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Gartner Announces IT Infrastructure and Operations Management Summit 2012 in EuropeMar 22, 2012 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Gartner, Inc. today announced its new conference, the Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit that will run from June 12 to 13 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. It will focus on the steps IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must take to harness social software, cloud computing and mobile computing in order to deliver and manage end-to-end services. "Though new to audiences in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, this Summit builds on the firm foundation of the Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit in the U.S., now in its sixth year," said Milind Govekar, managing vice president at Gartner. "We are launching this conference in Europe in response to growing demand from our clients to help them manage the move from virtualization to the cloud, deal with the rapidly changing business requirements and technologies of new projects, and improve service quality at lower prices." According to Gartner Executive Programs' 2012 CIO Agenda worldwide survey of 2,335 CIOs in the fourth quarter of 2011, CIO's top three strategies for 2012 focus on delivering business solutions, reducing the cost of IT, and managing a flexible infrastructure. At the same time changes will be imposed on organizations by the need to migrate to Windows 7, the challenges of cloud computing for traditional models of IT operations, and the proliferation of mobile devices and services. "Now is the time for I&O leaders to anticipate these changes and manage them proactively in order to deliver business benefits -- as opposed to being driven by change in a constantly reactive mode," said Mr. Govekar. Key presentations at the Summit will include: Gartner Keynote: Milind Govekar, managing vice president, and Cameron Haight, research vice president, Gartner Gartner Presentations: Thomas Bittman, vice president and distinguished analyst, Gartner Valdis Filks, research director, Gartner Philip Dawson, research vice president, Gartner Presentations led by Gartner analysts will be complemented by two guest keynote presentations, five end-user case studies, seven workshops, seven roundtable discussions and six solution provider sessions. For further information on the Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2012 please visit www.gartner.com/eu/iom . Join the discussion on Twitter using #GartnerIOM. Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Laurence Goasduff at [email protected] . About Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2012 The traditional "walled garden" approach of IT I&O of delivering and managing services will fall short of business expectations. I&O will have to re-invent itself into a service broker to provide agility, lower cost and drive efficiency in the business. The Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2012 will provide advice on how I&O can continue to stay relevant to the business, by harnessing and channeling the power of social networks, cloud and mobile computing to deliver and managed end-to-end services in a rapidly changing multi-sources environment. Contact: Rob van der Meulen Gartner +44 0 1784 267892 [email protected] About Gartner: Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is a valuable partner to 60,000 clients in 11,500 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 4,500 associates, including 1,250 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com . ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. |