Roadshow Event: Microsoft Business Integration UK Road Show Event

Reading, UK | December 2nd, 2009

Microsoft Business Integration UK Road Show Event

Executive Summary

Tough economic times bring us back to focus on improving efficiencies, cutting cost and extracting more value from existing systems. These times also present excellent opportunities to streamline information-sharing among partners, customers, employees and suppliers, as well. This event is focused on the topic of how Business Integration can help organizations realize more value from their existing IT investments and integrate and connect their business applications and data and increase business value. The event includes lots of real-world case studies and examples of how customers are using the Microsoft BizTalk platform to integrate their business.

Target Audience

This conference is aimed at CTOs, IT Directors, enterprise architects, solution architects and key technology decision makers.

 

Agenda

 

To Register
Click here to register online (Windows Live ID is required) OR call 0870 166 6680 event ref: 0518. Space is limited so register today to ensure your attendance at this event.

 

Location

Microsoft UK

Thames Valley Park

Reading RG6 1WG, UK

Room: Chicago 1

 

Directions: click here

Speaker Profiles

Speaker	Biography
Morris Novello – Microsoft BizTalk Server UK Product Manager	Morris Novello is Product Manager for BizTalk Server at Microsoft. His interests focus on Applications and Systems Integration, Event Driven Architecture and Business Intelligence. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Novello spent few years of tenure at Samsung Semiconductors as Flash Memory Product Manager. Prior to Samsung Semiconductors, Novello spent four years at Intel Corporation, most recently as Product Marketing Engineer for Core 2 Duo processors. He attended the University of Padua in Italy earning a BSc. and MSc. in Electrical Engineering and he was visiting scholar at M.I.T. Sloan School of Management during his MBA degree.
Darren Jefford –Solution Architect, Microsoft Consulting Services	Darren Jefford is a Solution Architect working for Microsoft UK, Darren delivers Architectural consulting to a variety of organisations in the UK. Since joining Microsoft 8 years ago, Darren has worked across the whole spectrum of Microsoft products with a particular focus in recent years on BizTalk Server, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Cloud Computing.
Andy James – Solidsoft, TGA Chief Architect	Andy combines his role of CTO with that of heading up key projects for Solidsoft. Most recently he has been working with the Cabinet Office in delivering a key piece of the transformational government programme. Besides providing Solidsoft with its technical guidance, Andy is a prominent member of the Microsoft Architect Council and he is a frequent presenter around SOA and BPM in the Microsoft space. Andy has been an active member of the Microsoft Partner Advisory Council for .NET, MD .NET and RFID and is a valued contributor to the Microsoft community.
Ian Goldsmith – SOA Software, VP Product Management	Ian Goldsmith drives product and market strategy for the leading provider of Unified SOA Governance automation solutions. These award winning products include Repository Manager, Policy Manager, Service Manager and SOLA. Ian focuses his energies on technology adoption in large enterprises, having successfully completed several cryptography and secure messaging projects with US and international defense and intelligence agencies.
Jeff Johnson – Microsoft Integration Specialist	Jeff Johnson is a technical specialist focused on the area of Business Integration. Jeff helps customers understand and architect solutions based on the Microsoft Application Platform technologies, including BizTalk, SQL, .NET. Windows Azure. Prior to joining Microsoft 4 years ago, Jeff worked for BEA Systems in the Advanced Architecture consulting practice.
Harsha Karunaratne – Microsoft Integration Specialist	Harsha is a technical specialist focused on the area of Business Integration. Harsha helps customers understand and architect solutions based on the Microsoft Application Platform technologies, including BizTalk, SQL, .NET. Windows Azure. Prior to joining Microsoft 7 years ago, Harsha worked as an architect at SAP.
Ian Bretherton - Avanade Solution Architect and Integration Practice Lead	Ian Bretherton is a Solution Architect specializing in Microsoft integration technologies. Ian has been in the computing industry for more than 15 years and has spent the last 6 years developing enterprise Integration solutions primarily using BizTalk Server for various FTSE 100 clients and is currently leading Avanade UK’s Integration practice.
Balaji Anbil - Centrica, Enterprise Architect	Balaji Anbil is an Enterprise Architect at Centrica Energy. He is currently responsible for Centrica Energy’s trading and optimisation IT architecture and specialises on Global Energy Management MBA at Warwick Business School in part-time. Prior to this, Balaji has architected on Trading, HR and Workflow domains for more than 15 years. Part of these roles as an IT Consultant, he has worked in the Asia-Pacific, the US and in the UK for major financial service organisations focusing on Integration architectures and prides his implementations in all the versions of BizTalk platform.

 

Posted by Phil