So, MF Live has arrived, and I wanted to take this opportunity to draw your attention to some great content and panel sessions. As head of analyst relations for Micro Focus, it's always good to meet so many industry experts, to hear their thoughts and debate the priority issues affecting our customers. As an MF Live attendee, you have the chance to hear them too, as they take you through a veritable alphabet of interesting subjects - all the way from APM to zSeries modernization!

We have Dale Vecchio from Gartner, speaking on the impact of the economy for IT, and the things we need to be doing to make sure we come out on top.

We have Jim Johnson, chairman and founder of the Standish Group. Jim will be speaking on driving the costs out of IT, and will also be participating in our live panel on Safeguarding IT Assets - where he'll be sharing his thoughts on why latest research shows that IT's failure rate is on the increase.

And we have John Rymer, from Forrester Research, taking us into the Cloud - explaining the benefits... and some of the risks... of taking enterprise applications 'off premise', and why the CFO should be so interested.

So, head along to the MF Live site and take a look. And feel free to send me any comments or thoughts you have on what you hear.

Best regards,

Julian