Wish List (16)

December 2025

Database Bakeoff: Exploring Modern Database Structures

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Couchbase, Pure Storage, Rubrik

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200

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About This Expert Series
Databases remain the basic building block of modern business and commerce, but the menu of options when it comes to which database to use is becoming increasingly diverse. This Expert Series is a premier opportunity for an audience of highly engaged IT buyers and influencers who are actively seeking their next database solution to get an overview of the state of the art and the state of play. Attendees will hear from an independent database expert who can guide them on a tour of the latest benefits and advantages of database technologies ranging from relational to NoSQL to cloud-native to other database architectures. As a sponsor, you'll only need to provide a promotional slide, while ATM will handle all aspects of audience development, event production, and lead delivery. Don't miss this opportunity to establish your brand as a thought leader in the database market.

Vendor Fit
This event is ideal for companies offering database technologies that prioritize performance, scalability, and integration, particularly in the cloud, big data, or analytics sectors.

January 2026

Ransomware Recap: Heroes, Villains, and Lessons from 2025

Featuring

NetApp, Rubrik

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200

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4

Ransomware made headlines again in 2025, testing the resilience of enterprises across every sector. In this Expert Series, your company has the opportunity to showcase its brand to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively seeking effective ways to defend, respond, and recover. The session will be delivered by an expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media, ensuring a high-quality, credible presentation that resonates with decision-makers. Participation is simple and streamlined. As a sponsor, all you need to do is provide one slide and a brief message. ATM handles everything else—speaker, production, and audience recruitment—giving your team maximum visibility with minimal effort. This is your chance to stand alongside trusted experts while positioning your company as part of the solution in the fight against ransomware.

Vendor Fit
Backup and recovery providers, cybersecurity solution vendors, threat detection platforms, and managed security service providers would benefit from presenting at this event.

February 2026

Mastering Data Management: Tips, Tricks, and Emerging Techniques

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200

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Organizations today are generating and storing data at unprecedented scale, but turning that data into actionable value requires mastery of modern management practices. This Expert Series event gives your company the opportunity to align with IT buyers and influencers eager to learn how to organize, govern, protect, and optimize their data environments. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will deliver the session, providing practical insights into strategies, tools, and emerging approaches for data-driven success. The format is streamlined for sponsors: simply provide one slide and a short message, and ATM handles the rest —including the expert speaker, audience recruitment, and production. With minimal effort, your brand will gain visibility alongside trusted expertise and reach a highly engaged audience seeking solutions.

Vendor Fit
Data management solution providers, storage and backup vendors, cloud service platforms, and analytics tool providers would benefit from presenting at this event.

Meet the AI Assistants: Discover the New Agents that Help Your IT Team and Business Users Get More Done Faster

Featuring

Glean

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800

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7

Artificial intelligence assistants are quickly moving from novelty to necessity, transforming how IT teams and business users manage daily tasks, resolve issues, and accelerate outcomes. From IT operations and security response to workflow automation and productivity apps, these agents are reshaping the way enterprises deliver value. This MegaCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its solutions to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively exploring AI-driven assistants that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance user experience. By sponsoring, your organization will highlight how its AI assistants or related technologies help enterprises securely adopt these tools while maintaining governance and trust. Attendees will be decision-makers evaluating solutions that streamline IT processes, enable self-service for employees, and maximize the potential of human-AI collaboration. Your presence ensures visibility with organizations investing in next-generation productivity technologies.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for any company with a customer-facing AI agent or AI assistant that supplements and enhances core functionality, including backup and recovery, security, IT operations, workflow automation, governance, compliance, data analysis, and other IT functions.

May 2026

Getting Storage Under Control: Simplifying On-Prem and Cloud-Based Storage Architectures

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400

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"Explosive data growth is straining both on-premises and cloud-based storage systems, leaving IT teams struggling with rising costs, management complexity, and performance bottlenecks. Organizations are actively seeking solutions that streamline storage architectures, ensure scalability, and enable predictable performance across hybrid environments. This EcoCast offers your company the opportunity to showcase its expertise directly to IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating strategies to modernize and simplify storage. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its technologies and services deliver unified management, data protection, cost optimization, and flexibility across on-prem and cloud storage. Attendees will be exploring proven approaches to reduce complexity, increase efficiency, and gain visibility into their storage environments. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers who are ready to invest in next-generation storage strategies.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for storage solution providers, hybrid cloud storage vendors, backup and recovery innovators, data management platforms, and storage optimization specialists."

