Gartner summit focuses on governance

Gartner is promising key insights into boosting productivity through collaboration

Gartner's annual Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit kicks off tomorrow in London, promising key insights into how best to access and manage data and boost productivity through collaboration.

The conference will offer keynote presentations from academics, analysts and end-users on topics such as how best to utilise SharePoint, how portals can support SOA initiatives and enterprise 2.0.

Governance is set to dominate the show, according to Gartner research vice president Jeffrey Mann.

"We can expect a lot of questions about when you should be using social software in the enterprise, what you have to worry about and whether it has a business use," he said.

"It used to be that an IT person could count on knowing more than the end-user, but now in the collaboration space it's not happening anymore."