Welcome To:

Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations

and Cloud Strategies Conference!

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Enabling the Future of IT Infrastructure … Everywhere

Reimagine — Revitalize — Reenergize

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Look Around
 You are an impressive sight
2,800 fellow travelers in attendance
1,402 unique companies
15 verticals markets
37 countries
20% are ‘midsize’ organizations

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 Network and
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Exchange Ideas
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Breakfasts

Meetups!
Networking
Networking Opportunities
Lounge

User Roundtables,
Clinics,
ASK Sessions
Breaks, Meals, Hospitality Suites
and the Showroom Floor!
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Increased Focus on
Operations, Cloud
and Infrastructure
Delivery Strategies.

• 10 Unique Tracks
• Spotlights on DevOps,
Cost Optimization, Midsize
• Infrastructure Futures Discussion
• Leadership Topics
• Delivery Strategies

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Thought Provoking Keynotes and Guest Speakers

Exponential Tech: Inclusion: You’re

Innovation and Disruption on Good At It —
the Road Ahead Except When You
Peter H. Diamandis, Are Not
Founder and Executive Chairman, Dr. Steve Robbins,
XPRIZE Foundation; Executive Inclusion Expert
Founder, Singularity University,
and Author

Tough Conversations at Pushing the Envelope —

Work: How to Disagree Being the Best When
Productively and Find It Counts
Common Ground Nicole Malachowski,
Julia Dhar, Business Strategist, Retired U.S. Air Force Col.,
Champion Debater First Woman Thunderbird Pilot,
Combat Veteran

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Visit the Show Floor
110 sponsors on the show floor and 32 new sponsors
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Learn What Your Peers
Are Thinking and Doing
With Interactive Polling!

• Instructions at the top of poll

• Anonymous voting by web
• Final results available after event

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How to Respond to a Poll

Visit the URL displayed at the top of

the polling slide in the session room

Or

Click tap here for polling within the

session via the Events Navigator App

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Polling Question One of Three
Poll Type: Multiple Choice (Choose One)
What was the primary reason you chose to attend this conference?
1. A particular topic aligned with top 2019/2020 priority
2. Broad agenda
3. Meet face-to-face with Gartner analysts
4. Looking to evaluate the latest vendor solutions and services
5. Opportunity to learn what my peers are doing
6. My boss told me to come

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Polling Question Two of Three
Has your organization moved applications off of public cloud IaaS
and back on-premises?
• No
• Yes, but for less than 1%
• Yes, about 1%-5% of apps
• Yes, about 6%-10% of apps
• Yes, 11%-50% of apps
• Yes, we have moved the majority of our applications back

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Polling question Three of Three
For those that answered Yes, and are moving things back on
premises … why is this move happening? (Choose all that apply)
• Cloud costs were too high
• Data centers are a sunk cost
• Cloud sprawl
• Lack of skilled resources
• Concerns over cloud provider security
• Lack of disciplined cloud governance
• My private cloud has evolved to be as competitive and agile as public cloud

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Continue Your Learning
To download available session documentation, log into In the Gartner Conference
the Conference Navigator website, and click the Media Navigator App click on the
icon in your chosen session to access presentations and documentation link.
audio recordings.

IOCS Welcome Address

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• Influence Gartner research

• Share what is top of mind

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A prize will be awarded

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• Our Challenge
to You …
• Plan your agenda

• Share feedback via the app

• Connect with peers

• Participate in polling

• Walk the show floor to

get new ideas

Have Fun!
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 Save the Date
Next IOCS Summit: 7 to 10 December 2020
At the Venetian!

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