In today’s highly competitive markets, organisations need to easily optimise their processes in order to achieve significant financial benefit and operational results. Mark Bodger from ICIT Business Intelligence will describe the steps Littlewoods went through in order to integrate their sales and marketing plan with operational activities and achieve one plan across the business.

By simplifying performance reporting through their use of Applix TM1, Littlewoods were able to achieve better warehouse utilisation, better stock availability, better labour resource planning and improve their real-time operations thus enabling employees to make better, more informed decisions and drive positive improvement.

This session will look at what is required to adopt Operational Performance Management through programs that can deliver results to your organisation.

Applix is a global provider of Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications, based on Applix's TM1. TM1 is a unified application, delivering business planning, budgeting, reporting and analytics for powering strategic analysis of financial, operational, transactional and other business data.

More than 2,200 customers worldwide use TM1 for its tight integration with Excel, real-time response, adaptability, and low total cost of ownership. Delivered by Applix and by a global network of partners, TM1-based solutions help customers manage their business performance and respond to the marketplace in real time.

Martin has been with Applix for more than eight years, the last 2 years as VP EMEA and the previous two years as Managing Director, Applix (UK). Prior to these roles, he held the position of VP, Product Marketing & Management, based in Applix’s US headquarters. Martin has 26 years of experience in the software industry.

Mark Bodger is focussed on delivering planning and operational performance solutions to clients using OLAP technology. Prior to his current role, Mark held the position of Business Information Controller at Littlewoods, based in England, where he managed the strategy, direction and implementation of OLAP solutions to meet the information needs of a growing UK£1.5 billion turnover retail business.

Kalido enables companies to understand and measure their performance throughout major business change, such as reorganizations, mergers or acquisitions. Its unique, patented design allows it to respond to structural changes in the business within hours rather than weeks.

In this presentation you will hear about how Kalido has been used by Shell, Unilever, BP, Owens Corning and others to improve their global business performance.

If you can get immediate access to your gross margin by product, customer, channel and geography across the globe, and can continue to do so consistently through a major reorganization or merger you need not attend.

Kalido provides adaptive enterprise data warehousing and master data management software to Global 2000 companies. The KALIDO(r) application suite (KALIDO) delivers consolidated views of enterprise performance and can immediately adapt them to major changes in the business such as M&A's, reorganization, market consolidation, or new regulatory requirements. This improves the speed and accuracy of management and financial reporting without the cost and delay of operational system standardization.

Kalido customers have typically found they have derived annual savings of millions, and in some cases tens of millions, of dollars through improved management of their company performance and reduction of IT costs.

Mr. Hayler is responsible for guiding Kalido's future direction and championing the customer. He also acts as spokesperson for the company at industry events.

Andy founded Kalido as an independent software company after originally setting up the software venture within the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell). Prior to leading Kalido's spin off from Shell in June 2003, he incorporated and was CEO of Kalido Ltd in February 2001 and subsequently established the Kalido Group of Companies in 2002. In previous roles at Shell, Andy led a 290-person global consultancy practice of Shell Services International, and was Technology Planning Manager of Shell UK Oil. Prior to Shell, Andy worked in a number of senior technology positions within Exxon.

A 15-year veteran of data modeling, warehousing and integration projects, Andy was named a Red Herring Top 10 Innovator in 2002.

At a time when many airlines have struggled, El Al Airlines (the national airline of the State of Israel) has shown remarkable adaptability and growth. Established in 1948, El Al has grown into a prestigious international carrier, ranked by the IATA as one of the world's three most efficient airline carriers. Join Panorama Software's Rony Ross as she discusses El Al's plans to upgrade its entire corporate performance management strategy utilising Panorama's business intelligence and proactive performance management solutions.

Ms Ross will provide a first hand view of how Panorama has been collaborating and working with El Al to strengthen its position in the competitive travel market.

Panorama Software, the company that sold its leading OLAP technology to Microsoft, helps global organizations unlock the hidden value of their information assets to improve business performance and results through SMART, SIMPLE and COMPLETE business intelligence solutions. Panorama takes advantage of the Microsoft and SAP platforms, providing large enterprises with business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions that help to drive better results.

Panorama, a leading innovator of business intelligence solutions, supports customers worldwide in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, telecommunications and life sciences. Panorama has more than 250 partners in 30 countries, and maintains offices throughout North America, EMEA and Asia.

Rony Ross had a successful track record of managing a number of multinational software companies before starting Panorama Software in 1993. In October 1996, the company''s OLAP software technology was acquired by Microsoft Corporation and formed the basis for Microsoft's database technology known as Analysis Services.

Rony holds an MBA in Marketing from Tel Aviv University Business School, a Masters of Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Tel Aviv University.

