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Workshops
Presented by Gartner or guest experts, these intimate workshops provide an opportunity to drill down on specific "how to" topics in an extended, small group environment. Sessions designed for end users only. Registration required.
Sessions
Workshop: Gearheads’ Guide to Your Future IT Career (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th. )
29 July, 2013 (09:30 AM - 11:00 AM)
“The Changing IT Career” field research project focused on how goals, expectations and trends are affecting IT careers from the practitioner’s point of view. It uncovered how these factors are affecting perceptions about new realities for IT, IT careers, career planning and ways to encourage engagement. This workshop reviews the findings from this field research and discusses ways to improve your engagement for you and others. Key questions addressed include: • What are the new realities for IT? • Why is it necessary to create a participative workforce and a new form of effectiveness? • How can I improve my engagement and my ability to engage others?
Workshop: Designing Mobile Apps using Web Technologies (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th. )
29 July, 2013 (09:30 AM - 11:00 AM)
Users expect mobile apps that are responsive, aesthetically appealing, and integrate with the underlying features of the native experience. The evolution of Web technologies is transforming how we develop mobile Web applications. Exceeding user expectations requires a departure from the traditional Web application development paradigm and demands we take a new approach to using Web technologies to deliver compelling mobile applications. This detailed workshop will cover: • What are mobile first, responsive design and progressive enhancement? • How do I use HTML5 features to build mobile Web applications? • How do I use Web technologies to build hybrid applications?
Workshop: Understanding and Customizing Gartner’s Private Cloud Cost Model (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th. )
29 July, 2013 (01:35 PM - 03:05 PM)
Gartner’s private cloud cost model is designed to help IT organizations calculate a per-VM chargeback for their private cloud. In this workshop, attendees learn how the model works and how they can customize it for their own needs. Key questions addressed include: • What should a private cloud cost model provide? • How does the Gartner spreadsheet model work? • How can the spreadsheet model be customized for use in a particular private cloud implementation?
Workshop: How to Determine Whether Your SaaS Provider Is Up-to-Snuff (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th. )
29 July, 2013 (01:35 PM - 03:05 PM)
Choosing a SaaS vendor goes beyond feature and functionality of the desired service. It includes discovering how well the SaaS provider meets the enterprise’s requirements in nine areas: identity, integration, management, security, storage, network, pricing and billing, service levels, and support and communication. Key questions addressed include: • How are enterprises evaluating SaaS providers and what kinds of questions are they asking? • What are the opportunities for the enterprise to optimize their SaaS provider evaluation and selection? • What are enterprise-class vendors doing to meet requirements for their service in the nine evaluation areas?
Workshop: Building a Public IaaS Cost Model (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
29 July, 2013 (03:20 PM - 04:50 PM)
This workshop focuses on determining the cost of public IaaS cloud based on usage and comparing the various pricing models from the cloud providers. How do you build a cloud computing cost model for public IaaS providers that can compare among internal cloud and internal physical deployments?
Workshop: Do Mobile Apps Help or Hurt Customer Service (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
29 July, 2013 (03:20 PM - 04:50 PM)
Many enterprises have turned to mobile apps as a primary means of delivering information and service to their customer base. However, this requires coordination and careful consideration in order to ensure that standards for customer care and quality are maintained. This workshop will discuss the opportunities and challenges that mobile apps create for delivering a consistent customer experience. Key questions addressed in this workshop: • How are mobile apps being used to provide customer service? • Why can this create customer service issues? • What steps can enterprise take to make mobile apps work for them rather than against them?
Workshop: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace: What NSTIC Means to Business (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
30 July, 2013 (08:30 AM - 10:00 AM)
How can more citizens conduct more business on the Internet while having greater control over the use of their information? The government, through its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), has sought to answer that question. Having released the NSTIC, the White House then funded a program office in the Department of Commerce and, along with, it a series of pilot projects. These pilots are intended to explore how more and new kinds of business can be enabled on the Internet through the use of strong credentials and attribute exchanges while enhancing end-user privacy. Attend this workshop to hear from pilot participants as to how identity will help them expand their business. The key issues and questions this session addresses include: • What is the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and how will it affect my business? • Why are enterprises like yours participating in NSTIC pilot programs? • How can greater business be enabled through attribute exchanges and stronger identities while preserving end-user privacy?
