Your challenges keep growing. You need to provide solutions to your users in an environment where expectations are going up and investment resources are going down. To meet those challenges you need a software platform built with a strong vision of the future and a solid roadmap to help you get there. We have such a vision at Microsoft and we call it “Software + Services” – By bringing together the power of local Software and the best of Internet Services, we maximize choice, flexibility and capabilities for our customers.

Architecting Flexibility is your opportunity to get an understanding of how you can combine the flexibility of how you deliver and manage your resources with the choice of user experience. We’ll discuss the components and capabilities in our Software Platform that you can leverage to create new ways of connecting to customers, meeting more of their needs, and executing in a more agile and cost effective way.

By attending Architecting Flexibility, you’ll gain an understanding of:

• How Software + Services can help increase your agility to challenging conditions.
• How Cloud Computing offers more flexibility than you might think.
• How you can architect solutions for multiple user experiences and make your employees more productive.

Register Now, for any of these cities:

1. Montreal       March 18, 2009
2. Calgary        April 1, 2009
3. Mississauga   April 1, 2009
4. Vancouver    April 8, 2009
5. Ottawa         April 8, 2009
6. Edmonton     April 29, 2009

Architecting Flexibility Details

Session1: The Plus in “Software Plus Services”

A new paradigm of software is unfolding: “Cloud Computing”. Impacts from globalization, economic turbulence and regulation are putting pressure on your business. Can new options available in computation, delivery, and storage address these pressures? What type of impact will this have on your Organization?

By the end of this session, you will

• Be introduced to Microsoft’s vision for flexible cloud computing.
• Understand what Software + Services means to your Organization.
• Understand considerations and initial success scenarios inherent in this new paradigm.

Session 2: Flexibility

Microsoft’s Software + Services vision provides flexible solutions that span on-premises, cloud  and combined delivery models.  This offers you the ultimate flexibility in choosing when and where you use different delivery models.  In this session, we will explore the various infrastructure options Microsoft has today and in the near term, that will allow you to create cost effective solutions regardless of the delivery model you choose.

By the end of this session, you will

• Have explored current and future infrastructure technologies Microsoft is offering to help you deliver on-premises and cloud based solutions.
• Gain a deeper appreciation of the capabilities and requirements needed to deliver a cloud based solution.
• Learn how these technologies can create cost effective solutions regardless of the delivery model.

Session 3: Choice

Choosing the right channels to deliver productive user experiences are very important factors in whether your solution is successful.  Gone are the days of simply choosing “web versus desktop”. You might need to consider hybrid solutions that take the best of the cloud combined with the power of a mobile or desktop device.  In this session we will discuss the importance of the presentation layer in today’s software solutions. 

By the end of this session, you will

• Thinking about why selecting the right presentation layer for your software solution is so important.
• Thinking about how exposing functionality in your application as services is a way to drive further innovation Thinking about when to use multi-channel architectures and how they are helping workforces and consumers be more productive.

Session 4: Panel Discussion

A thought provoking discussion with a panel of experts on Software +Services and the future of computing.

This event is for Senior Technical Managers, Architects and Decision Makers.

Thanks,
Jamie Wakeam
Software Architect Advisor
Microsoft Canada