ING Japan CIO Houston Ross notes in this video that when it comes to governance, balance is critical. While strong governance is critical to the success of IT transformation, bureaucracy is to be avoided. Effective IT governance, enabled by efficient communications and clarity of roles within an organization, will cut waste while enabling delivery of projects that are on-time, on-budget and on-scope.  

Paul Muller (@xthestreams) interviews Andy Smith, VP of Application Hosting Services for McKesson, about transitioning from a legacy infrastructure to a next-generation solution.

Some highlights from their conversation include the following:
• The drivers to update the McKesson data center were a desire for improved efficiency, lower costs and better transparency between McKesson and their customers
• McKesson looked at the infrastructures of their competitors and updated theirs to compete and surpass them

Paul Muller (@xthestreams) interviews Jakob Kaad from Accenture Denmark about IT strategy. 

HP chief cloud technologist Christian Verstraete contends one size cloud does not fit all. So he explains how CIOs can implement a "managed" or "converged" clouds that looks like a public cloud, but have the security and manageability of a private cloud. In the end, clouds are "managed in a consistent manner." And it's all transparent to end user who can move from cloud to cloud without ever being aware of it.