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| 10:15 am–11:15 am |
Conference Sessions
 Application Delivery On DemandDespite the rapid deployment of broadband in much of the Western world, it is still challenging to deliver applications to the far reaches of the planet. Few companies have the capital or resources to build dedicated network links for their applications. Instead, most rely on Application Delivery Networks (ADNs) to overcome network latency and congestion while squeezing every drop of performance out of network protocols. These ADNs are far removed from the Content Delivery Networks used to speed up static content. In addition to WAN optimization, they offer a wide range of technology hooks to optimize application delivery worldwide. This session looks at modern ADN technology and the options offered to IT managers. Speaker - Tim Knudsen, Director APS Product Specialist, Akamai
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| 10:15 am–10:45 am |
S08 Conference Sessions
SaaS: Overcoming Change Management and Operational ChallengesHow do you ensure integration with existing systems without compromising security with SaaS? How do you ensure users are trained and any software changes are not going to disrupt integration with existing systems? These are some of the issues that CIOs worry about with SaaS. This session will discuss how vendors and customers are jointly addressing these issues.
Speaker - Aaron Harris, CTO, Intacct
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| 10:45 am–11:15 am |
S08 Conference Sessions
How KnowledgeTree Quickly Grew a Software as a Service Model Using Virtual Appliances and Amazon EC2 With over 400,000 users, KnowledgeTree was already considered a popular choice for easy document management. But the company also wanted to simplify its application distribution without wasting valuable time or money on engineering and infrastructure. Virtual appliances were the answer. The company strategically used the combination of scalable, virtual infrastructure from Amazon EC2 and virtual appliances to offer KnowledgeTreeLive as a hosted solution. This session will review how the company: saving time by using rPath technology to build its virtual appliance format; saving money by avoiding the need to build its own hosted datacenter infrastructure and to re-architect its software for multi-tenancy; and increasing its market share potential in the crowded space of document management products with a competitive, on-demand offering.
Speaker - Billy Marshall, CEO, rPath
Speaker - Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services Jinesh Varia is focused on furthering awareness of web services and inspiring developers to create innovative applications using Amazon Web Services. Jinesh also works with developers on a 1:1 basis helping them implement their own ideas using Amazon?s innovative services. You might find Jinesh at the local code camp or involved in all the geeky things that happen in web 2.0 world. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services as an evangelist, Jinesh was involved in an XML Standards-based firm, UBmatrix, as a XBRL Solutions Architect and Software Design Engineer. He was also a developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. 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.
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| 11:30 am–12:30 pm |
Conference Sessions
Grid Computing: When is it Right, When is it Deadly?When Sun first launched its grid computing offering, capacity was quickly snapped up by large-computing applications such as genomics and financial analysis. Since that time, grid and on-demand providers have worked hard to make their applications more accessible to the rest of us. Nevertheless, there are times when using grid computing works well - and times when it doesn't. This panel of major grid computing technology providers will discuss the applications for which grid computing is well suited, as well as those for which it's not the right option.
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 - Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services Jinesh Varia is focused on furthering awareness of web services and inspiring developers to create innovative applications using Amazon Web Services. Jinesh also works with developers on a 1:1 basis helping them implement their own ideas using Amazon?s innovative services. You might find Jinesh at the local code camp or involved in all the geeky things that happen in web 2.0 world. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services as an evangelist, Jinesh was involved in an XML Standards-based firm, UBmatrix, as a XBRL Solutions Architect and Software Design Engineer. He was also a developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. 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 - Kirill Sheynkman, Founder, President & CEO, Elastra Mr. Sheynkman is a database software executive who has spent the early part of his career in database sales and technology organizations of Oracle and Microsoft. Mr. Sheynkman was cofounder, President, and CEO of two successful startups: Stanford Technology Group which created the world?s first Relational OLAP engine and was acquired by Informix/IBM in 1995 and Plumtree Software which created the world?s first corporate portal for heterogeneous information (acquired in 2005 by BEA). Between startups, Mr. Sheynkman was Entrepreneur in Residence at Sequoia Capital. Mr. Sheynkman holds a degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley.
Speaker - Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Enterprise, Google Rajen Sheth, senior product manager, is responsible for the development and management of the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration products for businesses. He brings to Google several years of experience in delivering innovative products to enterprise customers. Rajen joined Google from VMware (a subsidiary of EMC) where he managed the award-winning ESX Server datacenter virtualization software line. He helped drive the rapid growth of the VMware platform, and led the integration of the VMware and EMC product lines. Previously, Rajen was a lead engineer at Zaplet, a Kleiner Perkins startup creating an e-mail based collaboration platform for the enterprise. He also held program management positions at Microsoft within the Windows and Hotmail groups. Rajen graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science.
