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Introduction:

The economic events of the past 24 months have revealed that for many organisations, the way in which IT projects are financed and ongoing IT costs are managed is woefully inadequate.

Charged with drastically reducing their expenditure, many IT departments found themselves unable to find out precisely what that expenditure is, let alone make the necessary cuts in time.

Addressing this inadequacy is arguably the most pressing challenge facing IT organisations. Unless they can develop sustainable, scalable and efficient models IT financing and cost control, the value of an internal IT operation will continue to be questioned.

Information Age’s Managing IT Cost Effectively seminar, now in its second year, addresses this challenge head on. Experts and practitioners will discuss themes including:

• Managing IT project cost
• Financial solutions for IT
• Managing software licences
• IT lifecycle management
• Does cloud computing really save money?

Delegate profile
Any IT professional with budgetary responsibility or business professional with responsibility for IT projects including CIO’s, CTO’s, IT Directors, IT Managers and Senior business professionals with key interests in IT budget management.

Speakers include:
- Simon Wardley, CSC Leading Edge Forum, on the real economics of cloud - computing
- Richard Stephens, Fellow of the Society for Computers & Law, on the latest developments in IT contract law
- Richard Castillo, head of IT at European Fund Management, on the business case for virtualisation
- Dave Hartis, head of IT services at the University of Sunderland, on IT finance management

Date:
Wednesday, 9th March, 2011

Location:
Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.

Sponsors
Flexera Software
Lombard
Digital Fuel
Mercato Solutions

How much does it cost?
The seminar was FREE to attend for qualifying delegates (criteria above).