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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.]