June
16: Vendors, technology, and Japan!
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SPEAKER
: CRISSMAN LOOMIS
Assistant VP, IT Dept, Provider Management Group, Manulife
Insurance Japan
Vendors in Japan often act differently from vendors anywhere else
in the world. Technology looks surprisingly advanced when you
visit Akihabara, and yet many businesses in Japan run on end-of-life
OS's and software. In the effort to present unique market advantages,
vendors often apply technologies in a different way than anticipated.
Join Crissman Loomis from Manulife Japan as he shares some of
the surprising experiences he has discovered by managing IT vendors
in Japan to leverage new technologies and reduce costs.
Topics Crissman will address include cultural difficulties with
RFPs, differences in technology usefulness between Japan and the
West, and how to manage multiple vendors to find the best price
or technology for your requirements. Specific examples will include
discussion of the VoIP systems available in Japan, how Manulife
reduced annual printing costs by 60%, and how to structure RFPs
to get the best price within a reasonable amount of time. If you're
looking for ways to reduce your firmfs IT costs, or the best ways
technology can be used in Japan, donft miss this event.
As Assistant Vice President running the Provider Management Group
at Manulife, Crissman manages all of the hardware and infrastructure
for the mainframe, server, desktop, network, and telecommunications
systems. Manulife Insurance Japan has over 100 regional sales
offices in Japan supporting over 4,000 sales agents and 1,500
other employees.
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MEETING
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Date:
June 16, 2005.
Time:
6:30 (pm) Doors open,
6:30 Networking / cash bar.
7:10 Dinner*,
7:45 Round Table,
8:45 Finish |
Venue:
Foreign
Correspondents' Club
Yurakucho Denki Building, 20F
Cost:
3,000 (yen) members,
5,500 (yen) non-members
*Dinner included in meeting
cost. Cash bar available. |
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RSVP REQUIRED |
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If you would like to attend please RSVP on our sign
up page
No-shows will be billed! |
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