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 Managing and Controlling Application PerformanceIn the vast majority of situations, the end user notices application degradation before the IT organization does. This damages the credibility of IT. In addition, there has been an explosion recently in term of how much bandwidth intensive recreational traffic - such as Internet Radio - transits the typical corporate WAN. This session will describe some of the key techniques that IT organizations can use to better identify, manage and control application usage. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - David Messina, VP Marketing and Product Management, Xangati
David is a seasoned executive with fifteen years of experience in the marketing and selling of enterprise, consumer and service provider networking equipment on a global level. Prior to Xangati, David held product marketing and marketing communications executive positions for CoSine Communications and Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel Networks). David holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Speaker - Jim McQuaid, Director of Product Management, NetQoS
Jim McQuaid drives Strategic Product Initiatives at NetQoS. A graduate of the University of Michigan, McQuaid has worked in network performance analysis, digital signal processing and measurement and control for a variety of established and startup companies including Analog Devices, Bay Networks, Ganymede, NetIQ and NetQoS. McQuaid is the co-author of RFC 1944 and 2544 and was the Chair of the IETF Benchmarking Methodologies Working Group from 1995 to 1998. In recent years McQuaid has focussed primarily on application and network performance. Outside of work, he is an active filmmaker, having recently completed a docudrama about the end of cheap oil (www.afterthepeak.com). Speaker - Kevin Conklin, VP of Marketing , Mazu Networks
Kevin's 30 year career in IT technology encompasses software engineering, systems engineering, product management, sales, marketing and business development. As Vice President of Marketing for Mazu Networks, Conklin leads the team responsible for product strategy, management and marketing as well as corporate communications and marketing programs. With more than 15 years of executive management experience, Conklin has played an instrumental role in the success of various high technology companies. He was formerly the Chief Marketing Officer for SMARTS, a leader in IT fault analysis software. Conklin also served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Executive Vice President of Business Development at Concord Communications, where he was part of the executive team that led the company's successful IPO by creating a new market niche for network health reporting. Prior to Concord, Conklin was Vice President of Product Development and Marketing at Artel Communications, a pioneer in network switching technology. Kevin is also the founder of Supercell Consulting Group, LLC, which provides executive level marketing, sales and business development strategic consulting and implementation services to growing technology companies. |
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Optimizing the Performance of Enterprise ApplicationsThe general buzz in the trade press is that IT organizations should optimize the performance of their company's key enterprise applications. While it is difficult to disagree with that statement, it does beg the question of how best to do it. In this session, the speakers will describe the data flow of key enterprise applications from companies such as SAP and Oracle. The speakers will then identify the performance roadblocks associated with those applications and will also identify which optimization techniques improve the performance of these applications and which ones do not. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - Alan Saldich, VP of Product Marketing and Alliances, Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Alan Saldich joined Riverbed Technology in September 2002 and serves as its VP of Product Marketing and Alliances. Prior to joining Riverbed, he was director of enterprise solutions for Inktomi Corporation, where he began working following its acquisition of FastForward Networks in the fall of 2000. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Saldich served as FastForward Networks' director of business development. In addition, since 1988 Mr. Saldich has held senior positions in sales, marketing, business development and corporate finance at several high technology companies, including RasterOps (IPO, 1990) and Metricom. Mr. Saldich holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from U.C. Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Speaker - Dan Wright, Senior Manager, Product Management & Engineering, F5 Networks
Speaker - Gene Litt, Senior Product Manager, Shunra Software
Gene serves as the Senior Product Manager for Shunra's flagship products, the Virtual Enterprise Suite and Appliances. Gene brings over 20 years of experience in wireline/wireless communications system design, development and marketing. Prior to joining Shunra, he was VP/GM at Eastern Research through its successful acquisition by Sycamore Networks. Gene also held management and engineering positions at Radisys Corp., Teleos Communications and AT&T Bell Labs. Gene holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Tulane U. and an M.B.A. from Drexel U. Speaker - Gerry Coady, CIO, Frontier Airlines
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Optimizing Application Delivery to Branch OfficesThe vast majority of workers currently reside in branch offices and access applications over a relatively low-speed, high-latency WAN. The use of the WAN causes many applications to perform badly. As a result, many vendors have deployed solutions to improve the performance of these applications. From a distance, all of these solutions in this area look similar. However, there are many significant differences between them. This will be a question and answer session that will identify the key differences between the current solutions. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - Apurva Dave, Director, Product Marketing for Riverbed Technology, Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Apurva Davé is Director, Product Marketing for Riverbed Technology. Previously, he served as Director of Product Marketing for Fast Forward Networks and Inktomi. Apurva holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in Computer Science from Brown University. Speaker - Eric Wolff, Senior Products Manager, Citrix Systems
Speaker - Liad Ofek, Manager, Technical Marketing, Application Delivery Business Unit , Cisco
