TiAC Fall 2008 Meeting
November 17-18
Washington Duke Inn Raleigh NC
Themes
Delivering Value
The acid test of Enterprise Architecture is that it returns value to the business. At the meeting we will be exploring this aspect of Enterprise Architecture that often is only tangentially addressed during annual reviews.
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New technology prospecting |
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Building strategic capabilities |
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Aligning target architectures with business drivers |
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Selecting the right projects and avoiding tarpits |
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Cutting your Loses: Reducing exposure to out of control projects |
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Technology and system retirement |
Service Oriented Enterprise/Applications/Infrastructure
We will have a number of presentations from member companies that cover a range of issues.
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Is there a model for defining
shared business services as a base
| Concerns about delivering secure ( or securable ) services.
| Is there a mismatch between the
organization of IT and the |
Virtualization
Virtualization, grid computing, adaptive enterprise. Forty years ago a company would have one mainframe that everyone had to share. Mini computers client-server and the web blew that concept up and now we are trying to put Humpty together again.
Whatever the name given to it, there is value in managing IT infrastructure as a shared resource. Now if only the application owners would agree. . .
In addition to these larger topics we will be having the traditional corporate presentations and round table discussions.
Schedule
The conference follows the usual schedule with breakfast at 8am Monday 30th.
There will be full day program on Monday with dinner in the evening for all participants.
The Tuesday program starts again at 8am and we will finish mid afternoon to meet flight schedules.
Meeting Information
To receive details of the meeting please contact info@infoed.com.
The website for the Washington Duke Inn is www.washingtondukeinn.com