Accenture Technology Consulting Podcasts Series

Avian Flu Impact: Are Businesses Prepared? - Audio

Rob Dyson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:40:00 GMT

Accenture Outlines Critical Elements for Business Continuity Plans: Hear from Rob Dyson, Business Continuity Practice Lead in the United States for Accenture.

Network Convergence: Top Factors for Success - Audio

Cary Claver — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:40:00 GMT

VOIP and next generation architectures are making their way onto the strategic planning agendas of organizations today. While this is a significant step forward for organizations looking at network convergence as a means of improving performance, it is not a simple solution to implement.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Strategy Book - Audio

Michael Nieves — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:35:00 GMT

The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) may be found on many a chief information officer’s bookcase, as the indispensable theory and practice that underpins IT’s role as an enabler of high performance for businesses and governments.

Podcast: IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Strategy Book - Audio

Michael Nieves — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Service-oriented Architecture: the latest stage in the evolution of IT and business? - Audio

Moiz Mohammed — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Service-oriented architecture offers businesses and governments a genuine opportunity to reconceptualize the way business processes—and their underlying information technology—works, provided they are clear about what it actually is.

Insights’ from Accenture’s IT Transformation - Audio

Gary Beach — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Accenture CIO Frank Modruson shares insights from Accenture's own IT Transformation in this conversation with CIO Publisher Gary Beach.

Application Renewals: An Alternative to Rip-and-Replace for CIOs - Accenture - Audio

John Stefanchik — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:00 GMT

CIOs are under constant pressure to keep up with rapidly changing technologies in order to help their companies become high-performance businesses.

Green IT: Reduce organizations’ impact on environment - Audio

Steve Nunn — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:00 GMT

There’s no doubt that organizations are under continuous pressure to reduce the impact they have on the environment.

Podcast: Information Security—the Complexity Issue - Audio

Alastair MacWillson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Accenture’s managing director of its Global Security group, Alastair MacWillson, explains that the sophistication of IT security breeches is increasing all the time.

Is your Organization Cloud Ready? - Audio

Steve Nunn — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:25:00 GMT

Technology leaders are challenged with the task of finding ways to expand their infrastructure to stay competitive while dealing with tight budget constraints. In this podcast Bob Melk, publisher of CIO magazine, talks to Accenture’s global Infrastructure Consulting Lead Steve Nunn about cloud computing and knowing if your organization is cloud ready.

Cutting IT Cost While Achieving High Performance - Audio

Michael Nieves — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:25:00 GMT

As a significant cost center, the IT department is under renewed pressure to play its part in the enterprise-wide drive to trim operational costs. In this podcast, Bob Melk, publisher of CIO magazine, talks to Accenture’s Michael Nieves about the challenges this situation poses for CIOs.

IT Disaster: It’s not a Matter of If – It’s a Matter of When - Audio

Gil Brodnitz — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:25:00 GMT

In an IT environment where complexity, skills shortages, growing workloads and strained legacy systems are converging, the risk of an unexpected IT disaster has risen to alarming levels.

ITIL 3: Making the CIO Non-Optional - Audio

Michael Nieves — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:25:00 GMT

TIL has emerged over the past few decades as the premier framework for IT service management in both the public and private sectors.

Virtualization: How Organization Will Benefit from Utility Computing - Audio

Steve Nunn — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Accenture's expert Steve Nunn outlines the benefits organizations can reap from utility computing once they are able to pay for computing resources as and when they need them.