Want to shout about Micro Focus World?
0 comments Posted by Arunn Ramadoss, Head of Connections Program at 01:47If you are as excited about Micro Focus World as we are, then we thought you might want to shout about it too!
To help your shout loud, we have created a new web-widget that you can use to post on your blogs, or websites to spread the word about Micro Focus World.
How do you do that?! Quite simple: Here is the widget below. At the bottom of it, click on the "Embed code" link, and copy the code in the window that pops up, and paste it on your webpage or blog - and, hey presto!
Oh yes - dont forget to sign up, the early bird offer is still on. Like Stephen Kelly says - "the most exciting technology event of 2009, it's not one for you to miss!
See you there!
Video Update: Stephen Kelly on MFW
0 comments Posted by Arunn Ramadoss, Head of Connections Program at 03:57The build up to MFW'09 continues! In this video recording hear Stephen Kelly, Micro Focus' CEO, discussing some of the compelling reasons why you can't afford to miss the 'most exciting technology event of 2009'.
I found the part on the agenda really exciting - "There are 7 tracks, with over 100 sessions to choose from...." and let's not forget the exhibition floor and the partners and sponsors, including Microsoft discussing their Azure Cloud platform, who are going to be there.
Let me step aside, and leave you to listen to Stephen directly:
Welcome to the blog space for Micro Focus World. During the next few months, I will be using this space to discuss the latest developments related to Application Modernization.
My name is Andy Sinclair, I’m a Senior Product Director in the Micro Focus Product Management team, responsible for the products that support our Application Modernization solution.
This solution area focuses on helping organizations that are running mission critical applications on mainframe or proprietary mid range systems, exploit and reuse these assets to deliver more value to the business. This is very topical as more and more organizations tighten purse strings in today’s increasingly volatile economic climate.
Over the coming weeks and months I will be reaching out to our existing and prospective customers interested in understanding how mainframe development teams can help their organizations respond to the new opportunities and challenges that face every business or government body today – that’s what we mean by the overall conference theme of Business 2.0!
Within the Application Modernization track we will look at how to modernize applications on the mainframe more efficiently and explore why more and more organizations are deriving business benefit from running discrete mainframe workload on alternative Linux, UNIX, Windows servers or zLinux partitions. We will also look at how existing mainframe applications can and should exploit Web 2.0 to support the conference sub themes of “On the Web” and “On the Move” and last, but not least, we will explore how Cloud computing is evolving and whether existing mainframe applications can be run “In the Cloud” to deliver business advantage.
We hope you will find these themes not just relevant but exciting. With this in mind, I will be soliciting your thoughts, ideas and feedback on our plans and themes for the conference to ensure that every attendee of Micro Focus World leaves armed with the information they feel can help instigate change that helps “move the dial” in a positive direction.
Hence, this blog space. It’s been set up to enable interaction, not just with myself but with other Micro Focus customers who really care about what topics should be covered to deliver the greatest possible value. Any ideas are welcome until we freeze the agenda, so let’s get blogging.
My name is Derek Britton and I work in the Product Management organization at Micro Focus, on the Enterprise View product.
In the coming weeks and in the run up to Micro Focus World 2009, you’ll be hearing more from me and the conference team as we share with you our thoughts, ideas and your feedback on the plans for the conference. I’m going to help run the Portfolio Management track so any thoughts in that space are welcome.
First things first – you will be receiving invitations by email in the coming weeks, so be sure to register early and get yourself the early-bird discount we will have on offer. The date to mark in your calendars is 11-13 May, 2009, and the location is Dallas, TX.
Next we’ll also be planning plenty of activities for the conference, but we want to build it around YOU. So the point of the blog space, the closer interaction, and the extra planning time, is to allow you the opportunity to shape the agenda the way you want to see it. Any ideas are welcome, so I look forward to your comments! I’ll be writing to everyone in the near future with some outline thoughts, but all input is welcome, and the earlier the better!
I hope this blog will prove to be useful to you; I’m excited to be bringing you updates in this way as I hope it will be interactive, informative and hopefully easy to use!
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