The biggest tech events of the rest of 2017
Mark these dates in your diary...
October
Oracle OpenWorld 2017
1-5 October, San Francisco
This is Oracle's annual user conference for business decision-makers, IT management and line-of-business end users.
Oracle OpenWorld offers access more than 2,500 sessions, demos, and hands-on-labs. Tens of thousands of attendees are expected to congregate in San Francisco for an intense five days of learning and networking. Attendees will be able to develop strategiesto promote and optimise digital transformation, with sessions on IaaS, PaaS, applications, and innovation in the cloud.
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Navigate 2017 Europe
18-20October, Amsterdam, Netherlands
SailPoint Navigate draws hundreds of identity governance professionals from around the world to Europe to discuss the identity governance market, share strategies and best practices, and learn how to improve their identity governance programmes. This annual event provides an opportunity to learn, collaborate and network with other professionals while discussing the future of identity.
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November
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
5-9 November, Barcelona, Spain
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is where the world's top CIOs gain a strategic view of the emerging trends shaping IT and business.
Gartner's conference will host 6,000 CIO and senior IT professionals. It features a conference track structure framework of strategicand tactical priorities that overlap across leadership,technology and information, and business strategy.
According to Gartner, attendees can explore new ways to approach critical challenges, make decisions with confidence and achieve greater impact as a leader.
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Dreamforce '17
6-9 November, San Francisco, CA
Dreamforce, the big tech event dedicated to all things Salesforce, is one of the world's largest tech conferences - annually attracting more than 150,000 attendees. Last year the conference had more than 3,000 sessions, including keynotes, breakouts, training and certification. There were also more than 3,000 additional breakout sessions, across over 30 themes, throughout the week.
Dreamforce features content specific to industry, role and company size with attendees able to network with peers, as well as meeting industry pioneers.
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MVNOs Networking Congress 2017
14-15 November 2017, London, UK
This show attracts thefull spectrum of MVNOs in Europe with over 50% of the audience made up from first time attendees last year. The conference looks at the regulatory landscape in Europe, the challenges and opportunities from network consolidation, winning in saturated markets, monetising emerging technologies, and much more.
It also has a range of new learning and networking formats to give delegates a fresh and relevant experience.
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Rene Millman is a freelance writer and broadcaster who covers cybersecurity, AI, IoT, and the cloud. He also works as a contributing analyst at GigaOm and has previously worked as an analyst for Gartner covering the infrastructure market. He has made numerous television appearances to give his views and expertise on technology trends and companies that affect and shape our lives. You can follow Rene Millman on Twitter.