The opportunity to hear how a TOA works and how it delivers functionality mirroring all the complex requirements involving people which drives any business. You will hear how, with a business driven design philosophy, this EU innovative company has solved one of the biggest business software issues - the gap between business requirements and implementation. Hear how a TOA fits into SOA to deliver the three key attributes for any new software purchase:

• Compliance - to ensure people work within today's regulated environment.
• Agility - software that changes as the business changes.
• Performance Management - real time operational information to be 'predictive' and efficient.

Procession – founded in 1994 – is UK owned and based. It is an innovative software technology company that challenges convention thinking in software development by recognising it is people and their daily tasks that make any business and that business fundamentals do not change.

Procession has been able to separate business logic from technology driven communications resulting in a “generic” application that delivers on the key business requirements of Compliance, Agility and real time Operational Performance Management.

Procession TOA (“TOA”) has been described by a customer thus: "The Procession software is an innovative and powerful application development tool which is business process rather than software vendor driven."

David Chassels was the Founder Chairman of Procession in 1994 and became CEO in November 2001. He has written a number of papers about the importance of technology aligning people and their processes and the evolution of Business Process Management. He currently is challenging software suppliers to reduce complexity in their offerings and focus on human interaction, how business actually works.

Previously David was a Partner in BDO and spent 20 years with ICFC/3i where he was actively involved with early stage companies.

David has served on the Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. David lives in Glasgow where he trained as a CA.

Target Express operates within a competitive marketplace and differentiates its business value through quality, premium services. In a business model where best practice is required to manage delivery of high volumes of parcels across a UK network to multiple customers, process optimisation and good data visibility are vital.

Over 12 months ago, Target Express invested in a new business intelligence platform, QlikView. The project delivered some powerful business benefits, which have quickly had a dramatic affect on operations. Chris Bale explores the realities of building business-to-business web portals to win, develop and keep customer relationships for competitive advantage.

QlikTech is the world's fastest growing business intelligence software company. QlikTech believes information should be available broadly, affordably, and quickly. QlikTech's flagship product, QlikView, makes analysis dramatically easier to deploy, use and maintain. QlikTech's patented technology allows instant, in memory, manipulation of massive datasets on low cost hardware, allowing affordable widespread deployment of sophisticated analytic applications in days.

QlikView has over 3,384 customers in 58 countries, and adds 5 customers every day. In addition to hundreds of small and midsized companies, QlikTech's customers include large corporations such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Top Flite, 3M, and The Campbell Soup Company.

Currently IT Director at Target Express, Chris Bale has spent the past 20 years at the forefront of Pan European Logistics, delivering IT solutions across all aspects of supply chain third party logistics, freight management and express services. Having lived in Sweden, Finland and Netherlands, Chris has championed projects as diverse as distribution optimisation, Pan European measurement systems, supply chain visibility, integration hub development and process integration. Most recently he has pioneered the latest generation of IT based customer solutions to deliver truly value based relationships and services.

Intelligent Communications is the ability to bring people into transactions when needed – the right person, at the right time, using the right medium, be it voice, video, or text.

Intelligent communications is accomplished by embedding voice into business processes, by linking business applications with communications applications, which is software on any network. Services help ensure the security and continuity of intelligent communications.

Our analysis of the market suggests that the communications applications that enable intelligent communications constitute an emerging market category -- Business communications applications .

It’s not business applications – what you buy from Oracle, or Siebel or SAP.

Rather, business communications applications are software that today can be linked with business applications – and in the combination, deliver intelligent communications on a level not known today.

The embedding of communications within business processes is making people more productive by giving them greater capabilities and the ability to control their communications experience; it will make processes more intelligent by bringing people into transactions when needed; and it will make customers more satisfied by allowing businesses to be more responsive to their needs.

Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than one million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable IP telephony systems and communications software applications and services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications - and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services - Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya website: http://www.avaya.com.

As vice president marketing for Avaya in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Lambert is responsible for Avaya’s product and strategic marketing programmes throughout the region. Lambert reports to chief marketing officer, Jocelyne Attal.

Lambert joined Avaya in January 2004, and before entering his current role he was vice-president, Applications EMEA. In this role, he led the development in EMEA of Avaya's latest converged communication software. His remit was to help customers gain economies of scale from IP telephony to reduce costs and improve productivity.

Prior to joining Avaya, Lambert was chief operations and marketing officer for Sherwood International PLC in charge of leading the development of global marketing and channel sales. During his time at Sherwood he was responsible for bringing in over 50 million in new business and delivering profits of 6 million, which in turn resulted in the share price doubling.

