Agenda
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM JST
Takeshi Ikeda, VP Analyst, Gartner
Siddharth Shetty, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Autumn Stanish, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
I&O leaders must seize the moment. Generative AI and platform engineering practices promise to accelerate decision making, simplify operations and enable an adaptable infrastructure. As a visionary leader, you must also leverage the untapped potential in your people to empower limitless growth and transform your I&O future.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The times are changing rapidly from the old world to the new world. This change will redefine enterprises as "new digital enterprises," and the impact is comparable to the industrial revolution 150 years ago. This session will discuss how companies should respond to historical changes.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 12:50 PM - 01:20 PM JST
Chris Saunderson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Generative AI is the hottest buzzword in the Industry as AI models have evolved to create human-like artifacts in areas of text, images, video and even code. While generative AI is a major AI advance, its implications for I&O aren't well understood. In this session, we share generative AI use cases for I&O and outline best practices for its effective usage.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 12:50 PM - 01:20 PM JST
Philip Dawson, VP Analyst, Gartner
Innovation is changing the way servers, storage and networking will be delivered. New technologies like AI, CXL, DPUs, and FACs are making infrastructure more cost-effective, responsive and flexible - both on-premises and in the cloud. This session will enable IT leaders to develop strategies and present future evolution to executive leaders, peers and teams.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 12:50 PM - 01:20 PM JST
Masaki Suzuki, VP Analyst, Gartner
Ten years have passed since Gartner called for digital businesses. And while the variety of digital trends were going in parallel, so many insights were provided along with the everyday challenges. Now, it's time for you to look over at your activities taken in ten years and rebuild your strategy for the coming post-digital era. Gartner provides insights on digital strategies for IT leaders in Japan.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM JST
Chris Saunderson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Recent advances in generative AI make it the most disruptive set of technologies to impact businesses in decades. This presentation will familiarize I&O leaders with key technologies underpinning generative AI along with its potential risks to ensure safe and robust adoption.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:05 PM JST
Masaki Suzuki, VP Analyst, Gartner
While the trends toward Web3/NFT and decentralization can potentially disrupt business and dramatically change the world, these technologies are always accompanied by hype and misunderstanding. In this session, we will clarify the hype and misconceptions, and provide recommendations for IT leaders in Japan.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:05 PM JST
Takeshi Ikeda, VP Analyst, Gartner
The "new world where everything is connected" is gradually progressing worldwide through technologies such as digital twins, IoT, AI, 5G, and robotics. At the same time, there is no end to organizations that are struggling with various difficulties, unlike the challenges they have faced in the past with new businesses. In this session, we will discuss what to avoid and what to overcome for digital/innovation leaders.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
In 2023, expectations and interest in Open AI (ChatGPT) are on the rise.
How should enterprises deal with this emerging AI, including ChatGPT?
In this session, analysts will answer questions from users.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 05:05 PM - 05:35 PM JST
Hiroko Aoyama, Director Analyst, Gartner
IT and I&O leaders have a unique opportunity to leverage next-generation technologies. The innovative creations and challenges are a solid trajectory for the future.
Now is the time to lead in driving change and demonstrating your ability as a strategic business enabler and a visionary leader.
This session will review and summarize the content of the two-day event, discussing key initiatives.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 12:50 PM - 01:20 PM JST
Takuma Yamamoto, Director Analyst, Gartner
The resilience of cloud-centric IT infrastructure is one of the keys to business continuity. Companies that do not make this preparation are now at risk of business suspension. Discuss what you should do now to increase the resilience of your cloud and on-premises IT infrastructure.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Usage of OSS is common, but data management areas have yet to take root in Japan. Cloud first also became common sense, but dbPaaS is not yet widely adopted. Non-RDBMS has also been slow to spread. The keyword for solving these problems is "in-house production." Think strategically about modernizing the architecture by putting in place an internal role that can lead the entire data management process.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Kevin Ji, VP Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations lack a formal cloud strategy, or worse, have a cloud strategy that doesn't clearly prioritize conflicting desires between the different parts of the business, IT, and other functions. The cocktail-napkin approach allows leaders to drive rapid alignment on the most controversial (and important) parts of a cloud strategy, and therefore key policy and implementation decisions.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 05:15 PM - 05:45 PM JST
Kevin Ji, VP Analyst, Gartner
The cloud financial management discipline allows you to control your costs, optimize your deployments and manage spending expectations. It also leads to a pervasive culture of cost consciousness that helps your organization innovate efficiently, prevent cost overruns and protect the investments in cloud computing. Learn the results of thousands of customer conversations distilled into a comprehensive strategic approach to cloud financial management, often referred to also as FinOps.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
The trends surrounding cloud computing are changing dramatically. In this session, we will organize the latest cloud trends and propose actions that users should take.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Autumn Stanish, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Despite all the hype and the mythical claims of repatriation, public cloud infrastructure remains the shortest and swiftest path to success for modern applications. (There are exceptions, but you're not one of them). We'll explore what makes the public cloud cheaper, and explode some common misconceptions and errors that cause IT organizations to believe erroneously that they are better on-premises.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM JST
Takeshi Ikeda, VP Analyst, Gartner
The "new world where everything is connected" brings considerable changes to networking and would be a more critical technology for digital infrastructure. This session will discuss the fundamental changes such as SASE and/or IT/OT convergence in network architecture and also organizational role changes among networking and security over IT and OT.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM JST
Pankaj Prasad, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Much of the industry buzz around platform engineering is geared toward application developers and software engineering teams. However, there is a clear affinity between platform engineering principles and practices, and the technology and practices of I&O modernization, which places it closer to the line of business. This session will discuss how platform engineering should influence I&O.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
