Abstract

The excitement surrounding Web 2.0 is spreading throughout the public and private sectors and has organizations everywhere wondering how best to harness its power. Enterprise 2.0 has emerged as a buzzword that takes Web 2.0 to the enterprise. This offers a great promise of providing business users with the next generation tools to communicate and collaborate far more effectively, personalize and aggregate services from diverse sources, and get a rich interactive experience. Enterprise 2.0 also offers a new paradigm for enterprise developers to build enterprise applications, which are faster to build, content rich, easier to use and offer rich interfaces to end-users.

This session will explain:

• what are the key characteristics of Web 2.0 and what are categories of technologies that constitute Web 2.0
• what is Enterprise 2.0 and how does it takes Web 2.0 to the enterprise
• what is the role of SOA in Enterprise 2.0
• how does Enterprise 2.0 impact business users
• what does Enterprise 2.0 mean to enterprise developers, architects and technologists
• what are some key technologies and tools in the Enterprise 2.0 space

Presenter

Yogi Sikri is a Solution Architect, in the Worldwide Network Solutions for Communications, Media & Entertainment (CME), at the Hewlett-Packard Company. He is responsible for the architecture and solution management of a SOA based platform and Service Delivery Framework, for HPÕs customers worldwide.

Before joining HP, Yogi worked as a Senior IT Solutions Architect at Genworth Financial, involved in the architecture and design of large-scale Service Oriented Architectures in J2EE and other technologies. He has been involved in the software industry since 1993, with expertise in OOAD architecture, design and development, and systems integration.

Yogi has conducted several training programs, seminars and publications. He recently presented on Web 2.0 technologies at the HP SDP Architects Training Summit held in Amsterdam in December 2007. Yogi holds a BS in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Administrative Studies from Missouri State University.

Speaker

Presenter

Yogi Sikri is a Solution Architect, in the Worldwide Network Solutions for Communications, Media & Entertainment (CME), at the Hewlett-Packard Company. He is responsible for the architecture and solution management of a SOA based platform and Service Delivery Framework, for HPÕs customers worldwide.

Before joining HP, Yogi worked as a Senior IT Solutions Architect at Genworth Financial, involved in the architecture and design of large-scale Service Oriented Architectures in J2EE and other technologies. He has been involved in the software industry since 1993, with expertise in OOAD architecture, design and development, and systems integration.

Yogi has conducted several training programs, seminars and publications. He recently presented on Web 2.0 technologies at the HP SDP Architects Training Summit held in Amsterdam in December 2007. Yogi holds a BS in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Administrative Studies from Missouri State University.

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