The days of IT being merely a support party that just keeps the network running are over. Time changed. More than ever, many CIOs are now focusing on the overall business growth. They struggle to find the most efficient ways to enable creativity and innovation, even though IT is primarily a problem-solving business requiring creativity. It is challenging to foster a collaborative mindset within IT whilst enabling that to spread throughout the business.

This opening keynote will share practical advice and expertise on how CIOs can create a more transparent and accountable culture that builds trust and success between the IT organization and their business colleagues.

Today's Data Centers stand at the epicenter. Along with the virtualization evolution, data centers are now playing a leading role in the powerful technological and economic trends. Cloud computing, together with processing, storage, security and software technologies that make it possible, are straining the capabilities of legacy data center networks. Just as other areas of the data center have evolved to meet the demands of an Internet-enabled world, the time has come for networks to take this significant leap forward into this "Cloud" world.

This session will outline what steps IT organizations must take now to move virtualization in the data center to the next level, driving standardization within infrastructures, improving efficiencies, increasing business value and lowering TCO.

Increasingly sophisticated business-decision models demand real-time manipulation and analysis of massive data stores. Current systems often cannot meet those requirements, creating a lag between data gathering and interpretation that limits solution value.

In this session, learn how SAP and Intel enables real-time decision making by bringing all the data in your enterprise within the reach of decision makers in seconds, not weeks or months, in an easy-to use format so your company can run smarter and perform better. Speed of data analysis is improved as business intelligence is generated in real time. This capability increases the value of business data with more sophisticated decision support than has been possible with solutions based on traditional systems.

Managing technology risk is not pure science or pure art. It requires a multi-disciplinary approach with a sense of pragmatism and a dose of paranoia. A seismic shift in the threat landscape is taking place. Cyber attacks, data leakage and targeted espionage have increased significantly. The porosity of security defenses has exacerbated the discovery of vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks which in turn have led directly to more exploits and attacks.

Over the years, MAS has published a number of technology risk management guidelines to assist the financial industry in protecting their systems and safeguarding their digital assets. Other industries may also find these guidelines instructive and relevant to their efforts in ensuring the safety of their IT resources and strengthening their infrastructures against internal and external threats.

With threats such as Stuxnet, Wikileaks and Operation Aurora escalating and becoming more sophisticated and targeted, how do you keep your enterprise secure? To achieve the level of protection needed in the 21st century, security needs to grow from a collection of disparate technologies to an effective business process. As a CIO you have the ability to now implement a blueprint for security that goes beyond technology to ensure the highest level of integrity for your information security requirements. Learn how Check Point 3D Security redefines security as a business process combining policies, people and enforcement for stronger protection across all layers of security - including network, data, and applications.