The objective of this meeting was to
establish interest in a new forum to assist organizations of all
types and sizes with the development of enterprise applications for
agent technologies. The focus will be on delivering solutions to
real-world challenges.It is not new,
but is now emerging as a key development that will have a growing impact
across all industry sectors.
Summary
The following people attended
the Agent Technologies meeting; the presenters are marked with an
asterisk (*):
Jim Bell, Hewlett-Packard
Steve Benfield,
Agentis
Allen Brown, The
Open Group*
Jack Fujieda, Regis
Jim Hendrickson,
Agentis
Lisa Kerns,
Rolls-Royce
Andy Mulholland,
Capgemini*
James Odell,
Intelligent Automation*
Chris Parnell, The
Open Group
James de Raeve, The
Open Group*
Jay Spaulding, The
Open Group
Walter Stahlecker,
Hewlett-Packard
Andras Szakal, IBM
Outputs
It is hoped to create an Agent Technologies Forum
that will work towards integrating agent technology into a conventional
enterprise technology stack and development methodology. Rather than
develop agent solutions that sit apart from existing enterprise
applications, we want to find ways to leverage the technology within
core operational applications.
Next Steps
Develop White Paper and outline Business
Scenario.
Planning for the Lisbon conference (October
2006), including: