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Editor’s Column data access frees them to work common systems, stronger security collaboration with third parties,” on analytics and modeling with is imperative.” but is working toward internal inherently higher value. The ExxonMobil’s Bret McKee, collaboration. He outlined new industry’s quickly increasing staff information and knowledge IM strategies “to connect people of Gen-Y ‘Millennials’ represents management (IM/KM) lead, talked to the information,” which will be a crew change that requires us about information management and the foundation for the company’s to capture, store, and transfer collaboration for capital projects, next KM initiative to develop best knowledge more ef? ciently. saying that it’s important to share practices, expertise location, and Shell’s Adrian Estala, asset & information in every direction, at social networks.

information risk architect lead, Marathon’s Thomas Sneed, vice discussed how the company president and chief information

Cloud computing, has developed a ? exible system of? cer, delivered a closing keynote, to provide real-time, secure reiterating that information social networks, information access for partners, technology is today’s business and other emerging clients, and customers. He stressed enabler and accelerator. Next-gen the importance of a positive end- staffers bring an expectation of technologies are user experience and secure access cutting-edge technology to the changing the dialog.

through an authentication work? ow workplace and embrace the new and architecture design. Using digital oil? eld. They demand all levels, throughout the upstream Microsoft and Covisint solutions, mobility and convenient access to asset lifecycle. The company Shell assigns speci? c roles to an functionality. Cloud computing, identi? ed a business need to move individual and de? nes application social networks, and other emerging toward a matrix organization access based on these roles. David technologies are changing the dialog plan, and is developing a new Miller, Covisint’s chief security between IT and technology teams. campus in The Woodlands, Texas. of? cer, discussed cloud engagement All these show that industry

He recognized that the company and collaboration, stressing that will power progress through doesn’t “have a whole lot of “when different organizations use collaboration.

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