NuCon 2012: Technology Leadership Conference

NuCon 2012 is a full day conference dedicated to helping organizations focused on "Getting Ready for Tomorrow." Held on Feb 16, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA, attendees can choose from 12 sessions geared toward helping build an effective IT strategy.   For the most up-to-date information, please visit http://www.neudesic.com/nucon or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
 
  Contact Kim Herman at 630-743-5646 or Kim.Herman@neudesic.com to apply multiple discounts. All discounts must be applied… Show more on or before February 15, 2012. Registrations on the day of the event are not eligible for any discounts.
  
HTML5 and the Modern Web
9:45-11:00a.m.
David Pallmann
General Manager, Custom Development Practice
The web is in a state of flux, driven by HTML5 and related influences that include mobility, cloud computing, and social networking. Microsoft calls this the era of "connected devices, continuous services." In order to stay relevant to customers and employees, your web applications need to keep pace by providing compelling experiences and ubiquity of access across multiple devices.
In this session, you'll learn how the web is changing the impact it is having on the design and development of web applications. We'll examine what HTML5 brings to the table and discuss the technologies and approaches necessary to capitalize on it. You'll leave with an understanding of how to make your web applications a part of users' digital lifestyles.
CountERPart for Oracle - Enabling Microsoft BI for the Oracle EBS Customer
9:45-11:00 a.m.
Kirk Nason
Director, Business Intelligence Solutions
Existing BI suites are difficult to learn and have long delivery cycles. Once past their high TCO, users become frustrated and resist using a system that doesn’t provide the information they need to perform their jobs. Leveraging CountERPart for Oracle and Microsoft BI enables a holistic view of your enterprise. Through self-service analysis, people at all levels gain pervasive insight to information that drives business success.
· Surfacing easy to understand business information through Noetix Views®
· Combining data from Oracle EBS and other business critical data sources so you can achieve a holistic view of the enterprise
· Leveraging your investment in Microsoft BI and freeing funds from implementation
· Providing scorecards and dashboards within Microsoft SharePoint, customized to your specific needs
· Enabling self-service analytics via Excel/ PowerPivot and SQL Server Report Builder
· Shielding your delivery investment following Oracle EBS upgrades
Deciphering SharePoint Workloads
9:45-11:00 a.m.
Jason Masterman & Jacob Wilson
General Manager, Information Worker Practice & Principal Consultant I
Keeping your company on course for success in the vast ocean of today’s business world requires a keen sense of direction. It also helps to have a good compass. The SharePoint 2010 platform gives you direction with capabilities that will enhance the operational efficiency of your business and create a more collaborative working environment for your people.
Jason and Jacob will guide you through the benefits of SharePoint 2010 and show you how to leverage them for greater success. Stops along the way include:
Sites – Tour the framework that provides template based solution delivery
Content – See how SharePoint 2010 addresses WCM and ECM in the enterprise
Search – Find information and expertise quickly in your organization using FAST
Insights – Discover how self-service business intelligence can empower the workforce
Composites – Let BCS and SharePoint Designer help you manage customers in a familiar user interface
Communities – Get to the heart of SharePoint 2010 with collaboration capabilities that will unlock your company’s expertise and best practices
The Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Multi-paradigmatic Design
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ted Neward
Architectural Consultant
Developers today have myriad programming languages from which to choose: F# 2.0, C#, Visual Basic, C++, C++/CLI, JavaScript, and the two dynamic DLR-based languages, IronPython and IronRuby. Sorting through all their features to decide which one will work best for your project can be daunting. The first step in picking a language is to determine what you really want from it.
Ted will walk you through the features of each language and how languages organize themselves along commonality/variability lines. You’ll also discover how paradigms approach ideas like reusability, organization, and usage. But most importantly, you’ll find out that the language you choose is not as critical as how you use it.
Microsoft and SAP: Better Together
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Noam Topaz
Director, SharePoint Solutions
In this session, Noam will discuss ways to leverage the best of Microsoft and SAP by utilizing Microsoft BI via CountERPart for SAP, SharePoint/ DUET, and BizTalk.
Topics include the following:
· Exceeding EPM Objectives and Self-Service Analytics
o Surface easy-to-understand critical information from SAP
o Deliver reports, scorecards and dashboards within SharePoint
o Enable self-service analytics with Excel/ PowerPivot and SQL Report Builder
· Accelerating Business Process Automation
o Utilize SAP services within SharePoint through pre-built interoperability that enables connectivity, integrated security and authorization
o Quickly compose solutions in SAP and SharePoint by blending data and processes supported by SAP software with collaboration features from SharePoint
· Enabling EAI via BizTalk with SAP and Other Systems
o Simplify repetitive processes through automation with internal systems, users, customers and vendors
o Expose and compose your SAP investments across your enterprise, partners and the cloud
o Gain agility in integrating SAP with other heterogeneous operations built on .NET
The Future of Mobility
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Simon Guest
Director, Mobility Solutions
According to research firm Gartner, nearly one billion smart mobile devices will be in use worldwide by 2014. Chances are many of your customers have already gone mobile. So what opportunities does the mobile revolution present to your organization? What mobile applications make sense for the enterprise, and how do you extend existing solutions into the mobile space? And finally, what is realistic for mobile today, and what are the challenges for tomorrow?
