The Business Of IT: Visible Process Improvement |
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June 6-8, 2005 Prague
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Sponsors
Invitations to sponsor or exhibit are extended to a group of innovative vendors with products and services pertinent to the Event theme.
Read more about the sponsorship opportunities at this Forum in the sponsorship information PDF. If your organization is interested in sponsoring an upcoming Forrester Event, email us at events@forrester.com.
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Gold Sponsors
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Silver Sponsors Exact Software | Media Sponsors And Other Partners |
Avaya
Avaya enables businesses to achieve superior results by designing, building, and managing their communications networks. Focused on enterprises small to large, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable IP telephony systems, contact-center and mobility solutions, and full life cycle services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications -- and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services -- Avaya helps companies, governments, and other enterprises leverage existing and new networks to create value and enhance business performance.
BMC Software
BMC Software delivers the solutions IT needs to increase business value through better management of technology and IT processes. Our industry-leading Business Service Management solutions help you reduce cost, lower risk of business disruption, and benefit from an IT infrastructure built to support business growth and flexibility. Known for enterprise solutions that span mainframe, distributed systems, and end-user devices, BMC also delivers solutions that address the unique challenges of the midsized business. Founded in 1980, BMC has offices worldwide and fiscal 2006 revenues of more than $1.49 billion. Activate your business with the power of IT. www.bmc.com
Cable & Wireless
Wherever you are on the journey towards unified communications and computing, Cable & Wireless can help you go forward with confidence.
By creating infrastructures which increase agility, enable innovation and cut costs and complexity while making the most of your current systems, we have the expertise to transform your business effectiveness.
That’s why an increasing number of the UK’s leading companies are choosing Cable & Wireless Integrate solutions to help them undertake this journey at the speed that’s right for their business.
With a strong service culture and an understanding that our most important assets are our customers, we deliver excellence by listening closely to their needs.
Cable & Wireless Integrate solutions offer high-value benefits to your business – for example, the improvement of network flexibility, increasing your return on investment or staff productivity. All these benefits help to support business transformation.
With our unrivalled expertise in implementing solutions for business, we can help you move from wherever your business is currently towards a ‘Business integrated’ future of unified communications and computing.
Chip
The monthly magazine Chip is the long-standing market leader in terms of titles that focus on the sphere of information technology. The readers of this magazine perceive it as a prestigious and specialised title that focuses on the Czech IT market. The information provided about new technology and products is rated highly, whilst product testing is undertaken in a laboratory at the editorial offices themselves. Chip offers regular columns, the latest news, and consumer and comparison tests. Each month the magazine features an enclosure in the form of one CD and one DVD. Visit www.chip.cz
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.
Czech Airlines
Czech Airlines is the Official Carrier of the „Giga World 2005“ in Prague, June 6 – 8 2005. Czech Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking many major cities around the world with Prague. Feel free to ask for the discount of 15% from applicable Economy Class fares and 25% from Business Class fares in Czech Airlines offices worldwide.
Discounts are valid for journeys in the period one week before the event – one week after the event for registered attendees only.This offer is valid for tickets booked and issued through Czech Airlines sales offices only. The discount is not applicable for flights OK 3000 – 4999 which are operated by CSA partners. Official letter of invitation from the organizer or a copy of registration fee paid will be required.
Please click on www.czechairlines.com and find a Czech Airlines sales office nearest to you for more details.
Equant
Equant is a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. We understand your need to align business strategy with IT strategy. We combine our network expertise with our expanded services capabilities to provide global, integrated, and customized communication services to enable our customers' key business processes. Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies, with the industry's most extensive portfolio of communications solutions and services, and we consistently lead industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. Both Equant and Orange are part of the France Télécom Group.
Exact Software
Exact International is one of the leading ERP software providers for small/medium sized subsidiaries of international companies; offering one global product and a uniform level of service via a subsidiary network.
Exact supports multinational organizations to establish a 2nd tier ERP solution for smaller subsidiaries – as a completion to their 1st tier solution for large operations. This leads to cost efficiencies, reduced complexity and substantially trimmed implementation periods.
Small/medium sized international organizations gain in deploying a single tier ERP solution across all affiliates creating enterprise wide integration and real-time information.
