On-demand webcast: Innovate with social
Improving Collaboration and Connections in the Enterprise
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How to Accelerate Insight from Data
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Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media
Dave Campbell, Technical Fellow, Microsoft
Strategy Is Innovation
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Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business,
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
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Innovate with Social: Improving Collaboration and Connections in the Enterprise

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Tune in and listen to Microsoft executives and industry leaders engage in a dynamic discussion around one of the top four CIO priorities that will dominate the next decade: Social Media in the Enterprise.

How to Accelerate Insight from Data

Dave Campbell
Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, talks with Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Campbell about new tools for data.

Strategy is Innovation

Vijay Govindarajan
Vijay Govindarajan, the bestselling author of Reverse Innovation and professor at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, shares a strategy framework, based on innovation, that he believes can position organizations for the future.

Predictions: Enterprise Architecture in 2020

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What does Enterprise Architecture look like in 2020? Mike Walker, Microsoft Enterprise Architect, discusses the future of the role of enterprise architect and what functions it will play in an IT organization.

Interfacing Innovation

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The NUI based experiences are changing the way people interact with computers. Meet some of the start-ups participating in Kinect Accelerator 2012 and to get a sneak peek into what started as their dreams and now could become the latest wave of entrepreneurial innovation.

Apparel Maker Uses Demand Sensing Business Intelligence Solution to Boost Sales, Marketing ROI

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Hanes brand did not lack for data on the sales of its hundreds of thousands of SKUs at thousands of retail stores. Hanes brands now boosts sales by meeting retailer demand more closely, and by measuring and modifying its promotions and advertising for maximum effectiveness.
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Headline news for the enterprise
  • Customer Effective writes"[by Brad Koontz]...The 2012 version of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is wrapping-up in Toronto today. Below are some numbers collected during the sessions that speak not only to the sheer size of the Microsoft user base, but to the momentum of emerging technologies and a new emphasis on design. 1,300,000,000: Number of Windows users on the planet. 1,000,000,000 : Number of Office users worldwide. 630,000,000: Number of Windows 7 licenses sold to date, making it..." more
  • Bob Ferrari writes"...disruptive forces such as cloud and mobile computing will continue to reshape the role of IT and potentially dilute the executive influence of CIO’s and the IT organization over time....while the title of CIO will survive...fewer CIO’s will organizationally serve at the C-Level, diluting their current influence in the organization. The commentary also provides scenarios where IT-savvy CFO’s and CMO’s will chip away at current IT strategies. As an example..." more
  • CIO writes"[by Patrick Thibodeau]...The IT job market is either hot or lackluster, but mostly it is difficult for anyone who is seeking a job or hiring....Michael Beckley, the CTO and a founder of Appian..."It's the most competitive we've seen it and in some ways it is even more competitive than the dot.com days," said Beckley, especially for key skills such as mobile developers..." more