ERÖFFNUNGS & ABSCHLUSS-SESSIONS - 2006

Opening Session
Impact of Personalization and Consumerization on Collaboration

Jeff Mann
Research VP

The introduction and socialization of consumer technologies is changing how users work within enterprise settings. To leverage this creative and innovative energy, enterprises must adapt to users’ preferences.

Key issues:

  • What consumer practices and technologies will have the highest impact on IT?
  • How can organizations support and manage user demands for wider possibilities, including consumer-based technologies?
  • What consumer technologies will have the highest impact on IT  through 2010?
Closing Session
Collaborating with the Outside World: Partners, Vendors and Suppliers

Jeff Mann
Research VP

Just as collaboration within the enterprise has reached wide-spread adoption, forward-looking organizations are looking to extend collaboration to the next frontier: beyond the firewall to external partners, vendors and suppliers.

Key issues:

  • How is collaboration with external partners, vendors and suppliers different from internal collaboration?
  • What are the best practices organizations should use to most effectively collaborate with external users?
  • Which technologies will have the highest impact on external collaboration through 2010?