Liad Ofek Manager, Technical Marketing Cisco's Application Delivery Business Unit Liad Ofek holds the technical marketing responsibilities for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) product line. Mr. Ofek leads a team of product Marketing experts and responsible for system level solution definition and outbound technical marketing efforts. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Ofek was the VP of Technical Services for Expand Networks where he established the Pre/Post sale support team; Liad was personally involved with the creation and evolution of the WAN Optimization market. Prior to Expand Networks, Liad worked for Netcom, a leading networking and IT service provider in Israel. At Netcom, Liad managed the technical support team and was responsible for deploying and supporting leading edge networking technology from Cisco and other vendors. Mr. Ofek has over 12 years of experience with customer support and training and has real-world understanding of WAN optimization and deep networking knowledge (CCIE). Liad earned a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Holon Institute of Technology Speaker - Peter Schmidt, North American Technical Director, Ipanema Technologies
Speaker - Tim Richards, Senior Product Manager, WAN Acceleration, Juniper Networks
Tim Richards is the Director of Product Management and Technical Marketing for WAN Acceleration products at Juniper Networks, where he defines product features, direction and strategy for the company's application acceleration product portfolio. With more than 15 years of people management, product management and field experience in the networking industry, Richards brings a practical understanding of how technology can solve business problems. Richards joined Juniper Networks as part of the acquisition of Peribit Networks in 2005, where he held a key technical role in the EMEA Sales Operation. Prior to Peribit Networks, Richards held various managerial and senior technical roles at Lucent Technologies, IBM and 3Com. Richards earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. |
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The Future of Application DeliveryOver the last few years a lot of resources have been devoted to developing myriad techniques to ensure acceptable application performance. For example, several vendors have deployed products to optimize the performance of the WAN and of servers. What can IT organizations expect to see over then next year? This session will explore some of the possibilities including topics like: is storage optimization likely to happen, and if so, will anybody care? Will functionality such as symmetric and asymmetric application acceleration merge? Should you build the network you need to support applications or can applications dynamically control the network resources they need? Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - Gary Hemminger, Director of Product Marketing, Foundry
Gary Hemminger is Director of Product Marketing at Foundry Networks. Gary has over 20 years of network experience, with development, systems engineering, product management, and marketing roles in the switching and routing, network management, storage area networking, supercomputing & clustering space. Gary was Vice President of Marketing at IP Infusion, where he helped to define and deliver a next generation, platform independent Advanced Layer 2, IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, and DiffServ protocol stack that powers many telecommunications and enterprise vendor equipment offerings. As Director of Product Management at PolyServe, Gary created the strategic plan for the delivery of next generation, highly-scalable clustered server and storage area networking software products. At Network Systems Corporation, Gary was Director of Supercomputer Marketing, where he helped to design and build a number of national supercomputer initiatives, including the National Research and Education Network. Gary attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with distinction in general scholarship, with a BA in Computer Science. Gary also attended Stanford University, where he received an MS in Computer Science. Early in his career Gary was awarded the prestigious Bank of America Achievement Award in Mathematics. Speaker - Hooman Beheshti, VP Product Engineering, Strangeloop Networks
With over 15 years of experience working in the networking technology realm, Hooman is well versed in load balancing, application acceleration, and content delivery networks. He previously served as the VP of Technology for Crescendo networks and the CTO for Radware Inc., where his insights and technical expertise helped bring innovative, award winning networking products to market. A pioneer in the application acceleration space, he helped design one of the original load balancers while at Radware. Hooman's experience ranges from defining and driving the development for load balancing, web acceleration, and application delivery products, to leading the technical evangelism initiatives behind them. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California Irvine. Speaker - Liad Ofek, Manager, Technical Marketing, Application Delivery Business Unit , Cisco
Liad Ofek Manager, Technical Marketing Cisco's Application Delivery Business Unit Liad Ofek holds the technical marketing responsibilities for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) product line. Mr. Ofek leads a team of product Marketing experts and responsible for system level solution definition and outbound technical marketing efforts. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Ofek was the VP of Technical Services for Expand Networks where he established the Pre/Post sale support team; Liad was personally involved with the creation and evolution of the WAN Optimization market. Prior to Expand Networks, Liad worked for Netcom, a leading networking and IT service provider in Israel. At Netcom, Liad managed the technical support team and was responsible for deploying and supporting leading edge networking technology from Cisco and other vendors. Mr. Ofek has over 12 years of experience with customer support and training and has real-world understanding of WAN optimization and deep networking knowledge (CCIE). Liad earned a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Holon Institute of Technology Speaker - Mark Urban, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Blue Coat
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What SOA and Web 2.0 Means to the NetworkOver the last couple of years SOA and Web services has been over-hyped. Now Web 2.0 is also over-hyped. Because of the hype, it is easy to dismiss these application development architectures as irrelevant. That would be a serious mistake. Both of these architectures are just in the early stages of influencing how applications are developed and applications build using either architecture are likely to run poorly and be difficult to manage. The panelists on this session will detail the management and performance issues associated with SOA and Web 2.0 and give their insight into what you can do to avoid them. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - Eileen Haggerty, Director of Product Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc.
