November 2-4 at Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX

Details: This summit creates a setting for the IT financial, procurement and asset management community to connect and share ideas, experiences and best practices on the latest ITAM topics. This year, we reveal the essential tools and strategies needed to identify cost optimization opportunities and techniques, collaborate with IT and the business, negotiate the best contracts terms while mitigating risk and how to track performance and cost of vendors.

Analyst-led sessions identify how to optimize costs, maximize value of existing investments, minimize risk and make informed decisions about new purchases. Gartner analysts will present their latest research and provide keen insight around creating value through IT asset management, making IT finance sustainable, keeping escalating costs in check, managing vendors effectively and contract negotiation.

2015 Tracks:

  • IT Asset Management: Build a Foundation to Enable Business Growth
  • IT Financial Management: Innovate and Collaborate to Drive Savings
  • IT Procurement: Lead Procurement Strategy for Innovation and Cost Optimization
  • IT Vendor Management: Optimize Vendor Relationships
  • Contract Negotiation Clinics

Keynotes:

*Gartner Opening Keynote: Exploiting Opportunities to Drive Collaboration and Cost Optimization

Jo Ann Rosenberger, Research VP, Gartner

*Guest Keynote: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni, Best-Selling Author, President, The Table Group

*Guest Keynote: The Power of Nonverbal Communications

Joe Navarro, Author and former FBI Special Agent M.A.

*Gartner Closing Keynote: Becoming a Wolf in a Digital World

Tina Nunno, VP & Gartner Fellow

Numerous IT financial, procurement, asset and vendor management exhibitors will display the latest - tools and services at the conference. A listing of current exhibitors is available at

http://www.gartner.com/events/na/it-finacial-procurement-asset-management#!section_exhibitors

Join the discussion on Twitter using #GartnerITAM.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner ITAM Summit Web site at

http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/financial-procurement/

The 2015 IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management (ITAM) Summit is co-located with the Sourcing & Strategic Vendor Relationships Summit. Get more information on these two summits in one week here: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/outsourcing-itam/

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Janessa Rivera at janessa.rivera@gartner.com.

Contacts
  • Janessa Rivera
  • Gartner
  • janessa.rivera@gartner.com
About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. The company delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the valuable partner to clients in approximately 10,000 distinct enterprises worldwide. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 7,100 associates, including more than 1,500 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 90 countries.www.gartner.com.

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