MUMBAI, INDIA: Gartner Inc., today announced the Gartner India CIO Summit 2009 to be held in Mumbai on March 2nd and 3rd, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt hotel.

The event, now in its third year, will concentrate on the significant challenges facing Indian Chief Information Officers (CIO) and their teams. This includes the need for CIOs to re-examine business models and processes to transform their IT organization in an increasingly competitive, resource constrained environment.

Peter Sondergaard, global head of research at Gartner, will present the inaugural keynote.  Sondergaard will discuss how enterprises need to adapt to the volatile world economy, changes in the usage and deployment of technology as well as the changing technology and service provider landscape. This keynote will review Gartner’s expectations to the IT industry, technologies to focus on and management focus throughout the next two years.

Speaking about the event, Partha Iyengar, VP, Distinguished Analyst and Head of Gartner Research in India said, “Despite the global economic slowdown, IT is booming in India, with no signs of deceleration. The Gartner India CIO Summit will direct CIOs and business leaders on the investments required to link business and IT strategies and deliver projects that enable growth, in this ever changing economic environment and enable them to make the right decisions in IT investments to meet business expectations.

Over two days, Gartner's leading analysts will share their insight and guidance with attendees to help them identify and meet the growing business demands they face through a series of hard-hitting keynotes, strategic and tactical presentations, roundtable discussion forums and private one-on-one consultations.

The Gartner India CIO Summit will provide CIO’s with an opportunity to gain key decision-making insights at an operational, tactical and strategic level, and ways to transform IT to impact the business, organization and people. The event will explore critical business, technology and leadership strategies, providing professional advantage to Chief Information Officers from India's leading businesses and organisations.

Some of the leading global Gartner analysts presenting at the Summit include:

·         Mark McDonald - Group Vice President and Head of Research in Gartner Executive Programs

·         Ken McGee - VP & Gartner Fellow

·         John Mahoney - VP Distinguished Analyst

·         Mike Lafford    Group Vice President

·         Valentin T. Sribar -   Group Vice President