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Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Research

Most organizations fail to extract the most value from their vendor relationships because they have not developed a disciplined approach to managing their sourcing providers. Without it, outsourcing clients can lose control of vendor relationships and are likely to incur greater costs on vendor deals.

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Outsourcing's Wild Ride: Where Will It Take You?

The outsourcing market is undergoing accelerated change as critical market forces gain momentum. Given that these forces are unavoidable, we discuss what IT services and outsourcing buyers, and providers, must do to unlock the hidden opportunities in these forces for new value realization.

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IT Outsourcing Trends: Tips to Shape Your Strategy

The outsourcing market is undergoing accelerated change as factors such as cloud computing and offshoring become more mainstream. In this presentation, Research VP Ben Pring examines the likely future direction of the outsourcing market and provides recommendations on what you can expect to see in the future as new offerings, pricing models and vendors take the stage.

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Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Events

Event Highlights

  • Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit

  • 8-9 October 2012 | London, UK
  • The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit provides business and technology leaders with the best single opportunity in the marketplace to get independent advice on their sourcing strategies, the Outsourcing and IT services marketplace, vendor selection/negotiation and ongoing management of their outsourcing relationships.
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Event Highlights

  • IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit

  • 12-14 September 2012 | Orlando, FL
  • This summit pulls together and 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.
  • Events On Demand
  • Gartner Events On Demand offers instant access to multimedia sessions from Gartner Events around the world.

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  • Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit

  • 12-14 September 2011 | 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.
  • IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit

  • 10-12 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.
  • Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit

  • 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.
  • IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit

  • 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.
  • Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit

  • 7 e 8 de Junho de 2011 | 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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