InfoWorld's CTO Forum: B-to-B Infrastructure Strategies; CTO Forum Addresses Issues Critical to Business Success

Business Wire, May 14, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001

In today's economic climate, a strong business-to-business infrastructure is crucial to a company's overall success. At InfoWorld's CTO Forum, June 19-21 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the panel discussion "Strategies for Corporate Transformation in B-to-B Environments" will explore innovative methodologies for both brick-and-mortar and high-tech companies doing business online.

Moderated by Michael Vizard, editor in chief of InfoWorld, InfoWorld Online and CTO Magazine, this panel will feature XML pioneer Tim Bray, CEO of Antarcti.ca Systems Inc.; Anthony Scott, CTO of Information Systems Services at General Motors Corp., and Phyllis Michaelides, CTO of Textron. These industry leaders will share their views and experiences regarding collaboration among C-level executives, strategies for dealing with disruptive technologies, how to leverage IT investments and gain consensus from line-of-business managers, and methods for measuring impact and ROI.

Presented by InfoWorld Media Group, the second annual CTO Forum provides three days of sessions and discussions focused exclusively on issues and trends critical to the CTO, bringing together an influential group of 250 leading technology decision-makers including AOL Time Warner's Bill Raduchel, E*TRADE's Josh Levine, Loudcloud's Tim Howes, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Oracle's Jeff Henley, and Sun Microsystems' James Gosling. To find out how you can qualify for an invitation to this exclusive event, please visit http://ctoforum.infoworld.com/forumInfo/.> "As the line between business and technology blurs, there is far less distinction between business and e-business," said Vizard. "For old-line companies moving pieces of their business online and for high-tech companies continuing to grow and evolve by leveraging the latest technology advances, the CTO plays a vital role in defining business strategies through technology across the board."

About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group delivers in-depth analysis of enterprise technology and strategies combined to provide insight into vital business solutions through its integrated online, print, research and events channels. In an era when technology is more critical to business success than ever before, InfoWorld Media Group provides senior IT level expertise for executives such as CTOs and CIOs on how technology drives specific business benefits such as revenue growth, relationship management, and enhancing organizational efficiencies.

InfoWorld Media Group's coverage of key technologies, products and trends that assist IT professionals in leveraging technology for business advantage is substantiated by original research conducted in InfoWorld's $23 million, dedicated multi-platform, enterprise test center. Since 1978, InfoWorld has performed the industry's most trusted testing of technology and products. To learn more about InfoWorld, go to www.infoworld.com.

Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly owned independent business unit of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.