In this session, Simon will answer these questions and show you what it takes to build an enterprise mobile application across multiple devices and platforms. You'll explore myriad solutions other organizations are building and learn successful mobile strategies to use in your own solutions.
Hybrid Composition on the Application Integration Platform
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Rick Garibay
General Manager, Connected Systems Practice
The cloud. A few are in it all the way. Many only part way. While some sit and watch it drift past, waiting and wondering when, or if, they will ever get in. No matter where you stand, AppFabric can help you develop, deploy and manage applications both on premise and in the cloud.
In this session, Rick will explain how AppFabric's enhanced lifetime management, persistence of long-running workflow services, caching for performance optimization, and tracking can enhance your approach to building and supporting composite application services. You'll observe a live implementation of a restaurant reservation system that will include a WF 4 Workflow Service running on-premise on Server AppFabric. In addition to managing its own custom acitivites, the system will compose services deployed in the Windows Azure cloud. AppFabric as a platform can help you transcent traditional trust boundaries and enable the hybrid enterprise, putting you in position to take full advantage of the future in cloud technology.
SQL Server 2012: A Look Ahead
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Tom Marek
General Manager, Business Intelligence Practice
Find out how Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Denali SQL Server will make your business intelligence system even smarter. Tom will quickly go over all the new features of Denali, diving a little deeper into several key areas addressed by Microsoft’s Denali product team, including Crescent, Business Intelligence Semantic Model, MDM and Data Quality Services. You’ll leave with a better understanding of Denali’s new tools and how they can enhance your business productivity.
Cloud Strategy
1:30-2:45 p.m.
David Pallmann
General Manager, Custom Development Practice
Cloud Computing can reduce IT costs, automate management processes, provide greater agility, and give businesses a competitive advantage; however, the cloud isn’t always the way to go. You should first understand the multi-dimensional aspects of the cloud, so you can develop a sound strategy that will employ the technology in ways that will maximize your business success.
In this session, Windows Azure MVP and author David Pallmann will explain the benefits and capabilities of the cloud, sharing a variety of cloud strategies in use today. He will outline a process for assessing where cloud computing makes sense for your organization, including how to survey your IT assets to determine suitability and ROI. You’ll leave with a roadmap for evaluating and adopting the cloud in a measured, reasonable way.
Mobile Development - Developing iPhone and iPad Solutions that Work on Microsoft's Platform
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Robert Altland
Principal Consultant I
You know the Microsoft platform inside and out, but more and more people are asking for solutions that target their iPhones and iPads. So how do you leverage your Microsoft skills to expand into non-Microsoft markets? What strategies do you need for data sync between the two platforms? Is it possible to use Microsoft technology to develop applications that span all devices?
In this session, Simon will show you how to integrate iPhone and iPad devices into an existing Microsoft infrastructure. You’ll learn strategies for syncing data, and find out if it’s possible to use Microsoft technology to develop applications that span all devices. You'll walk away with the knowledge and confidence to extend your existing applications and solutions to take advantage of the mobile revolution.
SharePoint Plus - An Innovative Approach
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Jason Masterman & Jacob Wilson
General Manager, Information Worker Practice & Principal Consultant I
An investment in technology unused is no investment at all. Improve SharePoint adoption in your organization by making it more relevant and accessible. Jason and Jacob will outline Neudesic’s “SharePoint Plus” approach, which leverages and extends the SharePoint 2010 platform with additional services:
Neudesic Pulse: Discover how Neudesic’s innovative new business social platform empowers people to collaborate and enhances business processes in natural, more intuitive ways.
An Office without Walls: See how smart devices can extend the collaborative process beyond the conference room.
Decisions, Decisions: Self-service business intelligence extends SharePoint by delivering decision-making power to the people who need it most.
First Impressions Count: Neudesic makes the user experience matter by delivering meaningful and easy-to-adopt capabilities that address the needs of today’s workforce.
Social Collaboration in the Workplace
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Ramin Vosough
General Manager, Product Marketing
How we share and consume information in the workplace has fundamentally changed. Organizations are beginning to realize that employees need something better than email to stay connected, informed and productive.
In this session, you’ll learn how to take your business to the next level of social collaboration with tools such as Neudesic Pulse, which connects the workplace in powerful ways to keep your people better informed and your business more competitive.
Discover how Neudesic Pulse has helped organizations:
· Generate ideas and answer questions
· Create dynamic, social SharePoint My Site experiences
· Surface knowledge locked in systems and processes
· Build stronger relationships with customers and partners
· Connect from anywhere with support for all major mobile clients
There’s no denying that trends in social software are creating a paradigm shift in enterprise communication. Make sure you’re ready for the change.

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