My Keynote for the 2014 HMG Strategy CIO Summit in Palo Alto

1. The Big Shift  IT to Cloud

2. “You have to let go of the past”
“Have you let it go?”

3. CIO  “Cloud Is On”
Embrace The Future

4. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
• “The Cloud is Insecure”
– Most CIOs are unaware of how lax their internal security is
– Cloud actually gives opportunity for security overall
• “The Cloud is Expensive”
– How do you calculate the ROI of Agility and Service Delivery?
– Over/Under-provisioned CapEx vs. Elastic OpEx
• “The Cloud Means Reduction in IT Jobs”
– Evolving of IT Skills
– “API Economy” – Asset Syndication

5. CIO::Reinvent
• Cloud makes Internet “smaller”
– Transcontinental Railroad made U.S. smaller

6. CIO::Impact
• Rapid Service Delivery
– Time is spent on Innovation, not deploying Infrastructure
– Break down silos and rapidly meet needs of the business

7. CIO::Enable
• Mobile-Always Architecture
– Apps/Services are location agnostic
– Identity and Data are new security perimeter

8. CIO::Roadmap
1. Architecture - security, systems, storage, network
2. Orchestration - configuration, deployment
3. Data Analytics – performance, usage, security
4. Results - business enablement

9. CIO::Success
• Partnership
• Lines of Business
• Respect
• Results Driven
• Virtuous Cycle
• Reputation

10. Any Questions?