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Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Events
Event Highlights
- 10-12 September 2012 | Orlando, FL
- This Summit provides an in-depth exploration of the significant developments and trends shaping vendor and strategic sourcing management practices, as well as the sourcing marketplace.
Hot topics to be covered:
- Services and Cloud-Based Solutions
- Alternative Delivery Models
- Strategic Vendor Management
- Outsourcing Governance
- Multisourcing Strategies
Event Highlights
- 8-9 October 2012 | London, UK
- The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit will help you to prepare for the next economic cycle and to develop new approaches to service aggregation and management.
Hot topics to be covered:
- Multisourcing Strategies
- Alternative Delivery Models
- Strategic Vendor Management
- Global Sourcing
- Outsourcing Governance
- North America
- Europe, Middle East and Africa
- Latin America
- 10-12 September 2012 | Orlando, FL
- Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit provides an in-depth exploration of the significant developments and trends shaping vendor and strategic sourcing management practices, as well as the sourcing marketplace. The Summit provides CIOs, IT Directors, Sourcing Executives, Procurement Managers and Vendor Managers with a useful set of best practices, frameworks and tools to create long-term impact back at the office.
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- 12-14 September 2012 | Orlando, FL
- This summit creates a setting for the IT financial, procurement and asset management community to connect and share ideas, experiences and best practices on the latest ITAM topics. Focused on practical advice and results, you'll learn about hot topics such as effective cost-savings strategies, evaluating ITAM strategies, asset life cycle management, vendor management, cloud computing and more.
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- 8-9 October 2012 | London, UK
- The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit will help you to prepare for the next economic cycle and to develop new approaches to service aggregation and management. Whether you're an outsourcing veteran or a newcomer the Summit is designed to help you to be more successful in this difficult environment.
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- 10-11 October 2012 | London, UK
- This summit creates a setting for the IT financial, procurement and asset management community to connect and share ideas, experiences and best practices on the latest ITAM topics. Focused on practical advice and results, you'll learn about hot topics such as effective cost-savings strategies, evaluating ITAM strategies, asset life cycle management, vendor management, cloud computing and more.
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- 5 e 6 de Junho de 2012 | Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Este é o principal evento para CIOs, Diretores de TI e Executivos de Sourcing. Na essência do evento estão estratégias comprovadas que podem melhorar suas decisões e ações de sourcing – imediatamente.
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