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Presentation videos now available to watch for free
Videos and slides of the presentations from Information Age’s Future of Software 2008 conference that took place last month are now available to watch online for free.
Presentations include an introduction to Standard Life’s agile IT practices and a brief history of network computing from Sun Microsystems.
To watch the videos, simply click on one of the following links.
Mac users may have to download Microsoft Silverlight plug-in. Simply click the ‘Get Microsoft Silverlight' logo in the video screen.
BACK TO THE FUTURE?
Neil Ward-Dutton, Research Director and co-founder, MWD
Setting the scene for this year’s conference, Neil will examine the key technology and business trends currently impacting organisations and ask – with all the hot trends currently filling up column inches, are we looking at old wine in new bottles, or are there genuinely new opportunities and challenges on the horizon?
IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS/IT ALIGNMENT TO DRIVE GROWTH
Garry Morrison, Customer Service Director, Group Pensions, Standard Life
Ian Muir, Chief Architect, Group IT, Standard Life
This Information Age Effective IT™ award winner has implemented over 450 business services on its SOA – an architecture that is regarded as establishing ‘best practice’ in SOA. Understand how Standard Life’s strategy was developed and implemented, and how it has helped drive, efficiency, business agility and top-line growth.
APPLICATION MASH UP: AGILE BUSINESS-LED DELIVERY
Eric Guilloteau, CEO & Founder, Corizon
How the use of enterprise mash-up technology can significantly enhance the customer experience.
THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER
Steve Elliott, Java/SOA Chief Technologist, SUN Microsystems
25 years after Sun's tag line first appeared what has changed? The move to more loosely coupled service oriented architectures has posed many new important questions, around areas such as identity, security, and interoperability. New business models are evolving, and of course, open source cannot be left out of the equation. This session examines the trends, and tackles the challenges to be overcome.
INNOVATIVE, ROBUST, TRANSFORMING
Kevin Kimber, UK Country Manager, Service-now.com
Service management is one of the pillars of modern IT delivery. Hear from one of the new breed of vendors offering such capabilities as an on-demand service over the web.
THE PLATFORM AS A SERVICE
Robert Whiteside, Head of UK and Ireland, Google Enterprise
Woodson Martin, Vice President EMEA Marketing, Salesforce.com
As people switch to Cloud Computing in increasing numbers, organisations are recognising the need to focus on their core business by taking advantage of hosted applications and the associated cost savings and productivity gains they bring. Hear from Google and Salesforce.com about what's available today and in the future.
