Upcoming Microsoft Executive Circle Webcasts: August 2004
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcasts – Business Perspective
Making smart, strategic business decisions that pay off requires accurate and intelligent analysis of trends, technologies, and issues impacting your organization. Microsoft Executive Circle Webcasts bring you top experts, scholars, and authors, and deliver information you need to expand your success in a changing economy.
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcasts – Technical Perspective
Targeting the technology executive, Microsoft Executive Circle Technical Perspectives Webcasts bring you live, interactive, online events with strategic perspectives from leading thinkers inside and outside Microsoft. Whether the topic is business intelligence, ROI, security, or enterprise integration, these webcasts will deliver winning strategies and actionable insights required to build a more agile business through smart application of technology.
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcasts – Business Perspective
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Insurance Industry Collaboration and Productivity Gains using the Microsoft Office System
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Gopal Srinivasan, RDA Corp. and Alice Nichols, Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
In a competitive business climate, an insurance organization's ability to efficiently align resources and business activities with strategic objectives can mean the difference between bare-bones survival and runaway success. Using world-class analysis and design processes, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner RDA Corporation‘s Financial Services Practice solves complex IT integration and collaboration problems forfinancial services businesses through innovative custom software engineering. Join this webcast to learn the ways the insurance industry can take advantage of the enhancements in Microsoft® Office System 2003. You'll want to hear how your organization can reap huge benefits by improving quality and productivity, while reducing cycle times and decreasing costs.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32534
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Improving the Top and Bottom Lines through Agile Insurance Agency Automation
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Warren Long, Marketing Manager, XDTI and Dennis Maroney, Insurance Industry Manager, Microsoft
Improving agency operations through technology efficiencies and streamlined workflows is the foundational work of an agency automation system. Accommodating business strategy, however, steps-up the value of agency automation to an entirely new level. Easy and efficient collaboration within and outside an Insurance agency is critical to its productivity and success. Communicating with carriers and third parties on a real-time basis and providing full service agency management functions, like Contact Management, Opportunity Management, Accounting, Business Analytics and Customer Relationship Management are also paramount. Accommodating business growth in a natural manner is vital. XDimensional’s Nexsure, which takes advantage of Microsoft .NET connected technologies, allows you to achieve these goals powerfully and profitably. Join us for a 30 minute discussion and learn how Nexsure can help can accelerate your business growth, provide superior customer service and build long term customer relationships through business agility. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32532
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Using the Pcubed Program Delivery Solution to Shape and Drive Programs
Monday, August 23, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Steven Kerler, Senior Vice President & General Manager - Western U.S, Pcubed
Many leading analysts and research institutes have embraced the Program Management Office (PMO) as a means of statistically improving the ROI of programs. The reality, however, is that PMOs need committed executive sponsorship and the right experience and talent within the office in order to succeed. Join this webcast to learn why seasoned program managers and respected business sponsors have adopted the Program Delivery Solution developed by Microsoft® partner Pcubed. You'll want to hear how your organization can benefit from its unique framework and ability to apply the value of the PMO across all levels of the business.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32001
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcasts – Technical Perspective
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: How to Protect Your Enterprise from Spam: Solutions for Microsoft Exchange
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Greg Kraus, Chief Technology Officer, Sunbelt-Software and Matt Hester, Messaging Technical Specialist, Microsoft
The increasing volume of spam and the increasing ingenuity of those who disseminate it have made the battle against spam a priority in the enterprise environment. Current anti-spam weapons must address end users’ needs and concerns without placing excessive demands on company resources or system administrators. Join us online to see the ways that Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam for Exchange can be deployed to easily and effectively protect an enterprise. Spam filtering techniques will be presented along with solutions specifically designed to support Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003 environments.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32082
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: A Shop Talk Discussion on Optimizing Network Bandwidth Usage
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
David Wilson, Microsoft IT Network Analyst, Microsoft
