Barcelona is a long way to travel to avoid the gathering momentum of a new season of the UK's Big Brother. But its worth it.
I'm attending Gartner's Symposium ITExpo 2006, a gathering of Gartner's European customers looking to understand the impact of the next waves of change that will land in their inbox.
Day one has had a lot of talk about the pressures being pushed down on the IT function from the CEO, or more generally what might be described as the business. Growth seems to the word of the moment. CEOs are looking to grow their revenues and want to know how the IT function will help.
A good question.
Let's see what Gartner has offer in the way of answers over the next few days.