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Video: Can IT strengthen the economy?

Date: October 17th, 2008
Author: Jason Hiner
Category: Gartner Symposium 2008, IT budget, IT management, IT strategy
Tags: Information Technology, Video, Economy, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jason Hiner, John Chambers
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At the Gartner Symposium 2008, Cisco CEO John Chambers predicted that as the economy turns, many company heads will be looking for flexibility along with cost effectiveness — aspects that video conferencing and social networking can provide. As you’ll see in this video clip from the event, Chambers forsees that, soon, IT and business strategy will be so intertwined we won’t know the difference between them.

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