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Gartner analysts go one-on-one with each Keynote guest. Trends confirmed. Illusions shattered. News broken.



CONFIRMED FOR 2003

Michael D. Capellas
Chairman, President and CEO
WorldCom


Hasso Plattner
CEO, Co-chairman and Co-founder
SAP AG



Vendor Solution Presentation   (VSP)

Special presentations by representatives of leading IT solutions providers give you a firsthand look at what's hot in today's IT market.

Vendor Solution Presentation: Hummingbird Ltd.: Hummingbird Enterprise
(14A)
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

Hummingbird Enterprise is a smart suite of seamlessly integrated interoperable applications that include document, records and knowledge management, collaboration, portal, business intelligence and ETL tools; enabling organizations to leverage and protect the health of their information capital in today's knowledge economy.

    Vendor Solution Presentation: Reksoft: Reksoft Case Study: Managed Offshore Services On Demand
    (14B)
    12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

    Diane Hartingh, VP American Management Systems Healthcare Solutions Group, will discuss how the group utilizes managed offshore development on demand to leverage key in-house resources and optimize staff to respond to rapidly changing customer demands.

      Vendor Solution Presentation: Think Dynamics: Doing More with Less with Policy Based Computing
      (14C)
      12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

      Learn about Policy Based Computing solutions that are available today to help you do more with less through existing projects such as: Automated Provisioning, Server Consolidation, Testing Environment Consolidation, eBusiness Disaster Recovery, Utility Computing.

        Vendor Solution Presentation: Hewlett-Packard Company: Enabling Business Agility with the HP Adaptive Infrastructure
        (14D)
        12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003
          Vendor Solution Presentation: Sun Microsystems: Sun Microsystems
          (14E)
          12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

          The high management costs and growing complexity facing today's businesses are unprecedented. Delivery of a single service often requires a combination of multiple software and hardware elements, incurring high costs and straining management resources. With so many elements making up the network infrastructure, deployment of services takes far too long to stay competitive. And pressure to demonstrate payoff from existing enterprise IT investments continues to intensify. Come learn how Sun and its partners are creating solutions that reduce cost and complexity while helping business realize the advantages of the real time enterprise.

            Vendor Solution Presentation: Citrix Systems, Inc.: Access Your Enterprise On Demand
            (14F)
            12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

            Real-time application access requires powerful and secure infrastructure software. Come join Citrix and learn how to make universal access a reality today! The company's expanded Citrix MetaFrame Suite helps enterprises around the world eliminate the "remote" from "remote access."

              Vendor Solution Presentation: Marimba: Change and Configuration Management for the Real-Time Enterprise
              (14G)
              12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003 
              Behnia, Kia   

              This presentation will focus on how the challenges presented in the real-time enterprise can effect change and configuration management requirements. This presentation will discuss how effective policy-based management and inventory collection can increase productivity and improve quality of service. Lastly, this will discuss Marimba's change and configuration solution for provisioning and managing software on servers, desktops, laptops, and PDA's.

                Vendor Solution Presentation: TIBCO Software Inc.: Delivering Business Optimization through Integration Investments
                (14H)
                12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   24 March 2003

                Business optimization solutions close the gap between integration infrastructures driven by IT and business management problems that justify the investment. Business optimization directly delivers business performance tracking of key metrics across real-time and historical business information as well as operational events.

                  Vendor Solution Presentation: Citrix Systems, Inc.: Curing the Information Access Headache with Citrix
                  (24A)
                  12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                  Trying to provide enterprise-wide application access can cause an IT headache - especially in today’s heterogeneous world. Citrix can help organizations quickly expand their implementations and adapt to changing business needs using scaling and management capabilities from Citrix MetaFrame XP.

                    Vendor Solution Presentation: Crystal Decisions: Building Business Intelligence Infrastructur
                    (24B)
                    12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                    Join Crystal Decisions, one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, to discuss the next-generation of business intelligence technology. Hear about customer demands for modern business intelligence and how Crystal is leading the path to convergence of reporting, analysis and information management solutions.

                      Vendor Solution Presentation: Ricoh Corporation: Web-Centric Imaging
                      (24C)
                      12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                      Overview of the Plug-in/Applications Connecters Strategy, distributed scanning and integration with knowledge management applications such as iManage, Documentum, Stellent, and Humingbird utilizing multifunctional peripherals.