How does Microsoft manage its wide area network (WAN) bandwidth demand and operating costs? As the employee population and geographic scope of the company has expanded over the last several years, WAN usage and costs increased. In order to control rising costs and maintain adequate application performance, Microsoft needed to more efficiently manage its bandwidth usage, and more precisely forecast future bandwidth needs. The Microsoft IT group assembled a small, dedicated team, tasked with identifying and implementing ways to improve engineering, operating, and management efficiencies for overall bandwidth consumption. This webcast will describe the methods used by that team to achieve their goals to increase network efficiency by twelve percent and reduce costs by nine percent annually.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32528
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Achieving IT Operational Excellence: Integrating Project Management, Portfolio Management, and Knowledge Management
Thursday, August 12, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Gus Cicala, President & CEO, Project Assistants
Integrating project management, portfolio management and knowledge management has been demonstrated to significantly improve business performance. Join this webcast to see the latest industry-leading solutions available to comprehensively address the challenges of IT project delivery and help guarantee successful outcomes.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31977
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Evaluating your network for SMS deployment
Thursday, August 19, 2004
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Ed Goad, Sr. Systems Engineer, Microsoft
Are you trying to determine where and how Microsoft® System Management Server (SMS) should be deployed in your corporation? This webcast is an end-to-end overview of evaluating your business environment for a SMS deployment. It covers the analysis of your goals and business needs; and steps through the analysis of your environment to determine the right tools to use. In this session we will walk through the process of analyzing a computer environment to determine the optimal placement and sizing of SMS systems.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32536
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Using Your Existing IT Investments
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Tom Chew, Managing Director Technology Solutions, Two Degrees Consulting and
Tom Butowicz, Microsoft Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act looms large on today's corporate radar. Achieving and maintaining compliance can be a complex, labor intensive task. But don’t despair – there are solutions available that are specifically designed to streamline this process and lighten the burden on your company’s resources. Join us for this webcast to find out how to take advantage of your existing investment in Microsoft Office and Windows Server™ technologies, and build a compliance platform to meet your long term compliance objectives.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32152
Business Agility
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Improving the Top and Bottom Lines through Agile Insurance Agency Automation
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Warren Long, Marketing Manager, XDTI and Dennis Maroney, Insurance Industry Manager, Microsoft
Improving agency operations through technology efficiencies and streamlined workflows is the foundational work of an agency automation system. Accommodating business strategy, however, steps-up the value of agency automation to an entirely new level. Easy and efficient collaboration within and outside an Insurance agency is critical to its productivity and success. Communicating with carriers and third parties on a real-time basis and providing full service agency management functions, like Contact Management, Opportunity Management, Accounting, Business Analytics and Customer Relationship Management are also paramount. Accommodating business growth in a natural manner is vital. XDimensional’s Nexsure, which takes advantage of Microsoft .NET connected technologies, allows you to achieve these goals powerfully and profitably. Join us for a 30 minute discussion and learn how Nexsure can help can accelerate your business growth, provide superior customer service and build long term customer relationships through business agility. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32532
Operational Efficiency
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: A Shop Talk Discussion on Optimizing Network Bandwidth Usage
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
David Wilson, Microsoft IT Network Analyst, Microsoft
How does Microsoft manage its wide area network (WAN) bandwidth demand and operating costs? As the employee population and geographic scope of the company has expanded over the last several years, WAN usage and costs increased. In order to control rising costs and maintain adequate application performance, Microsoft needed to more efficiently manage its bandwidth usage, and more precisely forecast future bandwidth needs. The Microsoft IT group assembled a small, dedicated team, tasked with identifying and implementing ways to improve engineering, operating, and management efficiencies for overall bandwidth consumption. This webcast will describe the methods used by that team to achieve their goals to increase network efficiency by twelve percent and reduce costs by nine percent annually.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32528
Project Management
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Achieving IT Operational Excellence: Integrating Project Management, Portfolio Management, and Knowledge Management
Thursday, August 12, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Gus Cicala, President & CEO, Project Assistants
Integrating project management, portfolio management and knowledge management has been demonstrated to significantly improve business performance. Join this webcast to see the latest industry-leading solutions available to comprehensively address the challenges of IT project delivery and help guarantee successful outcomes.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31977