July 2026

Tech Showcase: Assessing and Improving Backup, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery Capabilities

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400

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Data is the lifeblood of every enterprise, and protecting it against outages, cyberattacks, and accidental loss is a top priority for IT leaders. Yet many organizations still struggle with fragmented backup systems, slow recovery times, and gaps in data protection strategies. IT buyers and influencers are actively looking for solutions that deliver speed, reliability, and resiliency while simplifying management across hybrid and multicloud environments. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to decision-makers evaluating the next generation of backup, disaster recovery, and data protection technologies. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions help enterprises strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and ensure business continuity. Attendees will be exploring practical tools and proven strategies that reduce risk, meet compliance demands, and protect critical business assets. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with IT professionals ready to invest in modern data protection.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery providers, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) vendors, cloud storage innovators, and data protection companies focused on resiliency and continuity.

August 2026

Boosting IT Efficiency: How to Do More with Less

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400

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IT teams are expected to deliver greater business value while facing tighter budgets, talent shortages, and growing complexity. From cloud optimization and process automation to AI-driven support and smarter infrastructure management, organizations are searching for ways to reduce costs, streamline operations, and maximize productivity without compromising performance or security. This EcoCast gives your company a direct opportunity to connect with IT buyers and influencers who are actively evaluating solutions that help them achieve more with fewer resources. By sponsoring, your organization will demonstrate how its solutions improve efficiency, reduce waste, and unlock innovation in environments constrained by budgets and staffing. Attendees will be exploring practical approaches that include automation platforms, observability tools, AI-powered assistants, cost optimization strategies, and integrated service delivery models. Your brand will be positioned in front of decision-makers determined to reimagine efficiency for 2026 and beyond.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include automation vendors, observability and monitoring providers, AI-powered IT operations platforms, cost optimization specialists, and cloud or infrastructure management innovators.

The 101 Course: Keeping Data Safe and Recoverable

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200

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6

Data protection remains a top priority for every IT team, but the fundamentals are often overlooked or misunderstood. From ensuring backups are complete and reliable to validating recovery strategies, organizations need a clear understanding of how to keep data both safe and recoverable. This Expert Series event offers your company the opportunity to reach an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively seeking foundational best practices. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will guide attendees through core principles, practical safeguards, and recovery techniques that every organization must master. As a sponsor, your participation is simple: provide a single slide and a short message. We'll handle the rest, ensuring your brand is recognized by IT decision-makers focused on strengthening their data protection strategy.

Vendor Fit
Well-suited for backup providers, disaster recovery vendors, and data protection specialists seeking visibility with IT professionals.

Upleveling Your Identity and Access Management Solutions

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400

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6

Identity and access management (IAM) sits at the heart of enterprise security, yet many organizations are finding that traditional tools no longer meet the needs of hybrid workforces, multicloud environments, and escalating compliance requirements. IT leaders are searching for advanced IAM solutions that provide stronger security, simplify user experiences, and scale with business growth. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to connect with an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating how to modernize and strengthen their identity strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its solutions support zero trust initiatives, streamline authentication, protect privileged accounts, and reduce risk. Attendees will be exploring proven technologies and best practices that improve governance, enable passwordless access, and deliver both security and efficiency. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers preparing their next IAM investments.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include IAM vendors, authentication and passwordless technology providers, privileged access management specialists, zero trust platforms, and governance and compliance solution providers.

Emerging Best Practices for Defending Microsoft Cloud, AD, and Databases

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200

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Microsoft technologies form the backbone of countless enterprise environments, from Active Directory and Microsoft 365 to Azure services and mission-critical databases. As attackers increasingly target these systems, IT leaders are seeking proven strategies to harden defenses, detect intrusions, and maintain resilience across their Microsoft-based infrastructure. This Expert Series event offers your company the chance to reach an audience of engaged IT buyers and influencers who are focused on protecting their most widely used platforms. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will lead the discussion, covering emerging best practices for securing Active Directory, defending Microsoft cloud resources, and safeguarding databases against evolving threats. As a sponsor, your participation is straightforward: simply provide one slide and a short message. ActualTech Media handles everything else, ensuring your brand gains visibility with professionals making key security and technology decisions.

Vendor Fit
Ideal for security vendors, cloud protection providers, and identity management companies supporting Microsoft-centric environments.

Cloud Security Fest 2026!

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800

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8

Cloud adoption continues to accelerate, but with it comes new risks—from misconfigurations and compliance gaps to ransomware, identity breaches, and API vulnerabilities. IT leaders are urgently seeking innovative approaches to secure multicloud and hybrid environments without slowing business agility. This MegaCast offers your company the chance to showcase its solutions to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively exploring the next generation of cloud security tools and strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its technologies and services deliver stronger visibility, governance, and protection across cloud platforms. Attendees will be evaluating proven approaches for identity security, workload protection, compliance automation, and AI-enhanced defenses. Sponsorship ensures your brand is highlighted directly in front of decision-makers who are prioritizing cloud security as a top investment for 2026 and beyond.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for cloud security vendors, identity and access management providers, compliance and governance platforms, workload protection specialists, and managed cloud security service providers.