Speaker - Gregory Brail, PM Director , Sonoa Systems
Gregory Brail is part of the Product Management team at Sonoa, where he works closely with customers who are deploying web services and creating APIs for the Internet. Prior to Sonoa, he worked as an architect, developer, and consultant for BEA, Transact Plus, IBM, and Transarc. Speaker - Imad Mouline, CTO, Gomez
Imad Mouline brings years of software architecture, research and development experience to Gomez. At Gomez, Mouline works with customers, analysts, industry groups and internal resources to help drive the Gomez technology and business strategy to meet customers' needs in the face of new business and technology trends. Prior to Gomez, Mouline held the position of chief technology officer at S1 Corporation for five years. There he played a variety of roles across departments, including engineering, product management, sales and marketing. Previously, Mouline served as director of engineering in the office of the CTO at BroadVision, after its acquisition of Interleaf. During his seven years at Interleaf, Mouline held various professional services and engineering roles, where he ultimately served as the director of engineering for product architecture, while contributing code to one of the products. Mouline has spoken at various user conferences and technology events. Mouline is a valued source to media, analysts and bloggers on a range of topics, including how to engineer customer experience into online applications and services. Mouline is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Cloud Language: The Taxonomy of On-Demand ComputingClouds. Grids. PaaS. There are dozens of names to describe on-demand computing, and lots of confusion. This session tries to bring some order to the chaos, offering a comparison of different on-demand computing models including hardware-as-a-service, custom platforms, and large-scale compute infrastructures such as Hadoop. Speaker - Peter Laird, Managing Architect, WebCenter Product Group, Oracle
Peter Laird is the Managing Architect for Oracle's WebCenter product group. In this role, Peter leads the architecture team and focuses on the future of the portal and enterprise application spaces. Prior to this role, Peter served as Chief Architect of the BEA SaaS Platform (a PaaS offering) and has continued to focus heavily on the cloud/SaaS/PaaS spaces. Prior to those roles, Peter was a long time architect and developer on BEA's WebLogic Portal product team. |
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Cloud SLAsHow reliable is the cloud? Enterprises demand predictable service levels, reliable delivery, and committed availability. This panel will look at what level of service we should demand - and can expect - from cloud computing infrastructure, as well as tools and best practices for measuring it. Moderator - Peter Laird, Managing Architect, WebCenter Product Group, Oracle
Peter Laird is the Managing Architect for Oracle's WebCenter product group. In this role, Peter leads the architecture team and focuses on the future of the portal and enterprise application spaces. Prior to this role, Peter served as Chief Architect of the BEA SaaS Platform (a PaaS offering) and has continued to focus heavily on the cloud/SaaS/PaaS spaces. Prior to those roles, Peter was a long time architect and developer on BEA's WebLogic Portal product team. Speaker - Ben Cherian, Managing Partner, ServiceCloud
Ben has spent most of his career standing in the intersection where infrastructure and application development meet. He is the managing partner at ServiceCloud, a consultancy that helps companies navigate through this *new* cloud computing world. ServiceCloud works with their clients to help them identify what belongs in the cloud and what doesn't and then they manage the whole solution for them. Previously, Ben founded and led ThinSpace, a mobile application integration firm. Before that, Ben founded and led MSB Systems, a networking consultancy and ERP integration firm. Speaker - Imad Mouline, CTO, Gomez
Imad Mouline brings years of software architecture, research and development experience to Gomez. At Gomez, Mouline works with customers, analysts, industry groups and internal resources to help drive the Gomez technology and business strategy to meet customers' needs in the face of new business and technology trends. Prior to Gomez, Mouline held the position of chief technology officer at S1 Corporation for five years. There he played a variety of roles across departments, including engineering, product management, sales and marketing. Previously, Mouline served as director of engineering in the office of the CTO at BroadVision, after its acquisition of Interleaf. During his seven years at Interleaf, Mouline held various professional services and engineering roles, where he ultimately served as the director of engineering for product architecture, while contributing code to one of the products. Mouline has spoken at various user conferences and technology events. Mouline is a valued source to media, analysts and bloggers on a range of topics, including how to engineer customer experience into online applications and services. Mouline is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Running Clouds: What the Big Guys KnowA very small number of companies generate the vast majority of today's web pages, from Facebook applications to hosted sites. With compelling economics, they may be running most of the world's computing in a short while. This panel gets behind the scenes with some of the world's Big Cloud operators for a look at what they know about running large-scale computing. Moderator - Peter Laird, Managing Architect, WebCenter Product Group, Oracle
Peter Laird is the Managing Architect for Oracle's WebCenter product group. In this role, Peter leads the architecture team and focuses on the future of the portal and enterprise application spaces. Prior to this role, Peter served as Chief Architect of the BEA SaaS Platform (a PaaS offering) and has continued to focus heavily on the cloud/SaaS/PaaS spaces. Prior to those roles, Peter was a long time architect and developer on BEA's WebLogic Portal product team. Speaker - Jim Salem, Chief Architect, Intuit Quickbase
For the past 25 years, Jim Salem has been a pioneer in distributed computing and in the software/platform as a service space. He has extensive experience in all aspects of internet service delivery including scalable hosting infrastructure design, automated application provisioning, efficient storage and server management, and 24x7 operations. Since 1999, Salem has served as Chief Architect of Intuit QuickBase where he has been responsible for designing, building, and delivering fast, reliable PaaS and SaaS services to hundreds of thousands of users in more than half of the Fortune 100 and thousands of smaller businesses. He has also held senior management positions at Intuit in engineering and internet operations. Prior to Intuit, Salem served as Director of Web Hosting Engineering at GTE Internetworking (BBN Planet) where he supported thousands of servers in ten data centers. Earlier, he was engineering manager at Thinking Machines, which developed a 65,536 processor parallel computing platform. Salem earned a B.S.E.E. degree from M.I.T. in 1984. He is based in Massachusetts. Speaker - Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
Jinesh has over 9 years experience in XML and Web services and has worked with standards-based working groups in XBRL. Prior to joining Amazon as an evangelist, he held several positions in UBmatrix including Solutions Architect, Enterprise Team Lead and Software engineer, working on various financial services projects including Call Modernization Project at FDIC. He was also lead developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. Jinesh's publications have been published in ACM and IEEE. Jinesh is originally from India and holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from Penn State University. He plays tennis and loves to trek. Speaker - John Engates, CTO, Rackspace
