About
Revolutionize your business in a cloud enabled world
All organizations that rely on service providers need to ensure dynamic, flexible and successful service relationships as a foundation to achieve business growth. At the same time, the pressure for unit cost and staff reduction in IT services will inevitably increase tension and friction across the business. Gartner research shows that most organizations have either renegotiated, renewed or started a significant outsourcing contract in the past 12 months. With extensive Gartner content, case studies and practical, the 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.
Learn more about key takeaways and ROI you'll gain by attending a Gartner Summit Event
Key Benefits
Through analyst sessions, problem-solving workshops and peer interaction, you'll gain the insight necessary to:
- Realize the financial benefits of multisourcing and avoid the pitfalls
- Build outsourcing management competencies and processes
- Access critical capabilities you don't have in-house
- Master effective multisourcing strategies and tactics
- Identify the right sourcing options and models
- Find the best partners for every project or process
- Negotiate effective contracts and service level agreements
- Improve agility with flexible sourcing strategies
Who Should Attend
Senior business and IT professionals including:
- Chief Procurement Officers, Heads of Supply Chain, Heads of Strategic Sourcing
- CIOs and their direct reports - Executive IT (CIO, CTO, VP IS)
- Sourcing Relationship Managers
- Directors of Shared Services and Business Services Centers
- Finance Executives - Financial / Purchasing (Controller, Treasurer, CFO)
- HR Executives, Compliance Managers and Corporate Planners
- Directors of Administrative Services, Operating Services and Corporate Audit
- Service Provider CEOs and Heads of Planning, Marketing and Sales, eBusiness and Account Managers
Analyst Access
World's Top Industry Experts
Gartner's global research community of 750 analysts engages in nearly 300,000 one-to-one client interactions each year. There are several ways to interact with an analyst at the event, including:
- Gartner Analyst Sessions: Listen to insightful and actionable advice direct from a subject matter expert, with allotted time for Q&A.
- Gartner Analyst One-on-One Meetings: Private meetings that explore your personal IT issues and challenges.
- Analyst-User Roundtables: Small group format moderated by a Gartner analyst where you and your peers can share insights, challenges and concerns related to today's hottest topics.
Peer Networking
Real World Experience
Hundreds of senior business and IT leaders will convene to interact and share their knowledge and objectives. You can network with your peers at several informal networking sessions, including:
- End-User Case Studies: Learn about recent implementations firsthand, with an opportunity for Q&A with the IT and business executives leading the initiatives.
- Workshops: Presented by Gartner or guest experts, these intimate workshops provide an opportunity to drill down on specific "how to" topics in an extended, small group environment.
Exhibitor Access
Discover. Compare. Evaluate.
Gartner conferences bring together the world's leading solution providers so you can gain a comprehensive understanding of what technologies are available, which are right for you, and how they shape up against the competition. Exhibitor access opportunities include:
- Solution Provider Sessions: Solution providers and their customers provide a look into how the products work in the real world.
- Face-to-Face Sponsor Meetings: Private, prearranged 30-minute meetings that will advance your projects and relationships, regardless of where you are in the buying cycle.
