Keynotes
NetIQ is pleased to host Geoffrey Moore as a keynote speaker for NetConnect 2007. Leveraging his extensive background as a leading authority in the technology industry, Moore's session will focus on meeting the on-going demands of technological innovation to create new sources of competitive advantage, without compromising the integrity of your existing mission-critical systems. Join us to gain valuable insight on addressing your organizational challenges and evolving your enterprise.
Moore will share best practices to evolve your enterprise, presenting a unique analogy to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, leveraging examples from his most recent book, Dealing With Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. He brings along practical recommendations to address challenges every business strives to overcome.
Moore has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his life's work. His books, Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, and Living on the Fault Line are best sellers and required reading at leading business schools.
He is currently Managing Director at TCG Advisors and a Venture Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. Moore holds an undergraduate degree in literature from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He also served as an English professor at Olivet College.
Join us to hear David Williams' discerning perspective on IT Operations Process Automation and the impact it can have on your business. A top industry expert, Williams will present the latest research and analysis on Run Book Automation (RBA), a fast-paced, emerging market segment, addressing the need to automate IT operations processes to increase IT operational efficiencies.
Although workflow products have been around for many years, most have failed to deliver IT operations process automation. As a result, there is significant interest and pent-up demand for RBA products. RBA products not only assist organizations to establish processes, but they also serve to associate processes with the appropriate underlying IT management tools. Moreover, this new category of products ultimately assists IT operations to adopt best practices and automate processes within and across IT management silos—especially for IT change and configuration, fault and problem management, and the provisioning of the IT infrastructure.
Prior to joining Gartner, Williams served as vice president of marketing at AlterPoint, a pioneer of enterprise network configuration management products. Before AlterPoint, he was director of worldwide marketing at BMC Software. In addition, Williams held a number of executive roles at IBM Tivoli, including vice president of product strategy and product management, responsible for Tivoli's $1.8 billion enterprise management portfolio.
