21st – 23rd October 2009
ACS CUSTOMER STUDY TOUR WITH IBM:
SMARTER PLANET
IBM Dublin
This event will appeal to IT professionals who are keen to innovate, who want to learn about the latest advances in IT, explore IBM's "Smarter Planet" proposition and understand why we firmly believe that ACS has the right mix of IT and business experience to offer solutions which drive down cost, complexity and risk.
The "Smarter Planet" theme will bring together an exciting mix of real life challenges and advice on operational agility and efficiency. All this, combined with the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, makes this one study tour you won't want to miss. All costs are covered including, hotel, flights, transfers and meals.
The agenda is available below and features the opportunity to hear the IBM System x, Storage and Power series futures strategies.
If you are interested in attending, please complete the form to the right and we will be in touch shortly to discuss your personal travel itinerary. Please choose the most convenient airport for you from the drop down – whilst we cannot guarantee availability, we’ll try our best to minimise your travel time.
AGENDA
| Wednesday 21st October | |
| 16:00 | Flights to Dublin (approximate timing) |
| 19:00 | Hotel drinks reception |
| 20:00 | Hotel dinner |
| Thursday 22nd October | |
| 09:00 | Coffee |
| 09:30 | Welcome | Nick Higgs, Partner Manager, ACS |
| 09:45 | ACS Update | Simon Gay, CTO, ACS |
| 10:30 | ACS Services/Proposition Update | Simon Gay, CTO, ACS |
| 11:15 | Coffee |
| 11:30 | IBM: The Smarter Planet | Paul Fryer, IBM |
| 12:00 | System X Update & Futures | Simon Hodkin, IBM |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Power Series Update & Futures | Steve Atkins/Nigel Adams, IBM |
| 14:30 | IBM Storage Update & Futures | Andy Fitzgerald & Mark Howard, IBM |
| 15:15 | Coffee |
| 15:30 | Virtualisation Update | Gary Blake, Virtualisation Practice Lead, ACS |
| 16:30 | Q&A |
| 17:00 | Close |
| 19:00 | Hotel drinks reception |
| 20:00 | Dinner, Dublin |
| Friday 23rd October | |
| 09:30 | Coffee |
| 10:00 | Microprocessor Expert: The Future | tbc |
| 10:45 | IBM Plant Tour |
| 11:45 | Coffee |
| 12:00 | ACS Case Studies |
| 12:30 | Wrap Up |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Depart for airport |
EVENT MATERIAL
To download and view or save presentations viewed as part of this event, please click on the relevant title below.
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ACS ITO Overview |
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ACS ITO Virtualisation |
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ACS ITO Cloud Computing |
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Power Systems Update |
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New Generation System x & Bladecenter (zipped) |
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XIV Briefing |
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Bring a Smarter Planet to Life |
GOT A QUERY ABOUT THIS EVENT?
If you have any questions about this event, call us on 0845 201 6000 or send us an email.
WHY ACS?
ACS is a global leader in the provision of business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) services and solutions to both commercial and public sector clients. Within the UK, ACS delivers IT infrastructure and related solutions from initial consultancy, analysis and design through to fully outsourced hosted or remote managed services and support.