Past Symposium/ITxpo
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Vendor Solution Presentation There is no better way to analyse and compare vendors than by attending the Vendor Solution Presentations which make up the majority of the afternoon program at Symposium/ ITxpo. These sessions will give you deeper insight from vendors into their latest technologies and solutions, and are a perfect opportunity to speak to highly qualified personnel from these providers. Microsoft Corporation: The Mobile Workplace: Increasing business productivity by deploying Windows Powered mobile devices (25A) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Robbie Ray Wright Microsoft will present its strategy on enabling customers to achieve business advantage through the adoption of mobile solutions and technologies. During this lively session, delegates will be shown demonstrations of how the latest Windows Powered Pocket PCs and Smartphones successfully extend real business scenarios out to the growing mobile workforce. (25B) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Rudi Schmickl This presentation will discuss the key developments that enable IT managers to move their infrastructure to a utility based computing environment. The economic and technology model is utility computing: companies pay for what they need, when they need it. (25C) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Marcos Gonzalez-Flower The webMethods Integration Platform provides you with real time access to your IT assets and unique insight into your business processes. The result is what we call Global Business Visibility: providing your business with a complete and comprehensive view of every product, customer, vendor, order, asset – every aspect of your enterprise. (25D) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Rick Jackson Enabling pervasive application integration is complex yet critical. You need an integration strategy that makes the best use of Web Services, application servers, portals, the newest development technologies, and your existing resources. Hear how using a unified, simplified, and extensible application infrastructure can reduce IT complexity while providing robust integration solutions. (25E) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Albion Fitzgerald Novadigm enables organisations to adapt and manage business change across the enterprise information technology infrastructure. Novadigm explains how customers such as BT, WestLB and AGF Informatique - established industry leaders - provide their employees, partners and customers with highly reliable software services at reduced cost and accelerated time to market. (25F) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Mark Hill Attend this informative session and learn how to extend your network beyond business walls to build crucial employee, customer, partner and supplier relationships. Discover how to provide your expanding user base with fast and secure access to the network resources they need to be productive. (25G) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Rukhshaan Omar This session looks beyond the hype of Web Services for the Enterprise and provides a rapid, pragmatic approach to integrate distributed applications. It will cover how to xml-enable existing applications and why standards based integration will require service mediation and xml document storage for non-repudiation. (25H) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Bob Plumridge Organisations are increasingly concerned by the level of business disruption caused by new technologies. Whilst storage networking solutions are leading to better ROIs and decreasing TCOs, further expansion of networked storage requires a different approach to management. We will discuss the benefits of open storage management frameworks in this environment. (25J) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Julian Pickess Join Symbol Technologies for a look at the industry's first switch-based wireless LAN solution. With its ability to reduce costs, improve productivity, re-engineer key processes and create competitive advantage, Symbol's new Mobius Wireless System delivers more capabilities and greater value to your business - realising the vast potential of true mobility. (25K) 15:15 - 16:15 05 November 2002 Daniel Ryan Stellent Content Management system enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites as well as content management solutions for enterprise initiatives such as enterprise portals and business commerce applications. Presentation includes case studies. (26A) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Martin Field The Symantec Security Management System gives enterprises centralized multi-vendor, multi-sensor management. As a key part of the Security Management System Incident Management will deliver a complete lifecycle incident handling (identify, track and close all incidents quickly and consistently), as well as management reporting to demonstrate the effectiveness of response processes. (26B) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Jean-Pascal Dragon Today’s CxOs struggle getting a return on investment from their web initiatives. The term “Future-proof Web” embodies a vision of a web environment allowing you to implement your strategy while focusing on short-term returns. Here the speaker presents a full consult-build-run approach to realize the “Future-proof Web”. (26C) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 David M. Myers Imagine receiving a purchase order from your customer via the Internet, which is automatically entered as a sales order in your system. And that based on customer preferences and policies you decide, the order is automatically priced and fulfilled in the most economical and expeditious way possible... (26D) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Felix