FRAMINGHAM, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - IDG's CIO -- the executive-level IT media brand providing insight into business technology leadership -- in partnership with the CIO Executive Council, announces the new digital disruption panel and workshop at the upcoming CIO Perspectives seminars. The CIO Perspectives seminars are one-day regional gatherings of CIOs and senior level IT executives, from mid to large-sized companies that connect peers and solutions providers with each other.

Sponsorship Opportunities
CIO Perspectives seminars provide an ideal atmosphere for solution providers to develop relationships with enterprise CIOs and lead discussions on key business and technology topics during scheduled sessions, networking breaks and single share of voice sponsorship opportunities.

Starting November 13^th in Houston, TX, a CIO panel and workshop focused on innovative approaches to digital disruption and business model change will be incorporated in the agenda. CIOs and IT organizations are dealing with escalating demands from their business colleagues as they respond to unexpected new competitors, continual cost pressures and rapid-fire market opportunities. During this insightful session, attendees will hear the thoughts and opinions from a diverse panel of CIOs, as well as the event's Thought Leadership Sponsor. After the panel, attendees will move into small workshop groups for a deeper discussion and idea exchange.

"Technology is rapidly changing how we do business and it is up to the CIO and their team to ensure their organization is prepared to capitalize on opportunities around these market changes," said Adam Dennison, vice president and publisher, CIO. "The workshop helps to nurture the relationship between attendees and the solution providers and build a dialogue that can continue post-seminar."

Participate in upcoming 2013/2014 CIO Perspectives seminars

• November 13, 2013 | Houston, TX
• December 11, 2013 | Los Angeles, CA
• February 2014 | Dallas, TX
• March 2014 | Atlanta, GA
• April 2014 | New York, NY
• May 2014 | San Francisco, CA
• June 2014 | Washington, DC
• July 2014 | Boston, MA
• September 2014 | Chicago, IL
• November 2014 | Houston, TX
• December 2014 | Los Angeles, CA
• Please visit: http://www.cioperspectives.com for more event details.

Geographically Unique Agenda
The agenda at each CIO Perspectives forum is designed by a regional advisory board in each event location. These powerful advisory boards, comprised of CIOs from the most respected companies in America, work directly with CIO's event staff to generate seminar content that is highly relevant and provides maximum business value for the regional seminar attendees.

The 2014 CIO Perspectives agendas will focus on the business and technology issues that enterprise CIOs are faced with; ranging from social, mobile, cloud, big data and many more.

Registration Information
To learn more about the conference or to register visit http://www.cioperspectives.com, call 800.883.9090 or email: executiveprograms@cxo.com.

Sponsorship Information
Series sponsors include: 8^th Light, Inc., AHEAD, AirWatch, AlgoSec, AMD, AppDynamics, Appian, Box, China Telecom, Citrix Systems, Inc, Clear Peak, Comcast, Compuware, Crowe Horwath LLP, Dimension Data, EarthLink, Flexera Software, Infragistics, IntelliCorp, IntraLinks, K2, Kony, LogMeIn, Mezeo Software, Micro Focus, MOBI Wireless Management, NetIQ, NTT DATA, Plus Consulting, Pythian, Quest Software, Rackspace, Randstad Technologies, RDA, Seamless Technologies, Silver Peak, Software AG, Stefanini IT Solutions, Trend Micro, ViaWest, VMware, Voxer, WatchDox, Inc., WatchGuard, WHIPTAIL and Windstream Communications.

For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact Adam Dennison, vice president & publisher, CIO at adennison@cio.com.

About CIO
CIO is the premier content and community resource for information technology executives and leaders thriving and prospering in this fast-paced era of IT transformation in the enterprise. The award-winning CIO portfolio -- CIO.com, CIO magazine (launched in 1987), CIO executive programs, CIO custom solutions, CIO Forum on LinkedIn, CIO Executive Council and CIO primary research -- provides business technology leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT's role in achieving business goals. Additionally, CIO provides opportunities for IT solution providers to reach this executive IT audience. The CIO Executive Council is a professional organization of CIOs created to serve as an unbiased and trusted peer advisory group. CIO is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events and research company. Company information is available at http://www.idgenterprise.com/.

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