BrainStorm Group Announces SMARTsourcing Conference and Year 2000 National Symposium in San Francisco, June 28-30.NORTHBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- Industry's Leading Conference on IT Outsourcing Featuring Thought Leaders, Latest Services and Solutions BrainStorm Group today announced that its San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden SMARTsourcing Conference and Year 2000 National Symposium will be held June 28-30, 1999 at the Fairmont Hotel Atop Nob Hill Noun 1. Nob Hill - a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco San Francisco - a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge . SMARTsourcing Conference The SMARTsourcing Conference Series has quickly established itself as the premier meeting place for senior business and IT management to evaluate their strategic partnering options with the world's leading professional IT Outsourcing service and solution providers. The San Francisco program will redefine antiquated images of "outsourcing" and present the business imperative for the strategic implementation of project sourcing as a way to leverage an organization's IT investment. In-depth session will provide comprehensive coverage of issues to be considered when entering outsourcing agreements, tips on getting the most value out of existing outsourcing relationships and partners, as well as the latest trends and available services. Includes ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in , E-Business Services, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. Outsourcing, Application Development Outsourcing, Network Services, Application Modernization & Maintenance Outsourcing, etc. According to Gregg Rock, president of BrainStorm Group, "The explosive growth of technology, coupled with the increasingly fast paced, complex and competitive world, has created an environment where it is no longer possible or advantageous for a company to provide all of its own technology skills and support. As organizations reflect on their sourcing options, the SMARTsourcing Conference Series will assist organizations looking to achieve competitive advantage, increase market share and reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of internal resources." YEAR 2000 National Symposium BrainStorm Group's YEAR 2000 Symposium is the nation's leading source of unbiased information on Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 issues, challenges and readiness. Keynote presentations and case studies will feature Delta Airlines, Visa International, National Retail Federation, Travelers Life & Annuity, GIGA Information Group, Senator John Vasconcellos of CA and William Ulrich of Tactical Strategy Group. Sessions focus on contingency planning, crisis management, distributed and desktop solutions, testing techniques and tools, supply chain management, legal issues, IV&V auditing, risk management, embedded systems strategies, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. management and more. Additional 1999 SMARTsourcing and YEAR 2000 Conferences will be held in Chicago (September 22-24), and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. (October tbd). Based in Northboro, Massachusetts, BrainStorm Group, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Gregg V. Rock with the intent of establishing itself as the premier producer and developer of high technology conferences and trade show events. BrainStorm Group also offers a set of integrated services in the areas of proprietary conference development and the outsourcing of content development, sales, event marketing and management for the high technology marketplace. Press passes are complimentary. For attendee information, please contact Linda O'Donnell at 508-393-3266. Companies interested in becoming a co-sponsor should call 508-393-3266. |
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