Focus on reducing IT infrastructure and operations costs
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By BiztechAfrica - June 25, 2012, 11:17 a.m.
The 2nd annual IT Infrastructure Africa Summit will take place from 12 to 13 July 2012 at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events, the summit will focus on IT infrastructure challenges facing the African IT industry preventing enterprises within the continent from reaching international standards of first world nations.
Reducing costs while enabling enterprise change is in high demand in today’s challenging business environment. Delegates will discover how to gain a fast return on investment through streamlined infrastructure and operations; and to utilise innovative tools, methodologies and accelerators reducing the cost of ownership while optimising the enterprise.
For more information, visit www.itinfrastructure.co.za
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