There is an ongoing trend to build a company-wide data utilization infrastructure and to become a data-driven organization by implementing a data lake. However, the infrastructure is necessary but not sufficient. Literacy and expert service delivery that can extract business value are essential.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Chris Saunderson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Automation is imperative for organizations, and there are leadership actions that you can take to improve both the value of I&O Automation and the capacity of your organization to deliver and sustain your automation success. This session will cover actions to take (and to avoid) to drive your automation initiatives.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
Takuma Yamamoto, Director Analyst, Gartner
Ransomware damage is increasing year by year in Japan. This trend is expected to continue. Companies that are not ready for this will have no choice but to leave the market. Discuss what to do for it and how to get started.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Pankaj Prasad, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Discuss the changing landscape of monitoring and observability, and key trends in 2023 and beyond. How is observability forecasted to grow in the next three years and the factors driving it? Share some client examples of how they are using observability to improve their digital business.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Hideo Yoneda, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Many companies are now promoting agile development to advance digital transformation. However, in many cases, this activity is limited to a small development department within the IT department or a newly established advanced digital transformation department outside of the IT department. The IT department needs to become agile to contribute to DX. We will present actions to become agile from the operations team.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 02:55 PM - 03:40 PM JST
Kaoru Yano, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Top management should have strong leadership for quick incident responses to security threats. In this session, analysts will answer questions from participants and explore the priorities and new approaches for more powerful security resilience.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 05:05 PM - 05:50 PM JST
Takuma Yamamoto, Director Analyst, Gartner
Data center colocation services, which are used by approximately 60% of user companies, are currently facing a major turning point. Some vendors are considering making big decisions, such as investing in environmental sustainability or partially exiting the business. This session will answer user questions about data center colocation related services in the midst of change.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The products that are selling well are probably the better ones. How and where it is used is a significant reassurance factor in the company's product selection. It's not a big mistake, but it's more complicated. I suggest sharing examples, which I believe is more effective.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:05 PM JST
Gavin Tay, VP Analyst, Gartner
I&O digital workplace leaders are faced with the challenge of balancing innovation with the need to support and manage the end user environment. The decisions that are made now have long lasting effects on the organization's ability to adapt to change in the future. This session will outline the digital workplace technologies, strategies and structure to help make their organizations future-proof.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Kevin Ji, VP Analyst, Gartner
There are literally hundreds of tools used to manage cloud computing deployments. This session will present a framework that will help enterprises navigate this dynamic domain, focusing on FinOps tooling that continues to be the busiest subset of the overall cloud computing tooling market.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 04:10 PM - 04:55 PM JST
Hideo Yoneda, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Since the beginning of 2023, inquiries about next-generation infrastructure and operational automation have been increasing. While the level of automation varies from company to company, many companies are considering their next steps. This session will explore ways to move infrastructure and operations automation forward more effectively through discussion among participants.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 02:40 PM - 03:40 PM JST
Tsuyoshi Ebina, VP Analyst, Gartner
Oracle projects its cloud will drive twice the current revenue per customer placing increasing pressure on its customers to negotiate effective agreements. Oracle customers have many strategic options and risks to evaluate for both on-premises and cloud deployments. This interactive clinic will provide you with indispensable insight to enable smarter decisions and stronger performance on your organization’s Oracle negotiations.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Gavin Tay, VP Analyst, Gartner
As more organizations outsource their infrastructure, applications and communications, IT leaders struggle to manage, measure and control their providers. Cloud and digital initiatives are complex creating pressure, making contracts and supplier relationships more challenging. Using an IT outsourcing management framework is a must for IT leaders to balance cost and risk and create value for their organizations.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
As the world rapidly moves toward the new world, enterprises need to acquire new skills, mindsets and styles. On the other hand, it takes a long time for a new mindset to take hold, so it is essential to have opportunities to improve maturity continuously. In this session, we will propose the mindset that companies should acquire for the new era.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
As the world rapidly moves toward the new world, enterprises need to acquire new skills, mindsets and styles. On the other hand, it takes a long time for a new mindset to take hold, so it is essential to have opportunities to improve maturity continuously. In this session, we will propose the mindset that companies should acquire for the new era.
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 / 05:15 PM - 05:45 PM JST
Hironori Hayashi, Director Analyst, Gartner
During the COVID-19 pandemic, collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace rapidly increased their market share. However, through inquiry to Gartner, many clients found themselves “locked-in” with their current platform. They considered migrating to other platforms due to price increases, etc. In this session, we will introduce what leads to "locked-in" and how clients can prevent them with the analogy of "moving."
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM JST
Philip Dawson, VP Analyst, Gartner
Infrastructure and operations leaders must be active contributors to their organization's success. They must help enable growth by helping to scale initiatives throughout their enterprise but face significant external and internal challenges. This presentation will focus on the key challenges and trends impacting I&O and what leadership actions will generate success in 2024 and beyond.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM JST
Eri Hariu, Director Analyst, Gartner
Many Japanese organizations have been reforming their workstyle in responding to hybrid working for the past few years. Now it is time to rethink how to advance digital workplace transformation for the future. In this session, we will analyze digital workplace trends in Japanese companies, how to set goals, how digital workplace transformation can be incorporated into technology, and what technologies to focus on.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 12:35 PM - 01:05 PM JST
Siddharth Shetty, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This broad skills-related pitch usually shows off the skills roadmap, some case studies, and some practical advice that people can follow.
Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 / 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Akimasa Nakao, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
As SAP continues to shift its business to the cloud, the complexity of negotiating with SAP only continues to increase. SAP customers have many strategic options, licensing models, and risks to consider. This interactive clinic will provide you with indispensable insight to enable smarter decisions and a more robust performance on your organization's upcoming SAP negotiations.