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| Sep 2008 – The CIO Forum 2008 |
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The forthcoming edition of the CIO Forum 2008 is to be held at Phoenician, Arizona on 14th-16th September. The agenda for the conference would be to address the following key issues through various workshops and case study presentations that have been organised.
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Aligning IT With Business Goals |
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The Transformation from Information to Innovation |
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Architecting for Innovation |
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Developing Executive Leadership Skills for a Competitive Advantage |
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World Class IT Negotiation Strategies: Achieving Significant Cost Reductions with Solution Providers |
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Allied would be represented at this event by Richard Skellet, Chairman & CEO, Allied Worldwide. Richard, with his experience of over 20 years in the IT industry, would initiate dialogue with delegates from the various organisations on exploring path breaking and innovative transformational solutions in order for them to maintain their competitive advantage and achieve business goals.
For more information on The CIO Forum, please click here |
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| Jun 2008 – IT Directors’ Forum 2008 |
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| For the last 10 years Allied Worldwide Limited has been attending the ITDF Forum organised by Richmond Events. During this year’s event onboard the “Arcadia”, Allied had the opportunity to meet with senior IT decision makers from industries ranging from Banking & Finance, Media & Entertainment, Technology to Public Sectors. Majority of the delegates were concerned with issues such as |
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Impact of the slowing economy on IT spends and IT head count growth |
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Rapid rate of change requiring Change and Business process management |
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Demonstrating business values in technology to be recognised as an integral part of business |
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IT infrastructure upgrades |
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Shortage of skilled, flexible manpower |
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| Allied’s delegation led by Mandy Adamson, Managing Director and Glenn Wiseman, Head of Sales met with the delegates and held fruitful discussions. Allied presented to the delegates it’s various solutions in addressing the above listed concerns which evoked a positive response. |
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| Sep 2007 - CIT Breakfast Briefing |
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Centre for Integral Transformation conducted a breakfast briefing session on 13th September 2007, at Smiths of Smithfield in London. The session was focussed on the topic of cultural conversations and its importance in the process of transformation, a topic high on the agenda of many a board particularly in the IT space. The event was well attended by many industry leaders who brought in their individual perspectives to make the session extremely insightful and informative.
The topic assumes a lot of relevance as the economy is facing a current of recession and organisations are being forced to re-look at the way in which they are operating. They are faced with everyday questions on |
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How to facilitate growth whilst containing costs |
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Head count restrictions |
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Shortage of skilled manpower |
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Challenges in managing change during globalisation |
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The importance of cultural conversations in business transformation was demonstrated through a four year study of 200 firms in 20 industries by Kotter and Heskett of Harvard Business School which revealed that organisations with a strong adaptive culture based on shared values, outperformed firms with rigid or weak cultures by a significant margin.
Terry Thorpe, Consultant, Centre for Integral Transformation initiated the discussion by spending a few minutes sharing his successful strategies and experiences in the last 35+ years, which led him to his current ‘holistic view’ of change, or in his words ‘Transformation’.
John Hemingway, Principal Consultant, Centre for Integral Transformation then described a practical process by which an organisation can assess and transform corporate culture along with some real world examples. |
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| Jun 2007 - IT Directors’ Forum 2007 |
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| The 2007 edition of the ITDF gave Allied the opportunity to meet with delegates and to gain insights in areas such as |
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Strategies used to leverage IT in improving customer relationships |
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Establishing effective IT governance through alignment of IT and business strategies |
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Maximising business value enabled by IT-defining, measuring and continually improving ROI |
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Challenges with implementing and managing shared service models in emerging markets |
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| The ITDF presented Allied’s delegation an opportunity to share with the delegates some of the best practices, flexible business models and services that have helped our existing client base. |
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| Apr 2007 - Lets Talk Vista – Microsoft and Allied Worldwide Limited |
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Terry gave the introduction and keynote presentation for “Let’s Talk Vista”, an exclusive event for business leaders at the London Penthouse on the 26th of April 2007.The event brought together the best minds in the industry to facilitate a world class collaboration of best practices, leveraging clients’ networking and enhancing their involvement.
A premier event offering the attendees the opportunity to assess the infrastructure optimisation of their organisation, the day was packed with learning, networking and fun, designed to help businesses lower their IT costs significantly while reducing risks associated with desktop deployment and management.
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Challenges with implementing and managing shared service models in emerging markets |
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How organisations can benefit from the new features in Windows Vista |
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How Allied can assist in pre-Vista Migration Planning, Migration and ongoing Management of Systems |
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The new features and capabilities in Microsoft Vista |
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| May 2006 - IT Directors’ Forum 2006 |
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Allied Worldwide Limited participated in the IT Directors’ Forum 2006. The key difference for IT Directors’ forum this year was strong focus on business issues. There were multiple themes covering businesses issues faced by the IT Directors. The Allied delegation was led by Mandy Adamson, Managing Director. The IT Directors’ Forum delegates enjoyed their interaction with the Allied team and there is a strong continued interest demonstrated by the delegates. |
