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  • Ken Rabun, CIO, Manhattan Associates

    Catching a few minutes with this gentleman requires advanced planning and flexibility. Ken Rabun is the CIO of Manhattan Associates and maintains a very busy pace. Not only is he the CIO of one of the most admired Atlanta companies but he is also an active participant in many community growth and professional development organizations.

    When asked which technology was vying for his attention, he quickly remarked “I think social networking in business is a topic that we all need to keep on the front burner. From a busi...
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Happenings

  • IT United Way CIO Forum – Interesting Insights

    Happenings_Jan_28_023.jpgLeaders from several local IT solution provider companies recently gathered with leaders of United Way Metro Atlanta to hear a distinguished CIO panel discuss the trials and tribulations of their environments. Hosted by Joe Surber (AGL Resources), other panel members included Becky Blalock (Southern Company), John Seral (GE Energy) and Paul Stecher (Rock Tenn). Achievement awards for the current fund drive were presented to...
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  • 2010 CIO of the Year Awards
    The GCLA Advisory Board launched their campaign to obtain a top keynote speaker for this year. Leadership is their favored topic a...
  • Senior IT B2B Sharing
    Threats of terrible weather did not deter the hardy group who came to receive brief presentations of successful experiences by six...
  • General David Patraeus
    General David Patraeus – Leader of Leaders – spoke to The Harvard Business School – Atlanta Club and the local p...

Discussions

Re:When does it make sense to outsource support?
Tim Davis Jan 18, 2010
Excellent points Ken. One consideration I'd give to other CIO's looking to outsource a helpdesk is to look at having those reviews monthly rather than quarterly. I've done this with many of my v...
Re:Blackberry Applications
PC Chawla Jan 14, 2010
Thanks Hank. I always enjoy sharing my experiences with others who might benefit from them. The overall effort in researching, building, training and deploying this application was around 2 pe...
Re:Document output strategy. How we outsource...
Mark Bailey Jan 13, 2010
Hi Linda, Thank you for your feedback. I agree that it is a challenge to remove desktop printers. Your approach sounds like a good one. I have considered writing printer policies but have not d...
Re:Blackberry Applications
Hank Edwards Jan 12, 2010
PC, Thanks for presenting your problem and solution. This is really interesting and I am wondering what was the total amount of effort for this project. Would you compare this to a VB or .Net...
Re:IT infrastructure for world class A/P proce...
Hank Edwards Jan 12, 2010
I also implemented Concur using the SAAS model and have been very pleased with the implementation and integration with our ERP (Oracle) system. We purchased the service through ADP, however, yo...
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