John Engates is CTO for Rackspace, where he is responsible for R&D and for guiding the technical direction of Rackspace's cloud computing platform. John has over 14 years of experience in the Internet and hosting industry. |
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The Big Migration: Moving the Data Center to On-DemandThere's a slow, inexorable exodus going on. First bursty seasonal computing, then storage, then eventually all but specialized tasks are moving out of the corporate data center and into the cloud. But this big migration is a gradual one. There are times when it doesn't yet make sense to embrace on-demand computing. We'll chart the course of a migration into the cloud with some of the industry's sharpest innovators in on-demand provisioning and deployment. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Speaker - Andrew Gross, Chief Scientist and Architect, Stacksafe
Andrew Gross has over 16 years of experience in the design, development, administration and security of complex IT operations systems. In his current role as Chief Scientist and Architect at StackSafe, Gross is responsible for product architecture, evaluation of new technologies and research efforts. An expert in DSP algorithm design, architectural evaluation and source code review, Gross has extensive experience providing strategic consultation to companies on a variety of mission-critical operations and security issues. Prior to joining StackSafe, Gross served as a key software architect for Zenph Studios, an entertainment technology company. Gross also held the title of Chief Architect for Counterpane Internet Security, where he was responsible for the design of production operations and real-time forensic analysis systems in support of the Secure Operations Center. Gross conducted security research for the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), where he was responsible for covering a broad range of areas, including dynamic network monitoring and kernel auditing. In addition, he developed new tools for intrusion analysis and tracing and eventual system recovery. He also served as a network and security administrator for SDSC. Gross received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1997, where he wrote the seminal dissertation on computer forensic analysis. Speaker - Bert Armijo, VP Product and Marketing, 3Tera
Mr. Armijo is co-founder and Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Management for Cloud Computing firm 3tera, where he is responsible for product and service definition as well as building customer and partner relationships. Prior to 3tera, he was Director of Marketing with SolarFlare Communications, a fabless semiconductor startup developing 10GBASE-T. Earlier, he was co-founder and Director of Marketing for fabric computing pioneering startup Topspin Communications. At Topspin, he developed the company's product roadmap for transparently combining LAN, SAN and server area networks into a virtualized resource pool, now Cisco's V-Frame. Bert has also held management positions with Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, Rapid City Communications, Cipher Data Products, California Peripherals, CMS Enhancements, Everex and Mobius Technologies. Speaker - Michael Crandell, CEO and Founder, RightScale
Michael has worked as CEO or EVP for 10 years in Internet-based, software-as-a-service companies, including eFax (Internet fax) and Celebros (e-commerce search). Earlier, he founded and ran two software companies in document creation and communications. Michael is equally comfortable with the business and technology sides of a company, and has experience taking a company from early stage to IPO. Michael received his B.A. from Stanford University with graduate studies at Harvard University. Speaker - Stuart Carlton, Chief Software Architect, Elastra
Stuart Charlton is the Chief Software Architect for Elastra, a provider of Cloud Computing software infrastructure. Stuart specializes in the areas of systems architecture, RESTful web architecture, data warehousing, and is an avid student of lean & agile approaches to business processes and product development. Prior to joining Elastra, he was an Enterprise Architect with BEA Systems Worldwide Consulting, was the lead integration architect for a major Canadian telecommunications company, and has been a consultant and trainer for over a dozen organizations in the United States, Canada, and Japan. He is the co-author of CodeNotes for J2EE, published by Random House in 2002, and has written for leading online publications. Stuart resides in San Francisco, California. |
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Managing Applications in the CloudWhen it's your application on their infrastructure, you have a hard time knowing what's happening. On-demand computing environments often hide details from application operators as a result of their virtualization. New computing means new management. This panel of experts and innovators looks at emerging best practices for managing applications when they're running in the cloud. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Speaker - Allwyn Sequeira, SVP & CTO, Bluelane
Speaker - Jean Marc Seguin, Chief Architect , Embotics
Jean-Marc brings more than 18 years of design and development experience to his leadership role as Chief Architect at Embotics. Prior to that, he was Director of Engineering at Symbium, with broad-ranging management responsibilities spanning software applications through firmware and hardware development. With numerous patents granted, Seguin also worked at Mitel designing and building leading-edge, enterprise and telecommunications software applications. Speaker - Joe Fitzgerald, CEO, ManageIQ, Inc.
Speaker - Michael Baum, CEO, Splunk
Michael Baum Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder Michael is an unconventional chief executive with revolutionary ideas. He co-founded Splunk in 2004 with two friends and an ambition to assist humans in the battle against increasing IT complexity and the onslaught of machine generated data. Under his leadership, Splunk has quickly grown from a geeky idea to a disruptive, fast growing company and an amazing place to work. In just 24 months the company has delivered immediate benefit to more than 500 enterprises, service providers and government organizations and more than 175,000 users around the world. Michael is also co-founder of Collation, acquired by IBM's Tivoli Group, Arthas, acquired by Yahoo, 280, acquired by Infoseek and Reality Online, acquired by Reuters. He was a software engineer at IBM's Silicon Valley Laboratory and a member of the original IBM PC development team. Michael has a B.S. in Computer Science from Drexel University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School. He pontificates and speaks regularly about the intersection of humans and complex IT systems. Speaker - Vipul Sharma, Co-Founder and VP Of Engineering, Fortisphere
Vip has a demonstrated track record of more than 12 years of success in the design, implementation and management of multi-disciplinary engineering initiatives geared toward developing new and innovative technology solutions. In his extensive small and large firm experience, Vip has built strong and successful engineering organizations both on- and off-shore, re-oriented product directions from hardware to software, and worked with leading- edge technologies in the networking, virtualization, security and embedded space. His experience includes management and leadership positions at various companies, such as Verint Video Systems, Eden Networks, Cognio, Zagros Networks, Seneca Networks and Hughes Network Systems. Software developed by Vip and his teams has been deployed in large enterprises, such as Ford, ED Jones, Target, Mobil, Home Depot and Exxon. Vip has been granted three patent, and has filed many more in the QoS, Virtualization and security spaces. |
