Dallas and Houston events to examine portfolio management, virtualization and cloud computing.

The Planet, a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced that it will host the Techxans Fall CIO Panel Forums in Dallas and Houston. The company states that the event, titled Trends in Enterprise IT: Portfolio and Project Management, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Web 2.0 and Enterprise Relationship Management, feature industry thought leaders who will provide insight from their own experiences in corporate IT.

It avers that Vice President of technology Will Charnock will serve as a panelist at both events, along with Allan Skov, former VP of IT for DCP/Duke Energy. It further says that in Dallas, they will be joined by Robert Clines, CIO for Dallas County; and in Houston, Brian Trudeau, CIO for Amerex Energy. Carl Meadows, its senior product manager, is a featured speaker at the events, along with executives from Compuware and Oracle.

''IT management is critical to business operations at companies both large and small, and today more than ever, businesses are looking for ways to improve utilization of their IT assets,'' said Charnock. ''As a provider of cloud infrastructure solutions and virtualization technologies, The Planet provides the infrastructure that enables companies to leverage our world-class data centers and enterprise-class network for their IT operations. At these events, we look to provide information that is educational and relevant to the challenges faced by technology companies today.''