists: John Miller, Sr. Manager Production Systems, Manhattan Associates Josh Reed, Director Infrastructure Services, Earthlink Discussion: "Improve While You Move" is a presentation designed to show what, how and why assessing current data protection (backup) strategies prior to software upgrades or technologies refreshes is important and will yield beneficial cost savings and operational improvement results. Reassessing technologies against ever-changing business requirements is an important part of maintaining high levels of IT service and relevance to the organization as a whole. This includes new technologies, new processes for improved manageability, and new service models such as hosted backup services and virtual continuity services.

Session 2 Dunwoody C Kas Naderi Ben L. Graham Mark Sohl Dr. Barbara White	"GETTING READY FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY" Moderated by: Kas Naderi, CIO, CompuCredit Auto Panelists: Ben L. Graham, CIO, MARTA Mark Sohl, CIO, AutoTrader Dr. Barbara White, CIO, University of Georgia Discussion: Today the impacts of economic downturn are unmistakable on economy and corporate investments. However there are signs of recovery and potential for opportunities that are brewing up in the horizon. What are some of the strategies that the CIOs are developing in order to prepare their companies for the turnaround sprint?

NOON-1:30PM Ravinia C Frank Curran Aaron Holzer	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE - "CUSTOMER-CENTRIC INTEROPERABILITY TO IMPROVE DATA CENTER EFFICIENCY" Moderated by: Frank Curran, Business Development, Novell Panelists: Aaron Holzer, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft's Windows Server Team Jeff Miller, Senior Director, Novell Data Center Discussion: Learn about the groundbreaking partnership between Microsoft and Novell that helps companies reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies through enhanced interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The panel will discuss a use case and/or present an actual customer success story on: Windows and Linux running side by side in the data center The need for better interoperability to address cost and complexity issues Virtualization, management, and identity solutions to improve data center efficiency between Windows and Linux Vendor best practices to foster greater interoperability

1:30PM-1:45PM	DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

1:45PM-2:45PM Session 1 Ravinia C Rick Herbert Shawn Willoughby David Rickard Wallace Wilhoite	"INFORMATION SECURITY PANEL DISCUSSION" Moderated by: Rick Herbert, VP Technology Services, ADP Panelists: Shawn Willoughby, Sr. Director Technology , TSYS Debt Management David Rickard, Global Network Security Manager, Manhattan Associates, Inc. Wallace Wilhoite, VP Security Operations, SunTrust Bank, Inc. Discussion: This panel of security experts will discuss a broad range of current information security topics including; biggest security threats, data leakage and prevention, operational compliance strategies, security in a cloud computing environment, security exposures in social networking, protecting personally identifiable information, designing a security organization and ways to keep your company out of the headlines.

Session 2 Dunwoody C Juan Orlandini	"DEDUPLICATION IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND" Moderated by: Juan Orlandini, Principal Architect, Datalink Panelists: TBA Discussion: Among today's data storage technologies, deduplication is generating a significant buzz and is definitely at the top of the "what's hot" list. The major storage vendors have all introduced deduplication products within the last one to two years. And while still a relatively new technology, it has garnered interest from enterprise organizations spanning all industries. This hype comes with good reason. Deduplication provides compelling benefits and offers potential rewards rarely seen in today's IT environments. Deduplication technology lowers the cost of overall storage and makes diskbased backup more economically feasible. Disk-based backup technologies, coupled with deduplication, are transforming how organizations back up and recover their data and the role that tape plays in modern backup and archive architectures. This panel discussion talks about real life examples of implementing deduplication technology, and the challenges and benefits they experienced.

