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RETHINK TECHNOLOGY / Transforming Infrastructure for Agility, Automation & Scale

RETHINK TECHNOLOGY / Transforming Infrastructure for Agility, Automation & Scale

December 9 and 10, 2021

When organizations dedicate a large majority of their budgets and teams on the development of basic compute infrastructure, operating tools, and platforms which are readily available in the market for purchase, it takes away the most precious asset – the time and energy of its technology organization. Having more than 50% of the IT workforce dedicated to maintaining data centers and legacy applications can hardly provide the organization with much needed modern infrastructure that can scale at the speed of thought.

How do we align the entire IT and Software Engineering organizations on the most valuable portfolio of initiatives that can truly accelerate digital transformation and bring the organization closer to the customers?

The large-scale innovation during the electrification only happened after organizations abandoned their own electric generators in favor of centralized electric utilities. Cloud has become a general-purpose technology today and to keep investing in their own data centers, the organizations are wasting precious resources rather than focusing their most valuable assets on customer facing innovation.

Topics include: Mastering core technologies for the modern enterprise: compute, network and storage infrastructure evolution to Cloud Computing Utility models. Agility and continuous delivery of high-quality software applications. Platform eco-systems and product mindset. True cost and impediments of DIY strategy in the digitally paced XaaS era. A reliable, repeatable and neutral assessment strategy to incubate emerging technologies for efficient adoption in a fearless culture.

 

Dr. Pattie Maes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne
Boston University

John Jester
Google Inc.

Fahim Siddiqui
Home Depot, Inc.

Paul Antony
Home Depot, Inc.

Antonio Neri
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Dr. Jeremy Bailenson
Stanford University

Dr. George Westerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Tagliere
Humana Inc.

Francesco Tinto
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Dr. Kathryn Guarini
IBM

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DECEMBER 9
10:40 – 11:00 AM EST
MODULE 6 INTRODUCTION
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Lecture, Case Study, Workshop
Dr. Pattie Maes
Professor of Media Technology,
& Chair of the Executive Committee
MIT Media Lab
1:30 – 3:30 PM EST

Lecture, Case Study, Workshop

Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne
Questrom Professor in Management,
& Professor, Information Systems,
Boston University
4:00 – 6:00 PM EST
INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES & Q&A
 
 
John Jester
Vice President, Google Cloud Customer Experience, Google Inc.
 
Fahim Siddiqui
Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Home Depot, Inc.
 
Paul Antony
Senior Vice President – Technology, Home Depot, Inc.
 
Antonio Neri
Chief Executive Officer and President, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
 
 
6:00 PM EST
Adjourn
December 10
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Lecture, Case Study, Workshop
Dr. Jeremy Bailenson
Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Thomas More Storke Professor of Communication, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Professor, By Courtesy, of Education, Stanford University
1:30 – 3:30 PM EST
Lecture, Case Study, Workshop
Dr. George Westerman
Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, Principal Research Scientist, Workforce Learning at MIT Jameel World Education Lab, MIT
4:00 – 6:00 PM EST
INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES & Q&A
Eric Tagliere
Chief Technology Officer, Humana Inc.
Francesco Tinto
SVP, Global Chief Information Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Dr. Kathryn Guarini
Chief Information Officer, IBM
6:00 – 6:20 PM EST
MODULE 6 RECAP
6:20 PM EST
Adjourn
Lectures and Case Study Segments Presented by Distinguished Faculty.

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