The Open Group Conference Austin 2011 took place at the Four Seasons Hotel, Austin TX, USA.
The conference gathered to focus on the following:
World-Class Enterprise Architecture
Security in 2011: Threats to Cybersecurity, Security Management Challenges, and Transformational Opportunities
Business Impact of Cloud Computing
Summary
Each day of the three-day conference included a mix of plenary
presentations, with industry leaders from near and far sharing their
insights on the day’s theme; and a set of parallel tracks examining
specific areas in depth. The various tracks delivered presentations by
enterprise architecture professionals from both vendor and customer
organizations; and provided experience-based insight into the approaches
and methods that have proved most effective for developing architectures
around the world.
The presentations can be accessed from the links below under separate
daily headings:
PLENARY: Strategic View of Secure Computing in 2030
Strategic View of Secure Computing in 2030 Moderated by Dave Lounsbury, CTO, The Open Group, with: James Stikeleather, Innovation Officer, Dell Systems
Greg Akers, Senior VP, Research and Advanced Development, Cisco
Steve Whitlock, Chief information Security Strategist, Boeing
Strategic View of Secure Computing in 2030 (continued) Moderated by Dave Lounsbury, CTO, The Open Group, with:
Susan Alexander, Chief Strategist, Information Assurance Directorate, NSA
Edna Conway, Chief Security Strategist, Global Value Chain, Cisco
WORKSHOP: World Class EA Chris Forde, VP Enterprise Architecture and Membership Capabilities, The Open Group
Peter Haviland, Head of Architecture (Americas), Technology Advisory, Ernst & Young LLC
Business Architecture Building Blocks Kevin Daley, Chief Architect, Business Architecture, Industry Asset Solutions,
Global Innovation and Technology Group, IBM
Dave van Gelder, Global Architect, Capgemini
Business Architecture: How to Get Started Gail Wright, Senior Director, Business Architecture Program, Oracle
Peter Haviland, Head of Architecture (Americas), Technology Advisory, Ernst & Young LLC
WORKSHOP: Using TOGAF® to Define and Govern Service-Oriented Architectures Steve Bennett, Oracle
Ed Harrington, Achitecting the Enterprise [PDF] Dave Hornford, Connexiam [PDF]
SOA
Realizing SOAs and the Role of The Open Group SOA Reference Architecture Ali Arsanjani, Distinguished Engineer,
CTO Business Performance & Service Optimization, IBM
Nikhil Kumar, AppTSi
PANEL: Architecting SOA Moderated by Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA, The Open Group, with:
Ali Arsanjani, IBM
Steve Bennett, Oracle
Ed Harrington, Architecting the Enteprise
Dave Hornford, Connexiam
Nikhil Kumar, AppTSi
Wednesday July 20
PARALLEL TRACKS
Cloud Roadmap & Strategy (Hosted by Leonardo Ramirez, Director, Dux Diligens, Colombia)
PANEL SESSION: The Impact of Cloud on the Enterprise Moderated by Chris Harding, Forum Director for Cloud Computing, The Open Group, with:
Gurvinder Ahluwalia, CTO Strategic Enterprise Initiatives, Private Cloud, IBM
Jonathan Gibson, Enterprise Architect, HP
TJ Virdi, Enterprise Computing Architect, The Boeing Company
Modeling Complex Data Usage with ArchiMate Tom Clarke, Software Architect and Data Analyst, Standard Insurance Company, US
Rosie Payne, Data Analyst and Architect, Standard Insurance Company, US
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Outputs
The presentations, tutorials, and workshops at the meeting, and the
associated discussions and panel sessions, all provided participants
with a wealth of experience-based insight into current best practice in
architecture, security, and cloud computing, from leading experts and practitioners around
the world.
