Supplier Council Agenda
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 Supplier Angle
Web Services are promising new opportunities to provide solutions
and compete. Direct interaction with customers and speakers will
clarify these opportunities. The Open Group's supplier members should
respond by proposing areas of commonality and interoperability.
To do so, there needs to be an appropriate venue.
Following a joint session with the Customer Council as our partner,
the Supplier Council will be re-constituted. This initial session
will focus on the value proposition and role of supplier-type members,
and on the re-constitution of the Supplier Council.
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Tuesday
23rd July 2002 - PM
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Supplier
Council: User Perspectives on Web Services
(Open to All Conference Attendees) |
| 14:00-15.30:
Joint Meeting of Customer and Supplier Councils |
| 14:00 |
Welcome & Introduction
|
Carl Bunje
&
Walter Stahlecker |
| 14.15 |
Open Group update
Mike will summarize the significant achievements
and progress we have made since our previous meeting in
Paris (April 22-26). |
Mike
Lambert |
| 14.35 |
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. |
Terry
Blevins |
| 13.55 |
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 Supplier Council only |
| 16:00 |
Introduction
Through the existence of The Open Group,
a series of Supplier Councils has existed to provide a
venue for supplier-type members to discuss and progress
their specific interests in The Open Group.
There is a wide range of members, and thus many
opportunities for partnering and growing the market
by defining common ground and interoperability.
Walter has written a short paper
in which he describes several areas where a Supplier
Council can create value for its members, and he also
proposes a mode of operation to conduct its business.
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Walter Stahlecker |
| 16.10 |
Expected Values
- Brief introductions and expectations from all participants
- Discussion of the top values
- Selection of top values |
Inputs |
| 16.40 |
Roles of the Supplier
Council
- Functions of the Supplier Council, in view
of top values
- Liaisons with Customer Council and Work Areas |
Discussion |
| 17.10 |
Re-constituting the
Supplier Council
- Structure
- Election of representatives (for the rest of 2002)
- Progression of top-value items |
Decisions |
| 17:30 |
Close
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