Hoepfl Outsourcing is not a new concept, but how to maximise its advantages when making investments in technology must be understood. Based on practical examples, this session will provide you with facts concerning culture change, price transparency and IT consolidation. You will be shown challenges for developing a successful Outsourcing partnership. (26E) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Pamela Eichhorst As the leading provider of software for financial consolidation, budgeting and planning, and OLAP, Hyperion is well positioned to provide both the framework and the applications for business performance management. This presentation will describe how these products are being used by customers in a variety of industries. (26F) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Jean Mourain A single user can have multiple identities across directories, databases and applications in your organization. Resetting user names and passwords, updating user profiles and provisioning accounts is time-consuming and costly. Critical Path can help you easily manage user identities and reduce costs. Find out how to reduce Enterprise Messaging costs! (26G) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Dave Wright As business transforms from IT enabled to IT dependent, service management and delivery best practices are demanding more comprehensive, integrated tools. Understand the benefits of Peregrine ServiceCenter® Essentials: pre-packaged best practices processes, efficient web self-service capabilities, comprehensive management information, multi-level diagnostic capabilities, pre-populated infrastructure configuration information for service technicians. (26H) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Dr. Sean Baker First-generation integration platforms connected packaged applications through proprietary adapters. They worked – but they were expensive and created “islands of integration.” Today, ubiquitous standards such as XML and Web services are changing the economics of integration. IONA’s next-generation, standards-based integration platform crosses the barriers between components, middleware, applications and business processes. (26J) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Aditya Shivram This Vendor Solution presentation shall illustrate how business and technology architectures are married together to reinforce each other. The session will dig into the entire lifecycle of Integration from design, deployment, process management to monitoring to highlight how TIBCO's rapid Integration solution generates real ROI for your business. (26K) 16:30 - 17:30 05 November 2002 Val Rayzman Real time business analytics software helps you monitor and manage the performance of key business operations using Informatica's business analytics products. Topics include real time data integration across transaction systems, Analytic Applications for functions such as CRM, Business Operations and Supply Chain Management, and broad deployment of these solutions for maximum ROI. (27A) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 How can you be sure your business objectives and IT direction are closely aligned? Are you investing in the right projects? Are your resources and budget applied in the most efficient and effective manner? Do you have sufficient transparency over your projects to be confident of delivery? The presentation will demonstrate how: 1. UMT's proven methodology and proprietary decision support software enables organisations to align their project portfolio with business strategy and optimise investment decisions against resource and budget constraints. 2. The disciplines and transparency of programme management enable the programme benefits to be realised and tracked on a continuous basis. (27B) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Jane Rimmer Organisations today face challenges in delivering Business Critical applications to an increasingly mobile workforce, managing their IT infrastructure through constant change whilst at the same time demonstrating a good ROI. In this session, discover how solutions from Citrix provide secure access to applications, information, processes and people - on any device, over any network, anywhere and at any time. (27C) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Dr. John Bates The emerging market for Business Activity Monitoring promises to deliver the vision of a Real Time Enterprise. However, some organizations are already executing real time business processes that are hitting the performance limits of existing technology. Apama will show how new thinking is required to enable business in Real-Tme. (27D) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Eckhard Völcker Providing and administering secure access to corporate applications, systems and resources in heterogeneous environments is extremely complex and manpower intensive. Discover how ActiveEntry increases efficiency and security as well as reducing costs through integrating and automating these processes. Comprehensive auditing provides a credible source for policy management and control. (27E) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Mike Van Der Kamp The Enterprise Suite - Maximizing Value from Intellectual Capital Over the course of the past decade, there has been a fundamental shift towards increased investments in the capture, management and preservation of an organization's intangible assets. Such assets are defined to encompass human, process and relationship capital. While tangible assets are subject to the laws of exclusivity, intangible assets, such as best practices, unique processes and privileged relationships can be deployed concurrently. This presentation will survey the: 1. Evolution and development of the discipline of intellectual capital management; 2. Technology Developments to help organizations maximize value from the management of their intellectual content. 