May 1, 2007
The Metropolitan Club, Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois

At Computerworld’s upcoming IT Executive Summit on Reducing IT Cost and Complexity, a select group of senior IT executives like you will explore and discuss the issues, and will get an up-to-date education on where grid, SOA and virtualization are headed. Through a concise, morning-long program of analyst/industry expert and end-user presentations concluding with a rich, interactive panel discussion, participants will gain a fresh perspective from presenters and each other.

Why You Should Attend
You’ll learn from formal presentations and moderated discussion that will surround how today’s enterprise environments are pushing the envelope with grid, SOA and virtualization. From the morning’s program, you’ll rapidly gather answers to the following questions:

• How can reducing IT cost and complexity via grid, SOA and virtualization offer businesses more cost effective, flexible and available applications and infrastructure?
• What techniques are businesses using to deploy grid, SOA and virtualization to lower the time and cost of server farm and storage management?
• What are the pitfalls to avoid?
• How have some businesses maximized on the promise of improving IT service quality and productivity while reducing IT cost and complexity?

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Agenda

8:00-8:45 a.m.	Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:45-9:00 a.m.	Introduction and Overview Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
9:00-9:40 a.m.	IT Infrastructure for the Agile Enterprise Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist, CIO at Large and Author of CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology and The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line
9:40-10:20 a.m.	Jumping on the Grid David Milne, Director, Database Technologies, Chicago Stock Exchange
10:20-10:35 a.m.	Refreshment and Networking Break
10:35-11:15 a.m.	Industry Expert Presentation Richard McCormack, Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Systems
11:15-Noon	Moderated Panel Discussion Moderator: Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld Panelists: Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist and CIO at Large; David Milne, Director, Database Technologies, Chicago Stock Exchange; Richard McCormack, Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Systems; Ashish Mohindroo, Senior Director, Oracle; Subbiah Sundaram, Director, Network Appliance
Noon	Program Concludes

 

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Presenters

Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
Ron manages the events business and strategic business programs for IT executive titles in storage networking, mobile and wireless, data center and business intelligence market sectors. Milton leads the team responsible for creating content, sponsor sales, operations, marketing and audience development for all of Computerworld's events, such as brands like Premier 100 IT Leaders, Storage Networking World, Mobile & Wireless World, Business Intelligence Perspectives and IT Executive Summit Series. He has 20+ years of experience in information technology, serving in both vendor and information services management positions. Before his current role at IDG, Ron was Senior Vice President of CXO Media and General Manager of CIO Magazine's Executive Program Divisions.

Prior to joining Computerworld in 1999, he was President and CEO of IDG's Internet Commerce (ICE) business unit, which he founded in 1996 as a start-up business, and was a pioneer in using e-commerce systems and web marketing. He was a 1996 recipient of the coveted IDG Chairman's Award for the most successful start-up business globally. Before joining IDG, Milton spent five years as Vice President/Partner of GLA computer Systems, a software developer and channel integrator with market share leadership in wholesale travel solutions. Prior to GLA, he also held a variety of management positions in channel management, field sales and marketing at Honeywell Information Systems and Bull HN. He holds degrees from Concordia University and Sir George Williams University.

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Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist, CIO at Large and Author of CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology and The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line
Michael Hugos is CIO at Large and a coach in business and IT agility with the Center for Systems Innovation. He recently spent six years as the CIO of a multi-billion dollar distribution organization where he built the suite of supply chain and e-business systems that transformed the company’s business model and now drives its growth. Prior to this he was a Practice Director at a publicly traded global IT services firm.

In 2003 and 2005 he was awarded the CIO 100 Award for bold and resourceful use of information technology and in 2006 he was awarded the Computerworld Premier 100 award for career achievement. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Hugos is an author whose books include The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line and CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology. He writes a column for Computerworld, a blog for CIO magazine, and speaks at business and IT industry conferences.

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Richard McCormack, Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Systems
With over two decades of industry experience, Richard McCormack brings the vision and tactical experience to develop and drive the marketing strategy for Fujitsu Computer Systems in North America.

With his team, McCormack is responsible for all aspects of marketing in North America covering both corporate and consumer products, solutions and services. McCormack is a frequent spokesperson on behalf of Fujitsu in North America speaking on industry, technical and marketing topics.

During his career, McCormack has led engagements involving mission critical OLTP, system consolidation and CRM with customers in a broad range of industries.

Prior to Fujitsu Computer Systems, Mr. McCormack was Vice President of Storage.

Marketing for Amdahl Corporation, where he developed and managed both open systems and S/390 storage solutions. Mr. McCormack’s extensive background as an open systems consultant in the UK brought him to the United States in 1995 to serve as Siemens AG’s Director of Product Marketing, where he was responsible for Siemens Cluster and High Availability strategy.

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