BE SECURE… or Be Sorry…
Wednesday 15th September 2010
Worshipful Company of I T , 39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN
Agenda
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Registration Tea/Coffee |
| 09:45 – 10:00 |
Welcome from
the Senior Warden - Elect, of WCIT
Jonathan Soar Attendees will hear a very short overview of Livery companies within the City of London and specifically the activities of the WCIT company and its current activities and achievements. |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
My Midrange Upgrade
Experiences Sadhna joined Parker Hannifin in 2002 and has been doing her current role, Power Systems Project Leader, for the last 5 years. Sadhna's team supports round 24 partitions on both System i and System p and their prime function is to ensure that the systems are available 24/7. Sadhna's managed key projects, such as the Data Centre move from Hemel to Redditch, Hardware upgrades, OS upgrades, System "Role Swaps" and DR Testing. |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Compliance, the
real and Legal views Martin Pratt, Kingsley Napley LLP An overview of the compliance requirements and best practice in the handling of personal data regarding employees, customers and contractors with practical guidance on the Data Protection Act and discrimination legislation. Martin qualified as a solicitor in September 2000 and joined Kingsley Napley as a member of the Employment team in December 2008 from DLA Piper where he was an Associate. Martin advises employers and executives nationally and internationally on employment issues. His key areas of specialisation are handling high value claims for breach of contract, unfair dismissal and discrimination in the Employment Tribunals and High Court as well as advising on the employment law aspects of business transfers. Martin has also advised employers on change management, including redundancies and outsourcing in insolvency situations. He also regularly advises on the enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Tea and Coffee |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | IBM Update – News and
Announcements Nigel Adams, UK & Ireland Power Systems i Product Manager, IBM UK 2010 is a big year for IBM's Power Systems and for the IBM i Operating System. A new model range based upon POWER7 processors has been announced. And a new release of IBM i - 7.1 - has also come out. This session will explain all the details of these new announcements from IBM. If you want to understand all the latest in IBM's midrange hardware and software technologies and the benefits that these new and enhanced capabilities can bring you this is the session for you. |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch buffet with Networking |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Upgrade paths – What are the
options/what is involved? |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Get a Grip on Security Compliance Carol Woodbury, SkyView Partners Inc. Note: this session will be a teleconference with Carol Woodbury. Carol is the world expert on Security Compliance for IBM i. She will focus on the laws and regulations that drive security compliance for European businesses, the main issues in implementing security policies and hints and tips on how to achieve a successful approach for compliance projects. Carol Woodbury is President and co-founder of SkyView Partners, Inc., a firm specializing in security policy and compliance management software as well as security consulting and remediation services. Carol has over 16 years in the security industry, 10 of those working for IBM's Enterprise Server Group as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief Engineering Manager of Security Technology. |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Tea and Coffee |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Panel Session – Q & A’s (Speakers
from the day) Attendees have an opportunity to address any issues or concerns (or perhaps just comments) on the topics of the day to our panel of speakers and experts |
| 16:45 - | Close and adjourn to Hand and Shears Public House |
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