3. Initiatives to quantify its value to organizations (27F) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Joseph Heinen A revolution in self service, combining the power of voice and web solutions, is being driven by market demand in order to enhance the customer experience. Genesys Voice Portal moves the phone-based customer experience beyond generic applications, and delivers a personalised automated customer experience, more sophisticated customer segmentation and better routing to assisted service. (27G) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Graeme McKenzie McKenzie will explore the processes behind creating service excellence and highlight some of the challenges faced such as ensuring ROI, delivering service level expectations and how to deal with aggressive timescales for implementation. Substantiated by case study examples and illustrations of how Remedy’s solutions can be used to best effect. (27H) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Peter Maathuis Geleyn Meijer Paul Barker CMG systems generate 49% of the global mobile data revenues. The presentation will reveal how this leading position was achieved and how we expect wireless infrastructures will evolve. We will present current and future wireless services/applications that support consumers and business users in communicating, having fun, improving efficiency and sales. (27J) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Hector Nevarez Typically disjointed business processes required to manage mission critical assets (production, facilities, fleet, and IT assets) are evolving into a comprehensive business practice. Strategic Asset Management provides a holistic view of all enterprise mission critical assets as they move through their lifecycle while maintaining critical links to procurement, contracts, service, work order, and other important business disciplines. (27K) 17:45 - 18:45 05 November 2002 Ivor Macfarlane Best practice has long been bandied around as the way of delivering consistent service to your customers. But how do you ensure the best practices you wish to adopt are indeed the best practices or are being used in all parts of your enterprise? By utilising BS15000, based on the proven infrastructure methodology of ITIL, these questions can be answered. (35A) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 David Dockray IBM's acquisition of PwC Consulting brings clients an unrivalled combination of services to deliver true end-to-end industry solutions. Discover why IBM Business Consulting Services is uniquely positioned to transform business processes and strategies with innovative ideas and the commitment to delivering real value. (35B) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Matthias Haendly mySAP Technology provides your enterprise ways to integrate and align People, Information, and Business Processes. Allowing employees, partners and customers the appropriate access to applications they need, access to the right information and by streamlining the interaction between formerly disparate systems you can maximize return on existing assets to do more intelligent business effectively. (35C) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Laurent Seraphin Whether you are incorporating wireless applications, moving core applications to the Web, or adopting .NET or J2EE architectures, Borland will highlight some of the key challenges faced by IT directors and demonstrate how they can be addressed with open, standards-based technology that will allow you to integrate your existing systems with today's latest technologies. (35D) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Dr. Gerd Weishaar The critical steps in gaining better quality have to be: choosing the right process, improving communication and increasing efficiency. Rational Software provides a process that can be adopted to fulfil the needs of all varying software projects ranging from a single (extreme programmer) to a world wide distributed development project. (35E) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Dario Wiser Denis Grisot Today's IT infrastructure must be scalable to grow with an organisation, flexible for reconfiguration, re-purposed as demands change, and easy to manage to keep total cost of ownership low. Sun's technology provides the infrastructure to run powerful applications, lowering TCO and providing a safe path to tomorrow's networked data center. (35F) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Malcolm Hafner Enterprises have spent $millions on CRM and Content Management Systems – but did their customer’s notice the difference? divine will demonstrate how Content Management and Customer Interaction Management can be combined to deliver more successful customer engagements: - improve your customer retention and acquisition - exploit your knowledge for customer benefit (35G) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Gert-Jan Maasdam Learn why Wavin, a billion Euro global industrial manufacturer, predicts enhanced customer service will drive 30% of sales through a new electronic catalogue, e-marketplace and e-business initiatives. Key challenges included the close integration of seven different ERP systems and localised rollout in multiple languages and countries. (35H) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 Kevin Libert Trends such as return on investment, shortage of IT skills, and increased IT accountability have driven increases in organisations rolling-out standards-based hardware, services and solutions. Dell gives an example of how a programme can be built that covers server/storage consolidation, high-performance clustered computing, next-gen modular server architecture and