Mr. Karlyn will be presenting with Ken Grady, CIO of New England Biolabs; Ken Piddington, CIO of Global Partners LP; and Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine & events. Their presentation is titled “Vendor Management in the New Era of Mobility, Cloud and Consumer Tech.”
This program will discuss:
- The dramatic workplace changes fueled by mobility, consumer devices and cloud, the relationship between CIOs and their strategic suppliers is evolving;
- How to turn a sales transaction-based relationship into a collaborative partnership that creates business value on both sides;
- How IT organizations encourage greater vendor participation in deploying new cloud technologies, building mobile applications or managing social media pilots; and
- How CIOs establish the kind of trust necessary between real partners.
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