                        Vendor Solution Presentation: WRQ: Speeding Up Host Integration: The Time-Saving Features You Need
                        (24D)
                        12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                        Need to respond quickly to new business initiatives? Repurpose the valuable business logic in your host applications. This presentation focuses on how host integration products work and the five key features that speed up the integration process. For more information on WRQ products, visit www.wrq.com/products

                          Vendor Solution Presentation: Business Agility: Microsoft’s Vision for Business Computing
                          (24E)
                          12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                          In this session Microsoft will explain the company's vision for business computing and will focus on how Microsoft can help customers decrease short term IT costs while at the same time enable customers to more easily realize opportunities for creating new business value. Microsoft will highlight case studies of customers who have realized the benefits of improved business agility by leveraging Microsoft technology. Microsoft will also explain its long term technology road map, detailing some of its big technology bets for the next decade, and will put into context the most important new product offerings including Windows Server 2003, Office 11, Exchange 2003, and Visual Studio 2003.

                            Vendor Solution Presentation: Actuate Corporation: Meeting User Demands for Enterprise Information Access
                            (24F)
                            12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                            Need to deliver personalized information to a broad set of users without sacrificing performance, data integrity or security? Learn from Actuate Corporation how an Information Application Platform meets user demands and increases ROI for enterprise applications at a low TCO.

                              Vendor Solution Presentation: Adobe Systems, Inc.: Increasing Document Process Efficiencies Across The Enterprise
                              (24G)
                              12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                              Adobe will discuss how it is delivering a full product line of solutions that enable you to both automate inefficient document processes as well as integrate with your existing business critical applications, such as CRM, ERP and PLM. Come see how Adobe's enterprise document solutions span the Enterprise IT infrastructure, resulting in operational efficiencies and improved business metrics.

                                Vendor Solution Presentation: SAP: SAP NetWeaver: The Comprehensive Integration & Application Platform for Lower Total Cost of Ownership
                                (24H)
                                12:45 pm - 1:45 pm   25 March 2003

                                SAP NetWeaver (NOTE: NEEDS TM) integrates people, information, and business processes across technologies and organizations by delivering open, flexible technology that integrates heterogeneous systems, and is completely interoperable with Microsoft .NET and IBM WebSphere (J2EE). Learn how SAP NetWeaver can provide your company with a blueprint for turning Web services into a business reality, and drive down your total cost of operations.

                                  Vendor Solution Presentation: Open Text Corporation: Knowledge Management ? Facing the Challenges of Enterprise Adoption
                                  (26A)
                                  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                  Open Text’s Livelink® is Collaboration and Knowledge Management software that helps global enterprises leverage their intellectual capital and do more with less. This presentation discusses how Livelink’s seamless integration with desktop tools fosters adoption of knowledge management in the workplace.

                                    Vendor Solution Presentation: SAP: Improving Enterprise Visibility and Collaboration: New Strategies for Success
                                    (26B)
                                    3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003 
                                    Mekjian, CPIM, Gregory P.   

                                    Today, companies are working closely with suppliers and customers to improve visibility, collaboration and execution within their supply chain. This presentation will explore new strategies/techniques, review adaptive supply chain requirements and evaluate how mySAP SCM solutions can help your company achieve success.

                                      Vendor Solution Presentation: VeriSign: Without Security, Web Services Will Be Dead on Arrival
                                      (26C)
                                      3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                      Web services can dramatically simplify and speed business processes. Companies are reluctant to expose confidential data on an unsecured Web. Because Web services are dynamic, their very nature requires increased security. This session will delve into the standards and technologies/barriers being developed today to ensure Web services security.

                                        Vendor Solution Presentation: VERITAS Software Inc.: Maximizing Enterprise Application Performance and Availability
                                        (26D)
                                        3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                        This presentation will discuss software infrastructure solutions that help customers manage application and performance service levels for their mission-critical enterprise applications, and reduce administrative costs by reducing human intervention and management.

                                          Vendor Solution Presentation: Verity, Inc.: Verity K2 Enterprise: Better Knowledge Management. Better Return on Assets. Better Business Decisions.
                                          (26E)
                                          3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                          Come learn why more companies turn to Verity than anyone else to power their business portals. By delivering better knowledge management and better return on assets, Verity K2 Enterprise ensures that you and your employees can make better, faster and more profitable business decisions.

                                            Vendor Solution Presentation: FileNet: Enterprise Content Management: Beyond Content Management
                                            (26F)
                                            3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003 
                                            Harris, Michael W.   

                                            It’s more than just managing content. Join FileNet’s Michael W. Harris, senior vice president, Products & Strategy, as he demystifies content and process management and reveals how FileNet has redefined enterprise content management to simplify decision making through the integration of people and processes.

