This week's BusinessNOW- Capital Edition will introduce a fast paced10 minute feature called Roundtable Tech-Talk as a regular part of the program.  Get the big picture examined by government, Congress, the academic world, and the IT industry.
Roundtable Tech Talk is moderated by Phil Bond, President of ITAA and former Undersecretary of Technology, and this week will include panelists: Karen Evans, Administrator for E-Government and IT, OMB; Dr. Stephen Fuller, Director of the Center for Regional Analysis, George Mason University; Greg Baroni, President of Unisys's Global Federal unit; and Congressman Jim Moran. In this Tech Talk we will examine the growing economic relationship between our government and local private business sectors. And with it are the challenges of balancing government and private business responsibilities.

Wireless technology is everywhere. From the bike trail to the boardroom, wireless applications are having an effect. We spoke with InformationWeek Editor Stephanie Stahl and CIO of utility conglomerate CenterPoint Energy, Ianne McCrea, to see how wireless is working in their worlds. 

Start preparing for the incredible shrinking computer: Uncle Sam is spending hundreds of millions of research dollars on nanotechnology. Commerce Under Secretary Phil Bond and InformationWeek’s Stephanie Stahl discuss the phenomena of nano-science.

 

The CIO of the Department of Homeland Security, Steve Cooper, says his department hopes to keep the American public informed so there is no fear that Uncle Sam is data mining personal information about American citizens in the war against terrorism.

 

Chief Knowledge/Chief Technology Officer John Voeller of Black and Veatch discusses how technology has helped the firm make massive cuts in time and cost of building major coal-fired power plants: Over a decade, a 5-1 cost reduction in half the time. To watch an extended version of his interview,  click here.

The Chief Technology/Chief Knowledge Officer of construction giant Black and Veatch tells BusinessNOW that wireless security is not a serious worry for people who want to get things done. In wide-ranging interview, Voeller discusses the value of wireless for his firm in its global operations. To watch an extended version of his interview, click here.

InformationWeek recently conducted a series of conferences entitled “The New CIO” to learn about those concerns. Editor-in-Chief Brian Gillooly notes one of the major challenges for CIOs is conducting business in real time.

While the future of technology is hardly ever what anyone predicted, Cap Gemini’s John Parkinson and InformationWeek’s Brian Gillooly look into their crystal balls and describe what the Information Superhighway may look like.

 

Steve Cooper, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, has one of the toughest jobs in Washington: integrating IT infrastructure and thousands of people into the new department and making it work in the war on terrorism.

One of the biggest draws of FOSE 2003 was, CIO of Homeland Security, Steve Cooper. BusinessNOW sat down with Cooper for an informative interview covering a variety of topics.  Click here to hear what the head of our nation’s cyber-defense had to say.

John Parkinson is CTO of Cap Gemini North America, a management consulting and IT services group with clients in more than 30 countries and reported revenues of 8.4 bil euros in 2001. Click here for candid business insights from this venerable IT insider.

Brian Gillooly, Editor-in-Chief of InformationWeek’s Events/Optimize, asks corporate America some thought-provoking questions about their strategic plans.

If you take bar codes for granted, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are now being attached to consumer items. The CTO of Cap Gemini North America, John Parkinson, says 25 billion tags may be in use next year.

John Parkinson tells BusinessNOW, despite concerns about security and connectivity, this will be a break out year for wireless. Parkinson says CIOs and CTOs need to accept the challenges in the growing use of wireless, and embrace it with safeguards.

The World Watch Institute reports the average office worker uses twelve thousand sheets of paper annually, equivalent to about 730 lbs each year. This week’s InformationWeek Tech Talk analyzes the pros and cons of a paperless society in the near future.

The editor-in-chief of InformationWeek Events/Optimize, Brian Gillooly, discusses the evolving role of the chief information officer and how the CIO must be aware of what’s flowing through the company’s IT system—including finance and accounting.

You haven’t felt the impact yet, but RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags the size of as grain of sugar ultimately may replace bar codes. The tag developers would like to see a day when computers recognize any tagged object—anywhere.

Fleet Boston, one of the 10 biggest banks in the US, operates 1,500 branches in the Northeast through Fleet National Bank, and has some 250 offices in 25 countries. In addition to standard banking the company is one of the largest loan servicers in the US.