infoxchange-2009-agenda
| October 8, 2009 - 1 P.M. - 8 P.M. | ||
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1:00 |
Check In, Networking, Exhibitors |
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| 2:00 – 2:15
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Welcome |
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2:15 |
General Session Open Sesame. How to unlock the power of open source as a tool in your business, a catalyst for contract work, or a foundation for new product development. Lessons from the use of Drupal in all 3 capacities will be discussed. Presented by: Neil Giarratana, President, Lucidus Corp. |
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3:00 |
Refreshments, exhibitors |
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3:15 |
Session 1 (Technical Track) - Virtual Reality. (PowerPoint 2007) What’s new in SaaS, On-Demand, and Cloud Computing. When & how Cloud is relevant. Hybrid models that allow traditional software products to benefit without a ground-up rewrite. Presented by : Paul Ressler, fmr VP of On-Demand Delivery for Unica, VP of Hosted Services for Harte Hanks, and VP of Internet Backbone Services for Genuity. |
Session 2 (Business Track) - Money Matters (PowerPoint 2007). How to start, keep, grow, or sell your business in the current financial environment. Panel Presentation by : Mike Marsh, Founder of Unicam, and Jon Carty, Principal at CMC Systems (Both members of eCoast Angels) |
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4:15 |
Refreshments, exhibitors |
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| 4:30 – 5:30
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Session 2 (Technical Track) - The Right Stuff (Adobe .PDF) Tools and Metrics that will improve your software QA and development process. Where Tools are recommended, the best low-cost/no-cost options will be discussed. (Resources, CI Configuration Files) Presented jointly by: Karen Troy, VP of QA at Salary.com and fmr Director of Quality Engineering for Brassring/Kenexa Patrick El-Azem, Principal Consultant, Net Gain Solutions LLC. |
Session 2 (Business Track) - Think Globally, Act Locally (PowerPoint 2007). How globalization best practices and a global-ready mindset will help your product and business, whether you actually sell abroad or not. Presented by: Andrew Mintzer, SVP Product Strategy & Delivery, Bottomline Technologies |
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5:30 |
Networking, hors d’oeuvres, exhibitors |
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6:30 |
Dinner, SwANH annual awards presented by NH Governor John Lynch (invited) |
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