past appearances
Collaborating around the globe: a Google Apps case study with WWF
On-demand webinar. Access replay now.
Join MWD's Principal Analyst for collaboration, Angela Ashenden, as she speaks with Neil Morgan, Intranet Manager International at WWF International about how WWF uses Google Apps for Business to provide a more interactive, social and collaborative environment to support project teams spanning the globe.
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IBM UK IMPACT2011
19 May 2011, Riverbank Plaza Hotel, London, UK.
MWD's Research Director Neil Ward-Dutton faciliatated a panel discussion with senior IBM executives and IBM customers DWP and Barclays at this one-day event.
AIIM Members briefing
8 April 2011, London
Neil Ward-Dutton led a discussion on Strategies for the Cloud for Advisory Trade Members of AIIM, the global enterprise content management association.
This Week in Lotus
Podcast appearance, 4 March 2011. Listen now.
Episode 41: I'd like to see Steve Mills do the monkey dance... MWD's Angela Ashenden features on this podcast discussing the work of analysts, the state of the collaboration marketplace in 2011, IBM's new Social Business campaign and more...
Pervasive BPM: The Role of the BPM Competency Center
23 February 2011 - online webinar - register here
Enterprises introduce BPM to improve their operational performance by managing their business through managing their processes. This requires a change in management approach throughout the organization so BPM becomes "business as usual". The BPM Competency Center is a key enabler in the pervasive adoption of BPM. It provides a "one-shop-stop" that supports multiple BPM initiatives with the necessary methods, practices and tools, while enabling the enterprise to progress overall BPM adoption.
In this webinar Neil Ward-Dutton of MWD Advisors opened by describing the importance and role of the BPM Competency Center. Lionel Loiseau of BNP Paribas then discussed the experiences of BNP Paribas in implementing a BPM Competency Center.
Seven ways BPM tackles telecoms operational challenges
16 February 2011 - online webinar - replay available here
Today's telecoms service providers face a perfect storm of major pressures on profitability: driven by higher demand for fixed and mobile bandwidth, combined with the impact of more stringent pricing regulation, the effects of service commoditization and threats from "over the top" voice services, and more. Against this backdrop, the ability to protect margins through the pursuit of new revenue sources and addressing loyalty and churn issues is vital.
But supporting the kinds of new initiatives that are so urgent is going to be very difficult unless ways of rapidly integrating services and management processes are found that eliminate, rather than exacerbate, complexity – and this is where BPM comes in.
Research Director Neil Ward-Dutton spoke with Dr. Michael Rowley, CTO of Active Endpoints on Wednesday, February 16 at a free webinar that explored telecom's operational challenges and the right tools to empower you to respond quickly and affordably.
Aarhus 2010: Knowledge sharing summit for online professionals
2-4 November, 2010: Aarhus, Denmark
Principal Analyst Angela Ashenden presented on "The social intranet: online communities for enterprise collaboration" at this J. Boye event.
Business Process Management Conference Europe 2010
27-29 September 2010 - Park Plaza Victoria Hotel, London, UK
MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton delivered a presentation at this event entitled "Improving the process of process improvement through stakeholder collaboration".
To find out more about this event please visit http://www.irmuk.co.uk/bpm2010/
This event was organised by IRM UK.
Intranets at Work
22 September 2010 - at The Royal Commonwealth Society, London, UK - 8.30am-5.30pm followed by a drinks reception
This is a one-day event for intranet professionals where attendees and can meet with and learn from a large number of experienced peers from organisations including Aviva, BBC, EDF Energy, Metropolitan Police, Oxfam, Unilever and many more. In the afternoon session, MWD's Angela Ashenden spoke on effective "social" approaches to knowledge management and the cultural implications and challenges this represents.
This event was organised by J. Boye. For further information please visit the event website.
BPM, Business and IT: What It Really Takes To Collaborate
Online event - 16 September 2010 at 1pm EDT, 10am PDT and 17:00 GMT - Replay available here.
Much of the excitement about business process management (BPM) comes from the realisation that it can change how business users and IT experts work together to design and implement process applications. And, much of the trepidation about BPM comes from this same realization.
On Thursday 16 September, MWD Advisors Research Director Neil Ward-Dutton and Active Endpoints CTO Michael Rowley presented “What It Really Takes to Collaborate,” in which they will explore the organisational, cultural and technical elements that combine to create successful BPM deployments.
This event was organised by Active Endpoints.
Manchester Insight Client Event
7 September 2010 - 11.30am-3.30pm - Manchester Central, Manchester, UK
The Manchester Client Event is one of the UK's most comprehensive congregations of IT professionals. The 2010 event sees the launch of the Cloud Zone.
At 1.15pm MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton delivered a keynote presentation followed by Q&A in a session called "Cloud Computing Practicalities: A scenario-based approach."
This event was organised by Insight. For further information please visit the event website.
The future of BPM delivered: Simplified, complete and empowering for SOA
24 June 2010 - Apex City of London Hotel, Tower Hill, London, UK
MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton delivered the keynote presentation: Combining BPM and SOA Business Value. For more information about this event please click here.
This event was organised by Oracle.
Making the right connections between BPM and SOA
26 May 2010 - online webinar
MWD's Research Director Neil Ward-Dutton joined Active Endpoints to deliver a free webinar that explored the connections between BPM and SOA. This webinar delved into BPM and SOA from a strategic architecture and governance perspective as well as from a tactical project execution perspective, and explored why a SOA team will often think of BPM primarily as being about service orchestration. It also explored the consequences when the BPM team has very little understanding of SOA at all. In this webinar, you will learn how to get the most out of bringing BPM and SOA initiatives together.