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Using the Pcubed Program Delivery Solution to Shape and Drive Programs
Monday, August 23, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Steven Kerler, Senior Vice President & General Manager - Western U.S, Pcubed
Many leading analysts and research institutes have embraced the Program Management Office (PMO) as a means of statistically improving the ROI of programs. The reality, however, is that PMOs need committed executive sponsorship and the right experience and talent within the office in order to succeed. Join this webcast to learn why seasoned program managers and respected business sponsors have adopted the Program Delivery Solution developed by Microsoft® partner Pcubed. You'll want to hear how your organization can benefit from its unique framework and ability to apply the value of the PMO across all levels of the business.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32001
Sarbanes-Oxley
Your Existing IT Investments
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Tom Chew, Managing Director Technology Solutions, Two Degrees Consulting and
Tom Butowicz, Microsoft Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act looms large on today's corporate radar. Achieving and maintaining compliance can be a complex, labor intensive task. But don’t despair – there are solutions available that are specifically designed to streamline this process and lighten the burden on your company’s resources. Join us for this webcast to find out how to take advantage of your existing investment in Microsoft Office and Windows Server™ technologies, and build a compliance platform to meet your long term compliance objectives.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32152
Spam
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Dynamic Systems Initiative Overview
July 21, 2004
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Liz Tassey , Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Increasingly complex applications and systems, combined with changing business requirements, demand an agile response from IT. The Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) is a Microsoft® and industry effort to enhance the Windows® platform and deliver integrated solutions that dramatically simplify and automate the way businesses design, deploy, and operate distributed systems. Join us online and learn how DSI can help your organization reduce its costs and improve reliability and responsiveness throughout the IT lifecycle.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30973
By Product/Technology:
o Project
Exchange Server
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: How to Protect Your Enterprise from Spam: Solutions for Microsoft Exchange
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Greg Kraus, Chief Technology Officer, Sunbelt-Software and Matt Hester, Messaging Technical Specialist, Microsoft
The increasing volume of spam and the increasing ingenuity of those who disseminate it have made the battle against spam a priority in the enterprise environment. Current anti-spam weapons must address end users’ needs and concerns without placing excessive demands on company resources or system administrators. Join us online to see the ways that Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam for Exchange can be deployed to easily and effectively protect an enterprise. Spam filtering techniques will be presented along with solutions specifically designed to support Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003 environments.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32082
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Insurance Industry Collaboration and Productivity Gains using the Microsoft Office System
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Gopal Srinivasan, RDA Corp. and Alice Nichols, Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
In a competitive business climate, an insurance organization's ability to efficiently align resources and business activities with strategic objectives can mean the difference between bare-bones survival and runaway success. Using world-class analysis and design processes, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner RDA Corporation‘s Financial Services Practice solves complex IT integration and collaboration problems forfinancial services businesses through innovative custom software engineering. Join this webcast to learn the ways the insurance industry can take advantage of the enhancements in Microsoft® Office System 2003. You'll want to hear how your organization can reap huge benefits by improving quality and productivity, while reducing cycle times and decreasing costs.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32534
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Using Your Existing IT Investments
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Tom Chew, Managing Director Technology Solutions, Two Degrees Consulting and
Tom Butowicz, Microsoft Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act looms large on today's corporate radar. Achieving and maintaining compliance can be a complex, labor intensive task. But don’t despair – there are solutions available that are specifically designed to streamline this process and lighten the burden on your company’s resources. Join us for this webcast to find out how to take advantage of your existing investment in Microsoft Office and Windows Server™ technologies, and build a compliance platform to meet your long term compliance objectives.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32152
Project
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Achieving IT Operational Excellence: Integrating Project Management, Portfolio Management, and Knowledge Management
Thursday, August 12, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Gus Cicala, President & CEO, Project Assistants
