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Time : 3pm, BST
Date : Thursday 12th June 2008
Duration : 1 Hour Live
About this event:
Better collaboration between employees and with external partners such as customers and suppliers can be an important way for mid-sized companies to make better use of resources and expertise from within and outside the firm.
Emerging technologies such as social networking, online communities, and re-usable applications – often collectively referred to as Web 2.0 – are opening up new ways to connect staff with relevant expertise and useful information, making them more productive and the company more competitive. And with the rise in mobile working, access to such tools on the move offers firms the chance to take on bigger rivals through smarter use of technology.
This Computing web seminar, in association with IBM Express Advantage, examines the emerging tools, technologies and best practices for improving collaboration in mid-sized companies. Our panel of experts will discuss the opportunities for IT managers and answer your questions. And a real-life case study will look at how one organisation has put collaboration technology into practice and the benefits achieved.
Who should attend?
• IT directors, CIOs, IT managers in mid-sized firms
• Senior executives in mid-sized firms
• Software development managers
• Information managers
• Internet / ecommerce managers
• Web 2.0 experts
• IT integration managers
• Application software managers
Why should you attend?
• Understand the business benefits that can be achieved from making collaboration technology widely available to staff
• Learn from experts how to introduce collaboration technology in your organisation
• Put your questions to our expert panel
• Hear a case study of how one leading organisation introduced collaborative working
• Understand the emerging best practice in collaboration
• Understand how collaboration can help to improve the productivity of your staff
• Find out how collaboration technology can help you make your organisation more competitive
Speaker Profiles:
Bob Tarzey, Service Director,Quocirca Ltd.
Bob's main area of coverage is route to market for ITC vendors to enterprises, the mid-market and small businesses. This includes coverage of the sales channel; resellers, distributors, systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) etc. and alternative routes to market such as on-demand and software as a service (SaaS).
Bob’s focus is generic and includes the total delivery of IT solutions, but he also has a specific focus on IT security, network computing, software as a service and content management.
 Gethin Owen, IT Operations Manager, The Salvation Army
Gethin Owen started his career in 1996 working for Lotus Authorised Education Centre as a Certified Lotus Instructor, delivering Lotus Administration and Developers courses in Release 4, 5 and 6. In 2001 he commenced employment with The Salvation Army at their International Headquarters (IHQ) in London as a Lotus Domino Administrator. As such, his main responsibility was to travel to developing countries setting up, maintaining and training collaborative communication between the offices in those countries and the headquarters in London. As I.T. Operations Manager he is responsible for the day to day running of the I.T. Department at IHQ, managing a team of support technicians on and off site in other countries.
 Darrren Adams IBM Collaboration Business Unit Leader
Darren Adams is currently the Business Unit Leader for the Notes / Domino product family (including Quickr and Sametime) in the UKISA region. Darren has been with the Lotus brand for 16 years, starting in technical support and moving to Corporate Sales as a Systems Engineer in 1994. More recently he has held the role of Lotus Technical Sales Manager for North Region, and then headed up the Microsoft Competitive SWAT team before embarking on his current role.
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