Tag: Barry Libenson
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App Think Tank: Why would I ever build another data center?
This week is the last set of videos from the Dell Services Application think tank held earlier this year. These last two snippets focus on cloud and infrastructure and today’s clip features features Jay Ferro, CIO, American Cancer Society and Barry Libenson, SVP and CIO, Safeway. Jay and Barry respond to the question, how would you set up…
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App Think Tank: Legacy platforms and modern cloud systems
Today we conclude the mini-series of videos around the topic of application and software strategy. Today’s segment features Barry Libenson, SVP and CIO at Safeway talking about legacy platforms vs. modern cloud-based systems like the loyalty platform they have implemented. Take a listen as Barry talks about the differences between the two. While it might not make sense…
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App Think Tank: Open Source all the way
This week I’m continuing with the video series from our Application think tank earlier this year. The videos this week are centered around the topic of applications and software strategy: what should your foundation be, what should your strategy be going forward and how do you deal with what you have. To kick this topic off,…
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App Think Tank: The skills the CIO of the future needs
This is last video on the topic of CIO and IT skills needed for success. It, like the previous two, was taken from the think tank Dell Services hosted earlier this year in Silicon Valley. It features Jay Ferro, CIO, American Cancer Society and Barry Libenson, SVP and CIO, Safeway. Both Jay and Barry agree that the…
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App Think Tank: What a CIO must do
A couple months ago Dell Services held a think tank out in Silicon Valley at the venture firm, NEA. We had 10 panelists representing both old school and new school organizations, both big and small: Intel, Safeway, American Cancer Society, Puppet Labs, NGINX, Stormpath, Stanford Business School, 451 Research and TechCrunch (check out the complete list of…
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App Think Tank: IT is facing competition for the first time ever
Here is the second video snippet from the Think Tank that Dell Services held the week before last. At the event we assembled 10 panelists representing both old school and new school organizations and discussed the challenges of the new app-centric world. The short clip below features Barry Libenson, CIO of Safeway, Luke Kanies, CEO…
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App Think Tank: What do customers expect
The week before last, Dell Services held a think tank in Silicon Valley with 10 panelists representing both old school and new school organizations. The group discussed the challenges of the new app-centric world as well as how to leverage both the “Four horsemen of IT du jour”: Cloud, Mobile, Social and Big Data, and…