What is the difference between managing IT and leading IT? Why is now the time for I to exert a greater role? And how do you truly establish that greater role? We'll discuss that and more with Mike Chuba and his fellow Gartner Research vice president, Dave Russell, the agenda co-chairs for the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations Management and Data Center Conference, December 4th to 7th in Las Vegas.

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Gartner will unveil its first MSE-focused research track at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando in October. What challenges stand out most for midsize enterprises? What solutions can they turn to? For answers now, we turn to Neil Wynne, a senior research analyst on the newly formed MSE research team at Gartner. His particular focus is on security, although he focused on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017 in this Gartner ThinkCast discussion.

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Admiral Stavridis joins Gartner ThinkCast for a wide-ranging discussion on digital security. What are the top threats we face today? Why are the lines blurring between military and business threats? And most importantly, what can we do to tackle those threats? Admiral Stavridis will be a keynote speaker at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations Management Data Center Conference, December 4-7 in Las Vegas. His presentation will be "Sailing the Cyber Seas: The Realities of 21st Century Security."

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Gartner analyst Jose Ruggero joins us to continue our conversation on the challenges that digital transformation creates for CIOs at midsize enterprises, and the best practices they can use to turn those challenges to their enterprise's advantage.

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Paul Chapman provides a unique view of digital transformation, both in helping Box's clients make the move and in guiding Box on that journey, as well as his previous employers, including HP and VMware. Paul Chapman joins us for a two-part conversation on a wide range of topics, including the challenges of maximizing digital potential, why CIOs need to be at the forefront of that effort, how to take true advantage of the cloud, and how to impact customer experience.

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The question long ago ceased to be IF we become digital; it's clearly HOW we get there. We've enlisted a great guide we resume our conversation with Box CIO Paul Chapman. In the first part of our discussion, we covered what we need to change to gain the maximum benefits of the digital era and how CIOs can lead that change. In this latest Gartner ThinkCast conversation, we tackle how we make that change.

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What are the lessons you need to know? How can you best deploy AI and turn it into your competitive advantage? Whit Andrews shares the latest insights and best practices as we dive into the extensive contents of Gartner’s latest special research report.

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Gartner Research Vice President Stan Aronow is the lead author of the 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. In this conversation, we explore the top trends driving supply chain innovation and the enterprises that are harnessing those trends to be among the supply chain leaders.

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McDonald's claimed second place in the 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Who claimed the top spot? What sets the world's best supply chains apart? And what can you do to join their ranks? In this Gartner ThinkCast discussion, we put those questions and more to Gartner's Stan Aronow, lead author of the 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25.

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Gartner analyst Jose Ruggero says it is up to CIOs to size up digitally properly for midsize enterprises. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Jose discusses the challenges that smaller enterprises face when it comes to digital and also a digital constant that impacts organizations of any size – that the CIO must play a proactive, leading role.

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