Workshop: How to Build a Modern Federation Architecture for a Cloud, Mobile and Social World (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
30 July, 2013 (08:30 AM - 10:00 AM)
Identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure needs to meet the demands of an increasingly networked and outsourced world. Cross-domain access is now becoming commonplace. In order to manage the growing complexity, select standards based products that support more granular and adaptive decision making. Key questions addressed include: • How do you architect to meet the demands of social, mobile, cloud and big data without chasing after point solutions? • How can you evolve increasingly federated IAM systems toward more adaptive access?
Workshop: How to Architect Your Mobile Strategy (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
30 July, 2013 (01:00 PM - 02:30 PM)
At the root of the mobile strategy is the information users need and for which risk of disclosure needs to be managed. BYOD adds another dimension to the problem. This workshop examines the conflicts and trade-offs between use case requirements, application architecture and security, along with decision logic to help navigate through them. This workshop addresses the following questions: • What can I do about unmanaged or unmanageable device? • How do I adapt endpoint and data protection architectures to address BYOD or endpoint independence models? • How do I create a mobility strategy?
Workshop: Practical Security Metrics (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
30 July, 2013 (03:30 PM - 05:00 PM)
Security and risk metrics are subjects of never-ending discussions. In this analyst-led, collaborative workshop we review a practical approach to developing security and risk metrics, and then break into small groups to develop an example metrics list, metrics dashboard, and/or metrics program plan. The results are then socialized with the whole group, so that all participants can use this knowledge in developing or enhancing their metrics programs. This workshop addresses the following questions: • What should good security and risk metrics look like? • What are the actual metrics I can start my program with? • How do I communicate security and risk metrics with management?
Workshop: Implementing a Social Security Number Remediation Plan (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
30 July, 2013 (03:30 PM - 05:00 PM)
The use and collection of Social Security Numbers poses privacy and legal risks with financial and reputational ramifications. Conducting a Social Security Number remediation program identifies and mitigates these risks, providing greater insight into business processes capturing and relying on SSNs, and the information technology supporting them. This workshop takes attendees through the four key steps required for a successful SSN remediation program: Locate SSNs; analyze the results; implement change; create new, repeatable processes. The key issues this workshop addresses include: • Tailoring the program to each organization’s culture and needs • Identifying key stakeholders in the process • Working with legal counsel to determine relevant laws and policies • Establishing long-term plans and programs to support the efforts
Workshop: Cloud Risk Manifesto (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (09:15 AM - 10:45 AM)
Adoption of cloud services has lagged expectations. In part, this is because cloud providers aren’t addressing the IT risks associated with hosting sensitive data, regulated or critical business processes. Furthermore, internal partners criticize IT for a “lack of adoption” without understanding availability, compliance, data disclosure and other risks. This workshop gives voice to the IT Risk Management issues that cloud providers, business partners and IT leadership need to understand and address in order to be able to tap into cloud value. Participants go away with requirements and policy statements that can be communicated to providers, business partners, sourcing and legal to level-set the expectations that must be addressed before these services can be more fully utilized, buy the enterprise or in its supply-chain. The key questions answered in this workshop include: • What are the risks that I need my cloud supplier to address so I can go “all in”? • What are the risks I need my business patterns to understand? • What cloud usage can I tolerate in the offerings from service providers?
Workshop: Shifting IAM Design Principles and Adjusting Your Capabilities Architecture (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (09:15 AM - 10:45 AM)
The rising IAM complexity is driving a shift in IAM design principles from “Manage Access” to “Manage Access Risk.” In this workshop, we discuss how leading organizations are trying to factor “risk” in IAM architecture strategies. This workshop addresses the following questions: • How do you examine IAM capabilities inherent risk? • How do you reduce risk by using a systematic method to adjust architecture? • How do you make a case for and communicate the required change?
