April 18-21, 2010
MIDSIZE ENTERPRISE SUMMIT EAST
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Agenda
Last edited on: 2010-04-19 13:46:48 CDT
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| Sunday, April 18 | |||||
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7:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Golf Tournament  |
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Golf (please speak with your recruiter for more details)
Location: Resort Course (On Property)
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2:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
IT Executive & Vendor Registration |
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Location: Royal Palm North
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Peer Networking Roundtables (IT Executives Only) (Attendees Only) |
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Topics include:
Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
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2:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Solution Showcase Setup (vendors only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom A-F
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Canadian CIO Executive Reception sponsored by IBM Cognos |
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(Invitation Only)
Location: Spanish Terrace
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
IT Executive Orientation/ Executive Meet & Greet |
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(by Boardroom Group)
Location: Royal Palm Ballroom |
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4:40 pm - 4:50 pm |
Opening Remarks & Introduction |
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Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
General Session - The CIO's Dilemma: How to Succeed in a World of Conflicting Ideas |
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The quest for profitable growth in the current sluggish economic environment presents both opportunities and problems for CIOs. Most business leaders have accepted that IT is central to their growth plans. Yet capital for developing new capabilities is scarce. To prove IT’s value, CIOs must perform many conflicting acts, not the least of which is being highly responsive to business partners’ needs while making the business run more efficiently. Former CIO Magazine Editor in Chief Abbie Lundberg lays out the framework on how CIOs can resolve this seeming paradox, along with specific steps you can start taking today.
Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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6:00 pm - 6:20 pm |
Technology Symposium: LifeSize |
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6:30 pm - 7:15 pm |
General Session: IT Transformation- Why transformation is different than consolidation? |
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HP's business is large, complex, and fast moving. HP's internal IT transformation initiative, dubbed "The Business of IT" is an interesting strategy with learnings applicable to midsize business . The ultimate goal for HP's internal IT transformation was founded on economics and to reduce the maintenance expenditure so the company has more money to spend on innovation. HP managed lots of legacy apps and servers in its environment and much effort was spent on supporting these legacy systems.
Please join Randy Baklini to gain an understanding of the challenges, the rewards, the timelines, the investments and outcomes to expect to change, simplify and reengineer IT. Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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7:15 pm - 9:00 pm |
Welcome Reception |
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Location: Garden Pool
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| Monday, April 19 | |||||
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7:00 am - 11:00 am |
Solution Showcase Setup |
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Location: Grand Ballroom A-F
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7:30 am - 8:15 am |
Breakfast |
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Location: Grand Lawn
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8:25 am - 9:25 am |
Top 10 Strategic Strategies for 2010 |
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We present Gartner's annual Top 10 strategic technologies. These are the most important technologies and related technology trends that enterprises should consider adding to their strategic planning process.
Key Issues: Which technology trends have the largest potential for business impact? Which specific technologies will have the greatest impact on IT spending priorities in 2010 through 2012? What emerging technologies may cause significant market disruption and offer game-changing opportunities for the enterprise? Speaker: Dave Cearley, VP & Fellow, Gartner Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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9:25 am - 9:55 am |
HP World Premiere |
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As midsize IT leaders, you are managing to survive in a down market – you are a game-changers, not only surviving, but gearing up to thrive during these economic opportunities. Given limited budgets and IT staffing resources, HP recognizes midsized businesses seek technology which helps you manage, protect and grow your business.
HP technology solutions, based on Intel processing power and deep industry partnerships, leverage best-in-class technology across the broad HP portfolio. How? With comprehensive IT infrastructure covering the key domains of servers, storage, networking, PC and printing which help you poise for recovery and dramatically improve energy efficiency, flexibility and performance. Please join us to hear how HP is striving to be the best at helping midsize customers take advantage of the changing IT landscape by providing solutions designed from the ground up specifically to help midsize customers manage and transform their IT environment. Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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10:05 am - 11:55 am |
Boardroom Sessions |
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Location: See schedule for locations
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10:05 am - 11:55 am |
One-on-One Meetings with Industry Analysts (Prescheduled - Vendors Only) (Vendors Only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch sponsored by HP Intel & Microsoft |
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Location: Grand Lawn
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1:20 pm - 3:50 pm |
Boardroom Sessions |
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Location: See schedule for locations
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1:20 pm - 3:50 pm |
One-on-One Meetings with Industry Analysts (Prescheduled - Vendors Only) (Vendors Only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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4:00 pm - 4:50 pm |
General Session: Cloud Computing, Will your Business Grow and Transform because of it? |
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Cloud computing is an opportunity to rethink how you do business, from how a business pays for technology to how a business will exist in a market. Cloud computing is poised to change the way we run, grow, and transform what we do as businesses and as people. We'll examine the idea of “cloud business” and posit the question: Is your business ready for the cloud?
