Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit

The Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is Friday, 1 February, 2008 in New York City, NY.

New York City, NY (PRWEB) January 24, 2008 -- Capgemini, Google, Jackbe, Kapow Technologies, Mashery, SAP Users Group, Nexaweb Technologies, Serena Software, StrikeIron, The Programmable Web, University of Southern California and many others announces the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit (www.vncluster.com/muny.htm) on Friday, 1 February, 2008, at the New York City Conference Center in the heart of Manhattan.

This Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit provides the deep expertise, open tools and relationships to achieve mastery of enterprise 2.0 mashups (EMU). The Summit is tuned and optimized for CIOs, business leaders, business users, information strategists, IT architects, programmers, developers and knowledge management professionals. The Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is a gathering of the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup community. Speakers and participants are experts, practitioners, sponsors, executives, leaders, scholars, users and stakeholders.

"Software must be designed to allow, and where possible support, rapid modification of sophisticated inter-company processes. It must be capable of mapping not only value chains but entire value networks in order to keep pace with changing conditions," said Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chairman and CEO, SAP AG. SAP is the central nervous system of 47,000 companies worldwide.

Open enterprise mashups and value networks are the future of corporate computing. They are fundamentally redefining operations, tactics and strategies in the smartest organizations. They provide the roadmap to transform yesterday's process orientation into our network-centric future. Enterprise mashups and open social mashups achieve mastery of information for knowledge workers, managers, leaders, and above all, the knowledge economy.

Speakers and enterprise 2.0 thought leaders include:

Stefan Andreasen, Kapow Technologies, Founder & CTO

Patti Anklam, Hutchinson Associates, Author, Consultant

Bob Brauer, StrikeIron, CEO

Rene Bonvanie, Serena Software, Senior VP

Robert Buffone, Nexaweb Technologies, Chief Architect

Patrick Chanezon, API Evangelist, Google

Sam Ceccola, Capgemini, Chief Technology Officer

John Crupi, JackBe, Chief Technology Officer

Paul Kurchina, KurMeta, SAP Users Group, Author, Visionary

Oren Michels, Mashery, CEO

Michael Ogrinz, Bank of America, Principal Architect

Enterprise 2.0 mashups are the fastest growing ecosystem on the Web by far. They are becoming commonplace in and between top global firms. Enterprise mashups drive improvements in resource utilization, productivity, innovation and sharply improved corporate performance overall. Firms have discovered the spectacular business advantages of enterprise 2.0 mashups.

The Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit was conceived and is sponsored by participants only. Sessions are open, low-cost, practical and conversational. Participation is capped to optimize interactions. Join the conversation to improve performance, growth, greater effectiveness, faster innovation, customer delight and mastery of network-centric enterprise mashups.

Pricing and Availability

Registration for the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is open and available now. All are welcome. The event tuition, the full-day learning experience, meals, refreshments, materials, books, discounts, Wi-Fi access and registration is $499.00. Secure, online Website registration in advance required. There is no on-site registration. All are welcome.

Enterprise 2.0 Mashups (www.vncluster.com/muny.htm)

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