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Platform-as-a-Service: Building Business Processes in the CloudCloud computing is often referred to as hardware-as-a-service, implying openness and complexity. At the other end of the spectrum, SaaS does not offer much room for customization. But there's a middle ground, where providers offer an on-demand platform, often with its own coding and conventions. This session looks at how companies can build custom applications that run in the cloud, letting the platform provider worry about operations and data integration. Speaker - Adam Gross, Vice President of Developer Marketing, Salesforce.com
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Data Center Trends and Strategies The data center is at the center of IT innovation with many exciting - but also confusing - developments. The session will provide a unifying vision, and a wealth of information and practical advice for companies seeking to build new data centers, planning for growth in existing data centers and transforming their operational practices. Based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with IT executives, this session provides an unbiased, insightful and unique view of best practices from real data centers around the world. Speaker - Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background. Mr. Antonopoulos honed his speaking skills in front of audiences ranging in size from five executives in a boardroom to hundreds of people in large conferences. With more than three hundred speaking engagements under his belt he is considered a world-class and charismatic public speaker and teacher. Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where he was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients. Prior to ThruPoint he was a Security Practice Lead at Greenwich Technology Partners, where he designed the security architecture of a global wire-transfer network interconnecting the world's banks. |
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Is Green About Ecology or Economy? The Green Data Center sounds easier than it is. What are the various components of a green data center and how can companies make their existing data centers "greener"? What is the impact of green IT on the bottom line? Green is not just about the production of energy or the use of alternate sources; it is about energy strategies, energy efficiency, energy management and cost reduction. It's about sustainable computing and competitive advantage. It's about the bottom line as well as environmental responsibility and stewardship. How do you model the cost of electricity across all IT equipment? And how can you convert that cost model into a green ROI? Panelists will discuss strategies, technologies, challenges, cost models and case studies to help demystify green IT. Moderator - Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background. Mr. Antonopoulos honed his speaking skills in front of audiences ranging in size from five executives in a boardroom to hundreds of people in large conferences. With more than three hundred speaking engagements under his belt he is considered a world-class and charismatic public speaker and teacher. Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where he was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients. Prior to ThruPoint he was a Security Practice Lead at Greenwich Technology Partners, where he designed the security architecture of a global wire-transfer network interconnecting the world's banks. Speaker - Brandon Ekberg, Business Unit Manager, Eaton
Brandon is currently the Senior Manager of the Software & Meters Business Unit within Eaton's Electrical Group. Prior to joining Eaton in April 2005, Brandon held a variety of positions at Rockwell Automation's Rockwell Software division including Director of Engineering and Business Unit Manager. Prior to joining Rockwell Automation in 1993, Brandon worked for Cimflex Tecknowledge in its Information Systems product group. In between obtaining his two engineering degrees, Brandon worked for 2 years for J&L Steel in East Chicago, Indiana. Brandon holds a BS and an ME in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. Brandon has had extensive experience in developing and delivering common software platform components. As the Communications Business Unit Manager at Rockwell Software, he oversaw the development and, first ever, company wide adoption of a communication subsystem. As Rockwell Software expanded into information system type products, Brandon's team was responsible for the development of a common data model that allowed multiple products to share common manufacturing configuration data. Rockwell built on these initial shared elements and to a launch a key strategic initiative called FactoryTalk™. As Program Manager, Brandon was responsible for the first two coordinated releases of all Rockwell software products adopting the FactoryTalk™ platform. In his new role at Eaton, Brandon is helping to drive a company wide software and communication strategy will unify the communication infrastructure of Eaton's Electrical Group. Speaker - David Appelbaum, Vice President of Marketing, BigFix, Inc.
David Appelbaum, vice president of marketing for BigFix, Inc., has 20 years experience in the software technology industry having played a variety of sales, marketing, executive, and consulting roles. Prior to joining BigFix, Appelbaum worked with companies such as Borland, Oracle, Autonomy, Salesforce.com, and Antenna Software. He has overseen major product rollouts, as well as highly successful channel development programs, for the US and international markets. Speaker - John Tuccillo, Vice President, Industry Alliances, APC, Green Grid
Speaker - Paul Dunn, Senior Network Analyst, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
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Unified Data Center Network - Future or Hype?Will Ethernet unify the storage and data networks into one single fabric? Or does storage need its own network to deliver high performance? Will storage be carried over FCoE or iSCSI, or some other protocol? Or will fiber channel continue to grow and evolve? Panelists will discuss these and other issues around next-generation data center networks, take audience questions and present case studies to support their claims. Moderator - Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background. Mr. Antonopoulos honed his speaking skills in front of audiences ranging in size from five executives in a boardroom to hundreds of people in large conferences. With more than three hundred speaking engagements under his belt he is considered a world-class and charismatic public speaker and teacher. Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where he was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients. Prior to ThruPoint he was a Security Practice Lead at Greenwich Technology Partners, where he designed the security architecture of a global wire-transfer network interconnecting the world's banks. Speaker - Errol Roberts, Distinguished Systems Engineer , Cisco
With more than 16 years of networking, and telecommunications experience, Errol Roberts brings a practical understanding of how technology can solve business problems. Errol Roberts is a Distinguished Systems Engineer (DSE) at Cisco with a focus on Optical Transport, Data Center architecture and technologies for Service Provider and Enterprise environments. In his role as DSE at Cisco, Mr. Roberts influences technical direction and solutions to address customer requirements and industry trends. In his role, Mr. Roberts consults with customers on emerging technology business application, adoption, development, and architecture impact. Prior to joining Cisco, Errol worked in the of area software development and system administration. Errol holds a Graduate (MSc) degree from New York University. Speaker - John Hufferd, Senior Executive Director of Technology , Brocade
