Media Partners

Gartner Media Partners are our publications and web portals of choice. They are carefully selected for their affinity with Gartner's products & services. Specifically, each partner provides valuable editorial, advertising & promotional coverage for our events in return for exposure to our delegates & sponsors. Our media partners cover a wide spectrum of readers including: IT, vertical industries and general management as well as a broad geographic reach.

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• BankInfoSecurity.com is a publisher of online educational material devoted to information security in the banking and finance industry. We provide breaking news and vital education to our growing number of senior-level professional subscribers who are responsible for audit, compliance, and information security functions.

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• The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) was established in 1994 to enable individual members obtain guidance and support from fellow business continuity practitioners. The BCI currently has over 4000 members in 85+ countries. Professional membership of the BCI provides internationally recognised status as this valued certification demonstrates the members' competence to carry out business continuity management (BCM) to a consistent high standard.

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• Contingency Planning Exchange (CPE) strives to provide its members with ideas and resources to continually enhance business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis/emergency management strategies and tools through its educational programs and the sharing of ideas and best practices across all industry classifications.
  
  Founded in 1985, CPE is dedicated to keeping its members on the cutting edge of information and trends related to keeping business, industry and government running during and after an emergency. This is achieved through educational programs and by encouraging relationships with peers across the private and public sectors.

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• The Data Center Journal is the only magazine portal for the data center industry that provides information and resources for the three groups that help make a data center successful; Information Technology, Facilities and Design.
  
  The Data Center Journal addresses the issues that affect the daily operation, design and business of a data center. Our unbiased editorials cover the entire data center. Here are some sample areas that we will be covering for you every month: Hardware, Telecommunications & Network, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, Security, Architecture, Monitoring, research, management, education, business strategies and life outside the data center to name a few. Visit datacenterjournal.com for more information.

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• The Disaster Resource GUIDE brings the continuity industry together through four distinctive publications: annual Disaster Resource GUIDE, quarterly Mini-GUIDEs, weekly Continuity eGUIDE and online 24/7 - Disaster-Resource.com. A complimentary subscription is available to professionals who have a U.S. mailing address. Six content categories cover: Planning & Management, Human Concerns, Information Availability/Security, Telecom/Satcom, Facility Issues, and Crisis Communication/Response. Sign up at www.disaster-resource.com/cgi-bin/freeguide.cgi.

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• Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) offers impartial expertise, resources, and services to minimize the costs, risks, and time associated with software selection. Over 3.5 million technology decision makers visit TEC's web sites each month for information on hundreds of technology solutions, and to access articles, white papers, and podcasts.

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• The WSTA (Wall Street Technology Association) is a not-for-profit educational organization that focuses on technologies, operational approaches, and business issues for the global financial community. Programs include seminars, networking events, publications and a dynamic web site. These programs, along with vendor and other industry professional participation, allow WSTA members to stay current with emerging technologies.

Supporting Associations

The strategic IT and business associations whose executive-level and management-level members benefit from participating at Gartner events aligned with their area of specialty.

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• The largest, most established organization of its kind in North America, ACP has become a unifying force for practitioners in the rapidly evolving field of business continuity.
  
  ACP provides a forum for the exchange of experiences and information through a network of local chapters. Volunteer organizations, government agencies and businesses of all sizes can benefit from these networking opportunities. Valuable insight and partnerships can be gained that identify common planning needs and recovery solutions, and enhance skills that prepare families, communities, and industry.