SAF Follow-On

Angela Yochem: The Role of Enterprise Architecture in Uncertain Times

Miha Kralj — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:51:05 GMT

Do you drive investment strategy for your company? Forward-thinking companies are realizing that architects are very good at identifying revenue opportunities as well as cost/risk reduction plays. In this session we’ll talk about how enterprise-level architects are well-positioned to drive technology *and* business strategy, and how business transformation can be jump-started by the vision, perspective and creativity of sophisticated architects (now that’s EA 2.0!). We’ll encourage architects to flex their muscles outside the bounds of a traditional architecture job role, describe the steps architects need to take to optimally drive business strategy, and provide lessons-learned along the way.

Audio recording of 1st keynote on Fri 11/21

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:53:15 GMT

Programming for the Mars Missions, the Ultimate in Distributed in Computing (Dave Lavery, NASA)

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Audio recording of 1st keynote on Thu 11/20

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:03:24 GMT

Role of Architecture in Current Economic Climate (Neil Leslie, Microsoft)

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Audio recording of 2nd keynote on Fri 11/21

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:57:51 GMT

The Role of Enterprise Architecture in Uncertain Times (Angela Yochem, Dell)

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Audio recording of 2nd keynote on Thu 11/20

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:10:25 GMT

Software + Services (Tim O'Brien, Microsoft)

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Audio recording of 3rd keynote on Fri 11/21

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:01:51 GMT

Privacy in the Digital Age (Steve Riley, Microsoft)

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Audio recording of 3rd keynote on Thu 11/20

Craig Randall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:12:27 GMT

Business Benefits of Social Computing (Bob Pearson, Dell)

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Barry Briggs - How Microsoft does IT?

Miha Kralj — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:35:24 GMT

At Microsoft, IT is seen as a strategic partner to the business, and it uses technology innovation to support existing and new business models. MSIT as it is called supports a global workforce, millions of customers, and one of the largest online presences in the industry. Barry will cover key focus areas including the adoption and impact of virtualization; environmental sustainability; data management in MSIT, including one of the largest Master Data Management (MDM) implementations anywhere; and how MSIT utilizes such important concepts as Service Oriented Architecture and advanced user interfaces to deliver business value.

Bill Zack - Growing Architectural Communities

Miha Kralj — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:43:06 GMT

In this session we will explore how you can benefit from regularly scheduled in-person meetings with other architects from outside your company in order to be more effective professionally and personally. Topics will include forming and participating in in-person and on-line architecture groups such as Architecture Special Interest Groups (ArSigs) that can be stand-alone or created as spinoffs from other more technically focused user groups, chapters of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) as well as other community based groups

Bob Pearson - Business Benefits of Social Computing

Miha Kralj — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:42 GMT

This session will explore business opportunities & benefits for Enterprises to connect seamlessly with the constantly evolving on-line social networking & consumer communities to influence community perceptions, broaden customer/partner connections, foster new business opportunities, and optimize operational costs through the practice of crowdsourcing.

Christof Sprenger - Enterprises Going Social; Community Relationship Management

Miha Kralj — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:04:09 GMT

This session will explore enterprise solution frameworks for engaging with social communities. Options discussed will include integrating with existing social networking & media communities, investing in on-premise community engagement solutions, and subscribing to services that enable business-to-community connections.

Darryl Chantry - Comparing Multiple Clouds

Miha Kralj — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:36:18 GMT

Similarly to their real life cousins, not all clouds are equal. In this session, we will be looking at the different clouds available ‘out there’, their pros, their cons, and which cloud is more appropriate for which type of applications.

Dave Lavery - NASA – Programming for the Mars Mission, the Ultimate in Distributed in Computing

Miha Kralj — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:25:22 GMT

NASA discusses the approach and challenges for programming for the Mars Rover Mission(s). There are a number of interesting topics here ranging from discussing the unique challenges tied to programming around communication latency, instrumentation, etc.

David Hayes - Server Consolidation using Microsoft Products at the MPSC

Miha Kralj — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:49:28 GMT

In less than three months and with a team of four people (and ready access to Sun’s technology experts), the MPSC architected and deployed IT server consolidation and virtualization strategy running Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and Sun Fire x64-based servers.

Eugenio Pace - Enterprise-grade Cloud Applications

Miha Kralj — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:12:39 GMT

Hosted applications today do not offer many of the features that large enterprises expect around identity, management, and data. In this session, we will walk through detailed examples of ‘enterprise grade’ hosted application design. At the end of the session, you will understand how to implement a federated identity scenario, enable remote management of your application and allow a richer control on how the data is stored.