Integrating project management, portfolio management and knowledge management has been demonstrated to significantly improve business performance. Join this webcast to see the latest industry-leading solutions available to comprehensively address the challenges of IT project delivery and help guarantee successful outcomes.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31977
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Using the Pcubed Program Delivery Solution to Shape and Drive Programs
Monday, August 23, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Steven Kerler, Senior Vice President & General Manager - Western U.S, Pcubed
Many leading analysts and research institutes have embraced the Program Management Office (PMO) as a means of statistically improving the ROI of programs. The reality, however, is that PMOs need committed executive sponsorship and the right experience and talent within the office in order to succeed. Join this webcast to learn why seasoned program managers and respected business sponsors have adopted the Program Delivery Solution developed by Microsoft® partner Pcubed. You'll want to hear how your organization can benefit from its unique framework and ability to apply the value of the PMO across all levels of the business.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32001
.NET Framework
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Improving the Top and Bottom Lines through Agile Insurance Agency Automation
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Warren Long, Marketing Manager, XDTI and Dennis Maroney, Insurance Industry Manager, Microsoft
Improving agency operations through technology efficiencies and streamlined workflows is the foundational work of an agency automation system. Accommodating business strategy, however, steps-up the value of agency automation to an entirely new level. Easy and efficient collaboration within and outside an Insurance agency is critical to its productivity and success. Communicating with carriers and third parties on a real-time basis and providing full service agency management functions, like Contact Management, Opportunity Management, Accounting, Business Analytics and Customer Relationship Management are also paramount. Accommodating business growth in a natural manner is vital. XDimensional’s Nexsure, which takes advantage of Microsoft .NET connected technologies, allows you to achieve these goals powerfully and profitably. Join us for a 30 minute discussion and learn how Nexsure can help can accelerate your business growth, provide superior customer service and build long term customer relationships through business agility. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32532
Systems Management
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Evaluating your network for SMS deployment
Thursday, August 19, 2004
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Ed Goad, Sr. Systems Engineer, Microsoft
Are you trying to determine where and how Microsoft® System Management Server (SMS) should be deployed in your corporation? This webcast is an end-to-end overview of evaluating your business environment for a SMS deployment. It covers the analysis of your goals and business needs; and steps through the analysis of your environment to determine the right tools to use. In this session we will walk through the process of analyzing a computer environment to determine the optimal placement and sizing of SMS systems.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32536
By Vertical/Horizontal:
Financial Services
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Insurance Industry Collaboration and Productivity Gains using the Microsoft Office System
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Gopal Srinivasan, RDA Corp. and Alice Nichols, Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft
In a competitive business climate, an insurance organization's ability to efficiently align resources and business activities with strategic objectives can mean the difference between bare-bones survival and runaway success. Using world-class analysis and design processes, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner RDA Corporation‘s Financial Services Practice solves complex IT integration and collaboration problems forfinancial services businesses through innovative custom software engineering. Join this webcast to learn the ways the insurance industry can take advantage of the enhancements in Microsoft® Office System 2003. You'll want to hear how your organization can reap huge benefits by improving quality and productivity, while reducing cycle times and decreasing costs.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32534
Microsoft Executive Circle
Webcast: Improving the Top and Bottom Lines through Agile Insurance Agency Automation
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Warren Long, Marketing Manager, XDTI and Dennis Maroney, Insurance Industry Manager, Microsoft
Improving agency operations through technology efficiencies and streamlined workflows is the foundational work of an agency automation system. Accommodating business strategy, however, steps-up the value of agency automation to an entirely new level. Easy and efficient collaboration within and outside an Insurance agency is critical to its productivity and success. Communicating with carriers and third parties on a real-time basis and providing full service agency management functions, like Contact Management, Opportunity Management, Accounting, Business Analytics and Customer Relationship Management are also paramount. Accommodating business growth in a natural manner is vital. XDimensional’s Nexsure, which takes advantage of Microsoft .NET connected technologies, allows you to achieve these goals powerfully and profitably. Join us for a 30 minute discussion and learn how Nexsure can help can accelerate your business growth, provide superior customer service and build long term customer relationships through business agility. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32532