Futures Forum 2005

Presentation (video)

Open Source

Jim Hurley, Sun Microsystems

Presentation (ppt – 220k)

email: jim.hurley@sun.com

Jim Hurley provided a brief overview of the many facets of Open Source, then moved to an open discussion session to examine these questions further exploring one of the most interesting technological and social developments that affect computer software development in recent years.

Ed Esposito, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Presentation (ppt – 160k)

email: Edward.Esposito@bcbsma.com

Transforming the Massachusetts healthcare industry required unique collaborations between state government, caregivers and insurers. Information technology and business educators learned why innovative technology is central to achieving affordable healthcare while continuously improving quality across the system. This presentation provided an overviewed of the Information Technology envisioned in this transformation and the benefits and opportunities anticipated through these collaborations.

Rich Sternberg, Xythos Software
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email: Edward.Esposito@bcbsma.com

Learned how academic and research institutions have deployed cost effective Web based solutions to make information sharing safer and easier for the whole campus community. Reviewed real world examples of student and faculty collaboration systems, showed how medical schools improved regulatory compliance and discovered how to reduce general administrative document processing costs

Susie Stephens, Oracle

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email: Edward.Esposito@bcbsma.comIn this presentation she describes how Oracle Database 10g has been enhanced for the life sciences market. She showed how the Database can be used to access distributed data, integrate a variety of data types, manage vast quantities of data, enable secure collaboration, and find patterns and insights.

Riccardo LaRosa, Molecular

Presentation (pdf – 745k)

email: rlarosa@molecular.com

In the last year, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) have received considerable attention because they offer a viable solution to the integration and consolidation problem that most IT departments are facing today. More importantly, this adaptable, flexible approach is setting a new foundation not only for cost savings, but also a greater ROI and new kind of competitive advantage.

The presentation covered the core concepts of a service-oriented architecture and how organizations should be structured to take full advantage of its benefits. Additionally, Molecular presented a real life scenario of how an SOA is implemented

Dave Nelson, Sun Microsystems
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email: dave.nelson@sun.com

Dave Nelson presented new technologies that is committed to helping educators use and adapt through their Strategic Programs, which create business partnerships with Primary and Secondary (K12) & Higher Education institutions.

Robert Blackburn, Oracle Corporation
Presentation (ppt – 384k)

email: Robert.blackburn@oracle.com

The presentation discussed Grid Computing,
including what it is, why
it’s growing and how it works. There are
different perspectives as to why
Grid Computing should be implemented. TCO, ease
of administration,
consolidation of data centers, and enabling
business all were discussed
while looking into Grid Computing.

Christopher Jennings, Cisco Systems

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