HAL Knowledge Solutions
HAL Knowledge Solutions is the market-leading provider of application portfolio management software products and services that provide understanding, change and control over legacy applications resulting in greatly reduced support costs and strategic rationalisation capabilities. Founded in 1984, HAL sells solutions through its offices in Europe and in collaboration with global service partners like IBM and EDS. HAL's customers rank among the most prestigious organizations in the world and include HSBC, UBS, Banca Intesa, Barclays, Groupo Santander, Assicurazioni Generali, TNT, Kühne & Nagel, Telefónica, and Renault Nissan.
IBM
http://www.ibm.com/ondemand/uk?ca=Forrester&me=a&met=sponsorship_link
IBM is an innovation company focused on the enterprise. For more than 80 years our technology leadership has been helping businesses innovate. Today, technology has a new position in the agenda: driving new thinking about business design, partnerships and the underlying infrastructure. Drawing on resources from across IBM and from 90,000 Business Partners, we offer a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable clients of all sizes to take full advantage of the new era of On Demand Business. IBM is helping clients succeed in delivering business value by becoming more efficient and competitive through the use of business insight and information technology (IT) solutions.
In the pursuit of On Demand Business, research has revealed the top investment areas for the Business of IT:
- Increase Business Flexibility
- Enhance Business Resilience and Security
- Leverage Information Insights
- Optimize IT Environments
IBM is providing our clients with Infrastructure Solutions for each of these focus areas. An infrastructure solution is a set of offerings including products and high-value services which together solve an IT problem. This approach delivers more value to our clients enabling them to experience greater success in their IT projects.
Magic Software Enterprises
Magic Software Enterprises is a globally recognized provider of business-driven tools for rapid, simplified Application Development and Deployment and Enterprise Application Integration -- used with complete confidence by MSEs and large corporations, software developers, and systems integrators worldwide.
As the most comprehensive, flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-use Business Integration solution on the market, iBOLT leverages legacy and other IT investments while quickly creating and dynamically deploying new business processes, services, and applications. Its powerful, simplified design -- which requires virtually no programming expertise -- assures enterprises of fast, successful, end-to-end business integration, while generating Rapid ROI, increased revenue, and customer satisfaction.
Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — The Network Is The Computer — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software, and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web.
Symantec
Symantec is the global leader in information security providing a broad range of software, appliances and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises secure and manage their IT infrastructure. Symantec's Norton brand of products is the worldwide leader in consumer security and problem-solving solutions. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 35 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
TeamQuest
TeamQuest Corporation is the global leader in IT service optimization (ITSO). Specializing in software that helps IT organizations consistently meet service levels while minimizing costs, TeamQuest provides quick and accurate capacity modeling and performance solutions. Companies around the world trust TeamQuest to help improve IT service delivery while mitigating risks, allowing them to proactively optimize IT resources while minimizing infrastructure costs. TeamQuest software is especially well-suited for use in heterogeneous and virtualized computing environments. TeamQuest software complements and supports ITIL best practices and BSM goals of managing IT from both the business and IT perspectives.
TUESDAY Business Network
TUESDAY Business Network is a membership-based association providing a platform to meet, exchange knowledge and information and gain insight over trends in the field of technologies and their application to increase process effectiveness. TUESDAY Business Network wants to help market players to reach their strategies and goals more effectively and faster, through its events, other activities and expertise presented by its representatives, members and Advisory Board – a counseling body represented by high-profile, business-oriented and talented personalities. Vision of TUESDAY Business Network is to connect Talent, Knowledge and Capital in technology business.
Vanco
Established in 1988, Vanco pioneered the Virtual Network Operator innovation. With solutions available in 230 countries and territories, Vanco is selected by the world's largest organizations to provide strategic network solutions. Its customers include Avis Europe, British Airways, Ford Motor Company, IBM/Lloyds TSB, Pilkington, Siemens and Virgin Retail.
Through the Vanco network solution, customers get access to the greatest geographic network coverage available through a single provider. Vanco offers the freedom to customize and adapt the solution in line with market changes and business priorities. Vanco is recognized by the industry for its financial success and world-class customer service delivery.
For more information about the company and its services, visit www.vanco.info.
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