As a Senior Director of Technology, John Hufferd is responsible for defining Brocade's technology direction and strategy of storage networks including iSCSI based, FC based, FCoE based, and NAS (CIFS, CIFS) networks. John has over 40 years in the storage and networking industries and, prior to joining Brocade, John was retired from the IBM Corporation where he was focused on storage networking strategies. John began work on iSCSI in its very early years (1998) and has been a key mover in getting it accepted as an international standard. John is well known in the industry due to positions held within various industry organizations including SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) and RDMAC (Remote Direct Memory Access Consortium). He was key in defining the specification for iSER (the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA), and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), where he holds the position of Technical Coordinator for IP Storage. John also ensured that the iSER IETF specification was defined such that it not only supported iWARP (RDMA on TCP/IP) but also InfiniBand. He has held positions on the board of advisors for 8 different companies and has authored the definitive book on iSCSI called "iSCSI -- The Universal Storage Connection," published by Addison-Wesley. John is Brocade's representative to the IETF and the IBTA (InfiniBand Trade Association) and has been a Brocade representative to the T11 Fibre Channel Standards Group -- BB5 Working Group -- which is defining FCoE. Speaker - Stephen Garrison, Vice President of Marketing, Force10 Networks
Stephen Garrison has more than 19 years of experience designing strategic marketing programs for the telecommunications and networking industries. Prior to becoming vice president of marketing, Garrison directed the company's corporate marketing and customer activities. Prior to joining Force10 Networks, Garrison was the senior director of marketing at Riverstone Networks, where he was responsible for building customer programs. Earlier, he served as the director of marketing at Cabletron Systems. Garrison received a B.S. in ceramic science from Alfred University and an M.S. in materials science and engineering from MIT. He also holds four patents and sits on the board of directors for the Ethernet Alliance. Speaker - Vikram Karvat, VP of Marketing, NetXen
Vikram has over 15 years of experience in marketing and sales, in the systems and semiconductor segments. Vikram's career spans the PC, server and networking industries. Prior to joining NetXen, Vikram was director of marketing at Broadcom, where he was responsible for strategic planning and product marketing for server chipsets. While at Broadcom, he successfully launched the storage product line of chips used by top tier enterprise storage vendors. Before that, Vikram spent six years at National Semiconductor marketing processors, server chipsets and networking products. He holds an MBA degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a BSEE from the University of Alberta, both with honors. |
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Data Center: Build, Lease, Host or Cloud?Build or Buy? This is the most common question related to the data center. Where do you put your IT equipment? Many choices are available today - building a new data center, converting an existing space, co-location, server and virtual server hosting or even "in the cloud." Which of these approaches is best for your business? This panel will discuss the various options and look at the balance between flexibility, cost and control that they offer. Moderator - Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background. Mr. Antonopoulos honed his speaking skills in front of audiences ranging in size from five executives in a boardroom to hundreds of people in large conferences. With more than three hundred speaking engagements under his belt he is considered a world-class and charismatic public speaker and teacher. Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where he was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients. Prior to ThruPoint he was a Security Practice Lead at Greenwich Technology Partners, where he designed the security architecture of a global wire-transfer network interconnecting the world's banks. Speaker - Angela Bailey, Director - Product Development , AT&T Hosting and Application Services
Angela Bailey serves as Director for AT&T Hosting & Application Services Product Development. In this capacity, she led the development of AT&T's utility hosting offer, known as AT&T Synaptic Hosting, and is responsible for its continued evolution. On an ongoing basis, Bailey leads AT&T's efforts to deliver on-demand services to customers, coordinating the efforts of information technology, service delivery and service assurance. Prior to her current role, Bailey served in various capacities within the organization, focused on Hosting and Application Services. She also served as an adjunct professor with the Shorter College School of Business. Bailey earned her Masters in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in French as well as Bachelor of Arts is Mathematics. Speaker - Don O'Toole, Director of Tivoli Strategy, IBM
Don O'Toole is a marketing and business development professional with more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry. Over the course of his career with IBM, he has held a variety of positions in IBM's software, hardware and services businesses. Don has extensive expertise in the software industry. He began his IBM career as part of the IBM SNA software development team in Research Triangle Park, NC. In 1993, he became a Brand Manager for IBM's TCP/IP software products. In 1995, he led the business development and market launch of IBM's Internet Connection software family, which included IBM's first web browser and HTTP server offerings. Don joined IBM's Internet Division in 1996 and was a key member of the team that developed IBM's e-business strategy. He has had leadership roles in a number of IBM's recent acquisitions including the purchases of Micromuse and Candle. Don also has led marketing initiatives for a variety of emerging software technologies including the launch of IBM's Web Services initiative in 2001. Currently, Don is Director of Strategy for IBM's Tivoli software brand. He is responsible for leading the strategic direction of Tivoli's Service Management software portfolio. Don holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS from Syracuse University. He is a current master's candidate at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Speaker - Jim Poore, Vice President of Transport Product Management, Global Crossing
Jim Poore Vice President, Global Transport & Infrastructure Product Management Global Crossing Ltd. Jim Poore has responsibility for Global Transport & Infrastructure Product Management focused on solutions leveraging Wavelengths, Ethernet, Private Line, Dark Fiber, Metro Access, and Datacenter services. Mr. Poore has been with Global Crossing for 9 years and managed a number of Global product initiatives including multi-region Datacenter solutions, Long-Haul and Metro Ethernet Transport, IP based Unified Communications, Core Network expansion, and Optical Wavelength development. Before joining Global Crossing, Mr. Poore held regional Product Marketing positions with Silicon Graphics/CRAY Research. He holds a BS in Marketing, summa cum laude, from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has over 15 years experience in advanced communication services management. Speaker - Patrick Leonard, Sr Manager - Strategic Initiatives, Equinix, Inc.
