XML
TECHNOLOGY
10 April 2003
ROYAL
BERKSHIRE CONFERENCE CENTRE, READING
AGENDA
9:30 - 10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome
and Introduction
Matthew
Ashton, IBM CUA
10:10
- 11:00 General XML ideas, concepts and position
Nigel
Armstrong, Learning Tree International
Demystifying
XML
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What
is XML? |
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Business
Scenarios |
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Related
Technologies |
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Where
to go next |
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:15 The
business advantages of XML technology
Alex Lochhead, SAA Consultants
Organisations
are now reluctant to invest in technology just to keep up with architectural
advances. The current market reality is that enterprises want to re-use their
existing infrastructure to create more value as well as implement new
technologies. SAA will describe how organisations can utilise the flexibility of
XML and reference a specific Case Study to illustrate how to improve B2B
processes and achieve the desired business advantage in terms of efficiency of
deployment and utilisation of an existing IT infrastructure.
Alex
Lochhead is the Chairman of SAA Consultants Ltd. Alex’s earlier career was in
Business Systems Analysis and MIS management in the retail, wholesale and
manufacturing industries. Alex co-founded SAA in 1988 and the company went on to
become a leading EDI provider specialising in large enterprise solutions across
multiple industry sectors. Alex has led SAA's transition to a specialist Virtual
Business Networking solution provider and pioneer within the field of XML and
Web Services deployment and B2B integration.
12:15 - 13:00
Transitioning Your Business from EDI to XML
Chris
Gaughan, Harbinger Commerce
While
the adoption of XML has been slower than many expected several years ago, the
usage of XML is growing along with the benefits. However, this transition
to XML must be made in a cost-effective manner that leverages your existing
investments. Harbinger Commerce will discuss how you can grow your trading
community with both EDI and XML in a fashion that leverages the strengths of
both formats, thus increasing your productivity while keeping your costs under
control.
Chris
Gaughan is responsible for the strategy and direction of Harbinger Commerce's
TrustedLink iSeries product line. Chris has 13 years of experience in the
software industry with a strong focus on e-Commerce on the iSeries platform.
He has assisted many companies with the challenges of implementing e-Commerce
within their trading communities including the transition from EDI to XML.
The award winning TrustedLink iSeries product is the world's leading EDI
translation software product on the IBM iSeries platform.
13:00 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch
14:00 - 14:45
Stripping cost from secure XML messaging
Euan
Robertson, Spektra Systems
In
today's economic climate cost is an issue and one way to strip cost from the
supply chain is by using electronic channels to enable Straight Through
Processing between partners. XML is vital in the open exchange of information;
however it doesn't solve the fundamental problem of integration, the semantics.
How do we use XML without adding cost into the business?
As
director of strategy and growth for Spektra, Euan Robertson provides industry
insight, research and business development strategy on behalf of the company and
many of its largest clients, including providers and advisory firms from across
the financial services industry. Euan’s financial services experience spans
more than a decade, during which he has published several thought-leadership
papers, covering topics such as distributed systems and online product
distribution. He has an MBA and is a Chartered Member of the IEE. He was also
chairman of the Scottish Software Federation, leading it through the merger
process with The Internet Society of Scotland and IMAS to form ScotlandIS.
14:45 - 15:15 Tea
15:15 - 16:00
XML-based Patterns for Integrated Web Solutions
Chris
Shinn, Consyse
This
session will show how XML-based ‘patterns’ can be used to deliver integrated
web solutions from four perspectives - web content management, corporate
intranets & extranets, customised development and enterprise systems
integration, including inter-working with iSeries applications. This new
approach to web development will be discussed in terms of its power to meet
potential business demands. This will be amply illustrated through the
demonstration of live working e-business applications. Although not a technical
presentation, attendees will gain an appreciation of how the underlying XML
‘pattern’ technology
has been used to build and maintain these applications.
Chris
Shinn has 30 years’ I T experience and is a co-founder of Consyse, a company
that has provided IBM midrange services since it started in 1990. During the
last two years, Chris has been involved with Consyse’s flagship product,
CompleteContent, for both web development and integrated content management
solutions.
16:00 - 16:30 Member's Problem/Question time
16:30 Close