CONFERENCE FORMAT

Catalyst Conference is the premier education forum for enterprise IT architects, addressing the strategic infrastructure technologies necessary to meet business needs.

Catalyst Conference 2006 will address these In-Depth Areas:

• Application Architecture and Development
• Collaboration and Content
• Identity and Privacy Management
• IT Security
• Networks and Telecommunications

We realize that today’s IT enterprise is about integrating systems and IT Architects can’t and don’t live in a vacuum. Therefore, in addition to delving into the five strategic In-Depth Areas, Catalyst Conference will provide Cross-Cutting Concerns that will address how these technologies intersect and work together to meet business needs.

Cross-Cutting Concerns will cover the following topics:

• Application Security: Deter, Detect and Prevent
• Leverage Services Infrastructure for Improved Business Results
• Reusable Services: Burton Group Infrastructure Services Model
• Vision, Reality and Benefits of Business Process Modeling
• New Realities in Content Control
• Data Center Consolidation, Virtualization and Management
• Is the Evolving Internet Architecture in Sync with What We Need?
• Are Self-Defending Networks Defensible and/or Desirable?
• Converged and Contextual Communication: Architectural and Business Implications
• Real World Success Strategies for Roles and Access Control