Gary Bolles

About

Gary A. Bolles is the Editorial Director for Ziff Davis Media's Custom Conference Group. He is responsible for directing the group's editorial efforts, ensuring the quality of the content it delivers, and moderating and speaking at client events. A frequent lecturer and keynote speaker on a variety of technology topics, he has hosted more than 50 events in the past year alone.Bolles was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Interactive Week, developing its unique vision, the founding editorial director of Sm@rt Reseller magazine, creating the publication from initial research, and the founding Editorial Director of Yahoo! Internet Life, managing its successful launch. Bolles was also the Editor-in-Chief of Network Computing Magazine, and for one year was the host of 'Working the Web' for TechTV, covering a wide variety of technology-related topics. Until recently, he was a contributing editor to CIO Insight, writing on a broad range of technology subjects, and assisting in the coordination of the publication's research efforts.Bolles is the former Chief Operating Officer of Evolve Software, Inc., and the former VP of Marketing for Network Products Corporation. He has served as a marketing consultant to a variety of organizations, and has advised a number of software startup companies in arenas such as online marketing and data mining.

Whiteboard: Business by Design

The role of the enterprise architect is much like that of a city planner. Too often, in a city, buildings are constructed using completely independent designs, infrastructure is slapped together over time, and attempts to build comprehensive plans for coherent growth are stymied by competing goals and unmanageable egos. In the same way, business units […]

U.S. Armys Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department

The U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center is the headquarters for the Armys Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department. CIO Rick Thomas is responsible for developing and managing systems that support the leisure activities of millions of active and retired servicemen and women and their families. The group offers such services as banking, investment […]

How to Fight Spam Strategically

Sure, spam is all over the news. But what does it really mean to your organization? CIOs have two recurring e-mail nightmares. In the first, the CEO receives an unwanted message, usually containing something rated NC-17. “Thats when senior management says, Ive seen the last body part in my e-mail I ever want to see. […]

Enterprise Challenge: Managing Wireless and Mobile Devices

A flood of new wireless devices are coming. Is your organization ready to integrate and support it all? We provide help and tips to keep you in front of the wireless wave. (CIO Insight) Wireless data options are about to explode. Stop thinking “cell phone” and start thinking “mobile terminal.” Enticed by low initial costs […]

Be All That You Can Be

Tight budgets are no excuse. You can optimize it without compromise. Not Just Money Optimization isnt just about cutting costs. In the same way that IT executives whove lived through the Internet boom will one day reminisce about the time when the laws of gravity were temporarily repealed—”Grandpa, tell us the story about Unlimited IT […]

Is the Pen Mightier?

Strategy Strategy Capture and use data more efficiently with a pen-based portable PC? Sounds great— on (digital) paper. The tablet computer has been a gleam in the eye of technology champions for decades. The promise of a seamless marriage of flat-panel hardware and flexible software has long been at the forefront of many visionaries image […]

Real-Time Storage Meets Growing Data Demands

Every day at the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Mo., a team of 60 meteorologists sifts through a torrent of weather data from thousands of sources, such as satellites, radar ground stations, weather balloons, ships, pilots, even offshore buoys. The groups nine different forecast desks run the information through a variety of computers, including […]