Gartner analysts go one-on-one with each Keynote guest. Trends confirmed. Illusions shattered. News broken.
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As CIOs and IT department are constantly forced to do more with fewer resources, they need to focus on the most strategic investments. This track examines which technologies will have the most impact on enterprise success as well as budget, architecture and staffing plans in the next 18 to 36 months.
CIOs, CTOs and architecture planners
Lead Presentation: Web Services Scenario: Web Services Get Real
(13I)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm 24 March 2003
Smith, David
WS technologies and concepts are permeating the industry. Yet misconceptions and unrealistic expectations abound. Understanding the truth to get through the hype is the focus of this presentation.
- What are Web services, and how are they affecting modern software development and deployment?
- How will Web services evolve over the next five years?
Lead Presentation: A New Suite -- What Every Smart Enterprise Wants
(15I)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 24 March 2003
Hayward, Simon Gilbert, Mark
The smart enterprise suite is a new product category which offers both major benefits and substantial challenges in selection and implementation.
- What is a smart enterprise suite?
- Why are smart enterprises suites emerging?
- Why might you want an SES, and what would you do with it?
Lead Presentation: Converged Networking: More Than Voice
(16D)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 24 March 2003
Hafner, Bob
Converged voice, video, storage and data applications are beginning to appear on corporate networks. Most early implementations fail and are plagued with difficulties. Understanding how to build a true multiservice infrastructure is key to delivering new applications.
- Through 2008, how will convergence impact enterprise applications and architectures?
- Through 2008, how should enterprises prepare their network infrastructure to support converged applications?
Lead Presentation: Top 10 Strategic Technologies
(22A)
10:00 am - 11:00 am 25 March 2003
Claunch, Carl
IT innovation continues even in the current economic climate, bringing opportunity for those that embrace technology appropriately, and challenges for those that miss the mark. This presentation will examine which technologies and architectures will mature in the next 18 to 36 months.
- What are the trends and drivers shaping IT strategy during the next three years?
- Which technologies will reach high enough levels of maturity and adoption to impact the IT landscape through 2005?
- How will IT architectures evolve to support enterprise goals?
A Five-Year Vision for Enterprise Application Architectures and Technologies
(23D)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm 25 March 2003
Comport, Jeff
Enterprise applications for ERP II, SCM and CRM require volumes of broadly integrated data and processes shared by an ever-expanding array of users, customers and partners. This presentation lays out a vision, architecture and road map for enterprise application architecture.
- Which architectures, functions and technologies are critical for delivering a state-of-the-art business applications infrastructure?
- How will Web services and other Internet-based technologies evolve to become a core component of the enterprise application infrastructure?
- How will today's technology package selections impact production operations and the ability to upgrade to tomorrow's applications and technologies?
Mobile Device Choices for the Enterprise
(25H)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 25 March 2003
Dulaney, Ken
In an era in which users may have more mobile devices than shoes, organizations must have a clear understanding of which devices -- handsets, PDAs, pagers or notebooks -- will best fit the needs of businesses and consumers. What’s in store for the next generation of mobile products, and how should you supply them to users? Which form factors will win? Which features and wireless capability will future devices offer? Which operating systems will they run? Which are the primary applications that users will demand? This presentation will answer all these questions and more.
- What product vendors will make a successful contribution to the mobile enterprise, and how?
- How will the evolution of wireless devices affect enterprises?
- Which vendors will deliver effective mobile and wireless technologies, devices, infrastructure, applications and content?
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