As Asian enterprises gradually expand their footprints across the region and globally, their ICT infrastructure become increasingly complex and disperse. Enterprises are faced with constant and persistent struggles on several fronts. They include effectively managing their ICT infrastructure at a cost effective manner, ensuring all employees have access to all resources and are able to communicate effectively internally and externally across the globe. Not forgetting the recent emphasis in improving the level of customer services will also have to be taken into factor.
The new competitive dynamics intensify the need for a more flexible and efficient ICT infrastructure that enables today's enterprise to adapt and move ahead of their competitors with newer technologies that are coming into the market.
The Unvarnished Truth
The million-dollar question is: How can enterprises exploit all the advantages of managed services and strategic outsourcing to achieve their goals? How can enterprises figure out from the deluge of marketing material, as to what is best for them and would align appropriately with their current business needs? The unvarnished truth is that the range of innovative solution out in the market place at the moment is ever increasing but enterprises should not be rushing to embrace all. Enterprises need to first understand what their strategic goals of their organization and pain points are, and only then partner and start to build innovative solutions around their current ICT infrastructure. This could range from enabling an increasing mobile and virtual workforce with the tools to access corporate applications or empowering the desktop with communicative and collaboration tools to improve the effectiveness of workplace communications both internally and externally. Today, managed services and strategic outsourcing are about franchising enterprises with technologies and solutions to make that gigantic leap ahead of their competitors.
Managed services and strategic outsourcing are not just about cost savings, the industry has moved beyond that. CIOs should look at managed services and strategic outsourcing as ways to acquire new technologies to transform their entire ICT infrastructure to stay ahead of their competitors, improve customer services and more importantly improve productivity at all levels of their organizations.
Look out for these hot topics...
IDC and its partners will educate CIOs and business managers about the following:
How to bestleverage on managed services and strategic outsourcing
What are the latest technologies and solutions out in the market place
Pricing models and innovation that enterprises must take note
Best practices, case studies and learning from past experiences
Cost savings: Is this still the cornerstone of all managed services and strategic outsourcing initiatives
Uptake of managed services and strategic outsourcing in the region
What are enterprises’ main motives to adopt managed services today
This IDC event will focus on how managed services and strategic outsourcing are emerging as a strategic tool to accelerate business growth. It will provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your managed services and strategic outsourcing solutions to your target customers.
Who Should Attend?
This one-day event is designed for decision makers in a IT role eg. CEO, CTO, CIO, MDs, Directors, VPs, Research & Development, IT Directors & Project Officers, Consultants, Analysts, IT Administrators/ Engineers, Systems Architect/Designers from some of these industries:
Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals
Medical & Healthcare
Banking & Finance
Insurance and Investment houses
Energy & Utilities
Government bodies and Associations
Travel & Transportation services
Warehousing & Logistics
Energy & Utilities
Engineering
FMCG
Services
Information & Communication Technology
Telecommunications & Media
Registration
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You can register for this event on the IDC Circle at www.IDCcircle.com on a complimentary basis if you are a decision maker in an IT role from non-vendor organizations only otherwise a conference fee of S$250 applies. IDC reserves the right to decline any registration deemed inappropriate both online and on-site.
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