IDG TECHtalk

In Episode 2, Tom continues his conversation with Rebecca as they delve into the findings of IDG’s latest State of the CIO Report.

CIOs can make data and insights more accessible to everyone across their organization – as long as they overcome a few core technological and cultural barriers. Sponsored by Informatica

The time has come to rethink the CIO role. Listen as Rebecca Wettemann of Nucleus Research discusses why this needs to be the year where CIOs go from “serving” to “leading.”

Informatica CIO Graeme Thompson offers his take on how CIOs can prioritize their cloud migration to ensure a smooth transition and avoid being overrun by “SaaS sprawl”. Sponsored by Informatica

Informatica CIO Graeme Thompson discusses how the CIO role is changing, how data drives business outcomes, and why he’s no fan of “IT-business alignment”. Sponsored by Informatica

Big data, and the analytics needed to derive value from that data, is driving competitive advantage at many companies. But achieving success with analytics also requires locating, hiring, training, and retaining the largest and most diverse generation in US history – millennials. This webcast will explain how organizations can attract and keep this new breed of talent. Speaker: Analise Polsky - Thought Leader and Business Solutions Manager for SAS Best Practices Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC

Today’s customer experience requires a combination of individualized insights, connected interactions, and an agile approach to meet customers in the channel of their choice. Staying competitive in this realm requires new ways of exploring customer trends and preferences, and being smarter about responding to these indicators. The data-driven customer experience is critical to the future growth and development of organizations, particularly in today’s hyper-competitive digital economy. Speaker: Jon Moran, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Customer Intelligence at SAS Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC

Regulatory requirements are in a perpetual state of flux. Whether you’re trying to comply with the latest Basel regulations or meet the Federal Reserve's criteria for Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, in order to prioritize risk, you need proven methodologies, best practices, and tools to establish a risk-aware culture, optimize capital and liquidity, and confidently address changing regulatory requirements. Speaker: Tom Kimner - Head of Global Marketing and Operations, Risk Management at SAS Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC

The Big Data era has arrived and it is the responsibility of executives to turn that data into business value. CMOs - responsible for promoting growth – need the CIO’s help to turn the flood of structured and unstructured data their companies are accumulating into increased revenue. CIOs - obliged to turn new technology into revenue – need the CMO to help them with better functional and technical requirements for big data initiatives. And the addition of the CDO may just be the glue that brings it all together. Speaker: Anne Buff – Thought Leader and Business Solutions Manager for SAS Best Practices, a thought leadership organization at SAS Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC

Successful Generating Business Value Through Data Monetization The term “data monetization” is used to describe a variety of approaches to turning data into dollars. Data monetization demands the strategic use of data with different business processes and a unique blend of skills and capabilities, and sometimes even new operating models. Join us for a lively discussion about some of the considerations for businesses contemplating monetization initiatives. Speaker: Anne Buff – Thought Leader and Business Solutions Manager for SAS Best Practices, a thought leadership organization at SAS Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC

The value of big data depends heavily on being able to analyze and derive insight from it in real-time. While a high-performance cloud infrastructure can help deliver on that promise, the key is achieving - and maintaining - low latency. The need for low latency has extended far beyond the finance industry and today, businesses of all sizes in just about every industry require the ability to analyze data in-stream. Join us for an engaging discussion about data latency and the importance of real-time decision making. @idg_techtalk Speaker: Michael Ames – Senior Director of Data Science and Emerging Technology, SAS Moderator: Gene De Libero – CEO, Digital Mindshare LLC