Track E: Managing Mobility and Communications
Work is no longer a place, it is something we do on the road, in the airport, at home, and sometimes in the office. Adapting to the needs of a more decentralized, remote, and mobile workforce must be a priority for all I&O organizations and represents one of the biggest cultural challenges of the next five years. Enterprises need to build mobile networking communications solutions that let the employee work and communicate from all these locations with ease and functionality equal to the best equipped office. Mobile enterprise solutions remain complex, with emerging form factors and device types and few tools. Communications is no longer just voice, it's video, IM, text and a variety of conferencing causing the industry to shift towards unified communications and collaboration technologies and services. But all these solutions are of no value if there is not the right network and network technologies to get to these applications in data center, in the regional server or cloud. The more diverse and complex the environment, the higher the costs and risks. This track will address the most pressing issues facing enterprise mobility, communications and networking executives.
Sessions
Unified Communications and Collaboration Scenario: Are We There Yet?
13 June, 2011 (10:45 AM - 11:45 AM)
The dramatic and rapid convergence of communications, collaboration, and social media, accompanied by new cloud delivery models, poses a critical challenge for CIOs and planners. As Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Google, and Avaya compete among themselves, significant opportunities and risks exist, causing enterprises to re-think their strategic vendor relations and business models.
The Mobile Scenario: A New Age of Mobile Services
13 June, 2011 (01:45 PM - 02:45 PM)
In 2011, the mobile market will enter a new phase of competition and evolution. Network technologies such as LTE will start to roll out, operator, handset vendor and ecosystem battles will become more intense, and new types of mobile device and applications will emerge. This session discusses the trends that will define mobility through 2015 and their impact on individuals and corporations.
Debunking the Myth of the Single Vendor Network
13 June, 2011 (04:15 PM - 05:15 PM)
Most enterprises look at their network as an integrated system and purchase most of the building blocks of their network from one vendor. However, recent research shows that there is no advantage to this approach and, in fact, enterprises can build a more functional network at substantially lower costs by looking at a dual or multi-vendor strategy.
Best Practices for Implementing an Enterprise Wireless LAN
13 June, 2011 (05:30 PM - 06:30 PM)
Designing, implementing and staffing for an enterprise WLAN continues to be a challenge for IT organizations looking to align IT operations, capability, goals and deliverables with the demands and needs of the business. To achieve success, IT operations need to understand the connectivity needs of wireless users. To attain a greater level of cost control, IT control and operational efficiency, they also need to understand the decisions made regarding capacity, transaction density, security and devices that will use the wireless infrastructure, including data, voice and video.
Network Management: Tools of the Trade, Trends and Best Practices
14 June, 2011 (10:15 AM - 11:15 AM)
Many IT organizations have let their network management toolkit dwindle, forcing network engineers to make do with homegrown scripts and manual labor. However, the ability to manage the enterprise network as a service for business applications and new business opportunities is mission-critical. For organizations that are refreshing their network management toolkit, this session provides a tactical primer on the tools of the trade, plus strategic advice for network managers to help jump start their efforts to align with business requirements.
The Strategic Affect of the All Wireless Office on IT Operations
14 June, 2011 (01:15 PM - 02:15 PM)
Infrastructure Operations has been going through several changes in the last couple of years. The requirements for wireless connectivity continue to gain momentum and enterprise installations require more than hanging an access point. At the same time, organizations are implementing new technology such as VoIP that introduces strategic hurdles This session examines those issues and provides a framework for implementing wireless connectivity at the edge of the network.
Pocket Power: Plotting the Future of Mobile Devices
14 June, 2011 (05:30 PM - 06:30 PM)
This presentation focuses on the continuing evolution of mobile devices, associated technologies and their respective operating systems. We'll ground end users with an understanding of smartphone directions combined with a discussion of the various providers of devices and platforms.
The Computing and Communications Tools Your Employees Need
15 June, 2011 (08:00 AM - 09:00 AM)
Computing and communications tools are changing as a result of mobility, virtualization and unified communications and collaboration (UCC). New requirements, new devices (e.g., netbooks, tablets) and traditional devices with expanding roles (e.g., PCs as phones, smartphones as PCs) suggest we need to revisit employee needs. This session assesses computing and communications work styles, and recommends the tools each will need
