CIO Government Summit Attendees to Address Public-Sector Cloud and Next-Gen Government IT Infrastructures

Online, February 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The CIO Government Summit's agenda has continued to expand and the summit team is pleased to announce that much focus of the agenda will focus on cloud computing initiatives within the government sector. The CIO Government Summit will gather CIOs, analysts and IT thought-leaders for a three-day educational, strategic event in Scottsdale, AZ May 23-26, 2010.

"In our conversations with CIOs, cloud computing reigns as an area of great interest. Benefits of speed, simplicity, cost-effectiveness and innovation deserve further examination as CIOs consider next-generation government IT infrastructures. We've expanded the CIO Government Summit agenda to include a focus on cloud computing initiatives and we are sure attending CIOs will gain significant insights from the peer-led CIO thought-leadership sessions focused on the cloud," said Mark Southam, Event Director, CIO Government Summit.

The CIO Government Summit agenda includes CIO thought-leadership sessions, CIO case studies, keynote presentations and a multitude of networking opportunities for IT leaders in government to address the trends and challenges they face. CIO Government Summit attendees are CIOs, senior level IT executives, analysts and solution providers who are leading government technology today.

Confirmed attendees include Chad Kirkpatrick, CIO State of Arizona, Director, GITA, Donald Houde, CIO, Department of Education, Arizona, Molly Rauzi, CIO, City and County of Denver and Lynn Willenbring, CIO, City of Minneapolis.

The cloud conversation at the CIO Government Summit will include an examination of public-sector cloud, virtualizing government servers, public app stores, and establishing flexible government IT infrastructures. To find out more about the leading summit for CIOs in government, please visit www.ciogovernementsummit.com

About CIO Government Summit

The CIO Government Summit will be hosted May 23 -26, 2010 in Scottsdale, AZ. The summit is designed to provide an educational and content focused forum for North America's IT executives in government. The CIOs, C-level IT executives and IT decision makers that attend the CIO Government Summit will participate in a strategic three-day agenda filled with workshops, case studies and keynote presentations surrounding industry trends and challenges. The CIO Government Summit is organized by the Strategic Business Summit (SBS) division of CDM Media. This SBS division has a reputation of delivering effective, vertically-focused events for IT leaders in technology. For more information about the CIO Government Summit, please visit http://www.ciogovernmentsummit.com/