Annual IBM Hursley Briefing day
Tuesday 20th July 2004
AGENDA 10.00 Welcome and Hursley Lab overview Stuart will present an overview of the work of the Hursley Laboratory which will show Hursley's place in the IBM UK organisation as well as in the IBM software organisation. The presentation will outline the products and technologies the Laboratory is responsible for, the history of the site and what makes Hursley such a special place to work. Stuart Fawkes is the Communications and Executive Briefing Centre Manager for IBM, Hursley. As Communications Manager, his team is responsible for keeping Hursley employees informed, dealing with the press as well as having responsibility for Hursley's extensive schools and community programmes. His role as Executive Briefing Centre Manager includes leading a team in support of IBM's sales organisation. In his 7 years with IBM, Stuart has had a variety of roles in areas as diverse as software performance, project management, emerging technologies and recruitment. He hopes the next 7 years will be as interesting and as varied.
10.45 The latest on Pervasive
Computing Pervasive Computing is all about devices talking to each other and to applications. The Hursley Pervasive Messaging group is working in many industry areas to demonstrate the capabilities of MQ Telemetry Integration technology. This talk gives a glimpse of what's possible with this technology, in a range of areas, from Home Automation to Industrial Control, to Automotive Telematics. Dr Andy Stanford-Clark is a member of IBM's senior technical staff, and is a designated "Master Inventor". Andy is based at IBM's Hursley Park development laboratories in the UK, and specialises in message broker technology, remote telemetry, Internet technologies, and Pervasive computing. For the last 6 years, he has been working on high-performance publish/subscribe messaging systems, in particular in the area of telemetry integration, and leads an Advanced Technology team, building the technology to integrate data from remote monitoring and control devices into business applications. Andy has a BSc in Computing and Mathematics and a PhD in Parallel Computing, both from the University of East Anglia
11.45
IT Education – not just a classroom business The presentation will cover trends in the education market in general and the move to delivery methods other than classroom. Sue has been in IT Training for over 20 years, initially moving into training from a Business Analyst role and development background. She has experience of working for IBM business partners and ran her own training business for 7 years before joining IBM as a curriculum manager moving to managing IBM's scheduled education and latterly to Education Services Manager with responsibility for the skills of the IBM technical community and IBM's customers. Sue is also the chair of the Education Profession for the UK
12.30 Grid – here and now With IBM Grid Computing solutions today, organizations can interconnect heterogeneous, geographically dispersed compute and data resources in new ways that bring a host of advantages to day-to-day business, including:
14.00 Linux – ready for the
enterprise The
respected research firm Forrester now thinks the time is right for an
all-Linux enterprise. Its recent study found that more than half of the
140 companies surveyed are using Linux for mission-critical applications.
While many vendors value Linux solely on its growth merits, IBM
seeks a broader vision for Linux as a key standard for fostering open,
heterogeneous infrastructure for on demand computing. This presentation
will outline the reasons behind the extraordinary success of Linux and
Open Source software, and what IBM is doing to enable your organisation to
get maximum benefit from using them.
14.45 The iSeries marketplace The iSeries marketplace and the impact of the recent i5 and i5/OS announcements Nigel Adams has worked for IBM for over 25 years. During that period he has been involved with most of the Rochester products including System/3, System/32, System/34, System/36/, System/38, AS/400 and iSeries. In the mid 1980s Nigel spent three years working in the International Technical Support Centre in Rochester supporting the System/36 from its announcement. In the early 1990s Nigel was responsible for producing the AS/400 System Handbook and AS/400 System Builder which have become essential reference documents for the system. For the last 8 years Nigel has been the Product Manager for the AS/400 and now for the iSeries in the UK and latterly across the EMEA Northern Region. In this role Nigel supports IBM sales and technical people and Business Partners in selling and supporting the iSeries. A major part of his role is communicating new hardware and software announcements to these audiences as well as to customers.
15.45 On demand – transforming your
business The presentation will cover IBM’s perspective on On Demand and explain why the market forces and technology developments are enabling businesses to become more On Demand in the way that they run their enterprises. From the smallest to the largest companies On Demand is driving both Innovation and Productivity. Alan has been in the IT Industry for over 23 years and has experience across multiple industries in many countries. He has a performed a wide range of client facing roles from Hardware Engineer through IT Architect, Project Manager, Consultant to Business Executive. Currently, within North Region, he leads IBMs Emerging Business Opportunities area for IBM Global Services and also drives the On Demand initiative. He is also the head of the IT Architect Profession within the Region and is also a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers where he chairs the Professional Development Strategy Board. | ||||||||
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