September 2026

Cloud Security Posture: Shrinking the Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Attack Surface

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200

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As organizations expand their use of public, private, and hybrid cloud services, their attack surfaces continue to grow in complexity. From misconfigurations and weak identity controls to exposed data and vulnerable APIs, IT leaders are urgently searching for proven strategies to reduce risk and strengthen defenses. This Expert Series event offers your company the opportunity to connect with a highly engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are prioritizing cloud security posture. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will lead the session, breaking down best practices for identifying risks, implementing controls, and maintaining visibility across multi-cloud environments. As a sponsor, your role is simple: provide a single slide and a short message. ActualTech Media handles the rest, ensuring your brand gains exposure with professionals making critical cloud security decisions.

Vendor Fit
Best for cloud security vendors, identity management providers, and compliance solution companies supporting multi-cloud strategies.

October 2026

Defense in Depth: Building a Robust Ransomware Prevention and Recovery Strategy

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800

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Ransomware remains one of the most pressing threats to enterprise security, with attacks growing more sophisticated, frequent, and costly. To defend against these risks, IT leaders are adopting a defense-in-depth approach that combines layered prevention, rapid detection, and resilient recovery. From protecting endpoints and identities to ensuring data backups are immutable and quickly recoverable, organizations need integrated solutions that minimize downtime and financial loss. This MegaCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are prioritizing ransomware prevention and recovery in 2026 and beyond. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions strengthen defenses, streamline response, and ensure business continuity. Attendees will be evaluating tools and services that protect against evolving threats while enabling fast, reliable recovery. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers making critical security investments.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for endpoint protection vendors, backup and disaster recovery providers, identity security specialists, incident response service providers, and cybersecurity innovators focused on ransomware defense.

Transforming Backup and Disaster Recovery with AI and Emerging Techniques

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400

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6

Traditional backup and disaster recovery strategies are no longer enough to protect against today's evolving threats and complex IT environments. Organizations now demand solutions that incorporate artificial intelligence, automation, immutability, and other advanced techniques to ensure data resilience and business continuity. IT buyers and influencers are actively exploring tools that reduce recovery times, improve detection of anomalies, and strengthen protection against ransomware and outages. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to present directly to decision-makers who are evaluating the next generation of backup and disaster recovery solutions. By sponsoring, your organization can showcase how its technologies harness AI and emerging innovations to deliver smarter protection and faster recovery. Attendees will be seeking practical, proven approaches to simplify management, strengthen resilience, and safeguard critical systems. Sponsorship ensures your brand is visible to enterprises prioritizing modern data protection strategies.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery providers, AI-driven data protection vendors, cloud storage innovators, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) providers, and cybersecurity firms focused on resilience.

Tech Showcase Day: Master of Disaster 2027

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800

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Disruptions from ransomware, outages, human error, and natural events can strike at any time, and enterprises are under pressure to ensure they can withstand and recover from the unexpected. Business continuity and disaster recovery strategies are being reimagined with cloud-based recovery, immutable backups, AI-driven automation, and faster failover capabilities. IT buyers and influencers are actively searching for solutions that help them minimize downtime, reduce data loss, and maintain resilience across hybrid and multicloud environments. This MegaCast provides your company the opportunity to showcase its innovations and expertise to an engaged audience preparing for the next generation of disaster recovery and data protection. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its technologies strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and simplify management for enterprises determined to be ready for anything. Attendees will be evaluating proven approaches to ensure continuity and security in the face of disruption.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery vendors, DRaaS providers, cloud storage innovators, cybersecurity companies, and automation platforms focused on business continuity and resilience.

November 2026

Taking Identity and Access Management to the Next Level

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400

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Identity and access management (IAM) is central to enterprise security, but traditional solutions often struggle to keep up with today's hybrid infrastructures, distributed workforces, and ever-tightening compliance requirements. Organizations are seeking more advanced approaches that combine strong authentication, granular access controls, and seamless user experiences with simplified administration. IT buyers and influencers are actively evaluating tools that enable zero trust initiatives, reduce risk, and improve agility. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to showcase its IAM innovations directly to a highly engaged audience that is planning its next stage of identity modernization. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its technologies strengthen identity security, streamline access, and ensure compliance. Attendees will be exploring practical, proven solutions that improve governance, protect sensitive assets, and deliver stronger business outcomes. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers making critical IAM investments.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for IAM vendors, authentication and passwordless technology providers, privileged access management specialists, zero trust platforms, and compliance-focused identity solution providers.