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Event Overview

As the global economy begins to recover, it's time to get the key infrastructure and operations projects that were postponed, delayed, or curtailed for budgetary reasons over the past two years back on track. Of course, the projects that you propose and the IT investment decisions you make in this recovery period will be scrutinized and judged for their value against all the other projects on the IT list.

• Where should I&O leaders focus their energy to get important projects back on track?
• How can your I&O organization help drive a fast recovery for your company?
• What important lessons have we learned from the recession?

This year's I&O Forum will focus on the enormous tasks of I&O planning, prioritization, justification, and careful execution for the wide range of people, processes, and technology-based projects on your agenda.

TRACK SESSIONS GIVE YOU TAKEAWAYS YOU CAN USE IMMEDIATELY

Now that we are looking beyond the recession to the next period of growth and investment, I&O leaders face some tough decisions about their priorities because not every project will come back.

• Track A: Getting I&O Projects Back On Track. The recession put many projects on the back burner or canceled them altogether. This track will focus on planning, prioritization, and revitalization of I&O projects.
• Track B: Recessionary Lessons That Must Stick. Fiscal discipline, careful justification, and execution oversight — all behaviors that were more rigorously enforced during the recession — should continue through the post-recession era.
• Track C: Building Your New Five-Year I&O Plan. This track will focus on the people, processes, and technology-based projects that you should focus on in the post-recession era.

KEY QUESTIONS THIS FORUM WILL ANSWER

Attendees of the Infrastructure & Operations Forum will learn how to revitalize and accelerate their key organizational imperatives to help fuel growth and reduce operational costs including:

• How do I balance new I&O opportunities that will drive business growth and reduce the cost of operations against the backlog of projects already on the list?
• How do I effectively plan, justify, select, and optimize critical I&O solutions over the next five years?
• What impact will these technology investments have on people, skills, and the process of running IT operational teams?
• How do I accelerate the transformation of I&O from an organization led by technology silos to one emphasizes service delivery?

Who Should Attend?

The Forrester Infrastructure & Operations Forum examines the key issues for making I&O organizations successful and well-aligned with business objectives. This year's theme, "Back In Black: Planning And Executing Your I&O Initiatives In The Post-Recession Era," addresses issues relevant to all technology professionals, but the Forum's content will focus most closely on these roles:

• Infrastructure & Operations professionals.
• Enterprise Architecture professionals.
• Sourcing & Vendor Management professionals focusing on infrastructure issues.
• CIOs.
• IT professionals involved in consolidation and virtualization projects, automating IT processes, building business continuity plans, and hiring and training the next generation of I&O professionals.

Why Attend?

• The quality of the Forrester keynotes. Presentations are backed by thousands of interviews with technology leaders, business executives, and vendors.
• Exclusive audiences. Forrester Forum attendees include I&O executives from the highest organizational levels.
• One-On-One Meetings with Forrester analysts. You can speak privately with Forrester analysts about your current and future infrastructure and operations strategies and initiatives.