Patrick Leonard is Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives for Equinix, Inc., where he is primarily responsible for research and analysis in support of Equinix's data center and services expansion programs in the US, Asia Pacific and Europe. He is also engaged in driving and formalizing Equinix's sustainability programs, including membership in the Green Grid, participation in the EPA Energy Star data center rating program, adoption of comprehensive conservation/recycling programs, and development of customer and employee programs Mr. Leonard has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, starting in the mid-1980s during the highly charged period of advances resulting from the AT&T divestiture and the implementation of equal access in the US. Prior to joining Equinix in 2000, he served as Director of IP Marketing and Advertising for Global One, the international telecommunications joint venture between Sprint International, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. He also held positions in finance, marketing, sales and customer service at MCI Telecommunications. Mr. Leonard received a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Gannon University. |
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Software Platforms for Mobile and Wireless ComputingA debate is brewing - what is the best software environment for mobile devices? Is a robust operating system required, along with support for third-party applications, or will a more contained and manageable smartphone platform ultimately be preferred? How can software for mobile devices be economically and reliably developed? What are the security and management requirements for mobile devices? How will information be managed and distributed in a highly-mobile world? This session has the answers. Moderator - Michael Miller, SVP, Technology Strategy, Ziff Brothers Investments
Michael J. Miller is senior vice president for technology strategy at Ziff Brothers Investments, a private investment firm. Until late 2006, Miller was the Chief Content Officer for Ziff Davis Media, responsible for overseeing the editorial positions of Ziff Davis's magazines, websites, and events. As Editorial Director for Ziff Davis Publishing since 1997, Miller took an active role in helping to identify new editorial needs in the marketplace and in shaping the editorial positioning of every Ziff Davis title. From 1991 to 2005, Miller was editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, responsible for the editorial direction, quality and presentation of the world's largest computer publication. Under Miller's supervision, PC Magazine grew to have the largest Readership of any technology publication in the world. PC Magazine has grown and evolved its pioneering online work as well, evolving from its successful PCMagNet service on CompuServe to become one of the earliest and most successful Web sites. Speaker - Alan Lysne, CEO, Cascade Mobile
As CEO of Cascada Mobile, Alan Lysne guides the company's growth and strategic direction with responsibility for identifying new opportunities and markets. Alan has over 13 years of experience in the communications and mobile software industry both in start ups and large companies. Prior to joining Cascada Mobile, Alan was a VP at Comverse where he ran the Toronto office and oversaw the self service and CRM software groups. Previously, Alan was the co-founder and CTO of Davinci Technologies which was acquired by CSG Systems and subsequently Comverse. Before starting Davinci, Alan was a management consultant at Accenture serving telecommunications clients across North America. Alan holds an Honors Electrical Engineering degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Speaker - Alex Muller, CEO, Slifter
Alex Muller founded Slifter in 2005, a mobile marketing company focused on using wireless and LBS technologies to connect consumers with local retail stores. A year later, Alex launched the first location based product search engine for mobile devices. Slifter enables shoppers to search and share nearly 250 million products and promotions at over 150,000 U.S. locations, such as Best Buy; Toys"R"Us; Circuit City; Wal-Mart; Home Depot; Macy's and more, straight from their cell phones. Previously, Alex Muller co-founded, Evolve Living in 1999, a San Francisco-based company that used Internet applications to help businesses manage environmental and other non-financial performance metrics. A year later, Muller went on to coordinate the development and release of the consumer site PSN.com, a Latin-American version of ESPN.com. While at PSN.com he lead the company's adoption of sophisticated internet marketing techniques, created a beta version of PSN mobile, as well as a CRM database of opt-in SMS consumers. In 2001, Ecos Technologies purchased Evolve Living and its intellectual property. At this time, Muller returned to the company to serve as the SVP of Product Development and Management. At the start of 2004 Muller joined Linkshare to lead their product team, where he was responsible for the technology development and strategy across all their product lines. Muller designed the "next generation" product data distribution system that moved 100 million products per day for online mega-online retailers, like Overstock, Shop.com, Walmart and Target. . Muller received his MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, and an MS in Engineering from CMU. Previous to his graduate studies he received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. Speaker - David Birnbach, CEO, Vaultus Mobile Technologies
Mr. Birnbach is an industry expert on the topic of "Mobility in the Enterprise," and his firm - Vaultus Mobile Technologies is a pioneer in the wireless/mobility software arena. He has 25 years experience in the software industry in both software development and sales and marketing. Prior to joining Vaultus, he served as an executive with Marketsoft, where he led the sales organizations in the U.S. and abroad. He has also held management and executive positions with Onyx Software and Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Birnbach holds an M.S. in Management of Technology from MIT's Sloan School of Management. Speaker - Jeanne Kolesnik, Business Development Director, Paragon Software Group
Jeanne Kolesnik is Business Development Director of Paragon Software Group's mobility division, encompassing mobile productivity applications for Enterprise, SMB and consumer markets worldwide. The division's initial goal was focused on localizing mobile software development for the Russian and Eastern European markets, and later, the development of hand-writing recognition applications along with a new and universal focus in Education, Security and Time Management. Currently, Paragon Software Group is a leading developer of innovative software for the PDA and smartphone software market. The company employs more than 200 IT professionals worldwide, and has offices in Germany, Russia, Switzerland, United States and Japan. With a decade of experience, Kolesnik has been involved in building stable partnerships with key telecom industry players all over the world, including platform enablers, mobile devices manufacturers, operators, distributors, publishers, online sales channels, and linguistic companies. As the director of Paragon's developer programs, she gained extensive experience creating value-added projects for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, Vodafone, Orange, Merriam-Webster, Oxford, DUDEN, PONS, and Intellicast. She also oversees the development of new markets (iPhone & iPod software) and new regions (e.g. MEA, India, APAC). Additionally, she represents the company at industry events including Mobile World Congress, CeBIT, Symbian Smartphone Show, Nokia Application Summits in EMEA, India and APAC and a number of other special events organized by Nokia, UIQ, and Symbian. Kolesnik is the company's branch director in the Netherlands and oversees all international business development activity and initiatives. Kolesnik became Business Development Director after holding a variety of management positions in marketing, sales, PR and quality assurance. |
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RIM BlackBerry Software DevelopmentThe RIM BlackBerry system is one of the most successful enterprise mobile platforms ever introduced, and the platform is not standing still. With a number of exciting new models, broadening appeal, highly-visible marketing, and new software features, the BlackBerry will remain the platform of choice for many enterprises even as the platform space heats up. This session will provide the details developers need to take advantage of all the BlackBerry has to offer.
