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IRobot CIO dishes on virtualization, disaster recovery and compliance

IRobot CIO dishes on virtualization, disaster recovery and compliance

IRobot CIO dishes on virtualization, disaster recovery and compliance

Date: Apr 28, 2009

In tough economic times it's important to be a good leader and address key technologies and initiatives like virtualization, disaster recovery and compliance. IRobot's IT leader comes in the form of CIO and vice president of information technologies Jay Leader.

The growing midmarket company faces unique IT challenges given its mix of military and consumer customers, but how different are they from typical CIO issues? Maintaining a strong IT architecture, developing clear IT strategies and investing in virtualization and disaster recovery are keeping the IT department moving forward. Learn more about Leader's focus areas in part two of this exclusive video interview.

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