This year, Catalyst will focus on eight core technologies transforming enterprise IT:

- Enterprise Ready Clouds: Realistic Strategies

- Social Software in the Enterprise

- SOA: Next Generation Application Architecture

- Collaborate or Perish: The Business Value of Relationships

- Virtualisation: Transforming IT Infrastructure

- Leveraging Information to Gain Insight

- New Identity Architecture: Getting There from Here

- Networks in Motion

"Catalyst has always been the place to go for practical knowledge, things that you can act on in your IT organization. Given the 'new normal' last year's economic crisis created, that pragmatic view is more important than ever. While it appears the recovery is underway, uncertainty persists and it's unlikely that IT budgets will return to pre-crisis levels in 2010. So we've focused the Catalyst agenda on what you need to know in order to make the right IT decisions, plan well, spend efficiently, and execute," said Burton Group CEO and Research Chair Jamie Lewis.

Registration, conference details:

http://catalyst.burtongroup.com/EU

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This year, Catalyst will focus on eight core technologies transforming enterprise IT:

-- Enterprise Ready Clouds: Realistic Strategies

-- Social Software in the Enterprise

-- SOA: Next Generation Application Architecture

-- Collaborate or Perish: The Business Value of Relationships

-- Virtualisation: Transforming IT Infrastructure

-- Leveraging Information to Gain Insight

-- New Identity Architecture: Getting There from Here

-- Networks in Motion

"Catalyst has always been the place to go for practical knowledge, things that you can act on in your IT organization. Given the 'new normal' last year's economic crisis created, that pragmatic view is more important than ever. While it appears the recovery is underway, uncertainty persists and it's unlikely that IT budgets will return to pre-crisis levels in 2010. So we've focused the Catalyst agenda on what you need to know in order to make the right IT decisions, plan well, spend efficiently, and execute," said Burton Group CEO and Research Chair Jamie Lewis.

Registration, conference details, and speaker line-ups for Burton Group's Catalyst Conference are viewable at http://catalyst.burtongroup.com/EU.

To be a presenter at Burton Group's Catalyst Conference, submit a presentation abstract before 21 December 2009.

Members of the media may register for Burton Group's Catalyst Conference by contact Collin Searle at csearle@burtongroup.com.

About Burton Group

Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) is an IT research and advisory services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

SOURCE: Burton Group

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Collin Searle, 801-304-8102 
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csearle@burtongroup.com

Several Burton Group analysts collaborated on the report titled "IT Contingency Planning for H1N1 Pandemic." This document identifies steps that can be taken to support the organization by leveraging collaboration tools, data center automation, and an expanded program of remote access by employees and partners.

Phil Schacter, Burton Group security and risk management service director, said, "IT organizations can make significant contributions by providing the tools to allow the business to continue to function, even if parts of the business have been disabled by H1N1, and by preparing the organization to support employees who may need to work remotely to reduce the risk of spreading the virus."

While staff absenteeism increases every year during the flu season, the current H1N1 pandemic is more severe and could affect the normal operation of a business. Employees working from insecure home networks and computers increase the risk of compromised accounts and passwords, and the spread of malware.

Burton Group report "IT Contingency Planning for H1N1 Pandemic" is available for complimentary download now and is accompanied by a webcast summary for H1N1 planning presented by Phil Schacter.

About Burton Group

Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) is an IT research and advisory services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

SOURCE: Burton Group

Burton Group 
Collin Searle, 801-304-8102 
PR Manager 
csearle@burtongroup.com

Burton Group TV is a collection of videos featuring the distinctive, independent voice of Burton Group accompanied by other industry visionaries offering clarity to new challenging questions facing IT organizations. The evolution of the enterprise and the new ways of work are challenges, but present opportunities for IT technologists. Burton Group TV addresses these new opportunities and challenges from several points of view with actionable advice to move forward with.

These YouTube like videos are short, sharable conversations that are refreshed frequently to keep up with the latest industry trends. These industry reflections span application development, the re-emergence of data, cloud computing, identity and behavioral norms that are establishing a new standard for IT organizations. For a sample of these focuses tune into any of these Burton Group TV channels:

The New Normal The Future of IT Cloud Computing IT and the Business About Burton Group Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) is an IT research and advisory services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

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