James Richardson

The value of BI and PM is more than information dissemination. These initiatives must be linked to achieve business goals. A broader Business Intelligence and Performance Management framework is needed to define and maximize the business value.

• What are the cornerstones for optimizing business value?
• Case studies: How are other organizations achieving business value?
• What are the fatal flaws to avoid?

Steve Cramoysan
Research Director

Vendors are hyping Unified Communications as the next great communications technology. But each has a vested interest in defining what Unified communications differently, confusing the choices and decisions for SMB's This presentation will cut through the hype and provide strategies for planning.

Ruggero Contu

This presentation will address the following key security issues of interest to midsize CIO’s, namely:

• What are the main spending trends in security? Is security improving and what are the potential costs of incidents?
• And finally, what wre there differences in strategy on security accross Western Europe?

Susanne Karlsson

Now as never before, the mid size enterprise buyer in the UK and Ireland is the focus of attention for myriad consulting and solution implementation providers seeking to build local market share. In addition, diverse outsourcing, consulting, shared services and software options exist for solving business problems. This presentation is designed to help the mid size enterprise buyer understand and exploit these emerging market dynamics to get the most value for money spent on CSI services.

Bob Anderson
Research VP

SMBs now have many more options and best practices at their disposal to achieve high performance and ROI from their ERP deployments despite their limited resources. This presentation will illuminate the ERP lifecycle and identify areas you can focus on to improve your own performance.

Neil Chandler

Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is one of the fastest growing sectors in the software market today. CPM suites provide the ideal foundation for linking executive demands for a better understanding of what drives business performance tanalytic applications that are implemented tsupport operational and functional performance management needs. Recent acquisitions and technology trends such as Web 2.0 and SaaS are transforming the way that large and small organizations monitor and manage their performance.
Key Issues:

• What is CPM and how is it being deployed?
• What trends and technologies are affecting CPM?
• Which vendors or types of vendors are driving this market?

Simon Mingay
Research VP

IT has some negative impacts on the environment, but will have a critical and positive role in enabling the MSE to thrive in a low carbon economy. This presentation looks at the action plan for the IT organization to minimize the negative, maximize the positive and exploit the potential opportunities of the low carbon economy.

Andy Butler
VP Distinguished Analyst

Modular servers (Blades) and mass virtualization, plus conceptual industry directions like cloud computing, are redefining the way servers are designed and deployed. Conventional notions of "scale up" and "scale out" are falling by the wayside. The presentation looks at the changes coming in the new era of server computing. Midsize enterprises need to make their investments count by focusing on business needs and application requirements to filter out vendor hype and endless technology announcements. Hardware is evolving faster than software; that’s why a focus on software is key to successful deployments of emerging technology. This presentation examines these three key issues:

• What technologies are redefining the server market?
• Which technologies have traction now, which ones later — and which ones maybe never?
• How can organizations evaluate the risks and rewards of adopting new technology?

Andrew Rowsell-Jones

CIOs and IT leaders make decisions that impact growing lists of stakeholders. Some approaches work well; producing effective and efficient outcomes, others do not. This presentation provides a practical approach to enhancing IT decision making to help maximize gains and avoid pitfalls.
Specifically, this presentation will consider three issues:

• What are the proven practices for establishing an environment conducive to effective IT decision making?
• How can the strength and motivations of the stakeholders involved in IT decision making be gauged and, where necessary, enhanced?
• How can the lessons learned from analyzing effective IT decision making be applied in the real world?