Symbian Software DevelopmentThe Symbian platform is the most popular in the world, implemented on more than half of the world's smartphones. And with the recent announcement of the Symbian Foundation and new support for leading vendors, Symbian is poised for new growth even in the face of significant competition. This session will examine the details of the Symbian OS and its development tools, and provide attendees with a complete by concise look at services and capabilities of this important platform. Speaker - Hetal Patel, Developer Consultant, Symbian
Hetal Patel is based at Symbian's offices in Foster City, California, where he manages technical engagements with partners in the Symbian ecosystem. An expert in Symbian OS software development and architectural design, Hetal advises leading handset manufacturers, network operators, and component technology providers on best practices for designing Symbian OS applications and services. A frequent presenter in the software development community, Hetal joined Symbian in 2000 and holds a BSc in Computer Science with Cognitive Science from University College London in the United Kingdom. |
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Microsoft Windows Mobile Software DevelopmentThe Windows Mobile software platform helped create the category of smart mobile phones and devices and is arguably the most mature of the current mobile platforms. Leveraging decades of server, desktop and mobile experience come learn how the Windows Mobile platform is evolving. The operating system, software development frameworks, tools and hardware capabilities of the Windows Mobile architecture will be presented in this session. Come see what is new in the most mature mobile device platform. Speaker - Nathan Clevenger, Enterprise Editor, SmartPhone Magazine
Mr. Clevenger is currently the Enterprise Editor for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and runs the Enterprise Mobility Solutions practice at ITR Group, a Microsoft Gold Certified consulting firm. He was previously the Chief Software Architect for Mobiliam, a leading provider of enterprise-class mobile/wireless software products, and has been developing mobile software for more than 9 years. He is regarded as one of the industry's foremost experts in enterprise mobility, having received the 2003 Pocket PC Community Outstanding Achievement Award for tirelessly educating the marketplace about the true potential for mobile technology within business. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Mobile Development Association, he was the founder of Clevrware, a mobile software development and consulting firm acquired by Mobiliam in 2003 . An avid evangelist of mobile computing, he is dedicated to raising awareness of the potential for this technology in business. He writes for a variety of technical and business publications, and speaks at industry events such as Comdex, CeBIT America, CTIA, Planet PDA, and the Pocket PC Summit. |
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Social Software Tools: A Critical EvaluationTo date, technology analysts have quite properly focused on the social and business aspects of Enterprise 2.0 technologies. And yet, Enterprise 2.0 tools - including collaboration suites, pure-play blog / wiki / social-networking products, and revamped portal products from major vendors - differ quite substantially in maturity, approach, and support. This session will share customer research from noted evaluation firm CMS Watch on leading Enterprise 2.0 technologies, and provide a framework for customers to evaluate the marketplace based on their own needs. Speaker - Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch
Tony Byrne is founder of CMS Watch (CMS Watch), a vendor-independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies on behalf of solutions buyers. Tony was the lead analyst on the CMS Watch Enterprise Social Software Report 2008 which evaluates 20 Social Software vendors head-to-head against business and technical criteria. |
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The ROI for Social NetworkingSocial networking is a hot topic these days, mostly fueled by consumer applications such as Facebook and MySpace. Facebook alone has been catapulted to "web platform" status with thousands of third party applications being built around an open API. How will businesses leverage this social networking phenomenon? Are we creating value with social networks in business? Or are we simply creating more distractions? Moderator - Steve Wylie, General Manager and Conference Director, TechWeb
Speaker - J.B. Holston, CEO and President, NewsGator
J.B. Holston - CEO and President: Holston has run a wide range of technology and media enterprises over the last two decades. As President of Ziff Davis International, Holston managed Ziff Davis' operations across more than 100 countries, and launched Yahoo! Europe. He was part of the senior management team that led the successful LBO of ZD by Forstmann, Little, and subsequent sale to Softbank. Since selling his last technology start-up, Holston has helped create a wide range of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including Media-x at Stanford, among several others. After receiving a BA in creative writing from Stanford in 1979, he taught English at Phillips Academy, worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, studied and wrote in Paris, France, then worked in strategic planning for NBC and RCA. J.B. received his MBA from Stanford in 1986, then worked on Jack Welch's staff at GE before moving back to NBC where for five years he was responsible for strategic planning and NBC's international operations. Speaker - Umberto Milletti, CEO, InsideView Umberto Milletti is the cofounder and CEO of InsideView, the pioneering business search & intelligence service. Umberto has been a thought leader in the convergence of technology and content for the last 10 years. In the mid-90s he helped create a new way of learning, now called e-learning, where relevant instructions is delivered to students over the Internet. Beginning in 1996, as an executive and co-founder of DigitalThink, he also designed and built one of the first multi-tenant Software-As-A-Service platforms to deliver and track learning for millions of adult students each year. Umberto helped lead DigitalThink to a successful IPO, growing annual revenues to $60 million, and ultimately to its sal |