2:45PM-3:30PM	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILIONBack to Top

3:30PM-4:30PM Session 1 Ravinia C Dr. Dave Chatterjee John Seral Joe Surber Brenda Standridge Cindy Tierney	"MEASURING AND COMMUNICATING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF IT" Moderated by: Dr. Dave Chatterjee, President SIM Atlanta & Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia Panelists: John Seral, CIO, GE Energy Infrastructure Joe Surber, CIO & VP, AGL Resources Brenda Standridge, CTO, Simmons Company Cindy Tierney, CIO & EVP, Beazer Homes Discussion: There are several challenges to measuring and communicating the business value of IT. These hurdles include: difficulty in quantifying some of the benefits the indirect impact on the bottom or top line identifying the right set of metrics to track using good quality data adopting appropriate methodologies

Session 2 Dunwoody C Eric Offenberg	“MANAGING YOUR DATA IN TODAY'S ECONOMY: 7 STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COST” Presented by: Eric Offenberg, CIPP, Business Development, IBM Discussion: Today's economy is calling for cost reduction and improved efficiencies across the entire enterprise – to "do more with less." It has become a necessity for organizations to maximize the business value of existing IT infrastructure while at the same time controlling or even reducing costs.

4:30PM	EXECUTIVE RECEPTION Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages

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IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Crowne Plaza Ravinia &
Atlanta, GA

7:30AM-9:00AM	REGISTRATTION – Foyer

7:30AM-9:00AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

9:00AM-9:15AM Ravinia D Marc Di Francisco Dr. Dave Chatterjee	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Dr. Dave Chatterjee, President, SIM Atlanta Chapter; Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia

9:15AM-10:15AM Ravinia D Jack Wilson	KEYNOTE – "CHANGING THE CULTURE – THE TOUGHEST TASK IN IT" Presented by: Jack Wilson, Enterprise Architect, Asst. Vice President, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company Discussion: Any organization has to be dynamic in order to survive, let alone excel. You simply can't be stagnant, but there are a lot of forces within your organization struggling hard to maintain the status quo. It is one of the areas in the organization that by it very nature has to evolve forcing change within the organization. In the best cases IT can become a revolutionary force to drive an organization to examine what they do, why they do it and is it effective. It's not easy, but it is what separates progressive IT leadership from stagnant IT management.

10:15AM-11:00AM	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

11:00AM-NOON Session 1 Ravinia C Chris Horace Anne DeBeer Ryan Fernandes	"INNOVATING IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES" Moderated by: Chris Horace, Director, Global G&A and IT Sourcing, The Coca-Cola Company Panelists: Anne DeBeer SVP & CTO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Ryan Fernandes, CIO, Fulton County Alex Grigorian, VP, Enterprise Tech., Intercontinental Hotels Group Discussion: Innovation now more than ever is critical in not only surviving but prospering during these tough times. However, as we all know, day-to-day business pressures make it difficult to develop and implement innovative programs. So join us as we discuss innovation and the impact of the complexities offered by today's economic conditions.

Session 2 Dunwoody C Ani Joshi Dr. Guido Sacchi Jeff Muscarella	"CUT BACK OR ACCELERATE" Moderated by: Ani Joshi, Director Infrastructure Services Division, HCL Enterprise Panelists: Dr. Guido Sacchi, CEO, Moneta Corporation Mr. Jeff Muscarella, Partner Technology Division, NPI Financial Discussion: The objective of this discussion is to generate points of view on critical factors that are necessary to "change" the direction of the organization when the economy goes south. The focus of discussion would relate to “leaders” who have chosen to follow a path and implement a set of actions that have visibly demonstrated the acceleration in their businesses.


NOON-1:30PM Ravinia D Greg Casagrande	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – "MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH BUSINESS CAPABILITIES" Moderated by: Greg Casagrande, CTO, The Coca-Cola Company Discussion: This keynote will discuss ways to tie infrastructure technology, new business capabilities, life cycle management, and a technology road map together to help meet the ever changing technology and business landscape. These processes will help infrastructure organizations with a strategy to help Companies make decisions in today's economic hardships.

1:30PM	FINAL DRAWINGS & REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN THE SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION



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