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| IT and Business Leaders Look to GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo '99 in Cannes to Set the IT Agenda | |||
| Symposium/ITxpo '99 Palais de Congres, Cannes, 1-4 November | |||
| United Kingdom 24th September - 4000 leading IT and business professionals are set to converge on Cannes from 1-4 November, for what has become Europe's largest and most strategic annual IT conference. GartnerGroup's Symposium/ITxpo '99 will gather GartnerGroup's most senior analysts alongside some of the world's most prominent IT figures to explore and clarify the future of technology and its impact on business strategies. The conference will once again play host to ITxpo - the exhibition centre housing over 140 leading vendors, showcasing their latest products and services. | |||
| Now in its eleventh year, Symposium/ITxpo '99 sets out the agenda for IT in business for the next five years. In over 200 presentations on 50 different subjects, GartnerGroup analysts will provide independent analysis for IT and business leaders looking to ensure that their business strategies incorporate the most up to date and accurate thinking in IT. With the ongoing transformation of the telecommunications and internet industries, the ever present Year 2000 issues and the growth of e-business, GartnerGroup's most senior European analysts will guide delegates through the maze of industry issues, providing answers and advice that will help distinguish the best businesses from the rest. | |||
| In addition to GartnerGroup's own independent vision and analysis, this year's Symposium/ITxpo '99 will host some of the industry's most influential, and sometimes controversial, thinkers. | |||
| In a series of "Mastermind" interviews, GartnerGroup will invite to the stage, personalities such as Sir Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive, BT plc, Michael Capellas, President and CEO, Compaq, Eric Benhamou, Chairman and CEO, 3Com and Mike Lawrei, General Manger IBM, EMEA. In each session, a senior GartnerGroup analyst will put these leaders to the test and probe into the companies' strategies and visions in search of the real answers - looking beyond the corporate line. | |||
| An additional "Mastermind" panel, welcoming some of the industry's most newsworthy IT luminaries, will also offer delegates an unrivalled opportunity to attend a thought provoking session on the social implications of IT. Panellists will be debating how access to communication, the Internet and ever diminishing costs of computing are not only restructuring businesses, but altering governments, schools and entire societies. | |||
| Symposium/ITxpo '99 provides delegates with the chance not only to share the thinking of industry leaders, but also enables them to benefit from real world experiences. It allows delegates to tap into the expertise of analysts through one-to-one sessions. In addition to exploring IT trends, delegates will learn how to get the best from suppliers; how to optimise IT budgets and how IT and business professionals can work together in a climate of merger and acquisition to deliver an organisation's strategic goals. Furthermore, Symposium offers a unique environment where IT professionals can gather together, network and establish models of best practice. | |||
| According to Peter Sondergaard, Managing Vice President, Symposium/ITxpo '99 is essential for anyone with responsibility for their company's IT. "GartnerGroup is constantly analysing the developments of IT in business, together with the products and strategies of virtually all IT vendors. This is the single most important occasion in the year where we can share this crucial information. In the course of only four days, IT managers can gain all the information they need to run their strategic planning for the next year." | |||
| GartnerGroup's Symposium/ITxpo '99 is the IT industry's largest and most strategic conference providing business leaders with a look at the future of IT today. To accommodate the growing numbers of IT professionals who want to attend the event, whilst maintaining its high standard, GartnerGroup is for the first time limiting the number of registrations in Cannes to 4,000, and has announced it will launch an annual Spring Symposium, to take place in April 2000. | |||
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About GartnerGroup As the world's leading authority on IT, GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services, measurement, market research, decision support, analysis and consulting. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, Conn., GartnerGroup is at the center of a global community serving Fortune 1000 companies from 80 locations worldwide. GartnerGroup's unique capabilities and resources help bring clarity to the direction of the world's hottest and most volatile industry. Additional information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.gartner.com. |
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More information on GartnerGroup can be found at www.gartner.com. For more press information on Symposium/ITxpo '99 please contact: Sarah Wadsworth at August.one Communications on 020-8434 5555 or email sarah.wadsworth@augustone.com Emma Goold at August.one Communications on 020-8434 5510 or email Emma.goold@augustone.com |
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