Taking on Information Technology's Next Big Challenges

As CIO, it’s your job to make sure that your company gets ahead of the IT curve; The CIO Summit will make sure that you get there.

Meet CIOs and top IT executive from several vertical industries to exchange ideas, examine problems and discover the solutions that you need to drive business forward at your organization.

This three-day summit includes:

  • Focused education sessions, including case studies, workshops and panel discussions
  • Networking opportunities
  • Business discussions with solution providers

 

The end-user driven agenda guarantees that your time will be well spent exploring relevant issues and topics. Spend some time away from your desk and re-examine the long-term IT goals at your organization

10 Reasons to Attend The CIO Summit

Invite-only Attendee List —The CIO Summit brings together CIOs and top IT executive across several industry verticals, which means that you’ll be meeting with your peers. They’ll understand your challenges and be able to celebrate your wins because they’re in the same boat.

One-on-One Business Meetings —The CIO Summit is a chance to meet face-to-face with potential technology solution providers. These carefully selected sponsors can provide invaluable new strategies to solve your IT problems, both big and small. Ask questions and get the answers you need to determine a successful solution for your organization. 

Networking Opportunities —Technology leaders need to network with other IT leaders. It’s that simple. The CIO Summit allows you to catch up with familiar faces and make new, critical business contacts.

Intimate Environment —The CIO Summit agenda is designed to ensure that your ideas and opinions can be shared with your peers. Huge technology conferences have a place, but why become another face in the crowd?

ROI —At your organization, ROI is expected. The same is true at the CIO Summit. We expect our attendees to achieve ROI, leaving the event with new ideas, new solutions and new industry contacts.

Balanced Agenda —The CIO Summit agenda balances panel discussions with networking breaks, case study presentations with four-course meals. You won’t be overwhelmed; you’ll be productive.

Productive Environment —The CIO Summit includes keynotes, panel discussions, case studies and one-on-one meetings. You’ll be away from your desk, but you’re still getting work done.

Learning Opportunity —To make the best decisions, you need to be up-to-date on latest IT trends. We determine which topics really matter and make sure you get the chance to discuss them with your peers.

Step Back —Day-to-day tasks can cloud your thinking. Look at the big IT picture. The CIO Summit will allow you to tackle the technology issues that matter.

Focused and Efficient —The CIO Summit will keep you focused and productive throughout the three-day event. Stay ahead of the technology curve by examining the IT issues that matter to you.

 

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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