Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008: Emerging Trends will bring together 110
Gartner analysts, hundreds of solutions providers and thousands of attendees in
Las Vegas to discuss and debate the impact of breakthrough technologies on all
businesses. This year’s sessions will be based on six
mega-trends:
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Advance: Redefining IT Organizations and
Competencies. What does the next decade of the IT organization look like?
How can IT leaders advance their business intelligence? Do enterprise architects
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Connect: Opening & Securing
Communities. What are the next breakthrough interaction devices? How long
before wireless is everywhere? Can security become as adaptive as the human
immune system? |
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Globalize: Provisioning & Sourcing
Worldwide. What's next in outsourcing? What does globalization look like in
the coming years? |
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Industrialize: The Agile Enterprise Platform
Edges into the Cloud. Is your organization being pressured to be Green? Is
there an easier path to service oriented architecture? Could IT infrastructure
really be free? |
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Innovate: New Business Methods, Trends &
Technologies. How is IT transforming business? Information or innovation?
When will the e-commerce bubble burst? |
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Socialize: Building Value in Knowledge &
People Networks. How will technology and social interaction evolve? How do
you navigate through social technologies? What does Generation V look like?
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This year’s keynotes include Innovator Interviews.
These keynotes will include top innovators who are driving change with
next-horizon technologies. Gartner analysts will ask how they drive innovation,
why they choose the initiatives they do, and how they measure their successes
and failures. Keynotes include:
- Innovator Interview with Craig Mundie,
chief of research and strategy officer, Microsoft Corp.
- Innovator Interview with Tom Peck, chief
information officer, MGM Mirage, and Aldo Manzini, executive vice president and
chief administrative officer, MGM Mirage.
- A Look Into the Labs. Some of the most
successful innovators give a peek inside their labs. Participants include: Cisco
Systems’ Emerging Technologies Group, HP Labs, Sun Labs
and Xerox Labs.
- Digital Natives Panel. University
students and new professionals offer a fresh perspective on emerging trends and
technologies.
- Gartner Analyst Opening Keynote. To
advance, IT must industrialize, innovate, socialize globalize, and connect.
Gartner analysts will discuss how IT leaders can implement these strategies.
Some of the features to this year’s event include:
- Scenarios: A Picture of Tomorrow. These
sessions set the stage for what’s coming in a technology
or service area over the next several years.
- Interactive Polling: Vote with peers in
real-time
- Role-focused Symposium Community Networking
Groups
- Great Debates: Gartner analysts battle it out
on today’s most controversial topics.
- Super Sunday: The event gets started on Sunday
with Kickoff Sessions that examine the latest emerging trends in IT
ITxpo is an exhibition floor where attendees will learn about the latest
cutting-edge solutions from best-of-breed providers and up-and-comers.
Exhibitors showcasing the latest products and services in technology, will
highlight the next steps in technology through live demonstrations, face-to-face
meetings with exhibitors, and fast-paced presentations on key technology
directions aligned with nine ITxpo Marketplaces –
Application Development and Integration; Business Intelligence and Data
Warehousing; Data Center & IT Operations; Enterprise Architecture;
Enterprise Networking; Outsourcing and IT Services; Portals, Content and
Collaboration; Program & Portfolio Management; and Security and Compliance.
For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Web site
at www.gartner.com/us/symposiumwest.
Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey
at christy.pettey@gartner.com.
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) delivers the technology-related insight necessary
for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. Gartner serves 10,000
client organizations worldwide, including chief information officers and other
senior IT executives in corporations and government agencies, as well as
technology companies and the investment community. The company consists of
Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner
Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut,
U.S.A., and has 3,900 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and
consultants in 75 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.