systems management to build a standards-based infrastructure complying with business trends. (35J) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 John Bruggeman Companies today must better align IT systems and services with measurable business goals and strive to get the most performance, availability and reliability from their applications and IT infrastructure in order to maximize business results and eliminate technology waste. (35K) 15:15 - 16:15 06 November 2002 David Lynas Security exists to support business. Failure to do so means that security can be perceived as merely a business prevention department. Security without context has no meaning and no value. This innovative session illustrates how a proven and structured step-by step process ensures that security delivers both meaning, measurement and context. (36A) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Simon Perry Security is now the critical IT function for all businesses. Environments have become more complex, and integrated security management has become the key issue. It must address both IT and physical resources, provide end-to-end protection, facilitate the global management of users, and enable business continuity while insuring control of costs. (36B) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Steve Benfield Novell, Inc. (formerly SilverStream Software, Inc) Real World Web Services Applications with Novell eXtend Novell eXtend, the first Visual Integrated Services Environment and winner of EAI Journal's 2002 product of the year, allows IT organizations to productively build real world applications based on J2EE and Web Services. This fast-paced overview & demo highlights eXtend's features and shows both J2EE and .NET applications using eXtend services. (36C) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Michael Higgins Gary Fry Adobe will discuss how it is delivering a full product line of Network Publishing Solutions that enable organisations to both automate inefficient document processes as well as integrate with their existing business critical applications. Network publishing is an emerging set of processes and technologies that enable your organisation to make compelling content reliably available anytime, anywhere on any device. (36D) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Allen Timpany Allen Timpany, CEO, will discuss how Vanco’s asset light, flexible, global, sourcing approach, is being favoured by the worlds largest companies, following the challenges presented by the build and own carrier models of the last decade. An interpretation of the real-time enterprise concept, enabling companies to optimise the cost of ownership of their networks will also be presented. (36E) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Faced with ever mounting business pressures and an uncertain economic climate, CIOs and IT management are faced with critical decisions regarding legacy, mission critical IT assets. Micro Focus plays a key role in helping companies around the world make the most of their legacy systems and applications, a majority of which are written in COBOL. With these pressures, organizations are seeing renewed interest in legacy and the business value in maintaining and modernizing these assets with an eye onreducing overall IT costs and increasing productivity and ROI. Micro Focus, as the industry standard representing the future of COBOL, recognizes the need forproviding solutions that incorporate legacy business sytems with evolving technologies that make signigicant impact on the IT bottom-line. (36F) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Martin van Schooten Extreme Networks' introduction of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Layer 4-7 Switching, changes the way networks are built and how services will be deployed crossing the boundaries of LAN, MAN and WAN. This presentation will address the advantages of Effective Applications Infrastructures based on the vision of Ethernet EverywhereTM. (36G) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Mark Camilleri In today's tough economic climate, organisations are demanding rapid returns from their IT investments. Over recent years, the CRM marketplace has been tarnished because vendors have failed to generate significant ROI. Mark Camilleri will discuss how exemplary ROI can be generated from a CRM initiative, by building a compelling business case, which ensures success. (36H) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Olivier Jouannic Database growth is the enemy of DBAs. Adding capacity, deleting data, in-house development do not overcome the issue. Princeton Softech's Active Archiving SolutionsTM, provides companies with methodology and tools that help IT departments control database growth while enabling easy access to data that has been removed from the database. (36J) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Volker Wiora Managing technology lifecycles of various IT assets is key to supply organizations with a solid and cost efficient information technology infrastructure. This session discusses experiences, challenges and trends as seen by Altiris and concludes that the integration of change, asset, service and quality management into one approach promises the best results. (36K) 16:30 - 17:30 06 November 2002 Jason Solomon Morse develops solutions that enable organisations to provide mobile gaming and entertainment services. They will discuss how 'conversational content' services which combine pure communication services with content will unlock new revenue streams from consumers. Morse recently designed and developed Orange's 'Massively Mobile Multiplayer Games' application framework and will share its experience of complex Java-based gaming and entertainment platforms. |
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