Before this, Lambert was corporate marketing director for Dell UK and Ireland responsible for Internet sales for corporate, SME and public sector groups. Heading up a team of 10, Lambert was responsible for a quota of $700 million. He has held a number of senior positions in sales and marketing for Dell, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard.

Lambert has delivered outstanding results in other senior positions he has held in marketing and sales, including implementing strategy for the takeover of Pyramid Technology by Siemens in 1994.

Lambert has over 25 years experience in sales and marketing, and has an Honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Reading.

Aligning business and IT is one of the top management priorities. According to Gartner: “The new global business environment requires new ways of thinking about IT. It demands a more flexible and agile technology infrastructure where executives can quickly align IT investments with business performance.”

Cordys helps companies gain a competitive advantage and address boardroom directives with business solutions to improve overall performance. We help companies increase their agility, efficiency and responsiveness by helping them leverage their IT investments and align them with challenging business objectives through the efficient implementation of business process centric and event-driven Service Oriented Architecture.

Attend this seminar to learn about the four most important questions to ask when developing your new data protection strategy that address the heart of the data growth problem, relieve a number of the pains in the datacenter and remote office when it comes to protecting data, providing better service levels for data protection and how to leverage the data that is collected. It is time to ask yourself “What has your backup done for you lately?”

Avamar is the leading provider of enterprise data protection software that allows corporations to efficiently move, store, and leverage information for business value. Founded in 1999, Avamar provides scalable solutions for global corporations, from medium-sized business to large, multi-national enterprises.

Axion is a data protection software solution that stores its data on an efficient, scalable, and high availability server grid. As a result, Axion can cost-effectively provide storage for large, multi-year archives, all of which are available on demand. By providing secure, flexible access to its centralized data store, Axion helps enterprises unleash the strategic value of their information.

Chris Sweetapple is responsible for leading Avamar Technologies, Inc. business in EMEA. He is driving the go to market strategy and his role involves business and market development, as well as working closely with Avamar’s strategic alliances and Business Partners.

Chris has worked in IT Sales and Marketing for 19 years, focusing on solutions for large corporate organisations, mainly in the Finance and Service Provider sectors. Before joining Avamar Technologies, Inc. he worked at Nortel and Memorex Telex specialising in high speed data centre connectivity and information protection.

This session will explore the challenges that are driving the need for adaptability in today's dynamic supply chains. We will discuss the impact that an agile supply chain can have on the overall business and its ability to respond to change. We will also describe the technologies and architecture required to enable adaptable supply chain solutions. Finally, we will analyze the positive financial impact of implementing adaptable supply chain solutions.

3M Supply Chain Solutions, powered by HighJump Software is a global leader in providing adaptable supply chain execution solutions that streamline manufacturing and distribution from source through consumption. HighJump Software's integrated solutions empower operational excellence in the warehouse and optimize the flow of inventory throughout the supply chain by facilitating collaboration with customers, suppliers and trading partners.

These solutions combine robust, standard functionality; a best practices-based implementation methodology; and a uniquely adaptable architecture that facilitates fast, cost-effective system configuration. As an independent subsidiary in the 3M family of companies, HighJump Software leads the supply chain execution software industry in financial strength and delivers on an unmatched commitment to innovation and quality.

Mr. Chew is a 22-year career veteran of the Supply Chain Execution industry with vocations spanning software engineering, design, implementation, product management, sales, and executive management.

Mr. Chew was the designer of the Exeter WMS which was implemented globally for companies such as Best Buy, Tiffany, Bridgestone Tire, American Airline, IBM and many other tier 1 multi-national companies. In 1997, Mr. Chew was responsible for the design and growth of the Visual Supply Chain product initiative at Lilly Software.

Now with 3M Supply Chain Solutions, Mr. Chew is responsible for developing 3M's HighJump operations in Europe including sales, implementation services and support for HighJump Software's Supply Chain suite.

The delivery of reports is only the beginning. Individual analytical processes need to be enabled with dynamic interaction. Managers need to be able to think for themselves rather than rely on the technical or financial skills of others. In a practical session, Alan Parker of Temtec will show how business intelligence solutions can be used to enable non financial managers with limited technical skills improve their understanding of the complex financial information they need for effective decision making.

Temtec is a leading provider of self-service analysis and reporting software giving non-technical users the ability to analyse business critical information at the speed of thought for better informed decision making. Temtec's key product, Executive Viewer, is designed to optimise user access to information stored on multi-dimensional OLAP databases and includes connectivity to Microsoft Analysis Services, Hyperion Essbase, Applix TM1 and SAP Business Warehouse. Temtec is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a Preferred Partner of Hyperion. Temtec has a worldwide customer-base in over 500 organisations in 50 countries.

