Launch Into 2008

The Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization model provides a mechanism for IT organizations of all sizes to improve the effectiveness of their investments in technology. Rather than increasing the cost of IT budgets, the IO model focuses on improved integration with the business, resulting in more efficient leverage of the IT assets and budgets. As organizations progress through the stages of the IO model, they are capable of accomplishing their work more efficiently, resulting in increased overall capacity. This presentation provides an overview of the Microsoft IO model, and describes how you can utilize it to move your IT department from a cost center into a technology force that is fully integrated with your business.

Presented by: Tim Davidson, Engagement Manager, Neudesic

This session will focus on the Business Productivity discipline of the Infrastructure Optimization model including Collaboration, Search, and Enterprise Content Management. The goal of this session it to provide a maturity roadmap that will allow you to begin the assessment and implementation process of each of the core capabilities of the model. We will drill into specific scenarios that demonstrate the fully realized vision of Enterprise Collaboration and Search

Presented by: Mike Linster, Principal Consultant, Neudesic

The Application Platform Optimization model includes the capabilities that organizations leverage for their core application development needs, including Business Intelligence, Application Lifecycle Management, and User Experience. In this talk, we’ll walk through the various capabilities that serve as components to the APO model, including some extensions created by Neudesic to supplement the existing APO model from Microsoft.

Presented by: Mickey Williams, Technical Director, Neudesic

Building SOA enabled applications requires a different paradigm for how organizations design, build, and operate their existing business systems. While the “perfect” architecture exists in everyone’s minds, we all need to deal with the realities of our existing business systems, the skills of our teams, and immediate business needs. It is unlikely that the business will “pause”, enable you to retrain or rehire your team, hold off on new project requests, and allow you to completely re-architect your existing business infrastructure. So, how do you meet the short term needs of the business without compromising the longer term objectives of SOA enablement? During this discussion, we will talk about utilizing Microsoft IO to transform existing arrays of heterogeneous, distributed, complex and often inflexible IT systems into a set of more connected, simplified and adaptable ones that can better support the business.

Presented by: Sam Gentile, Principal Consultant, Neudesic