This event was organised by Active Endpoints.
CloudSlam'10
23-25 March 2010 - Cloud Computing Virtual Conference
MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton delivered a keynote presentation at this event and also moderated the Headline Panel discussion.
To find out more about this event or to register, please visit http://www.cloudslam10.com/
Tomorrow's IT Leaders Part 1
On-demand event (first available 2 December 2009).
This "Computing" web seminar, in association with IBM, is the first part of a two-part web seminar programme that aims to identify the key skills required by the IT leaders of tomorrow, and to help today’s IT professionals to map the personal and career development path needed to reach the top of their profession. MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton will present on "The role of the CIO". For more information and to play the recording visit the event website.
Tomorrow's IT Leaders Part 2
On-demand event (first available 9 December 2009).
This "Computing" web seminar, in association with IBM, is the second part of a two-part web seminar programme that aims to identify the key skills required by the IT leaders of tomorrow, and to help today’s IT professionals to map the personal and career development path needed to reach the top of their profession. MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton joins David Henderson, Technology Strategy Partner & Capability Development Leader IBM Global Business Services, and Fiona Capstick, Vice President, Geographic Integration Executive, Office of the CIO, IBM. For more information and to play the recording visit the event website.
IT for the agile organisation
12 November 2009, 15:00 GMT, online event
This "Computing" web seminar, in association with Oracle, looks at the platforms and processes that make up an agile IT strategy. MWD's Neil Ward-Dutton is on the expert panel that will discuss the latest technologies and best practices used by leading-edge organisations to deliver IT that will help them thrive once the downturn ends. For more information and to replay the seminar visit the event website.
Webcast: Unlock key strategies for successful systems development
20 October 2009, online event (9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET / 16:00 GMT)
Are you involved in developing embedded software, systems engineering or designing systems of systems? Are you interested to know what challenges your peers face and what practices they have put in place to tackle them? Would you like insight into what strategies to consider when looking at improving the maturity of your systems development process? If the answer to any of the above is yes, then join this webcast with MWD Advisors analyst Bola Rotibi and Dominic Tavassoli. Program Director, IBM Rational to learn how to “Unlock the key strategies for successful systems development.”
This event is sponsored by IBM.
ITARC NY
12-14 October 2009, New York, USA
Neil Ward-Dutton will present on BPM and Cloud research at this IASA event. For more information please visit the IASA's website.
Webinar: Stop the chaos: Taking control of software delivery
1 October 2009, online event (3:00pm BST | 4:00pm CET | 10am EDT)
With the increasing business-criticality of software, software delivery needs to be business-focused - and it needs to be treated as a business service. So what can software teams do to stop the chaos and start delivering software on time, within budget and fit for purpose? In this webinar, MWD analyst Bola Rotibi will build the business case for application lifecycle management (ALM) discussing its renewed impetus in these difficult economic circumstances and how to leverage ALM in overcoming traditional pitfalls in software delivery. You will gain a greater understanding of what ALM should mean to your business and why it is important for the next generation of software driven business services and applications.
CBR Editor, Jason Stamper, will conclude by moderating a fulsome Q&A between the experts and the webinar audience. All in all, an event not to be missed by anyone facing challenges and looking to prevent failures in software delivery.
This is a CBR event sponsored by MKS Systems Ltd.
BPM Europe Conference: Panel
28-30 September 2009, London, UK
Neil Ward-Dutton will appear on a panel at this event. Please visit the event website for further information.
Microsoft Architect Forum. Cloud: An Architectural View
25 September 2009, London, UK
Neil Ward-Dutton topped the agenda at this one-day event aimed at IT architects. Neil's presentation was titled: Articulating the value of cloud computing. For more information please contact us.
Afternoon seminar: Collaboration
9 September 2009, London UK
MWD Principal Analyst Angela Ashenden presented at this half-day event designed for senior IT executives and CIOs organised by J.Boye. For more details about J.Boye and to find out how to become a member of this Community of Practice please visit the J.Boye website.
Conferencing: the Trends and Benefits of Collaboration
27 August 2009, online e-seminar
Angela Ashenden presented at this e-seminar hosted by Adobe UK. During this session Angela discussed the major components of web conferencing and demonstrate how you can cut costs and create more sales and marketing opportunities. For more information on the Adobe Connect platform visit www.adobe.com.
Pegasystems On-Demand Event
Available from June 2009: On-Demand online delivery
In June 2009 Pegasystems launched an online on-demand event entitled "Why is customer experience so important in today's economy?". As part of this event, Neil Ward-Dutton presents on "For CRM, process is king" for this on-demand event run by Pegasystems. View Neil's video and download his presentation here.
TIBCO NOW Road Show London
18 June 2009, London, UK
Neil Ward-Dutton presented on the topic of articulating the value of Cloud computing at this exclusive UK event.
IBM IMPACT 2009
4-6 May 2009, Las Vegas, USA
Neil Ward-Dutton presented on the topic of event processing at this large-scale IBM user conference.
IMS Content Management Expo
2-4 December 2008, London, UK
Angela Ashenden participated in a panel session exploring the state of the Content Management and Collaboration technology market at this well-established event.
Nordic CIO Summit 2008
24-26 November 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
Neil Ward-Dutton chaired this prestigious conference and present on the topic of IT-business alignment.
BPM Conference Europe 2008
29 September-1 October 2008, London, UK
Neil Ward-Dutton presented findings from MWD's European BPM maturity and adoption survey at this prestigious European BPM event.
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