Black & Decker

We caught up with a few true Symposium veterans from Black & Decker, enjoying dinner with their leadership team at Shula’s last night. Will Kostelecky, CIO, Power Tools division, and Don Lee, VP of Corporate IT, have consecutively attended Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo 19 and 20 times, respectively. Calling the event “a great checkpoint,” the Black & [...]

Question of the Day

What advice do you have for first-time attendees? I sat down and mapped out my whole schedule. Now I know where I’m going. Joseph Gmaz OSDHA Plan where your sessions are so you’re not going between the Swan and the Yacht Club. It’s a long haul. Robert Becker SRA International To make sure they attend [...]

Orlando’s the Place to Be for Today’s CIO – and Tomorrow’s

There’s no question that the worldwide economic downturn has created a highly challenging environment for industry events of all kinds. When Gartner began planning Symposium/ITxpo 2009, we set out to attract key enterprise decision-makers — especially chief information officers (CIOs) — and connect them with one another, and with the information they’re looking for.

Welcome to Symposium / ITxpo

By Gene Hall, Gartner CEO I’d like to welcome you to Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2009, the industry’s largest and most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT leaders. Our agenda this year focuses on the difficult task you face of balancing cost, risk and growth. As economic indicators stabilize after the global recession of the [...]