The rules are changing — and multi-enterprise collaboration is your key to staying ahead of the game. Each year as we build our agenda, we look at two things: what is driving change in today's business environments; and, what our customers are doing to be strategic in their evolving ecosystem. This year's agenda will focus on the competitive advantage you need to win in today's business climate.
We'll address the benefits of collaboration both internally — by integrating applications and processes — and externally — by connecting with key business partners, customers, suppliers and regulatory bodies.
Our speakers will offer 'best practices' of how they transformed their businesses to become more adaptive in a collaborative environment.
You'll be surrounded by an outstanding group of like-minded peers — Axway's finest customers and thought leaders across vertical industries — all of whom share your interest in actively evolving their collaborative business strategies to maintain a competitive advantage.
Featured Keynote Speakers
Anthony Williams
Co-author Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Keynote speaker Anthony Williams is a noted researcher, consultant and coauthor with Don Tapscott of
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything — the breakthrough introduction to the new economics transforming business and competition with the emergence of Web 2.0.
All attendees at Connections 2008 will receive a signed copy of his book,
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.
Anthony Williams is Vice President and Executive Editor at New Paradigm, the strategy and foresight think tank. His work has been featured in such publications as
Business 2.0 and
Optimize magazine and widely circulated in proprietary syndicated research programs.
L. Frank Kenney
Research Director, Application Development & Integration, Gartner
"MFT, B2B + SOA = The Future Of Your Business"
Your critical data must be moved securely and protected from leakage, inside and outside the enterprise — all the while file volumes are doubling, and file sizes are growing exponentially. Hear Gartner, Inc. analyst L. Frank Kenney present his research findings around evolving key trends in managed file transfer and B2B, what that means in a global economy, and how these trends impact your ability to deliver on customer demands.
L. Frank Kenney is a research director at Gartner, where he is responsible for research in business-to-business integration software, strategies, methodologies and technologies including EDI, FTP and XML. He is also responsible for research in Web services frameworks and infrastructure. Frank has 24 years of industry experience and has been recognized with Gartner's Pyramid of Innovation Award, and Gartner's Research Innovation Award for Research Excellence Education. He is a graduate of the University of Tampa, where he majored in English, and the Center for the Media Arts, where he majored in musical instrument digital interface technologies and media content creation and distribution. His recent research includes the Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer", 23 June 2008, in which Axway was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant.
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 23 June 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Tracks & Sessions (subject to change)
Technical Workshops (Optional Pre-convention Sessions) — Wednesday, October 8 at 1:00 pm
- Axway Gateway and Interchange Customers: Meet with Axway's Competency Center, Product Management and R&D Teams for an in-depth review and technical discussion on the new features and functionality of Synchrony™ Gateway and Interchange.
WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL!
- Tumbleweed SecureTransport™ Customers: Join members of the Axway SecureTransport Team for a deep-dive into real-world use cases, with a demonstration by New York Life Insurance; plus, an “Ask the Expert” open discussion Q&A.
- Tumbleweed MailGate and Secure Messenger Customers: Hear firsthand the technical benefits of MailGate 3.6 and Secure Messenger 6.4 from the Axway Email Security Team, including tips for EMF migration and an “Ask the Expert” open discussion Q&A.
General and Track Sessions — Thursday, October 9 beginning at 8:30 am
- Welcome & Axway Update: Christophe Fabre, CEO & Dave Bennett, CTO
- Axway/Tumbleweed Post-merger — Integration Overview
- All Tracks: Synchrony Road Map — Vision & Strategy for 2010 and Beyond
Solutions
- Synchrony B2Bi Express
- Building a Glass Pipeline: Discover the Value of Adding Visibility to Improve Your Existing Processes
- Global Standards Update
- Customer Case Study: Hosted SaaS Integration
- Customer Case Study: Beyond B2B Gateway — Internal File Transfer (Jabil, Inc.)
Healthcare
- Customer Case Study: Global Serialization (Genzyme)
- Healthcare On Demand: Advantages of a SaaS Solution
- Customer Case Study: Improve Revenue Performance Through Channel Analytics
- Economic Impact of Data Management/Data Sharing in the Healthcare Supply Chain
- Future of Collaboration 2.0: Partner Roundtable on Serialization (Accenture, Aegate and Blue Vector Systems)
Supply Chain
- Customer Case Study: Building a Global Foundation for a B2B Infrastructure (DB Schenker)
- Real-time Traceability to Secure a Safe Global Food Supply Chain and Its Impact on Business Growth
- Customer Panel: Trading Community Management—Best Practices for On-boarding Tier 2 Partners (APL, DHL and US Bank)
- Risk Management: Securing Sensitive Business Data
- The Perfect Order: Meeting ASN and SLN Mandates
Financial Services
- Payment Integration Readiness: How to Get to a Consolidated Payment Platform (BearingPoint)
- Customer Case Study: Intra Payment and Receivables Management (Wells Fargo & Company)
- Customer Case Study: MFT and PCI Security Standards
- Risk Management: Securing Sensitive Business Data
- Architectural Session: Competing in Payments, Mortgage, Trade Services and More—Complete Your ESB/SOA Strategy with Managed File Transfer
Managed File Transfer/Email Security
- Customer Case Studies: Inbound and Outbound Email in Healthcare (Cleveland Clinic, Tufts Health Plan)
- Extending Your MFT Infrastructure with Synchrony — Best Practices
- Customer Panel Point/Counterpoint: Mitigating Risk Across Your Enterprise
- Customer Case Study: MFT in Action Today, and Needs of the Future (American Express)
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Live Product Demo Stations!
Live product demo stations will be available during all breaks and lunches.
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One-on-One Meetings
You will also have the opportunity to schedule one-on-one meetings during the convention with your peers and with Axway executives and team members from:
- Sales
- Support
- Product Management
- Solutions Marketing
- Professional Services
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