Alan Parker has worked for over 20 years in the software industry in a variety of sales, marketing and senior management roles. He has extensive international experience of how complex business intelligence and performance management solutions are used within multinational organisations. His background includes many years involvement with a wide range of multi-dimensional and decision support databases as well as management and financial application products. Alan is a qualified UK Chartered Accountant. He maintains a keen involvement in both the regulatory and performance management issues that impact on Temtec’s worldwide customer base.

As an IT leader, you’ve made commitments. Commitments to security, compliance, clear voice calls, and available applications. Extreme Networks can help you keep those promises. In this session, we’ll show how an open network operating system is the industry’s best approach for enabling advanced voice and security applications with meaningful insight and unprecedented control.

Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how ExtremeXOS differs from other network OS approaches. Participants will also benefit from real-world examples that show how Extreme’s approach solves specific security and voice challenges with extended reach, higher availability, and better performance than alternative solutions.

Extreme Networks, Inc. is a leader in open converged networks. Its innovative network architecture provides enterprises and metro Ethernet service providers with the flexibility, security, availability, and performance required for a true open converged network. Customers around the world deploy an Extreme Networks’ solution to run voice, video and data, all on one network, accessed via wired or wireless connectivity. Only the Extreme Networks’ approach permits customers to build an open network that can incorporate new technologies and new applications.

With its ExtremeWare XOS open platform, Extreme Networks permits customers to easily integrate best-in-class technologies to define their own technology path – one that meets their needs.

At Extreme Networks, Scott Lucas is responsible for developing customer-oriented network infrastructure solutions that embrace today’s need for secure and converged wired or wireless network infrastructure. His extensive background in the networking, mobility and wireless markets provides him with a thorough understanding of user needs, technology advancements, and industry initiatives.

Prior to joining Extreme Networks, Lucas served as Vice President of Marketing for Cranite Systems. He has also held senior marketing and program management positions at Proxim and Cisco Systems. Lucas holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BSEE from the University of Missouri in Rolla.

Learn how to secure your network and employees, regardless of location, using Juniper's award winning security and infrastructure products and solutions.

Also hear how to secure voice applications utilising the global strategic alliance partnership between Juniper and Avaya

Only Juniper Networks can deliver this secure, dependable infrastructure for customers with strategic networking requirements. A leader in innovation, the company has a solid track record of delivering best-in-class networking and security products to solve the industry's most difficult problems. Thousands of service providers - including the world's 25 largest - government, and enterprise customers rely on Juniper Networks innovations and highly scalable, reliable networking and security platforms to deliver the best user experience with the lowest total cost of operations.

Juniper Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Juniper Networks is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol JNPR.

David Small is responsible for the EMEA channels for Juniper Networks. He has 18 years' experience in the I.T. industry, including pre-sales and sales experience in computing, networking, security and software areas.

Prior to joining Juniper Networks, David ran the EMEA channel for Neoteris and before that ran the EMEA and Latin American channel for Trinagy. David has also worked in the networking industry with Cable and Wireless acquisition Anite Networks. Prior to this he had a number of sales and pre-sales roles with Olivetti U.K.

David has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Humberside College.

The strategies of contents and the leading organization of the companies are in full change. Indeed, the volume of information treated is exponential, the culture of "live" information, the universalization of the exchanges impose response times increasingly close to the real time. And in parallel this exponential growth of information and requires and implies an increasingly significant number of actors and impose a true collaborative workflow.

Sequoia
Sequoia is the most important edition agency, independent in France. The agency gathers throught its subsidiary companies 75 collaborators and has among its customers : Peugeot-Citroën, Fromageries Bel, Maaf assurances, Peugeot, Citröen, Banque de France, EDF, Bouygues Telecom, Cetelem, Ligue contre le cancer,... Sequoia develops its talents in 5 principal sectors : Internal communication, B-to-B edition, communication of the social economies, financial edition and engineering of press for the press general public.

Quark
Quark was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1981. Named after the subatomic particle proposed as the building block for all matter, the goal was to create software that would be the platform for publishing.
QuarkXPress made an immediate impact when it was released in 1987. Desktop publishing was in its infancy, and most publications were produced mechanically. QuarkXPress introduced precision typography, layout, and color control to the desktop computer, and delivered those features to designers at a fraction of the cost of proprietary typesetting systems. There are now more than three million QuarkXPress users worldwide.

Edouard Rencker founded Sequoia in 1984 and has been Treasurer of Ujjef since 2000. A former economic journalist then ‘grand reporter’, Edouard was, in particular, a professor at the IPJ, where he taught the techniques of ‘grand reportage’. He has animated many conferences for the directors of communication of large companies. A specialist in information, he brings techniques and methods in design and realisation for the edition products.