About
Achieving Outsourcing Excellence through Vendor Management, Cloud Sourcing & Emerging Trends
Economic, business and technology changes demand innovative actions from both buyers and providers of IT services in how they form long-term sourcing relationships. In an environment in which consolidation, mergers and acquisitions, and new entrants are the norm, sourcing strategies must become more agile and responsive to change.
At the summit, you'll learn how to:
- Navigate market forces and apply new approaches and objectives for successful outsourcing.
- Establish the governance and strategic management disciplines that bring needed order to the many moving parts of your sourcing ecosystem
- Uncover the disruptive trends that are reshaping the future of IT services
- Move beyond cost take out to business results oriented outcomes
- Learn how to improve control, reduce risk and drive more value from your vendors
- Uncover efficiencies at a time when every budget dollar counts
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:
- Become a well-educated buyer. Know which prices and offerings are too good to be true.
- Get to the bottom of cloud sourcing: terms and conditions, delivery, pricing and more.
- Determine which new alternative delivery models best meet your needs.
- Advance general vendor management from a set of procurement tasks to a mature discipline.
- Learn where global delivery is going next and which countries offer the most value.
- Create dashboards that measure vendor value from a business performance perspective.
- Develop a viable BPO strategy and one based on cost, performance and the right models.
- Structure your contracts with the ability to shift focus toward enhancement and innovation
Who Should Attend
Senior IT and business professionals involved in their organizations' sourcing activities, including:
- CIOs
- Sourcing Executives
- IT Directors
- Vendor Managers
- VPs, Directors & Managers of Procurement
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.
- Hospitality Suites: Hosted by Premier and Platinum sponsors, these evening theme receptions are ideal for informal networking.
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.
Co-Located With Gartner IT Finance, Procurement & Asset Management Summit
Register for both summits and save $900.
New Cloud Track
Investigating Cloud Sourcing Before You Invest: New Options for Enterprise Buyers.
