Calisto Adriatic / Gartner Bulgaria

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Gartner Executive Event – Sheraton Hotel Sofia – 27.10.2009

Complimentary Invitation

We are pleased to invite you to a "Gartner Executive Event" to celebrate the opening of a local office in Bulgaria. 

The opening of a new office managed by local resident, Mr. Alexander Zahariev, will enable Gartner to expand its presence in local market by providing better local sales and marketing support for Gartner products, as well as more efficient on site client support. 

This event is part of Gartner`s strategic orientation to help IT and business executives use technology to build, guide and grow their enterprises. It is thanks to our many satisfied customers and prospects that we can continue to grow and expand.

Besides a brief overview of Gartner, the world`s leading ICT research company, and welcoming introduction of Mr. Alexander Zahariev, as Gartner`s new sales representative in Bulgaria and Calisto Adriatic`s CEO, we are pleased to give you an opportunity to listen to leading Gartner analyst in area of IT Management and Strategy:

Andy Kyte, Vice President, Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Fellow

Topics that will be covered are: 

1. Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010
2. Applications Overhaul: Rationalize, Standardize, Consolidate and Simplify

Who should attend:

CEO, CIOs and other senior business and IT decision makers.     

Gartner Executive Event will take place at:

The Sheraton Hotel Sofia |  Sofia  |  27th of  October 2009 |  Tuesday  |   9:00 – 13:00

Agenda:

08:45 - 09:00

Registration 

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and Introduction: Ivan Maglić, Gartner Adriatic/Calisto, Managing Director Alexander Zahariev, Calisto Adriatic/Gartner Bulgaria, Managing Director

09:15 - 09:30

Welcome Note: Dick van Ham, Gartner Regional Vice President
09:30 - 09:45

Client`s Experience: Ivaylo Glavchovski, CIO, UniCredit-Bulbank
09:45 - 10:45

Session 1: Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 - Andy Kyte, Vice President, Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Fellow

Gartner presents its annual top 10 strategic technologies. These are the most important technologies and related technology trends that the enterprise should consider adding to their strategic planning process.

Key Issues:
· Which technology trends have the largest potential for business impact?
· Which specific technologies will have the greatest impact on IT spending priorities in 2010-2012?
· What emerging technologies hold the potential to cause significant market disruption and offer game-changing opportunities for the enterprise?

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Session 2: Applications Overhaul: Rationalize, Standardize, Consolidate and Simplify -  Andy Kyte, Vice President, Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Fellow

Enterprises have long suffered from bloated application portfolios brought-on by M&As, rapid expansion, globalization, and competing business unit demands. For most, the resulting cost and complexity is no longer tenable. Drastic application overhaul is required to eliminate redundancy, standardize business processes, consolidate solutions, and establish platforms for tomorrow’s agile and growing business environment. This session reveals the hard, honest truths to enable CIOs and IT Leaders to initiate execute and deliver business value from application overhauls.
12:15 – 12:30 Gartner services overview; Event closing:  Ivan Maglić, Gartner Adriatic/Calisto, Managing Director
12:30 – 13:30 Peer Networking & Luncheon
Remark: Sessions are held in English.

For more information: Janet Naydenova, GSM: +359 888 616 498, e-mail: janet@jnn-marketing.com

We are looking forward to welcoming you as our guests to Gartner Executive Event, which will take place at the Sheraton Sofia Hotel on October 27, 2009.

Ivan Maglić                                                         Dick van Ham
Managing Director                                 Regional Vice President
Gartner Adriatic/Calisto                         Emerging Markets EMEA
                                                           Gartner EMEA

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About Calisto/Gartner Adriatic

Gartner has been present in the Central Eastern Europe since 1995. Since 1999 company Calisto d.o.o. from Zagreb, Croatia has become Gartner representative Agent for Croatia. In the last 10 years Calisto achieved great business results and started business activities in neighboring countries in 2006. Since 2007 Calisto has been more active in addressing Bulgarian market and now is opening a local office in Sofia to accelerate marketing and sales activities in Bulgaria.