Today, there are many forces impacting and reshaping the IT world. How will your organization respond? New technologies are being developed and refined constantly. Which are the right choices for moving forward, and which are the black holes and dead ends? Tried-and-true IT approaches are becoming rapidly obsolete. How will your team migrate your valuable legacy into the future -- preserving what has made your operation a success... while navigating around the pitfalls, and taking advantage of new opportunities? With unprecedented industry-wide support, Open Standards have become crucial for ongoing IT success. As the economy globalises, will competitors emerge who harness the power of Open Standards sooner than you do?
Keeping up with the latest developments has become a daunting task. Understanding the underlying dynamics, and grasping the secrets for success, has become even harder. DBR is therefore pleased to offer a rare and not-to-be-missed opportunity for Perth's IT professionals to seize the initiative and master these IT challenges, through our special alliance with Mr. Pearlmutter.
Mr Pearlmutter is an internationally-recognised IT expert, management consultant, enterprise strategist, web-services architect, technology investor, award-winning public speaker and developer with 25+ years technology experience -- having served a clientele including NASA, Xerox, Disney, Compaq, Fujitsu, CBS, Kodak, CSC, Epson, EPA, Apple, Cable & Wireless, Conexant, Symantec, SunGard, CapitalOne, Apax Partners, Bankers Trust, and The Financial Times.
Since 1997, his worldwide activities have spanned advising major corporations, training trainers, speaking at industry events, guiding project teams, auditing results, evaluating tools, developing real-world systems, integrating components, selecting deployment platforms, researching advanced technologies, performing due diligence for private equity placements, mentoring executives, and sitting on start-up boards. As a pioneer in applying advanced language, network, and human interface technologies to the solution of real world problems, he was involved in the cutting edge of Silicon Valley innovation for over 17 years.
Mr. Pearlmutter's IT architectural seminars, management briefings, and hands-on workshops have delivered education, skills, and insight to professionals from JPMorgan, GoldmanSachs, Barclays, One2One, Orange, PCCW, Amdocs, EDS and hundreds of other organisations ranging from large financial, media, government, and industrial enterprises to some some of the hottest start-ups, consultancies, and R&D organisations across 5 continents.
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Mr Pearlmutter is in Australia for a short time only, so don't miss this rare Perth opportunity to learn about Java, XML, J2EE, Open Standards, Web Services, and other critically-important emerging technologies from a world-class software Specialist who has unique insight into the issues facing technical professionals today.
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Day 1 - IT Architecture MasterClass Tuesday 16 April, 2002
This seminar looks behind the buzzwords to understand the underlying concepts and strategic imperatives to future-proof your IT investments.
Sample of the topics that will be covered:
- Understanding the forces impacting and reshaping the IT world
- Successful response to external chaos
- No business is too small to be immune
- Special vulnerabilities of Small and Medium Enterprise IT
- Framework for discerning between technology winners, black holes, and dead ends
- Thinking like a Manager; Thinking like a Wizard; Thinking like an Architect
- The 7 secrets of successful IT Architecture
- Legacy Migration -- respecting and preserving proven operational success
- Navigating the Pitfalls: does foresight beat hindsight?
- Yesterday's "Best Practices", Tomorrow's "Road Kill" -- Why?
- Your Goldmine and your Greenfield
- Making your own right choices for moving forward
- Why the Internet changes everything it touches
- Getting ready for an even bigger Internet Wave?
- Entering the Era of Extensible Languages
- The eXtensible Markup Language: XML
- The first mainstream Extensible Programming Language: Java
- 2, 3 and n-tier systems
- Pick your surfboard wisely
- Strategic IT risk reduction
- 4 or 5 new viruses every day?
- The extensibility / mobility / security paradox
- Avoiding Human Interface killers
- Should corporate IT pay attention to new digital consumer devices?
- Where's the wireless and mobile commerce
- The Relevance of Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, and beyond
- The Fate of Vendor Initiatives: Microsoft .Net, SunOne, HP e-Speak, IBM Web Services
- Web Services v's web services
- Open Standards v's Open Source
- Harnessing the Inevitable
- Making the right choices for the future
- Sorting through the alphabet soup & putting the pieces in place: XSL, J2EE, DTD, SOAP, JMX, .NET, ERP, WDSL, UDDI, CRM, J2ME, WAP, WML, JSP, SQL, JRE, CSS,CLI, C#, JVM, W3C, IETF, HTTP, TCP, IP, CLDC, MOM, UML ......
and much, much, more!
Pre-requisites: None
Who should attend ?:
This MasterClass is an absolute must for Architects, IT Managers, IT Directors, Project Leaders, Designers, Analysts, Senior Programmers, Software Development Managers, Business Unit Managers, E-commerce Managers, CTO's, CIO's,….. anyone who has responsibility to authorise, design, develop, deploy, operate, maintain, or manage. The IT Architecture MasterClass is also the right choice for those in established operational, support, development, or consulting organisations of any size who are interested in:
- Continuously available e-business environments
- Desktop and Network Security
- Enterprise Internet Integration
- Intranet & extranet solutions
- Legacy applications: Convert? Interoperate? Net-enable?
- Stabilizing and scaling transactional applications
- Expediting time-to-market
- Handling unpredictable demand and rapid growth
- Performance issues
- Radical risk reduction in the new economy
This MasterClass is also appropriate to several groups of specialized professionals:
In technology-centric industries, sales and marketing professionals can get a significant boost in credibility and effectiveness by understanding and properly using the buzzwords, jargon, and product vocabulary they encounter in daily technical business conversation. This 1-day MasterClass provides an extremely powerful conceptual-framework -- and the biggest vocabulary boost in the least time.
Software developers rightly value programming knowledge that helps them get their jobs done faster. This MasterClass is NOT about "coding skills" -- but programmers also need to "see the bigger picture", because they are increasingly being called upon to advise on more strategic decisions. Overall, the Master Series provides the best 4-day insurance against wasting programming time on misguided projects, against making short-sighted recommendations, or picking the wrong tools for the job. The employer (and career) of every programmer, developer, analyst, designer, and systems administrator can benefit greatly from their learning to think like an IT Architect.
This session will be comprehensible and valuable to every manager and executive who attends, AND this session will be sufficiently "meaty" and practical for every technical professional who attends, OR YOUR MONEY BACK! (Mr. Pearlmutter is known world-wide for his unique ability to simultaneously engage and educate the full spectrum of attendees.)
