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More than ever, you need to understand how IT can cut costs yet still deliver competitive advantages. We'll approach cost cutting from a variety of angles, including straightforward discussions of where most organizations can and should cut ("Top 25 Ways to Cut IT Costs") and a strategic case for radical cost cutting in IT (“Radical IT Cost Cutting for Business Transformation”):

• Radical IT Cost Cutting for Business Transformation
• Workshop: Top 10 Ways Enterprise Architecture Will Lower Your Costs: An Open Forum
• Panel: 25 Ways to Cut IT Costs
• Analyst/User Roundtable: Strategies for Enterprise Architects in a Cost-Cutting Environment
• IT Infrastructure and Operations Consolidation: Best Practices
• Workshop: Information Governance: Controlling Information Management Costs and Realizing Information Value
• Changing the Cost Structure of IT

5 Reasons to Attend

Need a reason to attend? Before we give you 5, read what your peers have to say:

• "As in the past, Gartner did not disappoint. I'm leaving with the answers and direction I came to find."
   
• "As someone who has attended symposiums every year for the last 12 years, this year's symposium was, as expected, very well done."
   
• "Symposium is my annual IT event which trumps events designed specifically for my vertical. I have been back annually for over 5 years and I have no plans to stop!"

RESEARCH.
In the technology world, Gartner is the single most trusted source of knowledge and advice.

RELEVANCE.
Gartner Symposium is keenly focused on aligning IT with the enterprise and addressing topics which are top-of-mind.

EXPERIENCE.
Gartner Symposium ITxpo research-backed sessions, highly requested keynotes and special programs and networking creating a world-class environment.

PERSONALIZATION.
Everything at SYM is designed specifically for you with build your own agenda, community-based networking, Analyst One-On-Ones and other individualized programs situated around your needs.

SOLUTIONS.
The ITxpo showcase floor is loaded with technologies to solve your problems and help with innovation to achieve growth.

Benefits of attending

• Better IT investment decisions
• Greater impact from existing resources
• A priority plan of attack, short and long term
• Faster responsiveness to business needs
• Benchmarking of performance
• Skills development
• Achievable migration strategies
• Tighter enterprise security
• A health check of plans and projects
• A short list of ideal vendor partners