IDC Manufacturing Insights Events

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Web Conferences

IT Cloud Decision Economics: Crafting a Mature Cloud Strategy
June 19, 2013 – 11:00 a.m., U.S. Eastern time
Over the past several years, many IT organizations have experimented with private and public cloud solutions on an ad hoc and often opportunistic basis. From Infrastructure-as-a-Service to SaaS to PaaS to vendor proprietary cloud solutions and open source options. Debates rage as to whether public cloud will displace private cloud and which app should run where. All of this in the context of an assurance that data stored in the cloud will be secure and available AND comply with industry regulations and mandates.

In reality, IDC expects that large organizations will have long term dependence on complex, hybrid infrastructure, middleware and application environments that span public and private clouds, physical and virtual distributed servers, and even mainframe based processes. As cloud solutions seek to move from ad hoc pilots to production operations, it is critical that your organization craft a mature cloud strategy that steps back from the hype and asks some fundamental questions such as:

What are the key design principles and evaluation criteria that should shape your organization's cloud strategy for the next 3 years?
What applications, workloads and business groups would most benefit from self service, dynamic, elastic scaling and consumption based chargeback or billing?
What will be the most important IT and business process changes required to effectively monitor, govern, and optimize hybrid cloud environments?
At what pace is your organization likely to be able to transition from ad hoc to optimized hybrid cloud architectures?

Join Research Vice President of IDC Enterprise Systems Management Software, Mary Johnston Turner, Research Director for IDC Government Insights, Shawn McCarthy, and Vice President & IT Executive Advisor of IDC’s CIO Agenda program, Joe Pucciarelli, for an interactive discussion and audience polling about crafting a mature cloud strategy for your organization.

Industry Events

Global Summit 2013
May 21-23, 2013 - Nashville, TN
Achieving and maintaining growth and leadership are more challenging than ever. Join this unique event to get expert insights that will help you synchronize the supply chain, optimize inventory, personalize promotions, micro-target marketing, increase relevance and exceed customer expectations across every channel. IDC Manufacturing Insights Group Vice President, Robert Parker, will speak.

CIO Summit Europe
May 21-23, 2013 - Kilkenny, Ireland
The CIO Europe Summit is a consortium of CIOs and Senior IT Executives from Large Fortune 500 Enterprise Organisations who are currently investing in innovative solutions that will positively impact their bottom line. This highly interactive strategy session features program topics set entirely by IT executives. The summit combines high-level roundtable discussions with next-generation technology solutions that address the most pressing challenges the industry faces. The format is structured enough to effectively organize roundtable discussions on all the most pressing topics, but open enough to allow for changes that will inevitably occur when 65 industry leaders interact over 3 days. IDC Insights is a content partner. Senior Vice President, Meredith Whalen, and IT Executive Advisor, Joseph Pucciarelli, will participate.

Siemens PLM Connection 2013
June 3-6, 2013 - Dallas, Texas
Siemens PLM Connection 2013 Americas User Conference will bring together Siemens PLM Software product users, managers, partners and developers into a single integrated conference. This event will help facilitate networking among attendees based on individual interests. There will be general sessions, special interest connections and training sessions being offered throughout this event. IDC Manufacturing Insights research manager, Amy Rowell, will attend.

PTC Live Service Exchange
June 11-12, 2013 - Anaheim, CA
This event is dedicated exclusively to improving service performance across the entire service organization. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with industry analysts, academics, peers from leading companies and other service experts all at one conference focused on addressing top service challenges. Two days of engaging content include interactive workshops, panels and presentation sessions, intimate networking events and receptions. IDC Manufacturing Insights Program Manager, Sheila Brennan, will speak/ run a workshop.

Breakfast Briefing: IT and Social Business: In the Enterprise and Beyond the Firewall
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 7:30 - 10:00 AM – Chicago, IL
Businesses are increasingly adopting social technologies both within the enterprise and beyond the firewall. IDC believes that these technologies offer significant business value if properly implemented. Enterprise Social Networks provide new opportunities for collaboration and process improvement. They have also created new end user expectations. Social technologies are also transforming the customer experience. However, while CIOs are asked to meet the changing demands within the enterprise, CMOs are often moving unilaterally to develop customer facing strategies and solutions. Join us for this breakfast briefing where Michael Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC and David McNally, IT Executive Advisory, IDC Insights will be the presenters.

CIO Summit Europe
November 5-7, 2013 - Berlin, Germany
The CIO Europe Summit 2013 will once again serve as an arena for senior level executives to engage in clear and focused dialogue with their peers and examine their management objectives in a relaxed and vibrant environment. Influential corporate leaders will discuss relevant issues that will improve their businesses and help them streamline and take advantage of the essential IT initiatives that the current business culture requires. While cutting costs and leveraging spending are always important elements in an economic downturn, it is up to CIOs to ensure their companies are utilizing the best possible products and services. In an increasingly “sink or swim” environment, the CIO Summit brings together CIOs whose vision and eagerness to improve separate them from the rest of the pack. IDC Executive Vice President & Chief Research Officer, Crawford DelPrete, will participate.

[Note: Event descriptions are paraphrased from information on the events' web sites and are not meant to represent IDC's evaluation of the events.]