ADVISORY/First Tuesday Event: Using Technology to Exploit Strategic Advantage; Focused Panel discussion for IT Managers on November 14th.Assignment Editors ADVISORY... for Nov. 14 (Tuesday) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHO & WHAT: IT managers need to know more than the difference between their SAN and ASP's. CompTIA, the Computing computing - computer Technology Industry Association, will present "Using Information Technology to Exploit Strategic Advantage." From strategy formulation to execution, CompTIA's Michael Booth will moderate a panel discussion on how IT managers can use information technology to achieve important business objectives. Participating in the panel will be Eric Dean, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of United Airlines; Jim Shanks
The shanks and tattlers are wading bird species in a number of genera characterised by a medium length bill and long, often brightly coloured legs. , CIO of CDW CDW - data warehouse ; Greg Sabatello, CIO of Comdisco; and Jim McGee, Partner of Diamond Technology Partners. Results of Comdisco's new CFO/CIO survey will also be distributed at the event. The survey is the second in an ongoing series of quarterly surveys commissioned by Comdisco, and is designed to better understand the major issues and current trends concerning IT and its relationship to decision support and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). in the business marketplace. WHEN & WHERE Tuesday, November 14, 2000, 6 PM (CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. ), at Westin, River North hotel (320 N Dearborn, Chicago). If you are interested in attending, please register at the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. by November 8th: http://www.sonnenschein.com/first/register.nsf. For more information about First Tuesday First Tuesday is a networking forum for technology entrepreneurs, companies seeking venture capital, investors and related service providers. Founded in 1998, First Tuesday now has 38,000 members and the 10 branches across Europe host meetings on the first Tuesday every month. , please visit http://www.firsttuesday.com. WHY: First Tuesday has become a hugely popular event in the city each month. This event takes the franchise in a new, direction by focusing on one particular area of interest. "We wanted to try something a little different this month," explained David Jacobson, partner and principal of the E-Business practice group at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago and one of the organizers of First Tuesday in Chicago. "First Tuesday has enormous reach into the community here and we wanted to give a sector of that community - IT managers - more attention." HOW: Sponsors of the event include: CompTIA (presenting sponsor); Electronic Knowledge Interchange (EKI), Nexiv Inc, Comdisco, Diamond Technology Partners, Exp@nets, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Internet Television Network, and the Mayor's Office of Technology Advisors. MEDIA: MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. Please contact John Hellerman (312.787.9770 or jhellerman@levick.com) for more information, to arrange interviews of key participants and/or to confirm your attendance at the event. |
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