                                              Vendor Solution Presentation: Sun Microsystems
                                              (26G)
                                              3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                              The high management costs and growing complexity facing today's businesses are unprecedented. Delivery of a single service often requires a combination of multiple software and hardware elements, incurring high costs and straining management resources. With so many elements making up the network infrastructure, deployment of services takes far too long to stay competitive. And pressure to demonstrate payoff from existing enterprise IT investments continues to intensify. Come learn how Sun and its partners are creating solutions that reduce cost and complexity while helping business realize the advantages of the real time enterprise.

                                                Vendor Solution Presentation: Unisys Corporation: Unisys Sentinel Program: Self-Managing Technologies For Today's Data Center
                                                (26H)
                                                3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   25 March 2003

                                                The Unisys Sentinel program focuses on delivering self-managing technologies for today's data center and ultimately simplification of the management of the IT infrastructure. This session will provide a more detailed view of the primary deliverables of the Unisys Sentinel Program. Server Sentinel provides management of the OS and platform environment, while Application Sentinel addresses management at the application and database layer. The session will show how Unisys continues to maintain technology leadership by delivering capabilities that go well beyond the hardware platform and highlight significant, new management capabilities deliverable today.

                                                  Vendor Solution Presentation: Cognos, Inc.: Performance Management: Manage the Parameters That Impact Performance
                                                  (34A)
                                                  12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   26 March 2003

                                                  Individuals, teams and organizations need to align around a shared perception in order to be more proactive, professional and productive. Cognos enables organizations to monitor, analyze and report on their performance.

                                                    Vendor Solution Presentation: Hewlett-Packard Company: Maximizing Your Return on Information Technology: A Methodology for Decreasing Your IT Costs
                                                    (34B)
                                                    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   26 March 2003
                                                      Vendor Solution Presentation: Intelligroup: Offshore Outsourcing of ERP Applications
                                                      (34C)
                                                      12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   26 March 2003

                                                      With offshore outsourcing becoming an increasingly attractive proposition, Prithviraj will explain best practices, including: · Offshore outsourcing ERP vs. traditional · Cultural differences · Building a business case · Critical success factors · Case studies of successful offshore ERP outsourcing

                                                        Vendor Solution Presentation: Mercury Interactive: Business Technology Optimization for ERP and CRM
                                                        (34D)
                                                        12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   26 March 2003

                                                        Mercury Interactive is the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) for ERP and CRM. Mercury Interactive's Optane™ suite of enterprise testing, production tuning and application management solutions enables companies to unlock the value of their IT investments by optimizing business and technology performance to meet business requirements.

                                                          Vendor Solution Presentation: Compuware
                                                          (34E)
                                                          12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   26 March 2003
                                                            Vendor Solution Presentation: Radware Inc.: Intelligent Intrusion Prevention
                                                            (36A)
                                                            2:45 pm - 3:45 pm   26 March 2003

                                                            Many security solutions stop attacks once they are in the network, but in some cases this is too late! Radware solutions bridge between application service requirements, and the underlying network infrastructure. Our solutions thwart attacks and deliver "Intelligent Intrusion Prevention."

                                                              Vendor Solution Presentation: Adobe Systems, Inc.: Increasing Document Process Efficiencies Across The Enterprise
                                                              (36B)
                                                              2:45 pm - 3:45 pm   26 March 2003

                                                              Adobe will discuss how it is delivering a full product line of solutions that enable you to both automate inefficient document processes as well as integrate with your existing business critical applications, such as CRM, ERP and PLM. Come see how Adobe's enterprise document solutions span the Enterprise IT infrastructure, resulting in operational efficiencies and improved business metrics.

                                                                Vendor Solution Presentation: BEA Systems, Inc.: Business Integration - Convergence of Application Development & Integration
                                                                (36C)
                                                                2:45 pm - 3:45 pm   26 March 2003

                                                                While Business Integration remains a top CIO priority, artificial barriers between application development and integration have created fundamental tensions between business requirements and IT capabilities. BEA WebLogic Platform converges development and integration in a single, unified platform for building, integrating, extending, deploying and managing applications as end-to-end processes.

                                                                  Vendor Solution Presentation: Unisys Corporation: MSA in the Data Center
                                                                  (36E)
                                                                  2:45 pm - 3:45 pm   26 March 2003

                                                                  Is Microsoft ready for the enterprise? Experience shows that customers who deploy Microsoft technologies within well-defined architectures, backed by best practices, achieve high levels of satisfaction and deliver real business value to the enterprise. This session will highlight the Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) and describe how Unisys and Microsoft along with our partners including Brocade, Dell, EMC and Nortel are defining the ultimate data center for Microsoft-based applications.



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