Talking Innovation

Is the cloud ready for the enterprise? A new global study of 542 senior IT leaders yields some surprising answers. We talk to Patrick Ancipink about the study's results and find out what's working, what's not, and how IT is evolving to meet the challenges posed by the cloud. Ancipink covers integration of cloud and on-premise management, the emergence of end-to-end service automation, the need to easily switch among cloud vendors, and how global identity management has become the new perimeter. DOWNLOAD NOW

No IT trend has more buzz today than Big Data. But is Big Data really a game-changer or is it just the latest shiny new thing? On today's show, Lonne Jaffe, SVP of Corporate Strategy for CA Technologies, explores the three growth dimensions that characterize Big Data -- volume, variety, and velocity -- and the impact it is having on IT management. Jaffe also discusses how Big Data touches every aspect of the IT infrastructure, points out the critical areas to focus on, covers how the cloud can be used to support Big Data efforts, and discusses the impact Big Data will have on an enterprise’s security posture.  DOWNLOAD NOW

A focus on sustainability can drive innovation and market leadership, says CA Technologies Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer Cynthia Curtis. Although most organizations would like to become greener, many don’t understand how to connect a green philosophy with real-world actions. Others are concerned that sustainability will become a distraction or other limit their efforts in other areas. In today's podcast, Cynthia Curtis explains how and why CA Technologies expanded the scope of it sustainability initiatives by fostering "greenovation" throughout the organization. The techniques, which any company can embrace, catapulted CA to become one of the five greenest companies in America.  DOWNLOAD NOW

The opportunities for innovation are infinite when you look at the intersection of technology, alliances, and customers. That according to Roger Pilc, General Manager of the Industry Solutions and Alliances Group at CA Technologies. Teaming CA Technologies with other industry leading companies lets Roger's team deliver innovative ideas, products, and services specific to vertical markets and industries. Find out how managing technical alliances brings opportunities for any company to pull ahead.  DOWNLOAD NOW

Disruptive trends such as Big Data, enterprise mobility, devops, IT management and security as a service challenge IT. But savvy CIOs also see opportunities in these technologies. Directly addressing tech disruptions equip IT leaders to better serve their business, and applying the technologies strategically to emerging business needs will help solidify IT’s position as critical to driving innovation. And understanding how disruptive trends intersect to best serve the needs of the business will let IT evolve from a keeper of technology into a leader of business technology strategy. Lonne Jaffe, senior vice president of corporate strategy at CA Technologies, discusses disruptive trends that serve as catalysts for IT innovation.  DOWNLOAD NOW

IT leaders are under pressure to innovate applications and services faster, and speed time to market, all the while having to maintain sophisticated data centers with limited resources. Mike Sargent, General Manager of Enterprise Management at CA Technologies, says the question of innovation doesn't come down to technology provisioning, but rather, agile service orchestration that requires a new breed of IT leader. Sargent says IT needs to change its role, and evolve from a feature/functionality mindset into the driver behind business service and model innovation. DOWNLOAD NOW 

IT security leaders have long been tasked with protecting sophisticated business environments housing confidential corporate and customer data. Now they are also being called upon to enable innovation within the same secure perimeter. Yet as businesses embrace cloud, mobility, social, and more, the idea of providing both agility and security could seem daunting to some. Still, the promise of secure innovation is attainable if IT security executives establish a trust framework -- an agile, flexible environment through which innovation can thrive while critical assets remain secure. Mike Denning, General Manager of Security at CA Technologies, discusses why building a trust framework will mitigate risk and enable innovation. DOWNLOAD NOW

Historically CIOs worked to mitigate risk and control their IT environment. But CIOs now face a perfect storm of mobile technologies, cloud stacks, big data, social networks, and more. They must understand how to incorporate these and other new and emerging technologies into their core business services faster, or risk their organization losing its competitive edge. That means saying “yes” more often, and becoming the champion of innovative, strategic ideas for the business, while still mitigating risk and sustaining management control. Jacob Lamm, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development for CA Technologies, discusses why CIOs must say "yes" to innovation more often, and how IT can innovate faster and more strategically. DOWNLOAD NOW

IT leaders today must become the engine driving innovation for the business. IT often suffers from a bad reputation, especially when it comes to innovation. CIOs need to show its customers that IT isn’t a roadblock to innovation, but rather an incubator for creative new approaches to solving business problems. Andi Mann, Vice President of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies, discusses why now is the time for IT to drive innovation for the business. Listen and learn how recent research shows the business doesn’t consider IT an innovation leader, why IT needs to transform from an operations-focused group into an agile, innovative team that is able to take ideas from start to full innovation fruition, and why IT must act now. DOWNLOAD NOW

When it comes to innovation, IT is often its own worst enemy. That's according to John Michelsen, CTO of CA Technologies. In today's podcast, Michelsen provides advice that can help IT get out of its own way and take innovation from ideas to reality. The way IT traditionally operates causes problems for innovation, and there are some parts of IT that are obsolete. For example, in an era where speed and agility matter most, IT leaders are still often pursuing projects that are big, slow, and expensive. IT needs to shift from an operations-only mode to an innovation engine. But how much risk is acceptable, and how do they power such a transformation? The answers are in this edition of Talking Innovation. DOWNLOAD NOW

The pressure is on IT to go mobile, and that pressure it growing by the day. On today's show, CA Technologies Lonne Jaffe shares what IT leaders say is fueling the demand. Jaffe also discusses the shift in focus from devices to apps, and the implications for enterprise management. Jaffe points out what needs to happen to address security concerns, and why the Internet-of-things will take security risks to a new extreme. Lastly, Jaffe talks about what CA Technologies is doing to make their solutions mobile savvy, and what all IT organizations need to do to get started with mobility now. DOWNLOAD NOW

Depending on who you talk to, DevOps is either a complete mystery or pure hype. On today’s program, Lonne Jaffe, SVP of Corporate Strategy at CA Technologies, explains why CIOs and IT leaders need to have DevOps on their radar. Jaffe discusses what’s fueling the DevOps trend; how DevOps improves collaboration and communication between IT ops and development teams; how virtualization and cloud benefit from DevOps; and most important, what CIOs need to do to get started.  DOWNLOAD NOW

One of the biggest reasons companies large and small are turning to SaaS is to take advantage of lower upfront costs compared to the traditional model of licensing, deploying, hosting, and maintaining applications in the corporate data center. On today's program, CA Technologies Lonne Jaffe wonders whether the SaaS model's reduced costs are sustainable. Jaffe also considers the thorny issue of integrating enterprise data in a SaaS-powered world, tackles questions of security head on, and discusses the new role of identity in securing an enterprise without borders.  DOWNLOAD NOW

IT professionals are no strangers to change. Information technology has always evolved rapidly. But the pace of change has been steadily accelerating, and is now approaching something equivalent to light speed. Savvy CIOs have always stayed abreast of the latest trends. But now more than ever, disruptive technologies are forcing CIOs to evolve in real time, and that is redefining the role of not just the CIO, but of enterprise IT itself. Today's show features Lonne Jaffe, CA Technologies Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, talking about how the tech trends covered in this series -- Big Data, mobility , DevOps, and SaaS -- are motivating CIOs to remake IT from a technology gatekeeper into a trusted strategic business advisor. DOWNLOAD NOW