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DAMA NJ May 2008 Membership Meeting

Thursday, May 15, 2008
   8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
   Chubb Insurance
   15 Mountain View Road
  Warren, NJ 07059


CIO Coaching Series:
Aligning Information Technology and the Business
to Achieve Superior Performance

Enterprises have invested heavily in Information Technology (IT) with the promise of delivering better information to help manage the business. Historically, IT has been managed as a separate entity in the company, isolated from its core business activities.
 
This isolation has prevented IT and its management from becoming active participants in helping meet the organization's business strategies. The IT and business disconnect results in business intelligence systems that fail to meet user expectations. This disconnect widens as the business becomes more complex and changes at a rapid rate. ... more ...

Presented by:  Dr. Arthur Langer
Chair, Faculty and Curricular Development,
Technology Programs, Columbia University
 
and
Cliff Longman
CTO, Kalido

Please see below for presentation abstract and speaker bio.


Agenda | Abstracts | Speaker Bios | Directions |
DAMA NJ Upcoming Meetings/Events | Member Discounts

 
PLEASE NOTE:
Early registration is encouraged for his event!
Send name and affiliation to:  Registration
No later than ** Monday ** May 12, 2008


 
Meeting Agenda:

 
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Member Networking, Registration and Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM DAMA NJ Business Meeting
9:15 AM - 12:00 PM Presentation

Abstract:

CIO Coaching Series:
"Aligning Information Technology and the Business
to Achieve Superior Performance"


Enterprises have invested heavily in Information Technology (IT) with the promise of delivering better information to help manage the business. Historically, IT has been managed as a separate entity in the company, isolated from its core business activities. This isolation has prevented IT and its management from becoming active participants in helping meet the organization's business strategies. The IT and business disconnect results in business intelligence systems that fail to meet user expectations. This disconnect widens as the business becomes more complex and changes at a rapid rate.
 
Based on his extensive research, Dr. Langer's presentation addresses how IT executives can better align themselves as strategic partners in their business through process and organizational improvements. Dr. Langer's work paves new ground on how chief executives perceive the role of IT, and how to use it strategically to deliver value to the organization.
 
 
Cliff Longman will discuss a revolutionary new solution that allows IT and the business to collaboratively model and amend critical business scenarios. Even in the midst of rapidly changing, fast-paced environments, this solution can deliver complete data warehouse and business intelligence architectures in 75% less time than the traditional approach.

Speaker Bios for:
 
Dr. Arthur Langer

Dr. Langer is the Chair of Columbia University's CIO Institute, has been a CIO., and has written the best selling book, 'IT and Organizational Learning.'

Speaker Bios for: 
 
Cliff Longman

Chief Technology Officer, Kalido.


Directions to:  
 
Chubb Insurance

15 Mountain View Road
Warren NJ 07060
908-903-2000 (telephone)

Open a printer friendly pdf file, of directions to Chubb Insurance.

FROM NORTH:
NJ Turnpike South to Exit 14 onto I-78 West.
I-78 West to Exit 33 - Make a left at light at top of ramp.
Stay in left lane.
At second traffic light make a left onto Mountain View Road.
See on site directions below.
 
FROM SOUTH:
NJ Turnpike North to Exit 10 onto I-287 North.
Take I-287 North to I-78 East (toward Newark).
Take I-78 East to Exit 33 (first exit once on I-78).
Ramp exit is 4 lanes, use second lane from right.
Make right turn at light at top of ramp into the left lane.
At next light (only a few hundred feet after turn), make a left onto Mountain View Road.
See on site directions below.
 
FROM THE WEST:
Take I-78 East to Exit 33.
Ramp exit is 4 lanes, use second lane from right.
Make right turn at light at top of ramp into the left lane.
At next light (only a few hundred feet after turn), make a left onto Mountain View Road.
See on site directions below.
 
FROM THE EAST:
Take I-78 West to Exit 33.
Stay to the left on the exit ramp.
Make left turn at light at top of ramp into the left lane.
At second light (only a few hundred feet after turn), make a left onto Mountain View Road.
See on site directions below.
 
ON SITE DIRECTIONS:
Once on Mountain View Road go straight and you will drive into Chubb & Son. Once you see the guardhouse move over to the left of the Guardhouse.
Obtain parking card.
Proceed around to Parking Lot F or G.
Once you've parked you will see a small building (Engineering), go to the right of it, and follow walkway to the back of the large building. The meeting will be held in the Amphitheater, to the right, just inside the rear doors.

Upcoming Events:
Mark your calendars now for these upcoming DAMA New Jersey meetings.
 

DAMA New Jersey 2008 Events


June 18th
2008

Process Orientation for
Data Management Professionals

Alec Sharp
 
location: TBD

May
2008

Aligning Information Technology and the Business
to Achieve Superior Performance

Dr. Arthur Langer
and Cliff Longman
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

April 10th
2008
DAMA-NJ teleconference
 
SOA and Data Management
Peter Aiken - Data Blueprint
 
location: teleconference

March
2008

no DAMA-NJ meeting
Wilshire Metadata - DAMA International Symposium

February 14th
2008

Developing an Effective Road Map
for EIM

John Ladley - IMCue Solutions
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

January 10th
2008

The Long & Winding Road to
Data Governance-Driven MDM

Thomas V. Carlock - former The CIT Group
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

December
2007

Holiday Season Break
no meeting scheduled

November 8th
2007

Data Modeling Contentious Issues
Karen Lopez - InfoAdvisors, Inc.
and
Building a Reference Data Consolidation Strategy
Bob Schork - Citi
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

June 14th
2007

The Metadata Lifeline
Adrienne Tannenbaum
- Database Design Solutions, Inc.
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

May 10th
2007

Introducing the Rule Maturity Model (RMM™)
(How to Align Business Objectives with Business Rule and Information Management)

Barbara von Halle - Knowledge Partners, International.
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Whitehouse Station NJ

April 12th
2007

Information Flows
A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Reengineering

Dr. Jerrold Rosenbaum - The Rose Tree Group.
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

March
2007

Wilshire Metadata - DAMA International Symposium
 


February 8th
2007

Aligning Business and IT
to achieve a successful Enterprise Data Warehouse

Nick Bonamassa - Info Architects, Inc.
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

January 11th
2007

Globalizing Data:
Database and Data Management Impacts and Challenges

Michael Ley - UPS
 
and
 
Creating a Usage Metadata Repository
How to show them what can be!

Bob Schork - Citigroup
 
location: Chubb Insurance - Warren NJ

Any ideas for a topic or event?
Let us know! 
Your input is important to us! 


 

Member Discounts and Education opportunities:

DebTech International, L.L.C
Public and On-Site Classes

Data Governance Conference US - Summer 2008
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, California
June 2-5, 2008

Enterprise Information Management Conference
Hilton-Toronto, Toronto, Canada
June 18-20, 2008

The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management (1st ed,)
Authored by DAMA International, published by Technics Publications, LLC, and edited by Mark Mosley, this dictionary will promote a standard set of data management terms within the field of Information Technology (IT).
 

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
is offering DAMA NJ members discounts up to 20% on the following books:
 
XML and Data Management
- Peter Aiken and David Allen
 
Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager's Guide
- David Loshin
 
Data Modeling Essentials 3rd Edition
- Graeme Simsion and Graham Witt
 
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product discounts and training classes