CIO Exchange Wraps Up!
The CIO and Enabling Business Change
The 2007 CIO Exchange was a successful business opportunity for our CIO customers. The group shared their unique business experiences on how they affect change, reduce risk and costs and align technology needs to drive their business and become more competitive and agile. Invited guests revealed experiences with an elite group of peers and gave direct feedback and guidance to Progress executives on mutual strategic alignment.
Highlights:
- How CIOs are expanding their role to include business and IT leadership
- How to drive business strategy and competitive differentiation using a cross-enterprise view of business process and architecture
- Collaborate and network with CIOs who are acting as change agents to identify and respond to today’s business environment
- Participate in technology discussions with Progress senior management and top technology experts
- Explore how Progress technology offerings provide the agility you need to shape your business and fuel business change
- Discuss the Progress technology roadmap and needs of the CIO—explore the intersections of your business challenges and Progress technology solutions
As an outcome of the meeting, below are several resources requested by our guests:
Session Presentations
- Opening RemarksDiane Albano, Vice President, Americas Operations, Progress
Niel Powers, Vice President of Products, OpenEdge, Progress - CIOs Enabling Change—CIO PerspectivesMike Fabrico, CIO, Broder Brothers
Mark Hooper, SVP, Iron Mountain
Enzo Micali, CTO, TNS Global - CIOs Enabling Change Dr. Raj Gupta, Professor, Technology & Innovation, Kellogg School, Northwestern University
- Looking Forward Niel Powers, Vice President of Products, OpenEdge, Progress
Analyst Reviews and Presentations
- Progress and the Sound of SOABruce Richardson, AMR Research, does a wrap-up on impressions from Exchange 2007 with a particular focus on our technology offerings that address Services Oriented Architectures (SOA).
- Benchmark Earnings Analysis Brent Williams of Equity Research presents his analysis of Progress Software Corporation after the Q2 2007 Earnings Announcement.
Transformation Webinar Recording - 1 hour recorded session
Application Transformation: A New Approach. . . For New Markets, For New Profits
During this webinar we'll introduce you to the benefits of Application Transformation, the process of taking your current application and transforming it into a more agile, competitive and dynamic application designed to win new business and respond to future requirements. You'll hear case studies of Progress partners who have gone through the process, the benefits that Application Transformation has had on their businesses as well as see what their applications look like today.
During this webinar we'll introduce you to the benefits of Application Transformation, the process of taking your current application and transforming it into a more agile, competitive and dynamic application designed to win new business and respond to future requirements. You'll hear case studies of Progress partners who have gone through the process, the benefits that Application Transformation has had on their businesses as well as see what their applications look like today.