ITx Collective grew out of a community that SINC ran for years alongside security leaders under a single enterprise technology umbrella. For a long time, that worked. CIOs and CISOs faced enough shared terrain, including vendor relationships, board pressure, and talent, that programming them together made sense.

But as enterprise organizations evolved, the reporting structures and responsibilities diverged significantly. CISOs increasingly report directly to boards, outside the CIO's chain. The content IT leaders needed, including infrastructure strategy, application portfolio management, and digital transformation ROI, was getting diluted in a room that was trying to serve too many masters.

ITx Collective was built to give IT leaders their own home: focused programming, practitioner-led conversations, and a peer network of people who understand the specific weight of the CIO and CTO role, not just the parts it shares with everyone else.