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!