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Customer Council
What the Plenary is About
The plenary theme for the Boston Conference is "Boundaryless Information
Flow - the Role of Web Services". The linkage is that The Open Group vision
is for “Boundaryless Information Flow” which involves information flow
from one application to another application, and Web Services similarly
involves getting information from one application to another. We therefore
want to explore how Web Services can contribute to our vision for achieving
boundaryless information flow.
The Customer Angle
We can expect the user viewpoint to come up continuously in every plenary
speaker's presentation. This plenary therefore represents a rich opportunity
to hear real user requirements that we can take back into our own organizations.
Being there will also give opportunities to clarify requirements with
the speakers and with fellow customers, and also with supplier members.
The Supplier Angle
Web Services are promising new opportunities to provide solutions
and compete. Direct interaction with senior practitioners from the customer
side and with plenary speakers will put these opportunities into context
with reality. They will also show areas of commonality and interoperability
which are essential to realize the value of Web Services. Following strong
support in April, the Supplier Council will be re-constituted, focusing
on the value proposition and role of vendor members.
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Tuesday
23rd July 2002 - PM
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Customer
Council: User Perspectives on Web Services
(Open to All Conference Attendees) |
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14:00-15.30: Joint Meeting
of Customer and Supplier Councils
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14:00
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Welcome & Introduction
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Carl Bunje
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Walter Stahlecker
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14.15
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Open Group update
Mike will summarize the significant achievements
and progress we have made since our previous meeting in Paris
(April 22-26).
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Mike
Lambert
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14.35
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Web Services and Boundaryless Information Flow -
the big picture
Boundaryless Information Flow is a vision to which
many organizations aspire. Achieving Boundaryless Information
Flow requires an in-depth understanding of the business, the
set of services that the business needs, and the technologies
required in the information infrastructure in order to provide
those services. This brief highlights the services needed
in the modern enterprise to provide Boundaryless Information
Flow and where Web Services are seen to fit.
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Terry Blevins
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Transforming of C2 Systems into the Enterprise Network.
DoD has made huge investments into a complex network
of systems for command and control. Systems today are
generally self-contained and enclaved into various classified
and unclassified network infrastructures. The evolution to web
services will require a radical shift in how systems and capabilities
are fielded into the C2 Enterprise Network vice the traditional
system concept |
Rob
Walker (DISA) |
| 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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16:00-17.30: Meeting
of Customer Council only
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16:00
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Web Services: Evaluating Potential
Business Benefits
This presentation will examine the potential benefits
of emerging web services from organizational, economic, and
technological perspectives. While the precise definition of
Web Services is still evolving, current vendor offerings provide
a core platform that will shape the ultimate future of distributed
computing capabilities. This presentation will examine the
opportunities for organizational transformation.
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Bill Estrem
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16.20
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Web Services as distributed computing
What are web services? How is it different
from what came before? Is it really a technology, or
is it just marketing hype? In his talk, Eliot M. Solomon
will compare Web Services with other models of distributed
computing, both enterprise- and web-oriented. He will
identify some opportunities to learn from the history of such
technologies as DCE, about requirements, utility, and pitfalls.
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Eliot Solomon
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16.40
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Real-Time Requirements for Web Services
As companies and government agencies web-enable their
applications, the ability of web service infrastructures to
support the timeliness and other Quality of Service needs
of these applications becomes more and more critical. This
talk will outline the requirements that near-real-time applications
levy on Web Service support systems, and discuss how other
commercial technologies have addressed this area.
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Dock Allen & Chris
Wild
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17.00
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Experiences of using Web Services in the energy industry
The Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (POSC) is
facilitating collaborative work in the Exploration and Production
sector of the energy industry to put Web Services to use by
conducting conferences and facilitating pilot implementations.
Lessons learned will guide future use of Web Services and
will focus such use in selected business activities, including
Joint Venture and Regulatory reporting. Web Services developments
reinforce POSC's work on energy eStandards, bringing more
consistent definitions and semantics to the industry.
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Alan Doniger
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17.20
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Concluding comments
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Carl
Bunje
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17:30
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Close
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