Mike Capone, Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Summary: In this interview, Mike Capone discusses three principles of World Class IT with Metis Strategy. Some of the topics discussed include The way in which ADP’s substantial data center consolidation has created savings on the bottom line and in their carbon footprint, improved processing speeds, and provided the opportunity for ADP to bolster their data security schemes A discussion of “Smart-Shoring” and how viewing his organization as “Global IT” has allowed ADP to get the most out of all geographies it operates in How ADP avoids the “rip and replace model” when approaching acquisitions and the accompanying IT integrations The power of Web 2.0 through corporate blogging and Social CRM, which can lead to organic ideas and improved collaboration How driving innovation through IT must be a process that marries the business leaders and technically talented innovators How ADP has been operating as a “cloud computing” provider long before it become a hot topic in IT