Taking on the Nexus Of Forces at Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Barcelona, 5-8 November

Next week Colt will be a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Barcelona - a gathering of over 4,000 CIOs and analysts. Why? Because we absolutely agree with Gartner’s key theme for the event.

“Disruptive technologies like cloud, social, big data, and mobile are revolutionising business. The opportunity to leverage information innovation is right before us.

“For many organizations, this powerful nexus of forces will pose significant challenges, requiring a flexible new approach to architectures, delivery systems, processes and practices that support enterprise goals and address the growing demands of end users.”

As I wrote in my previous blog, there are three underlying trends that will carry these changes into 2013:

• The software defined data centre
• The software defined network
• The consumerisation of IT and the growth of information

This year’s Gartner Symposium offers a great opportunity for Colt to engage and learn from IT leaders from across Europe to discuss those trends and how the CIO has to increasingly move towards centre stage.

We have a team from across Colt that will be taking part in the conference, exhibition and all of the other activities that will make Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2012 a great event to attend. Whether you are interested in talking about the impact of modular data centres; the issues in transitioning to a service model; or the best way to deliver services back to your business, we will have a Colt expert on hand.

To quote Gartner further: “The most successful CIOs and senior IT leaders will embrace the future by turning their attention to growth, cost reduction and competitive differentiation — all the while filtering out the unproductive “noise” that can compromise clarity and purpose.” We look forward to seeing you there.

A full Symposium agenda by session can be found here.

Find out more on Colt’s attendance – looking forward to meet you there in person!