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This is where it all begins and ends, with notable people whose approaches to success are not mired in the mundane. The Gartner Fellows Interviews highlight our fears, our uncertainties and the ideas we must embrace to reach our dreams and goals in a complex, uncertain world. Unlike many from the industry who leave important roles in large companies, Shai Agassi — formerly of SAP — has not returned to the IT industry. Instead, he has initiated something very different with Better Place, an electric car infrastructure initiative. Interview conducted by Kristian Steenstrup Dr. Geary Rummler was a driving force behind shaping process management as a strategic management discipline, and was a pioneer in the application of instructional and performance technologies to organizations. He is the author of "Managing the White Space on the Organization Chart" and is known as the "father of the swim lane." Interview conducted by Daryl Plummer & Elise Olding. Cloud computing will be critically dependent on virtualization technology. Ian Pratt, one of the best known and most-respected technology leaders in the field of virtualization, explains how the compute platform will change and the impact on the IT industry. Interview conducted By Brian Gammage On August 2, 2007 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its "Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency". To gain a deeper understanding on the findings and implications of this report, we interviewed the Administrator of the EPA, Stephen L. Johnson in his Washington, D.C. office. Interview conducted By Ken McGee Wearable computing pioneer Dr. Thad Starner speaks with Gartner about why he got involved with the concept, what has changed during the 15 years he has been wearing a computer and what he expects for the future. Interview conducted By David McCoy & Jackie Fenn John Suffolk is the government CIO of the world's fifth-largest national economy. His job is to lead a national council of government CIOs and to act as the face of U.K. government IT at home and abroad. He leads delivery of public services transformation enabled by technology. Interview conducted By Mark Raskino Kim Cameron is the creator of the "Seven Laws of Identity," which describe a vision for the future of digital identity. We sat down with Cameron to get his views on the future shape and role of identity in consumer and enterprise applications. Interview conducted By Neil Macdonald Nicholas M. Donofrio, a 43-year IBM employee, has been a chief catalyst in transforming IBM's technology culture from one focused solely on technical achievement to one in which technical leaders are active and motivated contributors to IBM's business strategy. Interview conducted By Diane Morello In this interview conducted by Gartner Fellow Ken McGee, he offers his views on the future of stock exchanges, capital markets and IT's role in both. Interview conducted By Ken McGee Tom Austin recently interviewed Eric von Hippel to discuss his new book: Democratizing Innovation. This seminal book - based on a broad base of academic research - explores how users have been driving the innovation process for centuries. It also discusses opportunities that organizations can avail themselves of by exploiting user-driven innovation. Interview conducted By Tom Austin Connectivity for the World: Our Interview With Amir Alexander Hasson of United Villages — Amir Alexander Hasson is founder of United Villages, an innovator of low-cost Internet access for remote villages in developing nations. In this Gartner interview, he discusses plans to connect 2 billion currently unserved people to modern networks. Interview conducted By Jackie Fenn Recently, "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave" authors Alvin and Heidi Toffler published "Revolutionary Wealth," a book that describes how wealth is rapidly moving to Asia/Pacific. We sat down with Alvin Toffler to get his views on wealth, outsourcing, the future of IT and IT practitioners. Interview conducted By Ken McGee In 2005 John Clarke left Tesco, one the Global 100 largest corporations, to join Nokia and he also swapped hats from CTO to CIO. We set out to discover what the future of corporate IT looks like through the eyes of someone who has changed seats, from a major user organization to a leading technology vendor. Interview conducted By Mark Raskino Ralph Szygenda serves as CIO for General Motors (GM), has more than 2,000 employees, oversees the delivery of IT services by tens of thousands of IT outsourcing associates and is responsible for a $3 billion annual IT budget. 2006 marks his 10th year at the world's largest automobile manufacturer. We chose this milestone as an ideal time to sit down with him to discuss his role in changing business processes at GM, his company's new $15 billion IT outsourcing deal, his quest to improve IT vendor processes and his view on the future of IT as a career. Interview conducted By Ken McGee Tom Austin spent part of the afternoon of 2 March in Menlo Park, California, talking with Jeff Hawkins about his latest startup, Numenta. Housed in an unassuming space over a bookstore in Menlo Park, California, Numenta is the fourth enterprise Jeff has founded, the others being Palm Computing, Handspring, and the non-profit Redwood Neuroscience Institute (a scientific research institute focused on understanding how the human neocortex works). Beyond his current role as co-founder and intellectual leader of Numenta, Jeff is also CTO at Palm Inc. Interview conducted 2 March 2006 Gartner Fellows Michale Maoz & Joel Wecksell interviewed Tom Mendoza & Gil Shwed about leadership and scaling a great idea into a great business. Interview conducted October 2005 