Key Issues: How will cloud computing affect a business? How will the evolution of cloud computing help businesses change how they operate? How will vendors, suppliers and customers be affected by cloud computing? Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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5:00 pm - 5:40 pm |
Track Sessions |
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Track Session 1: Business
PMO Management - Top 10 Risks That Threaten PPM Success Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is the management of prioritized projects, programs, and portfolios within an organization. In essence, project portfolio management is the bridge between projects and business. While the concepts of project portfolio management as a knowledge standard are easy to grasp and relatively straight forward, the actual implementation of project portfolio management within an organization is not and its not a one-shoe-fits-all-sizes proposition. This presentation provides a business-driven approach to project portfolio management that features a short case example followed by a list and discussion of the top ten risks that threaten the successful implementation and adoption of project portfolio management. Speaker: Mark Perry,author, gantthead Track Session 2: Technology Managed Print Service: One Topic You Cannot Afford to Ignore - or - MPS: Thriving In A New Paradigm The objective of this session is to introduce you to the managed print services concept and how it is saving companies millions of dollars per year. The session will address topics including: Location: Track Session 1: Grand Ballroom GH Track Session 2: Grand Ballroom IJ
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5:50 pm - 8:20 pm |
Solution Showcase |
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Location: Grand Ballroom A-F
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5:50 pm - 8:20 pm |
One-on-One Meetings with Industry Analysts (Prescheduled - IT Executives Only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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8:30 pm - 10:30 pm |
Free Night | ||||
| Tuesday, April 20 | |||||
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7:45 am - 8:30 am |
Networking Breakfast - By Industry Vertical |
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Location: Grand Lawn
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8:40 am - 9:40 am |
General Session: IT Strategy for Midsize Businesses |
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Midsize enterprises struggle with getting time to focus on developing a strategy Business and IT leaders often justify the lack of a formal planning process as a need for speed; formal planning processes, in their mind, just slow things down. Their basic business strategies may only change infrequently (‘why keep documenting something that we all understand and doesn’t change?’).
While this approach may lead to some effective approaches, it usually fails to harness all the creative energies, resources and perspectives available in the enterprise. An integrated IT and business strategy ensures that we can make clear the links between the business goals, the proposed IT investments, business value and how the IT organization will close the gaps in performance capabilities required for execution. This presentation will address the following key issues: 1. Why do enterprises need and integrated IT and businesses strategic planning process? 2. How do you succeed at developing an integrated strategy? 3. What best practices can help you avoid the pitfalls of planning? Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Technology Symposium: CA |
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Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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10:10 am - 12:00 pm |
Boardroom Sessions |
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Location: See schedule for locations
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10:10 am - 12:00 pm |
One-on-One Meetings with Industry Analysts ( Prescheduled - Vendors Only) (Vendors Only) | ||||
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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Location: Grand Lawn
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1:10 pm - 2:00 pm |
Keynote: Shifting the Mindset to Cause a Transformation in IT |
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On top of the agenda of many CIO's is the question,
"How do I get the senior executive team, my leaders, and my IT organization to embrace new approaches, new technologies, and new ideas in a rapid fashion?" In this interactive session, Steve Rosenthal, Vice President of Gap International, will bring 30 years of experience in breakthrough performance methodology to provide refreshing and thought provoking approaches to this question.
Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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2:10 pm - 3:00 pm |
Track Sessions |
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Track Session 1: Business
Top Ways to Reduce IT Infrastructure & Operations Costs Every dollar overspent on IT is one less available to the business itself, whether for stock or expansion or return to the owners. Attend this session to learn how to optimize your costs, cutting where it makes sense. We will share several methods that can reduce costs, defer expenses or postpone expensive upgrades while delivering the services and quality your midsize enterprise needs. Approaches range from time honored best practices like standardization to cloud and other new weapons in the IT arsenal. 1. What are some general cost reduction approaches? 2. How might cloud computing help with costs? 3. What other technologies and techniques can help reduce costs? Speaker: Carl Claunch, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Track Session 2: Technology Desktop Virtualization: Assessing What’s Right For You Desktop Virtualization is widely considered the hottest trend in client computing today because it helps address PC-related issues associated with support, security, compliance, and business continuity. In this session, we’ll cut through the hype, discuss the technology, and share customer implementations and best practices to help identify what’s right for you. Speaker: Charles Smulders, Managing VP, Gartner Track Session 3: Vertical Getting Back To Good – Challenges and Opportunities For Retailers In The “New Normal” Today, even though unemployment and commercial real estate vacancies remain high, the worst of the economic storm of the last 18 months appears to be behind us. The economy has stabilized and most economists report that the recession is over. As the dust settles, a “new normal” is emerging. Customers are demanding products and services tuned to their particular lifestyles. Today’s consumers are “instrumented”, using new technologies as an aid in their cross-channel shopping as they investigate and select products in one channel and complete the transaction in another. And with the widespread adoption of “smart” mobile technologies, consumers are empowered with competitive information about products, prices, and availability even while they shop the store. Retailers and their partners need to respond by offering a compelling combination of products and services, when, where, and how consumers want them – without bloating inventories, destroying margin, or increasing operational expenses. RSR managing partner Brian Kilcourse will share recent results of RSR’s industry-leading research that show how Retail Winners are moving to meet the challenges of the post-recessionary “new normal”. Speaker: Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner, RSR Research Location: Track Session 1: Grand Ballroom GH Track Session 2: Grand Ballroom IJ Track Session 3: Valencia
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3:10 pm - 5:00 pm |
One-on-One Meetings with Industry Analysts (Pre-scheduled - IT Executives Only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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3:10 pm - 5:00 pm |
Boardroom Sessions |
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Location: See schedule for locations
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Solution Showcase |
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Location: Grand Ballroom A-F
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled - IT Executives Only) |
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Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Cocktail Reception |
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Location: Royal Palm Foyer
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8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
MES Midmarket Value Product & Innovation Awards |
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The MES Midmarket Value Product Awards will highlight the top 10 products recognized by CRN across five categories, including networking, data center, storage, security, and productivity applications that have been successful with VARs and CIOs in the midmarket space. The top midmarket product winners and runner-ups were selected via a nomination process involving CRN's editorial staff, solution providers and CIOs of midsize organizations. Selections were based on customer service, how well the vendor's technology fit a midsize enterprise and the vendor's commitment to solution providers serving midmarket customers.
Location: Royal Palm Ballroom
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| Wednesday, April 21 | ||
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7:00 am - 10:00 am |
Solution Showcase Dismantle |
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Location: Grand Ballroom A-F
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8:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Departures | |