There are all kinds of vendor events, but Gartner Inc.’s annual Symposium/ITExpo has absolutely become one of the most essential conferences for chief information officers around the world. You can read coverage on our sister site ITBusiness.ca from Jim Love about this week’s session in Orlando, but here’s a selection of some of the best tweets from #GartnerSym I saw:
A great story captured by the research firm’s own bloggers:
How Four CIOs Made it to the Top #GartnerSym Find out more here http://t.co/OhWgi5m6sF
— Brent Christopherson (@BrentChristoph) October 10, 2014
Proof of how far the event proceedings spread on social media:
A quick view of the last 19 hours of #GartnerSym tweets:
Thanks for Great Strategic Week @Gartner #Cloud #Infographic pic.twitter.com/gQhaeRNZu5— Pain Point (@PainPoint) October 10, 2014
Of course, consulting firms used the conference as a way to plug their own ideas, but some, like these, were well worth a look:
PwC Digital IQ: 70% of top performing companies have a strong CIO-CMO relationship – #GartnerSYM pic.twitter.com/FKqRB3htJk via @PwCAdvisory
— James M Larmer (@JamesMLarmer) October 10, 2014
Great video coverage of a fascinating guy:
@peterthiel interviewed at #GartnerSYM https://t.co/BwmhG2hAg8 #PeterThiel #Gartner #IoT
— Jason Creane (@CreaneJason) October 10, 2014
Nice insight.
RT @rfbrese: Wozniak intvw takeaway #GartnerSYM: tech should free us to be more human & enjoy human side of things, not pull us away fm it
— Robert Cook (@blackstonegates) October 10, 2014
This was good too:
CIOs must have split personalities "rock solid" & "fluid" #GartnerSYM @DarylPlummer. MyView: that's the key to Life!
— Phil Redman (@MobilePhillip) October 6, 2014
The obligatory infographic:
https://twitter.com/fcharles/status/519939527969091585
And finally, what many #GartnerSym attendees are probably feeling right about now.
First day in the office back from #gartnersym with a lot of ideas and a backed up email inbox!!
— Marcus Session (@marcussession_) October 10, 2014