CIO Perspectives Chicago 2015
 
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Underwriter


  CSC is a global leader in next-generation IT services and solutions. The company’s mission is to enable superior returns on our clients’ technology investments through best-in-class industry solutions, domain expertise and global scale. For more information, visit us at www.csc.com.



  Flexera Software helps application producers and enterprises increase application usage and the value they derive from their software. Our next-generation software licensing, compliance and installation solutions are essential to ensure continuous licensing compliance, optimized software investments and to future-proof businesses against the risks and costs of constantly changing technology. 

Executive Connection


  Comcast Business offers Internet, Ethernet, Voice and TV for businesses with Internet speeds up to seven times faster than DSL, super-fast Ethernet, a variety of Voice options and TV.  Built for business, customers value the diverse, private network and 24x7 dedicated business support.



  Dropbox simplifies the work and personal lives of millions of people by letting them bring their documents, photos, and videos anywhere and share them easily. The service has more than 300 million users and is used in over 4 million businesses, with 1 billion files saved per day. Dropbox for Business allows employees to securely share and collaborate, and is used by companies like BCBG, National Geographic, Hearst, and News Corp. To learn more about our product and start a free trial, please visit https://www.dropbox.com/business


  Delphix software enables Data as a Service, within a firm’s on-premise, private, or public cloud infrastructure. With a unique focus on applications and databases, and features that exist nowhere else, the Delphix solution brings enterprise data into the modern age, cutting application project schedules in half. 


  GTT is the world’s leading cloud networking provider.  Operating a global Tier 1 IP network, our cloud networking solutions provide multinational clients with a better way to reach the cloud.  GTT offers fast, reliable and secure connectivity to any location in the world and with any application in the cloud. 


  HCL Technologies is a global IT services company with $6B in revenue and 106,000 Ideapreneurs working in 31 countries. HCL focusses on 'transformational outsourcing', underlined by innovation and value creation, offering an integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and digitalization services. 



 
Maven Wave assists clients in creating and capitalizing on change opportunities through a unique blend of strategic insight, business knowledge, and technology expertise. Clients increasingly want solutions that are more social, mobile, and rooted in analytics. Maven Wave fuses traditional consulting discipline with cutting-edge technology development.



  Pluribus Networks delivers software-defined networking as an open application platform for today’s data centers. The company’s flagship product, Netvisor®, is the industry’s first distributed network hypervisor operating system, converging compute, network, storage and virtualization with an open, programmable approach. Our customers realize tangible and immediate business benefits while protecting their existing network investments. For more information, visitwww.pluribusnetworks.com or go to www.twitter.com/pluribusnet.


  Tegile Systems is a leading provider of intelligent flash arrays. Our mission is to accelerate the transformation of IT by changing the performance and economics of enterprise storage. Our flash arrays, with patented IntelliFlash architecture, deliver high I/O and low latency for databases, server virtualization and VDI.

Event Partners
  CloudVelox, formerly known as CloudVelocity, is the first company to deliver an automated cloud migration and disaster recovery platform specifically developed for the unique operating demands of existing, multi-tier apps. Led by a deeply experienced team of system software and networking executives, CloudVelox gives data center teams the ability to easily protect, scale and mobilize their distributed apps and services into and between clouds, eliminating many of the major barriers to the enterprise adoption of cloud. 
  GHDSi is a US-based outsourcing firm, founded in 2002, whose sole focus is providing best in class help desk services. Our clients benefit from: Increased management time to focus on your strategic initiatives; predictable, repeatable processes that deliver high customer satisfaction; and guaranteed service levels that improve your responsiveness and reputation.
  Iron.io's event-driven enterprise solutions deliver and process 100s of millions of messages and tasks through IronMQ and IronWorker. Its asynchronous workloads operate in public and private clouds, on-premises, or hybrid environments. Many of the world’s most segment leading companies leverage Iron.io solutions for their competitive advantage. 
  Neudesic is the trusted technology partner in business innovation, delivering impactful business results to clients through leading-edge technologies, innovative solutions and strategic alliances.  Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Neudesic is a privately held company, serving clients globally from offices across the United States. For more information, visit www.neudesic.com.
  Platfora, is the leading big data discovery platform that enables business users and data scientists to visually interact with petabyte-scale data in seconds. With Platfora big data analytics, businesses gain deeper insights into large datasets for customer analytics, security analytics, and IoT solutions.

  For more than 30 years, Randstad Technologies has been connecting global companies to customized technology talent and solutions that meet and surpass objectives. From connecting clients to the expert technology talent they need, allowing them to outsource a fundamental technology function, to jump-starting and completing stalled projects, or providing strategic technology consulting services, we help companies become more efficient and reduce millions of dollars in costs. Visitrandstadtechnologies.com to learn more about our recruitment, outsourcing, projects, and consulting solutions.
  ScaleArc’s software provides an abstraction layer for the database tier, shielding applications from database infrastructure. The software enables zero downtime for applications, making failover transparent to the app. It also enhances database performance, scalability, and security, for on-premise or cloud deployments.
  Silver Peak software accelerates data between data centers, branch offices and the cloud. The company’s software-defined acceleration solves network quality, capacity and distance challenges to provide fast and reliable access to data anywhere in the world. Leveraging its leadership in data center class WAN optimization, Silver Peak is a key enabler for strategic IT projects like virtualization, big data and disaster recovery.
  Worksoft® is a leading global provider of automation software for business process validation and discovery. Enterprises worldwide use Worksoft’s top ranked automation solutions to innovate faster, lower technology risk, reduce costs, improve quality, and deeply understand their end-to-end business processes across web, cloud, big data, mobile, and dozens of enterprise applications.

Research Partner
  IDC is the most experienced and most trusted IT advisory firm in the market. Our global team of 1,100 analysts assist businesses around the world in moving to the 3rd Platform of computing. Our IT advisory services not only advise on the technologies of the 3rd Platform (cloud, mobile, social and analytics), but also on how to effectively lead technology initiatives. To learn more visit www.idc.com/itexecutive.