Tag Archives: Cloud computing

Forbes Beyond CIO Series: Asiff Hirji, T.D. Ameritrade

Moving beyond CIO to COO and President at T.D. Ameritrade
Asiff Hirji, now a Partner at TPG Capital, shares his journey from application developer, to CIO, to President of T.D. Ameritrade.

Three IT Trends for IT Execs to Pursue According to SnapLogic CEO Gaurav Dhillon, article in Forbes

Preparing for change is necessary with technology, and Gaurav Dhillon talks important trends facing CIOs
Peter High features SnapLogic CEO Gaurav Dhillon in his Technovation column, discussing tech that will drive competitive advantage

Lockdown: Protecting the Corporate Network, article in CIO Insight

Peter High conducts a Q&A for CIO Insight on Infrastructure best practices
CTO David Fike discusses security issues at Marsh & McLennan, a $12B professional services company, including automation, the policing aspect of security and the importance of tracking metrics.

Five IT Lesson from the London 2012 Olympics, article in Forbes

Gerry Pennell, CIO of the London 2012 Olympic Games, shares five important leadership lessons with Peter High
It was hard not to sense the presence, and importance, of technology in this year’s Olympic Games. In the second article of his “Technovation” column for Forbes, Peter High captures five lessons from the leader that enabled it all.

Forum on World Class IT Analysis: IT Trends Shift from 2010 to 2011

Kalhan Koul, Metis Strategy Associate, analyzes the shift in trends highlighted by participants in The Forum on World Class IT
As the pace of technology progresses rapidly, it has become vital for CIOs and IT leaders to keep an eye out for transformative technologies that help increase efficiency, drive revenue, and more. Thus, since 2010, we have asked interviewees on Metis Strategy’s Forum on World Class IT podcast series to provide their thoughts on upcoming trends in IT; our team has tracked the results and elucidated several interesting patterns, some of which will be highlighted in this paper.

Inside Qualcomm’s Integrated IT Infrastructure, article in CIO Insight

Peter High conducts a Q&A for CIO Insight
Norm Fjeldheim, Qualcomm’s SVP and CIO, shares his views on the company’s approach to “everything as a service” (XaaS), the rationale for choosing this strategy, the challenges he met along the way and the value he has garnered for his company.

Federated Cloud Strategies: What CIOs Need to Know, article in CIO.com

Peter High comments on federated cloud strategies in a CIO.com article
As cloud computing adoption skyrockets and business functions increasingly look to external cloud providers to provision IT services, CIOs need to consider federated cloud strategies to integrate and manage this mixed bag of cloud computing environments.