Midsize Enterprise Summit West
| September 13, 2009 | to | September 16, 2009 |
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Top Technologies that Deliver Business Value for the Midmarket in a Challenging Economy
The Midsize Enterprise Summit brings Senior IT Executives from midsize businesses together with Industry Analysts and leading and emerging vendors. The focus—enabling strategic IT Decision-Making—embraces midmarket-specific issues, trends and solutions from a horizontal and vertical industry-specific perspective. The business-intensive format includes analyst-led sessions, vendor-led World Premiere and Private Boardroom Appointments, a Showcase of Exhibits, and networking functions.
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Event Agenda
Sunday, September 13
7:00 am – 3:00 pm Golf sponsored by HP / (Limited participation. Please check with your audience acquisition manager for more information.) Golf Registration and check in located in hotel lobby. Buses depart from hotel.
1:30 pm – 7:00 pm IT Executive Registration
1:30 pm – 7:00 pm Vendor Registration
1:30 pm – 6:00 pm Solution Showcase – Setup (Vendors only)
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Roundtable Mashups
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Canadian CIO Executive Reception (Invitation only)
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm IT Executive Orientation4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Vendor Boardroom Review Session
4:20 pm – 5:00 pm IT Executive Meet & Greet
5:10 pm – 5:20 pm Opening Remarks & Introduction / Robert C. DeMarzo, SVP/Ediorial Director, Everything Channel
5:20 pm – 6:20 pm CIO Panel – Top IT Trends
6:25 pm – 7:10 pm World Premiere
7:20 pm – 9:20 pm Welcome Reception
Monday, September 14
7:00 am – 11:00 am Solution Showcase Setup
7:15 am – 8:00 am Breakfast by Boardroom Group
8:10 am – 9:10 am Guest Keynote: Midsize Enterprise IT: A Fundamental Shift in Focus / Speaker: Geoffrey A. Moore, Author of “Crossing the Chasm” and “Inside the Tornado”, Managing Director, TCG Advisors
9:10 am – 9:55 am HP World Premiere
10:05 am – 12:35 pm Boardroom Sessions
10:05 am – 12:35 pm One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – Vendors only)
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Emerging Technology Luncheon / Moderated by Jen Follett, Editor, Everything Channel
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Social Media in a Corporate Environment – What You Need to be Aware Of / Speaker: Andrew McAfee, Associate Professor, Technology & Operations, Harvard Business School
3:10 pm – 5:00 pm Boardroom Sessions
3:10 pm – 5:00 pm One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – Vendors only)
5:10 pm – 6:10 pm Gartner Breakout Session #1: Portfolio Management/PPM
5:10 pm – 6:10 pm Gartner Breakout Sessions #2: Email in the Cloud: Pro’s and Con’s / Email is among the first critical applications to move to the cloud or software-as-a-service provisioning model, and serves as a harbinger of customer experiences with the cloud platform. Microsoft, IBM, Google and Cisco are all vying for this market. But availability does not necessarily mean that moving email to the cloud is a good idea. / Based on real-world experiences, this presentation examines the pros and cons of a cloud-based approach, and illuminates broader concepts of cloud computing.
5:10 pm – 6:10 pm Gartner Breakout Sessions #3: Emerging Trends and Technologies in BI / BI will experience extensive innovation and transformation in the near future. In this presentation, we will discuss the disruptive effect of — and the best ways to leverage — emerging technologies, such as integrated search, interactive visualization, in-memory analytics, predictive analytics and software as a service (SaaS), to build more-powerful, user-friendly BI applications. / Key Issues: What are the key trends that will drive pervasive BI adoption and usage? Which are the most important emerging BI technologies, and which vendors will provide them? How can organizations begin melding emerging technologies into existing tools and infrastructure?
5:10 pm – 6:10 pm Gartner Breakout Session #4: Cost-Effective Enterprise Wireless Strategy / Wireless has become a standard in many companies today, with high adoption of wireless voice and data (email) services, wireless LAN and smartphones. But the technology changes rapidly with newer and faster services coming online in the next couple years, and stronger, more capable devices becoming the standard. However, the rising cost and management is becoming a newer challenge. / This presentation looks at the current and future wireless technologies including services, software and hardware and how the midsize enterprise should adopt and manage wireless technologies in the next few years.
6:20 pm – 8:20 pm Solution Showcase
6:20 pm – 8:20 pm One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – IT Executives only)
8:30 pm – 12:00 pm Free Night
Tuesday, September 15
7:15 am – 8:00 am Networking Breakfast – By Vertical
8:10 am – 9:10 am General Session:The Talent Advantage: How to Win the War for IT Talent
Are you winning or losing the war for IT talent? Discover strategies that you can employ immediately to help turn you and your organization into a victor in the IT talent wars. By attending this session, you will be able to: develop an extraordinary leadership style; view talent strategically; and become your company’s leading advocate for top talent acquisition and retention. You will learn how to:
# Develop an extraordinary leadership style
# Create accountabilities for talent creation and retention
# Marry career development and succession planning
# Become the leading advocate for top talent acquisition
# Embrace the needs of all generations
# Accept nothing less than extraordinary leadership and talent
Speaker: Dr. Nancy MacKay, President, MacKay & Associates
9:20 am – 11:50 am One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – Vendors only)
9:20 am – 11:50 am Boardroom Sessions
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Solution Showcase Luncheon
1:25 pm – 3:55 pm Boardroom Sessions
1:25 pm – 3:55 pm One-on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – Vendors only)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Gartner Breakout Session #1: Sharepoint 2007: Keys to Successful Implementation
Manage Microsoft SharePoint 2007’s proliferation and impact to your benefit through best practices, strategic planning, and technologically adept tactics. Emerge with action items and roadmaps for how best to exploit this opportunity.
# What is SharePoint’s strategic direction?
# What are best practices for setting policies related to SharePoint?
# What are the security issues unique to SharePoint use?
# How should enterprises manage their SharePoint Installations for efficiency and effectiveness?
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Gartner Breakout Session #2: Securing Virtualized Environments / As organizations around the globe are seeing cost savings via virtualization, the security drawbacks are coming into focus. This session will explore the technical risks, and present a risk-adjusted ROI model that doesn’t always come out positive.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pmGartner Breakout Session #3: The Enterprise Storage Scenario
Organizations are beginning to look beyond the traditional tools and vendors for help in meeting their storage requirements. In some cases this means augmenting existing solutions, and in other cases replacing them. Learn what new technologies are available, such as archiving, SSD disk, duplication, thin provisioning and VTLs, to help you better address your current and the upcoming storage challenges.
What are the current challenges in storage today? What are the emerging storage hardware technologies? What are the emerging storage software technologies?
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Solution Showcase
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm One -on-One Meetings with Gartner Analysts (Pre-scheduled – IT Executives only)
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Cocktail Reception
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards Dinner
Wednesday, September 16
7:00 am – 10:00 am Solution Showcase – Dismantle
8:00 am – 9:00 am Peer Networking Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:00 am What Every Small and Midsize Business Should Know About PS-Prep
This general session will introduce the new U.S. Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep) – a program intended to improve private sector preparedness in emergency management, disaster management and business continuity.
Through a moderated panel and audience question and answer period, the session will discuss the potential impact, value and benefits that participation in the PS-Prep program may provide to small and medium size businesses, including: supply chain resilience and its relationship to preparedness and business continuity, minimizing the impact of business disruptions, improved internal processes and insurance considerations, among others.
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