Dallas, Texas 3/18/2011 3:18:16 AM
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Cloud Sourcing Summit Brings IT Executives Together to Share Best Practices

Four-City Tour Continues in Chicago, Illinois April 12, 2011

Alsbridge Inc. will host a summit for IT executives to share key lessons learned and discuss practical steps to take advantage of cloud computing.

The second Summit of the four-city series will be held on April 12, 2011 in Chicago, IL followed by roundtables in Toronto on October 18 and New York City on December 9.  For more information and to register visit: www.cloudsourcingsummit.com.

All participants in the Chicago Summit will be provided a research report on the day’s learning and will also be given access to the Alsbridge cloud service provider database.

Key leaders for the summit in Chicago include:

•    Andrew Peel, CIO of ACE
•    Linda Kinder, CIO of Kellwood Company
•    Matthew Bieri, CIO of Tyler Technologies
•    Charlie Curnow, former VP of IT, at A.H. Belo
•    Shirley Cooper, VP of IT, Service Delivery, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
•    Lee Coulter, SVP, Ascension Health Shared Services, LLC.
•    Dean Demos, CIO of ACE Aon
•    Mamilli Wafaa, Senior Director of IT, Eli Lilly

Alsbridge CEO Ben Trowbridge explains the need for this type of event: “As innovations in cloud computing continue to develop and evolve across the enterprise it is vital for IT executives to stay ahead of the curve. This summit is a valuable learning opportunity that will enable attendees to garner knowledge from their peers. The time is now for IT leaders to radically transform their value proposition to the business, and they must seize it with both hands.”

About Alsbridge Inc.

Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for IT, finance and sourcing executives.  With over 150 consultants located globally, we’ve helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application support and development, business processes and cloud services.  Our commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America.

Reaghan Francis
(214) 696-6410 office
(214) 384-1135 cell
reaghan.francis@alsbridge.com

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