Service-now.com Launches Knowledge EMEA User Conference

LONDON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Service-now.com, the creator of modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) for IT service management, today announced the inaugural Knowledge10 EMEA conference to be held at Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel, London from Sept. 13 - 15. The event, the first of its kind to be held in Europe, follows the success of the Service-now.com's fourth annual Knowledge10 user conference in San Diego earlier this year which sold out while attracting more than 500 IT professionals.

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Knowledge10 EMEA conference keynotes will be led by Fred Luddy, Service-now.com founder and CEO, Victor Jachens of Japan Tobacco International, Peter Simmons of Centrica, and Reinoud Maartens of CERN. Unique to Knowledge10 EMEA, Service-now.com will host EMEA IT executives at an invite-only CIO Forum to discuss the transformation of legacy IT through technology that helps fuel business growth and increase IT value.

The Service-now.com Knowledge user conferences are a must-attend event for professionals dedicated to solving the challenges of IT service using modern technology and real-world IT process. Delegates will find new ways to get even more value from the Service-now.com platform with labs and hands-on training, a sneak peak at the Service-now.com Fall10 release, one-on-one meetings with Service-now.com developers, executives and customer care representatives. There will be numerous networking opportunities with Service-now.com and ITSM industry professionals.

Early Knowledge10 registrants can register for complimentary pre-conference training and courses, including Service-now.com administrator training and an ITIL v3 course, offered on Monday, Sept. 13.

The conference caters to all types of attendees with three distinct tracks for management, technical and development professionals. New sessions and labs at this year's conference will demonstrate and discuss:

• Service portfolio and availability management
• Project and portfolio management
• Social IT service
• IT financial and cost management
• Field service automation
• Runbook and cloud service automation
• Knowledge centered support
• The Service-now.com application security model

Chris Gomersall, Service-now.com VP of EMEA, said, "Europe continues to set the agenda for exceptional IT service management and Knowledge10 EMEA will bring smart IT leaders together to define the next generation of ITSM. This once-a-year event will provide unprecedented insight into elegant technology and real-world IT process while helping to create a first-rate user community."

Knowledge10 EMEA is sponsored by Service-now.com partners Fujitsu, Innovise, Partners in IT, Service Management-Plus, and TeamUltra.

Earlier this year, Knowledge10 in San Diego sold out. Register now for Knowledge10 EMEA at http://info.service-now.com/content/EMEA_Knowledge10-Register. The conference Twitter and Flickr hashtag is #know10.

About Service-now.com

The Service-now.com enterprise IT service management platform combines ITIL v3 process support and SaaS delivery to provide flexible, intuitive and self-managing applications. Founded in 2004, Service-now.com uses a new business model and modern technologies to disrupt the status quo. According to the 2010 Inc. 500 list, Service-now.com is the fastest-growing IT management software company. For more information, please visit http://www.service-now.com/ or http://blog.service-now.com.

SOURCE Service-now.com