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| A: Financial Management of IT | IT financial management is a critical discipline at all times, but never more important than in today’s environment. This track is designed to focus on the key areas that IT finance needs to understand to optimize long-term costs, and how to become a more efficient IT services organization. | Track A |
| B: Best Practices in IT Procurement | In these challenging economic times, maximizing your IT procurement efforts is of primary importance to IT organizations. This track focuses on the best practices in IT procurement strategies, practices, tools and negotiation techniques. | Track B |
| C: IT Asset Management and Optimization | IT Asset Management is a key enabler to help companies gain control of their IT Assets and the associated spend. Simple put, good ITAM can save clients money and help optimize the performance of IT assets in their environment. | Track C |
| D: Future Trends in IT | Changes in the world of technology carry a significant and long-term impact to IT assets and costs. In order to succeed, Asset Managers need a thorough understanding about how new technologies, procurement models, delivery models and legislation will impact their existing and future cost and risk models, as well as how the latest developments and trends will impact their ITAM practices | Track D |
| Experience Level: Advanced Agenda | You’ve mastered the essentials and are looking to take that deeper dive – optimizing it all………assets, finances and strategy. This agenda gives you a quick view into the sessions that move beyond the basics and into subjects which will advance you and your organization. Sessions include learning hardball negotiating tactics, understanding the cloud investment, to what you need to know about PC Virtualization, the nuances of packaged applications, as well as Client Computing TCO. These are just some of the areas where you need to be thinking to set you on the appropriate path to success. | ADV |
| Experience Level: Foundational Agenda | This agenda aligns the sessions which will allow you to understand the basics of Finance, ITAM, and Procurement. Laying the foundation is essential to set the stage, from learning the basics of contract negotiation, ITAM standards and frameworks, Going Green - Understanding the landscape first, even surviving an audit…….but there are more – view the Foundational Agenda to set the stage for you.
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| Initiative: Cost Modeling Agenda | | MODELING |
| Initiative: Cost Optimization Agenda | | CO |
| Initiative: Data Center Consolidation Agenda | | DC CONS |
| Initiative: IT Leaders Financial Training Agenda | | FIN TRN |
| Initiative: IT Leaders Procurement Training Agenda | | PRMNT TRN |
| Initiative: IT Strategy Development Agenda | | STRATEGY |
| Networking Sessions | Join your peers for an afternoon session of informal networking. Choose the group which most aligns to your focus -- Financial Management, Procurement or IT Asset Management for an opportunity to drill down in a small group designed for an interactive learning experience. See each networking session detail for further topic breakdown to begin to think about what you can share and hear from your peers. | NETWORK |
| Role: Applications Manager Agenda | | APPS |
| Role: Enterprise Architecture Agenda | | EA |
| Role: IT Auditor Agenda | | AUDITOR |
| Role: IT CFO and Controller Agenda | | CFO |
| Role: IT Procurement Leader Agenda | | PRMNT |
| Role: Project Manager Agenda | | PROJECT |
| Role: Technology Manager Agenda | | TECH |
| Virtual Track: Government | Government is particularly driven by pressures related to budget deficit. Keeping on top of existing systems is important but also keeping an eye on how to move forward is critical. Paying attention to new computing initiatives that will change the face of IT such as Cloud computing, SaaS, Virtual machines and “going green.” Here are the sessions which align to these topics. | GOV |