Middleware 2020: A virtual discussion on the future of middleware
Middleware has become the cornerstone of modern computing. Since the days of web and application servers, the role of middleware have expanded to require broad portfolios to not only connect applications to underlying infrastructure, but also to develop, deploy, integrate and manage a wide variety of applications, services and data.
Middleware makes web-based commerce, business process improvement and integration possible. As such, it's of strategic importance to practically every enterprise and government organization around the globe.
So what's coming next? How can enterprises make strategy decisions about how to leverage the innovations in technology, architecture, standards, and development models happening now and in the future?
These are important questions with complex answers, which is why Red Hat has convened a group of the IT industry's top middleware thought leaders to discuss these topics and explore the future of middleware.
Join Red Hat and other industry leaders on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 for an interactive virtual forum featuring in-depth presentations and discussions from middleware industry leaders, including Accenture, Adobe, The Eclipse Foundation, Google, and HP.
Schedule
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00-11:15 am EST | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Dr. Mark Little, Sr. Director Engineering, Middleware, Red Hat |
| 11:15-11:30 am EST | Moderator Welcome and Remarks | Brian Stevens, CTO and Vice President of Worldwide Engineering |
| 11:30-12:00 pm EST | Accenture | Max Furmanov, Accenture Foundation Platform Chief Architect and Program Lead |
| 12:00-12:30 pm EST | Adobe Systems, Inc., | Duane Nickull, Senior Technical Evangelist |
| 12:30-1:00 pm EST | Break | |
| 1:00-1:30 pm EST | Josh Bloch, Chief Java Architect |
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| 1:30-2:00 pm EST | Red Hat | Dr. Mark Little, Sr. Director, Engineering, Middleware |
| 2:00-2:30 pm EST | Eclipse Foundation | Chris Aniszczyk, Board of Directors, Elected Committer Representative |
| 2:30-3:00 pm EST | HP | Vijay Seetharaman, Global Java Capability Lead Technologist, HP Enterprise Services |
| 3:00-4:00 pm EST | Closing Remarks | |
*Times are subject to change.
