Reshaping Enterprise IT for a New Era - Fireside Chat Next Thurs. Mar. 26

sherly, Enterprise IT is going through more change today than during its entire history. Long associated with back office functions and viewed as a cost center, today's rise of what IDC calls the Third Platform has made IT the primary way customers do business with enterprises. This is a tremendous opportunity for IT organizations, but also an enormous challenge. In the next fireside chat, CIO Strategic Advisor Tim Crawford joins Bernard Golden to discuss how enterprise IT organizations can prepare to meet the requirements of their new role. Register to attend next week's live webcast. Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 Time: 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm GMT Format: 60 min. with real-time Q&A #CLFchat This interactive discussion will cover topics such as: DevOps, Gartner's bi-modal IT and innovation labs – which models have been successful? Does the new era of IT require more adoption of open source? How can IT adjust their expected pace from "waterfall" to "agile"? Can existing staff and vendors make the shift? Examples of IT organizations that are meeting the Third Platform challenge If you have already registered for the fireside chats, you will automatically be registered for next week's edition and will receive a confirmation email. Guest Luminary: Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor, AVOA Tim Crawford is an internationally renowned thought leader in the areas of IT transformation, innovation, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT). Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden has authored or co-authored four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO.com. Attend Next Week's Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you next Thursday! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2015 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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