Gartner Fellow Ken McGee interviewed the World Health Organization's Dr. David Nabarro about the possibility of a widespread avian influenza pandemic. Interview conducted 22 December 2005 Gartner Fellow Bob Hayward sat with Lee to discuss his latest views on business and technology. Interview conducted 12 April 2005 Gartner Fellow David Mitchell Smith and Distinguished Analyst Gene Phifer sat with Moore to discuss his latest views on business and technology. Interview conducted 18 April 2005 Gartner's David McCoy spoke to former Ambassador John Kelly about securing infrastructure in a time when terrorism is an everyday threat. Interview conducted 14 June and 15 July 2005 Howard Dresner recently interviewed Don Tapscott and discussed the subject of corporate transparency, as presented in Mr. Tapscott's most recent book: THE NAKED CORPORATION: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business (Free Press, October 2003). Interview conducted 9 March 2005 Howard Dresner recently spoke with Dr. Thomas Malone, who is the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Professor Malone is also the founder and director of the MIT Center for Coordination Science and was one of the two founding co-directors of the MIT Initiative on "Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century". Their discussion centered around his book, "The Future of Work" and covered a broad range of topics dealing with emerging organizational structures and their impacts. Interview conducted 8 March 2005 Erik Brynjolfsson is the Director of the Center for eBusiness at MIT. Professor Brynjolfsson was among the first researchers to measure the productivity contributions of information technologies, and he lectures worldwide on business strategy, pricing models and intangible assets, Professor Brynjolfsson has served on the Editorial Boards of numerous academic journals as well as Time Magazine's Board of Economists. Gartner Fellow Ken McGee interviewed Professor Brynjolfsson on October 13, 2004. Interview conducted 13 October 2004 Phil Bond, Under Secretary for Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce, is one of Washington, D.C.'s staunchest advocates of using technology to improve both American education and economic competitiveness. Daryl Plummer spoke to Mr. Bond on the afternoon of December 15th, 2004. Interview conducted 15 December 2004 Ray Ozzie is probably best known as the creator of Lotus Notes, a groupware product that was bought by IBM in 1995. Currently, Mr. Ozzie heads Groove Networks, a startup launched in 1997. Tom Austin spoke to Ray at Groove's headquarters in Beverly, MA about where his company is headed. Read Part I   |   Part II Interview conducted 7 October 2004 Jan Baan is one of Europe's top IT entrepreneurs; his movements are watched by many. In this interview with Gartner Fellow, David McCoy, Jan reflects on his role as founder of Baan, and describes his new venture with Cordys. Jan advises CEOs, IT executives and educators on the challenges he expects as we move to a process-driven future. Interview conducted 9 September 2004 Clayton Christensen is the preeminent expert in the area of disruptive innovation and business strategy. This a two part discussion covering topics from opportunity posed as threat through the fostering of disruptions as innovations. Read Part I   |   Part II Interview conducted 26 April 2004 At Intel, Doug Busch manages an IT budget of $1.2 billion. Busch joined Intel in 1987 and held various technical and management positions before being appointed CIO in January 2002. Here he discusses some of the issues facing Intel's IT organization and CIOs in general. Interview conducted 10 June 2004 Among FCC Chairman Michael Powell's top goals is to bring America's broadcast and communications infrastructure into the digital age. However, he must also find the most effective solutions to promote competition, regulate broadcast content and determine media ownership. Interview conducted 15 June 2004 The best thing about his job, says Craig Mundie, is the access it buys to international government ministers who have a deep interest in IT. A challenge, he explains, in the U.S. and other countries is to restore government funding of basic research. Interview conducted 3 March 2004 Before joining eBay in 2003, Howard Schmidt served as special adviser to the president of the U.S. for cyberspace security, including computer crime and Internet activity. Our imperfect world, he says, is what makes maintaining online security so difficult. Interview conducted July 2003 The Internet, says James Burke, is as important an innovation as Gutenberg’s printing press and it, together with other aspects of information technology, will democratize and change our social systems in ways we cannot yet imagine. Interview conducted 19 Nov 2003 Computers have transformed how we live and work in ways that were unimaginable just 25 years ago. The next 25-50 years will be just as astonishing, says Ramesh Jain, as experiential computing is developed. Interview conducted 31 July 2003 The guy who invented the Segway Human Transporter explains the difference between invention and innovation and why he believes the world is doomed if we do not apply that difference to the technologies we create. Interview conducted 30 October 2003 There is a difference between customer loyalty and customer retention, and companies that focus on loyalty, says Fred Reichheld, which is about good relationships, lead their industries in profitability. Interview conducted 24 July 2003 The "Bill Gates of Asia" has definite opinions on the courage required for effective leadership, on productivity and on what it will take for India to remain the fastest-growing IT market in the world. Interview conducted 17 July 2003