THEME: The New Ways of Work

Information technologies for communication, collaboration, and content management are converging to fundamentally change the ways in which work gets done. At Catalyst 2008, we’ll survey these dynamics, including the shift to software as a service (SaaS), the business value of social software, new information architecture opportunities, and advances in unified communications. We’ll have real-world case studies on related organizational dimensions, as well as study how enterprises can optimize their use of emerging technologies and services to make work more productive, responsive, and satisfying. Sessions will include assessments of SaaS offerings from Google, Microsoft, and others, along with projections of what SaaS and other market trends will mean for next-generation platforms and user experiences. We’ll also review Microsoft SharePoint and its impact on the collaboration and content management market landscape.

Exploit new opportunities to improve work dynamics:

• Explore new user experience techniques and tools
• How and why to exploit software as a service
• How to securely and effectively control content
• Build a business case for social software
• Select strategic next-generation platform suppliers

TOPICS:

Reinventing User Experience with Web 2.0
New user experience models are changing how information workers interact with applications, content, and one another. This topic explores user experience lessons and explains the affiliated market dynamics.
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The Information Architecture Renaissance
New data and content management market dynamics are redefining the information architecture landscape. This topic assesses the new realities and their implications.
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The Business Value of Social Software and Enterprise 2.0
Social software is much more than “Facebook in the enterprise.” This topic explores and explains the business value of social software products and services.
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New Realities for Data Management
Market trends including DBMS-based XML data management and standards such as XQuery are reshaping the data management landscape. This topic explains how to exploit new opportunities and manage related challenges.
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
New financial and architectural realities have promoted SaaS to a first-class application delivery model. This topic will discuss the risks and rewards of SaaS.
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The Next Generation Application Platform
SOA, SaaS, and social software will fundamentally alter the platforms we use to build and operate application systems. This topic will postulate on the next generation application platform.
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