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7:30am - 8:30am
8:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am Welcome
8:45am- 9:30am Morning Keynote Software + Services: Providing A Flexible Foundation For The Government Enterprise That Enables Cross-Agency Collaboration And New Line Of Business Solutions Using Web Services Standards Curt Kolcun, Vice President, Federal Division, Microsoft Corporation As computing and software power continue to grow, we are approaching a new inflection point, Software + Services. It will offer a robust, secure way for government customers to become more agile to their business needs while preserving their existing technology investments. Curt Kolcun, Vice President of Microsoft Federal will share the Microsoft’s Software + Services road map and how customers and partners will be able to choose the best path and the right pace that meets their needs.
9:30am - 10:00am SaaS Market Overview Richard Colven, Vice President, Executive Programs, INPUT INPUT has seen Software as a Service (SaaS) grow slowly within the federal marketplace. INPUT concluded that SaaS is generating a lot of "hype" in the Federal Government marketplace and has captured the attention of many decision makers. However, it appears to be a nascent market at this point and will continue to be so until SaaS success stories gain critical mass within a large department with government-wide visibility that will lead by example.
10:00am - 10:30am Conference Break
10:30am - 11:15am Why are Government Agencies and Departments Reluctant to Adopt SaaS Solutions?
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11:15am - 12:00pm SaaS Lifecycle Why do government customers choose software as a service? How do they make sure that their SaaS deployments are successful? This panel of experts will examine best practices in the SaaS life-cycle. They will discuss the motivations behind the initial decision to go with a SaaS solution, how to choose a good SaaS provider, how effectively to deploy a SaaS solution, and how to make sure that it is properly maintained. The panel will include a Federal government customer, a systems integrator and a SaaS provider who will discuss best practices of SaaS decision-making, deployment, adoption and maintenance. The audience will have a chance to question the panel and learn how to make certain their SaaS projects are wildly successful.
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12:00pm - 1:00pm Networking Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm Afternoon Keynote Innovations and New Business Models Generated by SaaS Bryan Maizlish, Vice President of Advanced Programs & Chief Innovation Officer, SRA International, Inc. Small businesses were early adopters of Software As A Service (SaaS), but large enterprises are aggressively adopting this new and disruptive technology. This is driving new innovations at unprecedented levels and dramatically expanding the capabilities of SaaS, opening the aperture for continued adoption within the Federal marketplace. This presentation will discuss many of these new innovations and business models.
1:45pm - 2:30pm SaaS Architecture Software as a Service is being architected and delivered via a new delivery model. Multi-tenancy, browser interfaces, and SOA are just some of the changes inherent in this approach. Hear why these new technologies are important from the co-founder of a leading SaaS company serving the public sector. Included will be content on how the SaaS approach is being used to create unique opportunities to integrate across multiple applications, collaborate across government entities, and offer scale while maintaining security and privacy.
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2:30pm - 3:00pm Conference Break
3:00pm - 3:45pm ISV Experience A panel of industry leaders discuss their experiences working with government and systems integrators to create successful implementations of On Demand solutions. The moderator and audience will have the opportunity to present critical hurdles and concerns about the new model.
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3:45pm - 4:30pm Closing Keynote SaaS in the Federal Government Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget
4:30pm - 4:45pm Conference Closing Remarks
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