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Sept. 16, 2020

Featured Chapter Event: SIM Florida Regional Event SIM "Board Perspectives & Expectations of the CIO and IT: How to relate to the top executives in your company to enable IT strategic success" with Daphne E. Jones on Thursday, October 1 at 12 PM ET. Join us for an up-close, behind the scenes view of what a Board of Directors expects from the CIO and their IT Organizations. Learn what has changed post COVID19 and how Board members view the function of IT across the business. Learn what you can do as a leader in your organization to position IT for success. Whether you are a public company or privately owned, the information in this session will help you better understand how the top executives and advisors to your organization depend on technology, data, and results to run the business. Free to attend. LEARN MORE

Register Now for the Next SIM Women Webinar SIM SIM Women is a network inside the SIM association that promotes mentorship, communication and career development amongst the female members of SIM. It is a pleasure to invite you to SIM Women’s September webinar titled "Intersectionality: We are NOT the same" featuring Goldie Bonney, Kim Holmes, and Dr. Tiffani Bright on Wednesday, September 30th at 3pm ET. Free to attend for SIM Members. REGISTER NOW

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SIM National Adds West Coast to Weekly MIT Program Calls SIM Please join Christopher Bernard and Joe Puglisi for the weekly East call or Steve Caliger for the brand new weekly West call where current members in transition will be assisted by former MIT members and executive search professionals. West Coast will meet every Tuesday at 8 a.m. PST starting on Sept. 22, and East Coast will continue to meet every Thursday at 8 a.m. EST. LEARN MORE

5 essential roles of the CIO CIO Dive Emerging from the pandemic is a CIO with expanded reach beyond running a company's technology infrastructure, one who can serve as a change agent while shaping tech talent attraction and delivering critical tech tools. "Most of the CIOs I work with are in emergency mode," said Alex Pentland, director of MIT's Connection Science initiative, speaking on an MIT Sloan CIO Digital Learning Series panel. READ MORE

Digital transformation: 3 steps to build a digital-ready culture The Enterprisers Project Traditional companies don't have to build cultures identical to digital-born darlings: But they must be digital enough to foster success. Leaders can take three steps to build a digital-ready culture. READ MORE

PRODUCT SHOWCASE Defending Active Directory Join onShore Security and Attivo Networks for an interactive live demo to learn the simplicity of how you can protect against AD attacks without interfering with production AD operations, requiring logs, or complex permissions management. ADSecure provides security teams the ability to prevent attackers from leveraging AD against you. LEARN MORE

Automation will change company structure as we know it, Forrester says CIO Dive The adoption of intelligent automation, a blend of technologies including RPA, pragmatic AI and low-code applications, will drive cultural transformation in the enterprise, said Brian Hopkins, VP and principal analyst at Forrester, speaking at the Rackspace Technology Solutions Summit. READ MORE

Top change management tips for ERP implementation success TechTarget Not taking change management seriously is a surefire road to ERP implementation failure. Learn how CIOs and other leaders can do it right and boost the likelihood of success. READ MORE

Microsoft Unified Support: Too Expensive? Join US Cloud for a free webinar on the latest Unified Support intel from top industry analysts to help with Microsoft resubscription negotiations. In addition, we will cover viable 3rd-party alternatives that can fully replace Premier or Unified Support without sacrificing quality – and cut your Microsoft support bill in half. LEARN MORE Samsung for Business As businesses adopt mobile technology at an unprecedented pace, the need for best-in-class mobile devices, support and services is growing rapidly. LEARN MORE

What's the risk of becoming too cloud-dependent? TechHQ Cloud computing technology has championed our remote working shift. There’s no doubt the last half-year would have been immeasurably more challenging without these anywhere-anytime-access solutions. READ MORE

What CEOs want in a CIO: A strategic business partner CIO For years we’ve heard that change is constant in business. But now it’s more than just constant; it’s accelerating. While you can find plenty of articles that talk about how hard it is to lead organizational change, this environment couldn’t be better for CIOs, especially the ones who are ready to show up differently and unlock strategic value for the business. READ MORE

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