About

The Strategic Business Summits division of CDM Media was derived from the need for face-to-face interaction between our technology solution provider clients, analyst partners and industry IT leaders across several verticals. While many business professionals’ days are consumed with online work and communication, the SBS Division of CDM Media puts the value of a face-to-face business meeting back into the ROI category.

SBS Division

Overview

The Strategic Business Summit division specializes in gathering top analysts and our associated community of top IT executives in order to build business relationships in a relaxed, yet focused setting. Our extensive experience in technology event planning and effective agenda development ensure that each technology conference is productive and valuable for all attendees. We set up vertical-based technology summits that center around one-on-one business meetings with high-level executives from Fortune 1000 companies.

When it comes to organizing technology events, CDM Media is second to none. Countless time and thought goes into selecting everything from the ideal venue to the most effective media partners and technology solution providers available to our VIP delegate audience at the event. We engineer meetings between preferred clients and vendors, and invite only the most appropriate level of IT executives to ensure not only exclusivity at the event, but also efficient business meetings.

All summits put on by the SBS division focus on a single vertical and are strictly invitation only to the highest level of our IT community contacts. Our events allow you to spend 30 minutes with CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, and others in some of the most incredible resorts in the world, to bring exciting technology business ideas to the forefront of the industry.

 

Case Studies

Oracle Global IT (GIT) Streamlined Security To further enhance its IT system risk management capabilities, Oracle GIT has deployed an on-demand software vulnerability and compliance management solution that allows Oracle GIT to gain significant efficiencies and enhance the company's information security. In addition, Oracle GIT can now more efficiently manage the security of highly-sensitive vulnerability information throughout the deployment of its Security Operation Center.

Harry Fox Agency: Linking IT Investments to Business Value In a rapidly shifting business environment, the IT group at the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) was confronted with the challenge of aligning with this music rights licensing organization's strategic direction. To address this, the CIO instituted a disciplined project portfolio approach driven by metrics that linked the business heads into the IT planning process. In a market with declining revenues, this has allowed HFA to make the appropriate investment to capture new sources of revenue and stay ahead of the curve.

Customer-friendly Communications with HP Exstream at Health Net Customer-friendly Communications with HP Exstream at Health Net: Health Net needed a cost effective and efficient solution to provide members and providers with more customer-friendly communications...

HCL Case Study Read about how HCL delivered cost savings for up to 59% for one of the leading insurance service providers through data center services.

Insurance Solutions - 8x8 Hosted PBX VoIP Phone Service Insurance Solutions - 8x8 Hosted PBX VoIP Phone Service. How does an industry already stretched thin come up with new ways to capture business, win loyalty, and prepare for the changes that lie ahead without incurring significant added expense or implementing major changes to infrastructure?

Whitepapers

Achieving ROI through Application Integration Meeting the desktop challenges of complex IT environments This 2-part white paper examines ways you can optimise your software management once and for all, with a particular focus on the associated installation, integration and migration of applications into an existing environment. It includes examples that demonstrate cost reduction, improved ROI & TCO, and technological innovation capable of delivering greater desktop-user satisfaction by leveraging a business's intellectual capital.

Putting Cloud security in perspective The move towards Cloud Computing will be seen as one of the defining trends of 2010. There is growing acceptance that the Cloud delivery model offers real business benefits, however perceived security concerns threaten the general uptake of the Cloud Computing model. Many take the view that the Cloud Model is somehow inherently less secure than more traditional IT delivery models. This paper examines how organizations can take advantage of Cloud-based services while managing risk responsibly.

Ramp Up Your Virtualization Benefits Through in-depth interviews with numerous IT professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Forrester found that the companies that had optimized their infrastructure and that had more mature practices achieved higher return on investment, greater administrator productivity, substantially faster provisioning of new applications, and simpler problem identification and resolution.

Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare Data Sheet Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare combines a message gateway, service mediation engine and integrated security into a single, tightly integrated software appliance that carries the industry's best price-to-performance ratio.

Horizon Report 2009 The sixth annual report of Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC's Horizon Project, a long-running qualitative research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations.

 
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