Build a convincing business case and defensible implementation plan for your evolution to a more mobile way of working.
Wednesday 01 October 2008
Communications during the credit crunch
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Presented by: Justin Hamilton-Martin (Managing Director) - 8el
The gathering clouds suggest that organisations need to become much more prudent in their expenditure and look to new technologies to help sustain and grow their revenues. This session will discuss the role communications can play in enabling greater efficiency, mobilising applications and creating business advantage.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
How to mobilise your workforce - the essentials
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Presented by: Simon Harding (Head of Mobility Solutions ) - BT Global Services
Now that mobile technologies are in the hands of mobile workers as well as front-line personnel, enterprise mobility solutions must link to each other and the outside world efficiently and securely. This presentation looks at how organisations should go about choosing a mobility solution that will deliver on its promise while leveraging existing investments, but which avoids complex infrastructure, increased deployment and support costs and increased organisational risk.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Managing the impact of mobility on IT
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Presented by: Graham Gilbert (Mobility Portfolio, UK & Ireland) - Siemens
This presentation will examine the issues surrounding the security, manageability and cost of mobility and previews some simple and cost effective solutions to address these key concerns which support multiple device types from multiple vendors.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Mobility and IT: Choosing the right solution for your needs
13:10 PM - 13:40 PM
Presented by: Lizzie Hancock (Senior Manager, Technical Marketing EMEA) - Research In Motion (RIM)
Mobility and IT: Chimera or Reality? How should organisations go about choosing a mobility solution that will deliver mobile applications to mobile workers and front-line personnel while leveraging existing investments and avoiding complex infrastructure, increased deployment costs and increased organisational risk.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Flexibility in the workplace
13:50 PM - 14:20 PM
Presented by: Alison Brewer (Solutions Marketing Manager) - Mitel
Calls for a work/life balance are being made as workers are spending an increasing amount of time at work. Senior management, while resistant to this idea, are slowly realising that in order to retain and recruit staff, they must begin to provide alternatives. However, before adopting flexible working, it is critical to understand both the challenges and opportunities flexible working presents. This session explores flexible working and demonstrates that supporting a mobile workforce doesn't have to be a burden for the IT manager.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Exploiting presence technologies to achieve operational excellence
14:30 PM - 15:00 PM
Presented by: Gordon Loader (Solutions Marketing EMEA) - Avaya
The advent of 'presence' technologies represents a major step on the road to creating a truly converged, intelligent communications environment. The ability to locate and identify users and their communications preferences has powerful implications for enhancing communications and collaboration, and boosting business productivity. Gordon Loader will explore the key trends and explain how 'presence'-enabling your business can provide benefits to employees, customers and partners alike.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Fixed mobile convergence - myth or reality?
15:10 PM - 15:40 PM
Presented by: Dave Millett (Operations Director) - Inclarity
An overview as to how the FMC market is evolving highlighting if it is now ready for organisations to easily deploy. What are opportunities where organisations can benefit and is there a clear ROI?
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Thursday 02 October 2008
Hosted VoIP over WiMAX
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Presented by: Jon Singleton (Product Manager) - SpiriTel Plc
In this session you will learn how VoIP services can be delivered over WiMAX architecture. This session will also provide the fundamentals of building a business case for Hosted VoIP over WiMAX, features that allow WiMAX to offer services, seamlessly, over a hosted All-IP network infrastructure and reveal the operational cost savings that can be achieved.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Deploying end-to-end enterprise FMC solutions
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Presented by: Graham Gilbert (Mobility Portfolio, UK & Ireland) - Siemens
Fixed mobile convergence solutions enable enterprises to leverage existing PBX technology and future fixed investments while delivering cost-effective mobility. This session looks at the essential steps enterprises should take when deploying fixed mobile convergence solutions including a view of the likely costs, benefits, pitfalls & applications.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Integrating VoIP with Business Processes and Applications
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Presented by: Chris Wortt (EMEA Manager for VoIP) - Polycom
Once VoIP has been deployed across the enterprise the challenge is how you combine it into applications such as ERP and CRM to create a presence-enabled and communications-enabled business. This session will take a close look at the fundamentals of integrating business processes and applications.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
802.11n – Safe today, or safer tomorrow?
12:30 PM - 13:00 PM
Presented by: Roger Hockaday (Director of Marketing ) - Aruba Networks, EMEA
According to analysts nearly 1 in 10 wireless LANs sold today are 802.11n – it’s one of the three identified drivers that will result in wireless access dominating office connectivity within five years. What are the real world experiences of organisations that have deployed 802.11n already? Does it work, is it reliable? What risks do you run by being an early adopter – or is 11n already mainstream?
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
Collaboration in business: joining people, processes and applications
13:50 PM - 14:20 PM
Presented by: Axel Albrecht (Principal Solution Engineer) - Cisco WebEx
Explore the newly collaborative business paradigm we all inhabit, and what you can do to make the most of it. This session will explain how you can, and why you should, create collaboration-centric "instant spaces" that join people, processes, and applications that work across company boundaries.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre
The "How To" of mobile access & device security
14:30 PM - 15:00 PM
Presented by: Peter Mackenzie (Head of Technical Operations) - MarQuest
Ease of access to information brings with it a responsibility to protect the enterprise’s data and its investment in mobile devices. This session looks at the technology necessary to secure mobile access to corporate networks for handhelds and smartphones, and examines how to tackle the key issues in mobile security.
Theatre: Wireless, Mobility & Devices Theatre