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Interoperability Track

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The Microsoft Interoperability track will demonstrate how to leverage a real-world mix of Microsoft and other technologies to effectively connect people, data and diverse systems. Topics include:

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Tuesday, April 29
11:15 am–12:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Identity & Access Management Interoperability: Information Cards & Identity Metasystem - Sponsored by Microsoft (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Learn how Information Cards and the identity metassystem provide users with a universal, simple, secure and user-centric method for online authentication that addresses many of the common pitfalls of 'traditional' centralized single sign-on. Speaker - Craig Kitterman, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
4:15 pm–5:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Document Format Interoperability: Open XML, ODF and Beyond - Sponsored by Microsoft (Location: Breakers L ) Document format interoperability is a critical issue to public sector and enterprise IT alike. With the emergence of open standards based formats that leverage XML, a whole new world of interoperability exists through translation. Come learn about how to apply document interoperability tools and techniques to maximize choice and flexibility of formats within your organization. Speaker - Craig Kitterman, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
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Wednesday, April 30
2:15 pm–3:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Content Management Interoperability: Access Enterprise Document Repositories Across Mixed Portal Environments - Sponsored by Microsoft and Interop Vendor Alliance (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Interoperability demonstrated by Meridio, Microsoft, Open Text, SchemaLogic and Vorsite software tools help improve the efficiency of your portals, connect data among different environments, and protect sensitive information; each tool builds on the functionality of the others, providing you with an integrated solution. Speaker - Andy Counts, Senior Solutions Consultant, Open Text Speaker - Lowell Anderson, VP Marketing, SchemaLogic Lowell Anderson -- Vice President of Marketing Lowell has more than 20 years of technology product development and marketing experience in enterprise software, professional services, business development, product planning, and go-to-market strategies. At SchemaLogic, Lowell leads a strong team focused on product management, marketing strategy, and investor and analyst relations. Prior to SchemaLogic, Lowell was Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Vallent Corporation where he was responsible for overall corporate positioning. Prior to Vallent, Lowell was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Metawave Communications Corporation. Lowell also spent 5 years in design engineering and development in the Aerospace industry. Lowell holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana and an MBA from Seattle University. Speaker - Sam Rosenbalm, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
3:15 pm–4:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Ensuring Highly Available, Secure and Responsive Unified Communications Across Heterogeneous Systems and Devices - Sponsored by Microsoft and Interop Vendor Alliance (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Learn how Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Foundry Networks, and Mitel, came together to solve the most common unified communications challenges. The integrated solution improves application delivery and interoperability w/ existing voice networks and the ability to leverage Office Communication Server across heterogeneous systems and devices. Speaker - Amy Mollat-Medeiros, Foundry Networks, Microsoft Speaker - Craig Bender, Senior Engineer, Desktop Virtualization Engineering, Sun Microsystems Speaker - Sam Rosenbalm, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Speaker - Stephen Beamish, VP Strategic Alliances, Mitel
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Thursday, May 1
12:00 pm–12:45 pm	Sponsor Sessions Enterprise Virtualization Interoperability: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Novell SLES Tackle Mixed Environments - Sponsored by Microsoft (Location: Breakers L ) Come see how to leverage the latest virtualization technologies from Microsoft and Novell to maximize your productivity and scalability in a mixed environment containing both Windows and Linux workloads. Speaker - Jose Thomas, Senior Sales Executive, Microsoft
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