Gartner Announces Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit 2008

Gartner Outsourcing Summit 2008

When: May 19-21, 2008

Where: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Washington D.C.

Details: The dynamics of outsourcing success are changing rapidly. The once easy-to-achieve goals of lower costs and improved performance have lost ground to misspent dollars and wasted efforts.

At the core of the Gartner Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit are strategies to help optimize sourcing decisions and actions – here and now. Gartner’s team of analysts will provide a holistic view of sourcing and drill down to the benefits and risks inherent in IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) – onshore, nearshore and offshore.

7 tracks and more than 65 sessions offer actionable analysis, critical frameworks, and next-generation best practices for next-generation problems including:
The New Sourcing Marketplace
Integrating Sourcing Strategy, Management & Governance Balancing Supply & Demand
Optimizing Outsourcing Contracting, Pricing & Negotiations
Perfecting Vendor Management
BPO: Integrating BPO as It Transitions Towards Maturity
Sourcing Case Studies
Global Sourcing: Managing the Evolution of Global Delivery

Keynotes:

*Nicholas Carr, acclaimed thought leader and author, The Big Switch & Michael Treacy, business strategist and best-selling author, Double-Digit Growth: Don’t miss this captivating examination of two very distinct views of the future and the forces that will shape it.

*Mastering Multisourcing – A Business Imperative: Linda R. Cohen, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

*Place Your IT and Business Process Services Bets Wisely in 2008: Ben Pring, Research VP, Gartner & Allie Young, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

The latest delivery models and offerings will be demonstrated by more than 40 companies exhibiting at the conference. A listing of current exhibitors is available on the Solution Showcase page at www.gartner.com/us/outsourcing.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit Web site at www.gartner.com/us/outsourcing.

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at christy.pettey {at} gartner(.)com.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner 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 indispensable partner to 60,000 clients in 10,000 distinct organizations. 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, U.S.A., and has 4,000 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 75 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

Contacts

Gartner
Christy Pettey, 408-468-8312
christy.pettey {at} gartner(.)com