Focus Your Infrastructure And Operations Budget On Three Key Initiatives

Air Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Infrastructure & Operations professionals

Description:

I&O needs to focus the second half of 2010's budget on growth. Why? Because nearly half of the IT operating and capital budget is being set aside for new IT initiatives and increasing capacity to support business expansion. For I&O, this means prioritizing budgets: It's no longer sufficient to set aside half of your budget for incremental data center improvements and the other half for incremental desktop and device improvements. However, these aren't the wrong categories; it's just a matter of focusing your budget on new capabilities. This presentation covers the current state of I&O budgets and how you can maximize your efforts by focusing on three initiatives: 1) transforming your employees desktop experience; 2) retooling your data center to move toward cloud economics; and 3) industrializing your IT operations to be reliable and consistent.

Agenda:

• Highlight the macro-level trends affecting I&O teams.
• Dive into the current state of I&O budgets and where funds are spent.
• Provide recommendations on the three I&O initiatives you should focus on heading into 2011.

Vendors mentioned: Amazon, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Dell, EMC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, NetApp, Oracle, VMware

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Focus Your I&O Budget On Three Key Initiatives

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