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Held: 7-Nov-2007

Where: Reed Smith Philadelphia, PA

Sponsored by:

Making new friends at the gala dinner is all part of the Point Nine experience


…… well, Unified Communications can only be improved
over a relaxing dinner and glass of wine!!


Navid Jam from Sandia Laboratories shares his security concerns and research
... while Greg Bilsky from Novartis enthralled all with his UC thoughts


A full house enjoy a packed day of Unified Communications discussion


The WR Unified Communications team of Jon Neville and Brent Kelly
help Point Niners chart a course through the turbulent UC seas!


Our full day discussing UC and kindly hosted by Reed Smith LLP.,
received rave reviews from all attending.

Agenda

Start	Wednesday, 7-November-2007	Presenter/Moderator
8:30 AM	Coffee & Registration
9:00 AM	Welcome & Introduction	Richard Norris, Wainhouse Research
9:15 AM	Unified Communications – Deployment Methods that Work Brent will present what his research has shown are current best practices in implementing unified communications solutions, including a four-step method for communications enabling certain business processes. He will also outline some of the “gotchas” in certain UC offerings. Brent will take concepts from vendors and end users, and meld them into concrete suggestions for end users. He will provide an overview of key developments and alliances in the UC market and outline what these will mean for end user companies. The session will conclude with open Q&A.	Dr E. Brent Kelly, Senior Analyst & Partner Wainhouse Research
10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:35 AM	Findings and conclusions from a Proof Of Concept evaluation into an integration of  MS OCS and Cisco Call Manager	Kris Acharya Associate Director, Pfizer Inc.
11:20 AM	UC as a Catalyst for Transforming Organizational Performance This strategic presentation that will cover what to expect from UC technology and what to prepare for within your organization, so that performance improvements are achieved.	David Leach, Senior Public Consultant, Siemens Communications
11:50 AM	Lunch
1:00 PM	UC visions and strategies	Dennis Murphy, Executive VP, SPL Integrated Solutions
1:30 PM	Who is Watching You?  Unified Communication Technologies Security As Unified Communication systems usage has increased in recent years, concerns about security of these communication devices has also grown.  The Video Conference and Collaborative Technologies Group at Sandia National Laboratories decided to perform a thorough security risk analysis on these devices.  They tasked the Center for Cyber Defenders (CCD) with performing a risk analysis on the Polycom and Tandberg Codecs	Navid Jam, Sr Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Labs
2:10 PM	Challenges in UC+C for The Global Enterprise This presentation will speak to the issues with bringing in the +C portion and some about challenges with the global aspect of UC (switch upgrade challenges, dis-similar backends, financials, trust and privacy)	Greg Bilsky Director, Mobility Strategy & Architecture Novartis
2:50 PM	Coffee Break
3:10 PM	Preparing for Unified Communications in a multi-national organization This presentation with open discussion will focus on the real-life, critical success factors to consider in planning a UC strategy.	Jon Neville, Practice Consultant Wainhouse Research
3:40 PM	How WR can support your UC initiatives Not sure where to start? You know what you want to achieve but unsure how to move forward? Need an independent, experienced resource? We discuss how WR can help support your UC efforts.	Jon Neville, Richard Norris & Andrew Davis Wainhouse Research
4:30 PM	Conclusions & Wrap-up	Richard Norris & Andrew Davis Wainhouse Research
5:00 PM	Adjourn

Associated Wainhouse Research Resources

In support of this meeting Wainhouse Research offers an extensive set of Unified Communication market intelligence studies. For further information see UC Reports.

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