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2009 InformationWeek 500 Conference

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Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the United States, gives the keynote speech at the InformationWeek 500 conference. Speaking on

Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the United States, gives the keynote speech at the InformationWeek 500 conference. Speaking on   U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra shares his thoughts on the challenges involved in overseeing the $76 billion federal IT budget. He wants agencies to rethink how they spend on infrastructure and platforms.   Kevin Kometer, managing director and CIO of CME Group, with InformationWeek executive editor Fritz Nelson. CME Group is the No. 1 company in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranking.  Tony Johnston, associate VP and CTO of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, with InformationWeek VP and editor-in-chief Rob Preston. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is the No. 2 company in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranking.  Toby Alfred, customer acquisition GM of Progressive Insurance, with InformationWeek executive editor Fritz Nelson. Progressive Insurance is the No. 3 company in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranking.  William J. Wood, executive VP and CIO of Wells Fargo with InformationWeek VP and editor-in-chief Rob Preston. Wells Fargo is the No. 4 company in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranking.  Trae Chancellor, VP of enterprise strategy, and Kirsten Wolberg, CIO of Salesforce.com, with InformationWeek executive editor Fritz Nelson. Salesforce.com is the No. 5 company in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranking.  Jean-Michel Ares, senior VP and CIO of The Coca-Cola Co., receives his award from InformationWeek senior VP and Global CIO director Bob Evans. Coca-Cola was the No. 8 company on 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranked list and received the top award in the Consumer Goods category.  Carolyn Lawson, CIO of California Public Utilities Commission, with InformationWeek VP and editor-in-chief Rob Preston. The California Public Utilities Commission was honored as one of the Top Government Innovators at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Kevin Chase, CIO and VP of TXU Energy, finds his company on the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranked list.  Naz Haji, senior VP of global IT at Quintiles Transnational, finds his company on the 2009 InformationWeek 500 ranked list.  Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon.com and InformationWeek's Chief Of The Year, discussed his extensive research, based on interviews with Fortune 500 CIOs, on how large businesses can incorporate cloud services into their existing IT infrastructures.  Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon.com, talked about issues that have arisen around cloud security and software licensing with InformationWeek editor John Foley at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Peter Breunig, GM of technology management and architecture at Chevron Information Technology; Jean-Michel Ares, senior VP and CIO of The Coca-Cola Co.; and Katrina Lane, senior VP and CTO of Harrah's Entertainment, talk with InformationWeek editor Chris Murphy about promising innovative technologies in use at their companies.  Denis Edwards, global CIO of Manpower; David Guzman, senior VP of global technical solutions of Acxiom; and Reynold Lewke, VP of Egon Zehnder's U.S. CIO practice discuss how CIOs can shape their career paths and enhance their credibility in the boardroom with InformationWeek's editor-in-chief of events Brian Gillooly (right).  Trend Micro showed off its security software at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  SAS Institute's booth at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  InformationWeek VP and editor-in-chief Rob Preston speaks at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 in front of the live Twitter feed with comments from conference attendees.  Hewlett-Packard is ready to meet attendees at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Dell was out in full force at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Katrina Lane, senior VP and CTO of Harrah's Entertainment, talks about innovative IT being tested at Harrah's, including a virtual hotel check-in attendant that reduces staffing costs and an interactive touch-screen table that lets customers mix and order drinks themselves.  Jim Goodnight, CEO and founder of SAS Institute, and Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology (on screen), discuss IT education strategy. The key is to bring back the buzz to the IT world, Goodnight says.   Aviva Group's CIO Toby Redshaw presents a business technology initiative to the InformationWeek 500 mock board of directors in the   Forbes Media's CIO Mykolas Rambus explains his business technology initiative to the InformationWeek 500 mock board of directors. Rambus walked away with top honors in the CIOs In the   Data in the cloud requires special protection, Trend Micro CEO and co-founder Eva Chen says during a panel discussion on maximizing the business value of security investments.  Precise Software is ready to talk with attendees about its application performance management products at its 2009 InformationWeek 500 booth.  Spigit shows off its enterprise social networking tool to attendees at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Workday displays its HR and financial management offerings at its 2009 InformationWeek 500 booth.  Lucy Hackman, Pitney Bowes' manager of corporate marketing and communications, is ready to talk with InformationWeek 500 attendees.  Global IT services provider Wipro Technologies' booth at the 2009 InformationWeek 500 conference.  Dave Miller, FedEx's VP of IT, receives his award from InformationWeek VP and editor Rob Preston. FedEx ranked No. 10 this year and was the top company in the Logistics & Transportation category in the 2009 InformationWeek 500. 


Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the United States, gives the keynote speech at the InformationWeek 500 conference. Speaking on "Navigating The Boardroom At The Highest Levels," Kundra talked about what it takes to get things done within the massive federal bureaucracy.