The IT Leadership Forum

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ABOUT

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DETAILS

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RSVP

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SPONSOR

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The IT Leadership Forum – Transforming Your Network to Enable the Digital Edge is an invitation only group of 50 senior IT Leaders from cross-vertical enterprises in the greater Philadelphia area, convening with four simple goals in mind:[push h=10]

• To learn from each other
• To network with each other
• To enjoy a fine lunch
• Walk away with the knowledge of best practices & implementation strategies

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The format will feature an industry panel of senior IT leaders for an interactive discussion followed by small roundtable discussions to maximize peer-to-peer learning and networking.
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ABOUT THE CONTENT
We all know that the cloud is a game-changing and disruptive technology for the enterprise. Now with a question of “how and when” rather than “if”, large companies are increasingly and rapidly transforming into digital organizations, with an emphasis on using hybrid cloud to enable seamless digital engagement, connectivity, and real time data analytics. Despite its benefits, no one said it was a straightforward journey. Over a two-hour lunch, we will discuss how leading enterprises strategize for:

• Hybrid Cloud Strategies

• What the Digital Transformation roadmap looks like, and how it is the only pathway to avoid being digitally disrupted?
• How to deploy a footprint that maximizes control and ROI on data from local data centers, leveraging major cloud service providers without inflating your cloud spend?
• Maintaining data sovereignty, application compatibility, and cost effectiveness

• Re-Architecting for the Digital Edge

• Flipping your network topology to gain speed and seamlessness: going from centralized to distributed architectures focused on your unique customer base
• The transition to a customer-centric business model, prioritizing and creating positive and lasting customer experiences
• Bringing applications and data closer to end users to enable frictionless connectivity

• Using co-location and interconnection to reap the benefits of partners and industry ecosystems

• How to create personalized and lasting impressions on globally distributed users in real time?
• Leveraging existing infrastructure to maximize insights while decreasing physical footprints

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MODERATOR
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Lou Najdzin
Senior Director, Vertical Marketing
Equinix

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PANELISTS
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Joseph Brannan
VP Data Center, Networking, Storage & Cloud
Lincoln Financial

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Ralph Presciutti
VP Cloud Services
Advantage Communications Group

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Jeffery Stewart
Director, Cloud and Infrastructure Services
Unisys

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If you have received an invitation and would like to RSVP, or if you would like additional information and to be considered for participation, please email Steve Etzler at steven.etzler@bdionline.com. While there is no cost to participate, we require registrants to show up and actively contribute to the conversation.
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DATE

Thursday, September 28, 2017

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TIME

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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LOCATION

Del Frisco’s
1426-28 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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ATTENDEE PROFILE
50 senior IT Leaders from cross-vertical enterprises

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EVENT AGENDA:

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM	Registration and Networking Lunch
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM	Panel Discussion
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM	Roundtable Discussion Groups

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SPONSOR

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world’s leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. In a digital economy where enterprise business models are increasingly interdependent, interconnection is essential to success. Equinix operates the only global interconnection platform, sparking new opportunities that are only possible when companies come together. For additional information, please visit us at www.equinix.com.

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ORGANIZER

Business Development Institute (BDI), founded in New York City in 2001, is a strategic B2B event marketing agency that specializes in helping enterprise technology and services companies by producing custom, invitation-only, roadshow events that result in new revenue and thought leadership branding. Accelerate Events are BDI’s exclusive demand generation programs that fill our customer’s sales pipelines with qualified leads while curating unique thought leadership content.

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