TiAC Spring 2007 Conference
April 30th--May 1st
Seascape Resort, Aptos CA
For the group's Spring Meeting we are returning to the Seascape Resort on Monterey Bay.
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 |
SOx
Not Sarbanes Oxley, but Service Oriented Enterprise/Applications/Infrastructure.
Service Orientation appears to be one of the two holy grails of IT at present. (The other is grid computing and other models for on-demand computing and they are two parallel tracks to moving from a capital to an expense base for IT)
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 |
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 the conference coordinator Carol Buckser cbuckser@infoed.com.