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Trust and Confidence in the Global Infrastructure

The Open Group Quarterly Conference, October 24, 25, 1999, Washington, D.C.

To increase competitiveness and meet their organizations’ goals, both public and private sector enterprises have linked customers, partners, fellow agencies, and suppliers into their global infrastructures, virtually overnight.  The extent of this integration, in terms of data, dollars, and system complexity, has brought about an exponential increase in the need for e-security and global regulation requirements.

The Open Group’s October Conference Trust and Confidence in the Global Infrastructure will focus on the issues that this raises with regard to the design, implementation, and management of systems for handling sensitive or secret data, and the growth of electronic commerce.

Within the context of a competitive environment where international contract law and face-to-face meetings are no longer commercial realities, attendees will learn first-hand about the legal, regulatory, software, and interoperability implications and initiatives that will drive the standardization of alternative mechanisms for ensuring trust and confidence across borders.

As a result of participation in this Conference, CIOs, systems architects, IS managers, and their technology suppliers will be better equipped to forecast system requirements, develop security implementation plans, and securely manage their global infrastructure, producing increased customer satisfaction and maintaining global regulatory compliance.

The underlying technologies to be discussed cover all the fundamental aspects of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI):

• Authorization
• Authentication
• Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA)
• Directory

For More Information or to Register for the Conference go to www.opengroup.org/conference

Open Group Conferences

Open Group conferences attract a broad audience, with participants ranging from senior strategy and policy professionals to those with responsibility for the detailed implementation and integration of complex systems.  The first two days of each conference address enterprise computing issues and influencing factors from a wider perspective, and are open to both Members and Non-Members alike.  A platform of international speakers and experts talk to a central theme on the first day; and on the second day, The Open Group provides an update on the initiatives and work-in-progress under its auspices, together with concurrent briefing sessions.  The second half of the week is dedicated to The Open Group’s Program Groups, and is open to Members only*.  Members participate in the ongoing activities of each group, working towards the development and deployment of the frameworks, policies, “best practice”, and standards essential to open and accessible multi-vendor technology.

* In some instances, non-members may be invited to participate by special invitation.

Who Should Attend?

IT Directors, Managers, and senior professionals involved in strategies supporting the integration of new technology across the enterprise and/or involved in providing products and services to support those strategies.  Specific areas of interest include Security and Electronic Commerce, Architecture, Standards and Procurement, Enterprise Integration, Directory, and Systems Management.

The Open Group

The Open Group is committed to delivering greater business efficiency by bringing together buyers and suppliers of information systems to lower the barriers of integrating new technology across the enterprise.

Organizations wishing to reduce the time, cost, and risk of implementing new solutions which integrate within and between enterprises need The Open Group as their critical partner to ensure that multi-vendor information technology meets the demands and needs of customers.  This is achieved through the development and deployment of frameworks, policies, “best practice”, and standards in pursuit of the IT DialTone™ vision - the concept of making all technology as open and accessible as using a telephone.

Backed by the knowledge and expertise residing in its sponsors - Compaq, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, IBM, NCR, Siemens, and Sun - and other members comprising leading software companies and Fortune 500 users and government bodies, The Open Group is well on its way to achieving the IT DialTone vision. Embracing the maxim: “we can do so much more together than alone”, The Open Group is helping its members to stay ahead in the race to use technology to gain competitive advantage.