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Sponsor Roundtables

During the lunch break we are pleased to provide you with an opportunity to engage in conversations with your peers about topics of importance to High Tech enterprises. Topics for our roundtables discussions have been provided by our sponsors, and a moderator from the topic sponsor will be at the table to moderate the discussion. Grab you lunch and head over to the table of your choice to engage in a lively discussion with fellow summit attendees. Please review the list of roundtable topics and we hope you will choose one to attend.
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In this Roundtable, we’ll discuss the challenges of dealing with the silos of information created by the expanding variety of business applications – both on-premise and in the cloud. What are your biggest challenges around sharing of information across disparate systems in your enterprise? Which applications benefit from being integrated versus those that can be purely departmental? We will share how other organizations are leveraging the volume of enterprise data with unified Microsoft Dynamics solutions for both the front and back office.
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Developing the next differentiating smart and green product is challenging enough but delivering it even faster to the market adds another dimension. Companies are differentiating the Smart and green capabilities of new products through Mechatronics systems whose complexity keeps growing. In this roundtable, we will discuss the common challenges companies face in the development of Mechatronics systems and the strategies to address those challenges, thereby improving the cycle times.
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2012 is the year when leading enterprises will go beyond Corporate Performance Management to enable right-time, closed-loop, and corrective-action capabilities across the entire enterprise. These innovative applications marry predictive/prescriptive analytics engines with lean manufacturing methods, social collaboration and business intelligence eco-systems. Join our roundtable to discuss how these advanced applications can take your business performance to the next level.
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Every year, companies collect, store and compute more data than the year before. The proliferation of data is costly to maintain and process, which has accelerated the adoption of cloud solutions. However, we are still evolving and cloud solutions are still maturing, so where do we start? And when are you ready? Join us for a discussion about how to build a cloud strategy and plan that will meet your growing needs and identify the right solutions that will maximize returns on your cloud investment.
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Join us to discuss how you can leverage Sharepoint to increase business efficiency and simplify work through Business Process Automation. We will discuss areas of your business where process automation can make an impact such as Design Document reviews, Capital Expenditure approvals and Supply Chain collaboration. We will also discuss cross-application integration between business applications such as SAP and your Microsoft assets to drive your business.
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Cost and margin pressures are forcing high tech companies to find new ways to deliver office productivity solutions to their workers. Are cloud-based solutions right for you? Afraid you will have to compromise full application functionality in the transition? Fearful about what the transition will be like? Join this roundtable to discuss the myths and realities of cloud-based productivity solutions such as Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft CRM Online, and learn some best practices from actual customer experiences.
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SQL Server 2012 will introduce new features which enable mission critical performance and availability to low TCO. NetApp’s highly available storage systems and comprehensive data protection complement SQL Server 2012 capabilities. If you are looking to understand how NetApp can enhance your SQL Server 2012 environments and help you reduce costs while improving scalability, availability, manageability, and data protection of your SQL Server environment, you won’t want to miss this discussion.
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The Consumerization of IT represents both a big challenge and a great opportunity for IT departments. Join Perficient for a roundtable discussion where we will cover Bridging the Gap Between the Consumer and Enterprise Experience. Learn how to incorporate mobility, Cloud, and the next generation of business to fuel efficiency and productivity in your organization. We’ll also be demoing the latest in cutting edge solutions to address the current pain points among High Tech enterprises.
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To compete in a global economy, High Tech manufacturers must operate as a globally integrated organization where information moves fast and knowledge workers collaborate across physical and functional boundaries. Unified Communications represents a key enabling technology platform for global integation. Join us to discuss how enterprise-quality, personalized communications from the desktop, conference rooms and telepresence suites can improve productivity, reduce costs and enable faster and better business decision making.
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Social Media can enable high tech companies to develop deeper brand loyalty and provide better end user experiences. However achieving the next level of customer intimacy requires combining the power of social media with real-time analytics. How can you track the performance of marketing campaigns, gather competitive intelligence, and understand how customers feel about your products? In this roundtable we will discuss sentiment analysis as a powerful sense-and-respond solution for lasting competitive advantage.
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As projects move through the new product development process, you need to be sure that you are looking at the right data at the right time in order to meet customer needs and deliver the right product. In this roundtable we will discuss methods for collaborating without barriers, and for extending the PLM environment to every desktop in order to manage the new product development process and deliver successful products to the market.
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Microsoft Experience Center

Today’s high-tech industry moves at the speed of light. Shouldn’t your employees have the tools to keep up? Attend a Microsoft Experience Center (MEC) session and experience for yourself, hands-on, how Microsoft’s Business Productivity Platform drives improved employee productivity, delivers greater insight into your business, and speeds decision making. We offer two types of sessions, a Business Productivity session that covers the broad capabilities of the full platform, and a Business Intelligence session that takes a deeper dive into¬ the BI elements of the platform.
Be sure to sign up for a session, and experience what is possible today.
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12:00-12:45pm
Microsoft Experience Center for Business Productivity
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Microsoft Experience Center for Business Intelligence
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2:00-2:45pm
Microsoft Experience Center for Business Productivity
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3:00-3:45pm
Microsoft Experience Center for Business Intelligence
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