Speaker - Reuven Cohen, Founder & CTO, Enomaly Inc Reuven is a trusted adviser to client executives with strong team leadership, interpersonal and business skills gained at the technical development and ownership level. Extensive system design and implementation skills gained from designing, developing and implementing systems critical to business success for a variety of industries. Experienced at defining a strategic direction and developing the organizational consensus necessary to execute a successful strategy. Capable of leading teams and extracting business value from the application of innovative technology to intractable business challenges. Reuven was recently awarded the 2006 FITC Canadian Software Developer of the Year and was newly elected to the board of Advisors at Seneca-York University. He frequently speaks at conferences in Canada, US and Europe. He is extremely knowledgeable in all facets of emerging enterprise technologies.
S08 Conference Sessions
SaaS and the Third WaveHaving already evolved through two successive waves of adoption and service delivery, SaaS is entering the Third Wave - characterized by an increased focus on mission critical business processes, customized and personalized workflows, and collaboration. Departmental and niche solutions are increasingly giving way to broader enterprise requirements - as users increasingly grasp SaaS' evolving role as a key platform to address "core" business solutions. This presentation will highlight key market trends in SaaS, and build a scenario for how SaaS is likely to evolve over the next three to five years toward its ultimate destination - Cloud Computing. After Mr. McNee's initial remarks, he will be joined in a fireside chat by Aneel Bhusri, President of Workday, who will share his insights and vision vis-a-vis the future of SaaS - not only from the perspective of being the co-founder of an emerging SaaS provider, but also as a former senior executive from a leading ISV, and as a venture investor.
Speaker - Bill McNee, CEO, Saugatuck Technology
Speaker - Aneel Bhusri, President and Founder, Workday
Speaker - Andrew Jeffs, Director, Saugatuck Technology
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| 3:45 pm–4:45 pm |
S08 Conference Sessions
The New SaaS Model: Designing, Distributing and Monetizing ApplicationsThis panel will discuss the business transformation in the new post Web 2.0, distributed flat world that is leading to increased SaaS adoption, new classes of applicatons and mashups, and frictionless business models. The panel will elaborate on the emergence of new SaaS platforms and the opportunities for the new breed of ISVs that are shaping this new world.
Moderator - Shankar Iyer, Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, Webex
Speaker - Dan Carmel, CEO, SpringCM Dan Carmel is the CEO of SpringCM.com, the leading provider of enterprise document management and workflow on-demand. Prior to SpringCM, Mr. Carmel served as an Executive in Residence at Foundation Capital a leading Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. Before joining Foundation Capital, Mr. Carmel was CEO of Itemfield, which was acquired by Informatica in December 2005, and VP and General Manager of the Legal / Professional Services business unit for Interwoven where he developed the strategies that made Interwoven the leading provider of document manage solutions to the legal accounting and professional services markets. Mr. Carmel was also the 4th employee of the Vantive Corporation a leader in Customer Relationship Management solutions, which was acquired by Peoplesoft.
Speaker - Jason Lemkin, CEO, Echosign
Speaker - Raghu Raghavan, CEO, ActOn Software
| | Wednesday, April 30 |
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| 10:15 am–11:15 am |
S08 Conference Sessions
Moving to SaaS: Best Practices and PitfallsSoftware-as-a-Service applications are often cheaper, more reliable and better performing than their in-house alternatives. Many SaaS firms started as Application Service Providers relegated to niche applications like payroll, and sold to small businesses unable to run their own infrastructure. Today big business depends on heavyweights like Salesforce.com, ADP, Taleo, RightNow and Netsuite for mission-critical parts of their business. Embracing SaaS can be a challenge. IT managers are giving up control and visibility. There may be privacy and regulatory issues. Reporting and enforcing service levels is difficult and different. Using real-world examples from some of the largest SaaS firms in operation today this session looks at the best practices - and common pitfalls- of moving significant business processes to a SaaS model.
Speaker - 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.
The Convergence of Open Source and SaaSOpen Source and SaaS are converging to fundamentally change the economics of enterprise software. This convergence will radically alter the selection, investment, deployment, operations support and upgrade models that organizations use today. What does this convergence mean to vendors and to customers? A panel of vendors, customers and analysts discusses these issues.
Speaker - Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies, Inc. Jeff Kaplan is the Founder and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, a strategic consulting firm that helps IT enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies; solution providers with their marketing strategies; and venture firms with their investment strategies. Jeff is also the founder of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace online directory. (www.saas-showplace.com) Prior to forming THINKstrategies, Jeff served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at InterOPS Management Solutions, and was Director of Strategic Marketing at International Network Services (INS) and subsequently Lucent Technologies, which acquired INS. Jeff also spent thirteen (13) years as a leading industry analyst at IDC, Dataquest and META Group. Jeff is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributing columnist for BusinessWeek, Mass High Tech Journal, Financial Times of London, NetworkWorld, Business Communications Review, ComputerWorld, InformationWeek, Managing Automation, and the Web Hosting Industry Review on topics ranging from SaaS to managed services, utility computing to outsourcing strategies. For more information, visit his site at www.thinkstrategies.com, or contact him at jkaplan@thinkstrategies.com.
