CIO Sessions: Modernizing IT as Chrysler/Mercedes Benz

Video: I interviewed Karenann Terrell, CIO of Chrysler Group and Mercedes Benz North America about the challenges of integrating the two companies into a global business. Her group focuses on application development, creating large scale portals for of the companies constituents, and modernizing legacy applications. She also discusses the impact of recent layoffs at DaimlerChrysler, consolidation efforts and component reuse. I also give her the buzzword quiz--defining outsourcing, Web 2.0, RFID, open source, and utility computing. [Watch the video]