Workshop: Securing the Remote and Mobile Workforce (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (01:20 PM - 02:50 PM)
Today, many organizations are pursuing strategies to enable mobile work from any device, any location and at any time of the day. Changes in use cases and mobile work patterns, and the demand for secure remote and mobile access solutions are already influencing policy changes, investments in upgraded infrastructure, and significant changes in IT network, application and security architecture. A mix of technologies — secure wired, wireless, virtual private network (VPN), and server-hosted virtual desktop (SHVD) infrastructure — is needed to support new and expanded use cases for remote and mobile access. In this workshop attendees interact with peers to address the identity and security requirements for common remote and mobile work scenarios, and collaborate on controls best suited for modern workforces. Remote and mobile work scenarios to be examined by breakout groups: 1. Work-from-home programs 2. Road warriors and other extreme mobile workers 3. External access by vendors and partners 4. Individual employees with multiple devices 5. Establishing mobile-device and user identity
Workshop: The Future of the Web is Event-Driven (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (01:20 PM - 02:50 PM)
New lightweight, event-driven platforms like Node.js are changing the game with regards to application architecture. In fact, they change how you need to think about most aspects of application development, from Web design to data sources. • What are the facts and fiction about event-driven frameworks? • How can event-driven frameworks enhance existing applications? • How will event-driven frameworks shape the future of the Web?"
Workshop: Create or Refresh Your SharePoint Statement of Governance (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (02:55 PM - 04:25 PM)
Governance has proven to be the main cause of SharePoint failure. No need to worry or use free governance templates that read like a maintenance manual. This workshop steps you through the issues addressed by proper portal governance. This workshop is also useful for non-SharePoint implementations of portals and intranets. Key questions addressed include: • What is SharePoint governance (and what’s not part of it)? • Why do so many governance efforts fail? What would success look like? • What needs to be addressed in a SharePoint Statement of Governance?
Workshop: Applying the Gartner Hybrid Cloud Networking Maturity Model (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
31 July, 2013 (02:55 PM - 03:55 PM)
A significant network modernization effort is needed to transform enterprise networks to leverage public and private cloud compute models. This interactive workshop outlines the Gartner Hybrid Cloud Networking maturity model and directs attendees on applying the model. Different paths to maturity are discussed based on enterprises’ requirements, and the following questions are addressed: • How is the Gartner Hybrid Cloud Networking maturity model applied to build a network modernization road map and strategy? • What use cases drive network virtualization requirements? • How can organizations avoid common SDN and network virtualization pitfalls?
Workshop: Security Governance for the 21st-Century Enterprise (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
01 August, 2013 (08:30 AM - 10:00 AM)
Most security program failures are not technology-related. Failure is more likely to occur because of poor governance or poor management of the overall program or individual projects. Many security programs lack clear priorities, goals and decision-making processes. As a result, they will likely or already do suffer from cost overruns, timeline slippages or reputational damage. This workshop provides practical guidance on transforming the approaches found in traditional IT security governance models that are focused only on meeting security objectives into practices that are directed at protecting enterprise assets, while focusing on achieving business objectives. The key questions answered in this workshop include: • What does an effective holistic information security program look like? • How best can you establish effective, ongoing security governance? • What constitutes sound formal governance processes and functions for information protection? • How can you ensure that the governance forums are made up of the right people?
Workshop: Enterprise Cloud Strategies: Transforming IT Through Disruption (For End Users Only. Pre-Registration Required. Limit 2 per attendee. Registration will open on June 17th.)
01 August, 2013 (08:30 AM - 10:00 AM)
Successful enterprise cloud strategies require understanding the cloud characteristics that disrupt, and ultimately transform, existing processes and systems. Only then can the enterprise know its next steps to adopting cloud technologies into its IT portfolio. This workshop provides real-world insight and practices for developing an enterprise cloud strategies that support business and IT goals. This workshop addresses the following topics: 1. Targeted business domains for cloud strategy 2. Enterprise cloud taxonomy 3. Defining characteristics of cloud 4. Cloud deployment models 5. Movement to cloud 6. Risks and benefits of cloud
