Sign In | Register | Select a Gartner site WHY GARTNER ANALYSTS RESEARCH EVENTS CONSULTING ABOUT INSIGHT FOR YOUR ROLE IT Infrastructure and Operations Management Whether it's developing next-generation skills or optimizing costs of current workloads to free up budget dollars for new efforts, IT infrastructure and operations leaders are facing tremendous challenges. The need to develop and manage a flexible infrastructure has emerged as a top priority. FEATURED RESEARCH Use Colocation Networking to Provide New Connectivity Paradigms and Drive Business Transformation Colocation has evolved from simple space and power to become a key element in enterprise networking. Beyond simply connecting compute assets to the enterprise, colocation networking can enable new business models, support the move to hosting and the cloud, and reshape the enterprise WAN. Get the Report FEATURED WEBINAR Trends That Will Increase I&O Costs I&O leaders need to prepare for technologies that have the potential to increase software costs. We look at the cost impact of cloud, ubiquitous computing, virtualization, consumerization, the proliferation of mobile devices, BYOD programs and other trends that may potentially increase software costs, so that I&O leaders can take action now. View Now IT Infrastructure and Operations Management Events The World’s Most Important Gathering of CIOs and Senior IT Executives Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2014 Cape Town | Orlando | Tokyo | Goa | Gold Coast | Sao Paulo | Barcelona Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 12-13 May 2014 | Mumbai, India The Data Center of today and the future continues to evolve. This Summit offers guidance on turning today's improvements in IT infrastructure and process efficiency into tomorrow's business advantage. Hot topics to be covered: I&O Cost Optimization BYOD & Mobile Device Management Consolidating IT Operations Tools & Technology Information/Data Security Cloud Computing and Virtualization View the Agenda Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 21-22 May 2014 | Sydney, Australia This event will help you lead your IT organization successfully through these changes, reinforcing the criticality and relevance of your own position, managing the increased challenges and disruptions brought about by Social, Mobile, Cloud and Information; The Nexus of Forces. Hot topics to be covered: Developing Cloud Strategies Implementing Enterprise Mobility Successfully Demonstrating Value and Relevance Attracting and Creating the Best I&O Team DevOps and Achieving IT Operational Excellence View the Agenda EVENTS BY REGION View Events Calendar North America Europe, Middle East and Africa Asia/Pacific and Japan Latin America Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Management Summit 9-11 June 2013 | Orlando, FL As an attendee at this year’s Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit, you’ll take part in an important journey toward operational and business management maturity—and acquire effective new ways to drive innovation and amplify infrastructure and operations(I&O) business value. 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Learn More Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 23-25 April 2014 | Tokyo, Japan This Summit offers guidance on turning today's improvements in IT infrastructure and process efficiency into tomorrow's business advantage. Learn More Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 12-13 May 2014 | Mumbia, India The Data Center of today and the future continues to evolve. This Summit offers guidance on turning today's improvements in IT infrastructure and process efficiency into tomorrow's business advantage. Learn More Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 21 - 22 May 2014 | Sydney, Australia The digital world has gotten very real, very fast: every industry is being radically reshaped by digital opportunities and threats. Today, key Nexus of Forces technologies such as cloud, mobile, big data and analytics are revolutionizing how applications are defined, built and deployed. But we can’t discard our core IT systems. Finding the right balance between the worlds of today and tomorrow becomes the challenge for IT professionals in this new digital era and there isn’t time to wait for safe bets to emerge. The right decisions need to be made now. Learn More Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 17-20 November 2014 | Gold Coast, Australia At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014, attendees will gain the insight, tools and relationships necessary to create, validate and execute transformative business technology strategies. Learn More Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit 1-2 April 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil Data Center professionals have a clear goal to deliver cost-effective services for business benefit. However, cloud computing, mobile devices, and increasing budget pressures are confounding the already long list of issues that Infrastructure and Operation managers must face. 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