Sessions By Type
End-User Case Studies
Gartner invites a number of end users to personally present leading-edge case studies and answer questions.
Sessions
Case Study: Changing the Application Organization - Fundamentals for Driving Successful Innovation
29 November, 2011 (02:15 PM - 03:15 PM)
Most application organizations are in a constant state of change. Sadly, they fail up to 80% of those changes because they don’t have a competency in change management. Driving change is first and foremost about engaging both logical and emotional responses in the organization. We present an overview of change management basics and the critical capabilities necessary to make changes ‘sticky’.
Integration PaaS: Enabling the Global Integrated Enterprise (Featuring “The Enterprise Edge: Enterprise Business Partners LLC case study”)
30 November, 2011 (08:30 AM - 09:30 AM)
To beat competition enterprises must creatively integrate data, applications and processes globally across departments, business units, clients, partners, and mobile workforces. In this presentation Gartner will introduce the notion and industry impact of iPaaS, a cloud-based alternative to integration middleware, and Enterprise Business Partners LLC will illustrate how iPaaS enabled a transformational cloud strategy by providing dramatically faster time-to-value and lower cost of integration
Case study: SOA Integration as the Foundation for Customer Analytics - Wind River Systems, Inc.
30 November, 2011 (08:30 AM - 09:30 AM)
There’s a great deal of excitement today in analytics, broadening a base case for SOA to include significant data analysis and action based on customer activity. In this case study, we’ll talk with key implementers at Wind River, which has been using SOA as a foundation for integrating customer analytics.
Case Study: The Impact of Event Processing on Application Architecture (Bank of America)
30 November, 2011 (02:00 PM - 03:00 PM)
IT systems have used events for decades to support system functions and GUIs, but only now are events becoming first class citizens in high-level application architecture. Gartner’s Roy Schulte sets the stage, followed by Kim Kazmaier from Bank of America who will feature her case study: Implementing the Integration Suite - ESB, Web Services, BPM and EDA at Bank of America.
Case Study: Best Practices in Using Platform as a Service for Enterprise IT Projects - Lockheed Martin
01 December, 2011 (08:30 AM - 09:30 AM)
Programmable cloud infrastructure platforms (PaaS) are new and many organizations that use them – use them for less-demanding, less-critical applications to track the maturity of the industry (and not leap ahead of it). In this session we examine the best practices of using cloud platforms and SOA and hear from Mel Greer at Lockheed Martin on their decision making, success factors and lessons learned in the process.
Case Study: IBM IT Transformation — Accelerating Application Delivery Through a Community-Based Collaboration Model
01 December, 2011 (08:30 AM - 09:30 AM)
Economic uncertainty, rapid technology advancements and a widening pool of global expertise are opening the way for unprecedented change in how businesses operate and collaborate. The complexities of globalization and cross-company and cross-national partnerships are forcing enterprises to make transformational shifts in application management. A new economic environment is evolving based on transparency, trust, talent and teamwork. In this new case study, IBM joins us to discuss the open-collaboration model they are implementing to enable communities of specialists to work, connect, communicate and innovate faster and more effectively. We’ll look at how their virtual, globally integrated workspace benefits IBM and its stakeholders as well as its customers.
Case Study in Web and Portal Deployment - The Hershey Company
01 December, 2011 (08:30 AM - 09:30 AM)
Portal success requires effective governance, a robust and high performing architecture, and an engaging experience for users. In this session David G. Stahl, Sr. Application Developer at The Hershey Company will take the stage to detail the success and challenges faced by the Web Solutions Group at The Hershey Company to deliver the portal promise to their customers.
Case Study: The Consumerization of Application Development — Healthways
01 December, 2011 (10:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
Consumer technology is changing the expectations for applications and application development (AD) teams. Consumerization cannot be stopped, but it can embraced to drive more value from AD investment. This session will be an overview of Gartner’s view of how Consumerization is impacting application development, followed by Nathan King, Senior Product Portfolio Manager, Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY) detailing how they empowered end-users to safely create enterprise applications for themselves.
Case Study: Mohawk Fine Papers – Using Cloud Services Brokerage To Drive Business Process Innovation
01 December, 2011 (12:30 PM - 01:30 PM)
In pursuit of new business opportunities Mohawk Fine Papers needed to quickly implement new business processes spanning internal applications, trading partners and various cloud functionality including SaaS. In this session Paul Stamas of Mohawk will describe his “mandate” for a virtualized SOA backplane via cloud services brokerage.
Case Study: Secure Use of Public Cloud - Best Buy
01 December, 2011 (01:45 PM - 02:45 PM)
While concerns over security and compliance are consistently listed as the major obstacles to enterprise adoption of cloud computing, many organizations have moved forward to address security concerns and use public cloud services for business advantage. This presentation will be an overview of Gartner’s view of the critical security issues involved with cloud computing, followed by Thomas Kelly, Enterprise Architect for Cloud Services at Best Buy, detailing the approach they used in assessing the issues and implementing secure use of the cloud.
Case Study: Governance of Cloud Services in a Hybrid World (Apollo Group)
01 December, 2011 (01:45 PM - 02:45 PM)
This case study will be introduced by a Gartner Analyst presentation, positioning SOA governance in the new world of off premise and mobile applications, and introducing a new magic quadrant. The presentation will be followed by a case study, which will highlight a practical user experience in governing services.
