|
09:55
Welcome and Introduction
Stephen
D. Way, IBM Computer Users' Association, Johnson Matthey
10:00 Managing a Mobile Workforce
Peter
Bays, IBM
Managing
a remote workforce: practical difficulties and technical hurdles
encountered in managing a remote and mobile workforce, and how they had
been overcome. Today
we are in a culture of change, and no longer need to go to an office to
work to be productive. More and more companies are being driven by
employees, the new wave of graduates, legislation and general business
dynamics to provide a more flexible, cost effective working solution. To
continue the momentum as an industry leader, and an employer of choice, we
have and continue to take steps "To empower all IBM employees with
the means to access information and perform their work anywhere and at any
time.". This
session will cover some of the steps we have taken to move from vision to
"business as usual". Such as: what education is available to
managers, and how do they stay in contact, develop and nurture a virtual
Team? And, what education is available to employees, and how do they know
what they are entitled to, and how do they get it?
Peter Bays has nearly 30 years in the building, property and site
operations industry. He was educated in California, USA and has dual
British and American nationality and has been based in the UK since 1987.
Over the past sixteen years Peter has had various EMEA responsibilities
with the main focus of meeting the changing business requirements with
appropriate tools and environment.
10:45 Remote Working and the Law
Belinda
Lester, Sprecher Grier Halberstam
In
this session, Belinda, will cover the Employment Act 2002 and employee's
statutory rights to request home working, employer's duties in respect of
requests, and detriment and unfair dismissal rights. She will also look at
the legal implications surrounding Data Protection for home workers,
including PCs that are used by people other than the employee, and review
health and safety issues and working time regulations. Sample home-working
clauses for contracts will be including in the presentation.
Belinda
specialises solely in employment law and has wide experience of
contentious and non-contentious matters. On the non-contentious side, as
well as advising on contracts of employment, staff policies and procedures
and TUPE transfers, she also provides in-house training on a variety of
topics useful to managers and HR professionals. She deals with all aspects
of employment litigation, including claims for unfair/wrongful dismissal,
redundancy and discrimination, and is an experienced advocate in
employment tribunals.
11.15 Coffee
11:30
Extending the Network
Trevor
Dearing, Nortel Networks
With changes in working practice and culture many organisations are
realising that gains in both operational efficiency and productivity are
achievable by making the workforce more mobile. New technologies like home
broadband, wireless LAN, 3G telephony, IP VPNs and IP Telephony have
changed what is possible. The challenge is how to make the best use of
each and to do this in a safe and secure way. In this session we will look
at these technologies as well as the how the change in user appliances
have changed the attitude to remote and mobile working. We will also look
at the cost model and the real life experiences that have made it work and
those that have caused problems
Trevor
Dearing works for Nortel Networks heading a team deploying mobility
solutions to enhance the organisations productivity. This EMEA wide role
means that most of his life is spent on the road so forcing him to live
with the same mobility solutions.
12:30 Lunch
The
afternoon sessions bring together three different providers, and are by
nature product specific. However, the three products represent
complimentary, if somewhat overlapping, solutions, and have been chosen to
represent some of the different solutions available. The presenters have
all been made aware of the CUA's code of conduct for speakers, and will be
focusing on technology and case studies, rather than delivering a sales
pitch.
13:15 Transparent Networks
Alex
Waterman, VODAT
Vodat
deliver IP solutions that can provide office-based and remote working
employees with direct dial extensions, voicemail, email and fast Internet
access over broadband without the need for hefty up-front investment in
PBX systems, purchasing dedicated equipment and re-cabling offices. This
presentation will address the technical background behind these systems,
and look at some implementation experiences using case studies.
14:00 How to deliver enterprise connectivity from anywhere
Ian
Taylor, iPass
This
presentation will cover key topics relating to Mobile Computing including:
-
Access
without geographical constraints
-
Overcoming
the security issues of public network utlisations
-
Embracing
the promise of new technologies such as WiFi
-
Enforcing
corporate usage policy remotely
-
How
to obtain granular billing and usage reporting
-
Ensuring
the highest availability and access quality
-
Utilising
home broadband connectivity
Ian
Taylor, Business Development for iPass EMEA region has over 10 years
experience of commercial, technical consultancy and management in the
Global IT and communications arena. Ian is currently responsible for
developing market share for iPass within the enterprise community across 8
European countries, providing Enterprise Connectivity services via a broad
channel and partner base. Ian has held positions within organizations
including Schlumberger, Cable and Wireless and Global One.
14:45 Web-Based Terminal Services
Steve
Jennings, Lansition
LANsition
will discuss the technical challenges encountered by organisations when
delivering secure, Internet based access to web and legacy systems. Case
studies will be presented detailing companies that have recently deployed
the Netilla SSL VPN remote access solution to meet the growing demands of
their remote workforce. LANsition will show how such a solution can be
quickly and effectively deployed, without exposing the topology of the
internal network to the outside world.
Formerly,
an IT consultant with Royal Doulton and ITNET, Steve's Jennings current
role involves the management and development of LANsition's remote access
services and solutions portfolio.
15:30 Close & tea
Booking Form
|