Spotlights on Technology - 1:many press conferences
Five unique and independent one-hour press conferences will spotlight the major advances Microsoft is making in each one of the five areas of investment. The goal of these spotlights on technology is to provide larger groups of attending media with in-depth education and the opportunity for attendees to ask questions, through direct access to Microsoft expert spokespeople.
DAY 1
Tuesday, November 15 | _ | _ | 11:30-12:45 | Kirill Tatarinov,
Corporate Vice President of Windows Enterprise Management Division, Microsoft Corp. | Spotlight on Microsoft Management Roadmap and Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) Synopsis: This will be a combined session with the general delegate a general delegate session delivered by Kirill Tatarinov, corporate vice president, Windows Enterprise Management Division. This is certain to be very informative session. The complexities associated with today's distributed IT systems are driving businesses to spend as much as 70 to 80 per cent of their IT budget just to maintain what they have. In addition to driving up the costs of operations, the complexity of these systems is at the source of many challenges across the entire IT life cycle. Design of new systems requires considerable time and cross-team coordination. Deployment of new systems requires new hardware acquisition and involves multiple iterations with development teams to troubleshoot configuration and functionality issues. Management of distributed systems still happens primarily at the element, not system, level and management considerations are typically thought about only after a new system has been deployed. Although many of these problems are experienced more acutely by large, enterprise customers, small and medium-sized businesses are also facing the challenges of increasing complexity in their IT infrastructures. Come to find out the latest news of how Microsoft is continuing to deliver on the promise of self-managing dynamic systems through its commitment to the Dynamic Systems Initiative. Hear about what the future holds for this important effort and how Microsoft's vision continues to meet the evolving needs of customers. | 13:00 | Jeff Raikes,
President, Microsoft Business Division, Microsoft Corp
Bob Muglia,
Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business, Microsoft Corp | Meet the Executives with Jeff Raikes and Bob Muglia
Jeff Raikes and Bob Muglia will spend just one day at IT Forum. There will be a 15 to 30-minute formal Q&A session beginning at 13:00 in the Press Briefing Room. We invite and encourage all journalists attending the event to come and meet the executives. This is open to all press. | 14:00-15:00 | Wim Jansen,
General Manager of Microsoft Business Solutions for EMEA Region
Jon Pratt,
Senior Director of Product Marketing and Partner Strategy, Microsoft Corp | Spotlight on Microsoft's Business Solutions group: Microsoft Dynamics GP - Behind the roadmap
Synopsis: Microsoft's vision for business applications is about delivering role-based applications that are familiar, easy to use, integrated into the broader Microsoft offering and offer customers an affordable alternative. In the past 12 months, Microsoft has released significant product upgrades or enhancements to all of the business management suites, delivering great solutions today that get ever better with our innovation road map. Our R&D road map to deliver breakthrough innovation, referred to as Microsoft Dynamics, previously project Green, includes two major upgrade release waves that we will continually release and enhance across Axapta, Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and CRM. This session will provide an update on Microsoft Dynamics and its implementation in EMEA. Wim Jansen and Jon Pratt will provide insight into the latest news and product releases available from this group, as well as discuss customer and market trends in EMEA to give an insight into the success this business group is facilitating for customers in EMEA.
| 15:00-16:00 | Jeff Ressler,
Director of Product Planning for Exchange Server | Spotlight on Microsoft Exchange Business update
Synopsis: It's been an exciting year for the Exchange Server group, from the recent release of Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, that enhances customer messaging environment by adding improved mobile e-mail, better protection from spam, and advanced mailbox fundamentals, to the acquisition of FrontBridge Technologies Inc, a managed service that helps address corporate e-mail compliance, security and availability requirements. During this press session, Microsoft Director Jeff Ressler will provide an overview of these recent investments as well as a glimpse at what's in store for the next version of Exchange Server. | DAY 2
Wednesday, November 16 | Speakers | Session | 9:30-10:30 | Sanjay Manchanda,
Director, Portals & Content Management, Information Worker, Microsoft Corp
Chris Caren,
General Manager of Office Business Applications, Microsoft Corp
Mike Fitzmaurice,
Senior Product Manager, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Corp
Partner,
TBC | Spotlight on Microsoft Information Worker: Ask the Experts: Solutions for the Digital Work style
Synopsis: Solutions for the digital work style: The New World of Work is compelling information workers to get even smarter about how they access, use and modify information. This session will shed light on the Information Worker business group's strategy for information worker-centric collaboration, business intelligence and enterprise content management from two vantage points: | • | Getting more from the corporate desktop and familiar desktop applications | | • | How familiar applications, such as Excel, are powering next-generation solutions - enabled in part by a strong, European partner ecosystem - to help information workers achieve on-target results |
| 11:00-12:00 | Bob Davis,
General Manager, IT Global Technology and Infrastructure Services - DSI & Windows Server R2, Microsoft Corp
Jack Schlafer,
Director Global Technology Services - DSI/Manageability, Microsoft Corp
Jim Becker,
Group Program Manager (Microsoft IT) Manageability - Systems Management Server (SMS) / SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Corp
Dave Lalor,
Senior Operations Engineer (Core Exchange Microsoft IT) - Exchange 12 and Exchange Security, Microsoft Corp
Tom McCleery,
Operations Group Manager Microsoft IT - Monitoring (MOM), Microsoft Corp
Brian Puhl,
Senior Systems Engineer, Windows Network and Infrastructure Services - Windows (Active Directory) Infrastructure, Microsoft Corp | Spotlight on Microsoft Internal IT
Synopsis: Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) drives and delivers global IT services for Microsoft. The organisation develops and maintains IT systems and solutions that enable customers, partners and Microsoft employees throughout the world the ability to realise their full potential. As Microsoft's "first and best customer", Microsoft IT proactively implements beta technologies internally and communicates directly with product development teams to help ensure Microsoft products are enterprise-ready when they reach customers. By showcasing these ongoing efforts, Microsoft IT ensures that other organisations can benefit from first-hand, insider experience.
MSIT provides a full range of services including server- and end-user support, telecommunications management, network operations and information security. This role includes managing connectivity for more than 300,000 personal computers worldwide. Microsoft IT ensures that more than 55,000 employees and 20,000 contractors and vendors in more than 400 Microsoft locations are able to access corporate network services and resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from around the world. |
Press Reception - welcome drinks
Tuesday, 15 Nov 17.30-19:00
Think of Spain and you immediately conjour images of fiestas, tapas, sangria and flamenco. This is a country where socialising is an art and friends gather daily in cafés and bars for tapas, cañas and to catch up on the latest news. We invite you to join us in the Press Lounge from 17.30 to 19.00 to sample the delights of Spanish hospitality (local tapas snacks, traditional Spanish guitar music and the odd jug of Sangria) and have the opportunity to mingle with top Microsoft executives and journalists from over 20 different countries.
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