Enterprise Portal 2005 Conference Presentation
Presented By: Bill Appelton, DreamFactory Software
Lean how Rich Internet Applications (RIA) will enhance the experience of web portal applications. HTML interfaces will become a thing of the past. DreamFactory is a complete RIA development environment that deploys applicatons which execute within a plug-in similar to Flash & Shockwave.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Skype and Google lately. Of course Skype is a peer-to-peer (P2P) voice over IP (VOIP) Company that provides free digital telphony between members of its network over a broadband connection. It’s like Vonage and other VOIP companies in that you can call out to (Skype Out) and receive calls from (Skype In) traditional voice devices for an additional fee. The Skype client provides messaging, file transfer and voice communications between users on Linux, Mac OS, Windows and Windows CE.
Several weeks ago Bob Cringley reported that Rupert Murdoch was possibly in discussions to acquire Skype for approximately 3 billion dollars. As it turned out Skype didn’t sell.
Google announced this week plans to raise an additional 4 billion dollars through a public stock offering. That’s enough additional cash to fund further
organic expansion; Google already has 3 billion in reserve. So the question arises: what are they going to do with $7 BB in cash reserves?
Grand Central Communications delivers Integration On Demand™ at a fraction of the cost that enterprises currently spend on software-based integration projects. Grand Central’s Network represents a new and far better model for companies to integrate with customers, partners and internal business units. Delivered as a subscription-based service built on top of the Internet, Grand Central lets businesses pay for usage, not software and hardware.
Composite applications and service-oriented integration enable the development of new solutions from existing applications. In short, they allow companies to do more with what they already have. Additionally, the supporting service-oriented architecture promises to deliver to enterprises the capacity for unprecedented agility. Read this important White Paper from Above All Software
Systems Integration 2005 Conference Presentation
Presented By: Deborah Scharfetter, Above All Software
Many companies today have embarked on SOA initiatives for all the right reasons – IT and business agility , easier integration, better leverage around existing investments and more. However, turning the SOA vision into reality has many pitfalls and requires new processes, skill sets and technologies.
Review this important keynote presentation that will address the issues and opportunities involved with turning Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) investments into rapidly assembled high impact integration solutions.
This presentation covers:
- What are the most likely areas of business impact and operational payoff for SOA initiatives?
- How do these technologies better integrate applications, organizations and processes than traditional approaches?
- Can these technologies help IT and business alignment? What changes must be made to facilitate the transformation?
- What required capabilities are missing from today’s product offerings in order to deliver on the promise of SOA? And can the overall complexity of the existing IT portfolio be simplified?
Systems Integration 2005 Conference Presentation
Presented By: Alan Shortnacy, Embarcadero Technologies
Enterprise data is exploding at a rate of almost 2 exabytes each year while companies are merged and acquired, new compliance issues are levied and management needs to make decisions faster still to keep a competitive edge. In the midst of these complicated operational issues underlies the technologies that are inherited, grown and maintained, all by a fewer number of people. In light of these facts, a seamless process for data integration is crucial for accomplishing dynamic, data-centric business goals. This session will cover strategies for integrating systems such as ERP/CRM, Business Intelligence, Legacy systems, etc. with ETL processes to fulfill business requirements.
Systems Integration 2005 Conference Presentation
Presented By: Clay Williams, Grand Central Communications
We’ll answer the following questions in the presentation:
- How does a shared infrastructure enhance your SOA Strategy?
- What Core Functionality is required for Shared SOA infrastructure?
- What are the Business Benefits of the On Demand Model?
- What’s the difference between being Integration Ready and actually Integrated?
