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The Open Group Amsterdam 2010
October 18-22, 2010

Objective of Meeting

This conference addressed some of the key issues in IT today.

Security Plenary: Cybersecurity

  • Architectures for managing uncertainty are becoming increasingly important as they are brought into focus by increased threats to cybersecurity.
  • High-profile speakers will highlight cybersecurity threats and the responses being made by governments and private enterprises, including integrating security into the development of enterprise architectures.

Business Architecture Plenary: Transforming EA into a Business Discipline

  • This plenary will help you understand the overriding need to more closely align the practice of EA with the requirements of business decision-making at ‘board room’ level.
  • It will help prepare EA professionals to make real and significant contributions to the development of business strategy.
  • Thought-leaders and leading practitioners in Business Architecture will present the critical success factors for today’s Business Architect and we will show you how TOGAF™ can be used today to present Business Architecture in a meaningful way to the business.

Cloud Computing: Business Impact of Cloud Computing

  • Hear the latest ideas on how to build and measure ROI from Cloud Computing.
  • Discuss the best practices and commonly-encountered issues for Cloud deployment.
  • Gain an understanding of the risks of and rewards from using the Cloud.

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:

The presentations referenced below are freely available only to members of The Open Group and conference attendees.

Monday October 18

SECURITY PLENARY: Cybersecurity
PARALLEL TRACKS
Security Architecture (Hosted by Jim Hietala, VP Security, The Open Group)
TOGAF™
SOA
Professionalizing the Discipline of Enterprise Architecture

Tuesday October 19

ARCHITECTURE PLENARY: Transforming EA into a Business Discipline
PARALLEL TRACKS
Business Architecture
Business Transformation
SOA

Wednesday October 20

PARALLEL TRACKS
Enterprise Architecture & Business Strategy
ArchiMate®
Cloud Computing
Value Creation in the Enterprise – The Role of Architecture and Alignment
Enterprise Architecture Methods & Tools
Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF)

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.

Next Steps

The next Enterprise Architecture Practitioners' Conference will be held in San Deigo, CA, February 7-11, 2011.

If you are interested in presenting at future Open Group Conferences, then please submit a Presentation Proposal.

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