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| 11:30 am–12:30 pm |
S08 Conference Sessions
Think Outside the Box: The End of Standalone SaaSUntil this point, SaaS applications have been created in separate silos. However, now there are platform choices that enable mash-ups and composite applications. Learn how Web services affect application development and integration. As SaaS applications become mission critical for the enterprise, these applications need to be integrated into wide variety of applications including other online solutions or behind-the-firewall legacy applications.
Moderator - Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource Since 1996, Mr. Ryan has been instrumental in defining and creating services organizations that improve the quality and reliability of the technology infrastructures businesses depend on for communications and commerce. Prior to co-founding OpSource in 2002, Mr. Ryan was President of the Americas for Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN). He was responsible for integrating the sales and delivery organizations of the company's Internet businesses-hosting, IP networking, and managed services - providing customers with an integrated network and IT infrastructure solution. Under his leadership, MFN customers included BP Amoco, JP Morgan Chase, Sony, Microsoft, and Mercedes-Benz. Mr. Ryan joined MFN from SiteSmith, a company that he co-founded in 1999 and ultimately sold to MFN the following year in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. Prior to co-founding SiteSmith, Mr. Ryan was Vice President of Professional Services for GlobalCenter, a pioneer in the hosting and Internet services marketplace. Mr. Ryan credits his success in creating IT services that meet customers' ever-changing business challenges to his background in operations, which includes ten years in operations and management positions at Great America, a division of Viacom, one of the world's largest consumer entertainment companies. Mr. Ryan has been a guest speaker at numerous industry events, including CIO, venture capital, Internet, hosting, and software conferences. He attended UCLA and is an advisor to the UCLA CLAS fund.
Speaker - Edgard Capdevielle, Vice President of Product Management, Nirvanix, Inc. Edgard Capdevielle led the original implementation of Nirvanix SDN service and the global rollout of storage nodes, delivering a solid storage platform to market. Capdevielle joins Nirvanix from Brocade Communications, where he led the company?s entry into the HBA market, which doubled Brocade?s addressable market. He joined Brocade through the acquisition of McDATA Corporation, where he led the Advanced Products Group responsible for expanding revenue in new businesses. As Sr. Director of Product Management, he established and managed McDATA?s OEM relationships with Riverbed, FalconStor, and LSI?s StoreAge. Prior to McDATA, Capdevielle worked with the founders of Orbital Data (acquired by Citrix Systems), was a Principal at Outlook Ventures, a $200M San Francisco based VC firm, and served as Engagement Manager with Ernst & Young?s management consulting practice (now Cap Gemini). He received a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor?s degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
Speaker - Lonnie Wills, Vice President of Global Services, Astadia, Inc.
Speaker - Rick Nucci, CTO and Co-Founder, Boomi
Speaker - Steve Adams, CEO, Sabrix
Speaker - Vatsal Sonecha, Vice President, Product Management, Tricipher, Inc.
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| 2:00 pm–3:15 pm |
Conference Sessions
Designing the SaaS EnterpriseWhen you're the SaaS provider, delivery is also the product. Perhaps you want to migrate a traditional software application to an on-demand model. Or maybe you want to roll out an entirely new offering. Whatever your plan, there are dozens of pitfalls to avoid. This session looks at best practices and the options and tools you'll need to get it right, ensuring superb delivery and services others can build their businesses on.
Speaker - John Overton, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Coradiant
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| 3:45 pm–4:45 pm |
S08 Conference Sessions
Cloud Computing: Delivering Computing Power On Demand Today's startup can build an entire application without touching a server. On-demand computing offerings from Amazon and others let cost-conscious entrepreneurs pay for their applications as they are needed. And it's not just Amazon: eBay, Salesforce, Facebook and others all offer platforms atop which developers can code. Building on-demand applications poses unique challenges, from design and staging to scaling and monitoring. This session's panelists, who've all built applications in the cloud, will share what they have learned, what mistakes to avoid, and how the world gets better when you stop thinking about your servers.
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 - Brian Albers, Vice President, Development, Kaazing Brian is a Vice President of Research and Development at Kaazing, a leading developer or real-time web solutions and applications. Prior to Kaazing, Brian developed and managed user interface technology projects at Oracle which spanned their product line for nearly ten years. Brian has presented at conferences such as JavaOne, Ajaxworld, and DEMO.com, and has authored articles detailing his work in web technologies.
Speaker - Chris Amen-Kroeger, CTO, Webot, Inc.
Speaker - Ian Rae, President, Syntenic
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