Making Sense of Business Intelligence
Date: 2/18/2010
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Rob Salkowitz, author Generation Blend and the upcoming Young World Rising; Harriet Fryman, Business Unit Executive, IBM Cognos Software
Click Here to View Archived Webinar At an unprecedented rate, firms worldwide are streamlining business processes and transactions, saving and making money by obtaining actionable information to guide decision-making – and business intelligence (BI) has moved to the front lines of successful corporate planning. The ways in which organizations approach BI varies with industry, type of business application, type of customer, and a range of other factors. Moderated by Rob Salkowitz, author Generation Blend and the upcoming Young World Rising, and featuring guest speaker Harriet Fryman, Business Unit Executive for IBM Cognos Software, this discussion clarifies BI, identifies its approaches, and discusses the advantages of each in order to help executives create a strategy that works for them.

The Customer Web: Pushing The Edge Of Customer Engagement Online*
Date: 12/15/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Chris Murphy, Editor, InformationWeek
Click Here to View Archived Webinar How are innovative companies using the Web to push customer engagement to new levels? To find out, InformationWeek dug into three industries that every one of us interacts with—healthcare, banking, and government—to find IT teams pushing the edge. Join us for a roundtable discussion with four InformationWeek editors as we share what we learned about companies testing new models, and what risks come with that.

How to Secure Data Floating Around in the Cloud
Date: 12/1/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Paul Korzeniowski, Freelance Writer, Information Week
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Advances in Internet broadband services have enabled companies to pick up their data centers and move them into the cloud. By offloading processing chores to a third party, corporations can cut their staffing requirements, speed up application deployment, and simplify their management chores. Sounds great, but these benefits often come with a dark side, suspect security. Because cloud services are new, suppliers are now figuring out how to make sure they are secure. This Webinar will examine the new security challenges that cloud computing presents, discuss steps suppliers are taking to address them, identify weak and strong security areas, and outline the steps companies should take to ensure that their data is safe.

Business & the Three I’s (Instrumented, Interconnected & Intelligent)
Date: 9/10/2009
Sponsors:
Host: Terry Sweeney, Chief Editor, Internet Evolution
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Automobiles, household appliances, even livestock are getting their own IP addresses, leading some to refer to the Internet of Things. How are companies in different business sectors benefiting from this concept of being Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent? Moderator Terry Sweeney will synthesize the early end-user experience and what returns these enterprises have begun reaping.

Can The Virtualized Desktop Deliver?
Date: 8/20/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Randy George, Contributer, Information Week
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Having reaped savings and performance gains from server virtualization, many IT leaders are weighing whether desktop virtualization can bring the same payday. But that brings in a new wild card: Whether virtualized desktops can deliver the experience that demanding end users expect, from interactivity to personalization to mobility. Our moderator, Randy George, brings perspective on a business-IT strategy perspective, and also the practical point of view from having recently tested a spectrum of virtual desktop infrastructure software.

Government Transparency 2.0
Date: 5/28/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Mary Hayes, Editor at Large, TechWeb
Click Here to View Archived Webinar The Obama administration came in with a promise of openness, and faith that Web technology will help deliver it. In this Webinar, we’ll discuss where in the federal bureaucracy technology has the potential to drive openness. We’ll examine the various Websites already in use or being developed, like Recovery.gov and Data.gov, to see how they’re contributing to openness. We’ll draw on discussions with federal IT leaders for insight into how these and other transparency efforts are going. We’ll also look at what’s standing in the way of expanding openness, where technology isn’t helping, and what the future likely holds.