Event Details
Fireside Chat with Robin Johnson, CIO, Dell - The Big Squeeze: Managing IT in an Economic Downturn
3:30 PM, Room 12B, 4th Floor
Tracks: CIO Summit, Open to All Registrants, IT Leadership
- Robin Johnson, Chief Information Officer, Dell, Inc.
- Bob Melk, Publisher, CIO Magazine
Join Bob Melk and Robin Johnson as they discuss how difficult economic times present a host of challenges for CIOs. When money is tight, IT organizations often feel the crunch first as they are asked to absorb budget cuts. Yet leaner economic times also drive businesses and organizations to turn to automation through technology to provide scale, efficiency, and competitive advantage - trapping the CIO in the middle.
How do you meet business demands for more technology in the face of a shrinking budget? And just as important, what are the right investments to make in IT during tough times to maximize IT effectiveness and emerge from a downturn positioned for innovation and growth? Dell CIO Robin Johnson will share his thoughts on driving strong business/IT alignment in times of economic stress and illustrate some of the strategies that Dell's internal IT team has used to take out cost while reinvesting in technology innovation for the business.
