International Data Corporation (IDC) has perfected arrangement for the hosting of its prestigious IT Managers Forum 2013 running under the theme of “The Smart IT Buyer”.
The conference scheduled to take place at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Oniru on Tuesday, November 26th has been tailored specifically to meet the needs of IT professionals interested in how technology can be used to enable and transform business models and processes, said Theresa Eshiet, the conference manager.
“The availability of better communications infrastructure as well as implementation of organizational focused development plans by governments are driving the use of IT among various companies. IDC wants to demonstrate that ICT technologies, if used wisely, can be part of the remedy for dealing with the fallout of the crisis.
Many solutions, from information management and IT outsourcing through business intelligence, virtualization, and green IT to VoIP, unified communication, and IT consolidation, can be applied to improve efficiency, lower costs, and keep profitability high,” she said.
The pioneering half-day conference will focus on security as weak IT security infrastructure making organizations extremely vulnerable to malware attacks and data loss incidents.
There will be discussion on mobility, as concerns regarding device management, mobile usage policies, mobile app provisioning etc; collaboration: Modern unified communication and collaboration technologies; Virtualization: Cost savings and flexibility offered by virtualization
Cloud: Great cost savings, scalability and flexible utility based payment options for organizations and Storage: Optimising storage investments and focusing on effective content management.
The conference will also dwell on Enterprise application modernization: Modernizing and enhancing enterprise business app (ERP, CRM) environment.
Eshiet added that the invitation is open for all IT industry experts hence they can also register as many colleagues as they wish from its IT department only.