Broadband World Forum Europe examines the latest broadband technology developments, challenges, services, and applications, with particular emphasis on the European market. By analyzing the range of these broadband developments, the World Forum provides a unique venue through which to evaluate strategy and make informed decisions.

This half-day event is entitled Service Oriented Architecture – Benefits and Practicalities. The driving principle behind SOA is the ability to dynamically deliver those services and end-to-end processes required by users in a flexible and cost-effective manner. This event provides the tools and information needed to implement a companywide SOA solution that deploys agile, manageable and secure technology. The agenda is as follows:

09.00 - 09.05: Introduction  - Peter Russell, Regional Manager, Microsoft NI

09.05 - 09.35: Practical SOA - Derek Clydesdale, Solutions Director, Asidua

This session explores how the right SOA choices can underpin true Enterprise Innovation. In addition, the session will bring an architectural perspective, showing how SOA can readily be achieved and a practical perspective by discussing the impact of “non-functionals”.

09.35 - 10.05: SOA the Microsoft Approach - Cormac Keogh, Microsoft Solutions Architect

Microsoft’s design and technology approach to SOA.

10.05 - 11.00: Microsoft’s Customer Care Framework - Kai Bechtold, Solutions Specialist, Microsoft WE

A practical SOA framework.

11.00 - 11.15: Break

Coffee and tea

11.15 - 12:15: SOA in Action - Derek Clydesdale, Solutions Director, and Bob McClean, Sales & Marketing Manager, Asidua

Local private and public sector case studies will be used to map how the introduction of SOA elements addressed business issues and led to tangible and realisable benefits.

12.15 - 12.20: Close - Peter Russell, Regional Manager, Microsoft NI

12.20 - 13.20: Lunch

Buffet lunch

For the fourth consecutive year, Asidua is pleased to provide corporate sponsorship for the MENCAP Race Evening at the Down Royal Racecouse - Summer Festival 08. Last year, this charitable funding-raising event collected almost £60,000.

Asidua again sponsors the third race of the evening's programme, the Asidua Maiden Hurdle. Last year, jockey David Casey completed a double when he ruled "Eastern Canal" to victory in the Asidua Maiden Hurdle and was presented with a special City of Derry Crystal trophy by Asidua CEO Dr. Steve Brankin; Casey's earlier win had been gained on "Safari Run" in the opening Mares Novice Hurdle.

MENCAP offers information, support and a range of services for children and adults with a learning disability. They also campaign for choice, opportunity and respect for people with a learning disability and their families. Asidua wishes MENCAP every success with the Race Evening event.

For more information about the work of MENCAP in Northern Ireland, visit: http://www.mencap.org.uk/html/mencapni/welcome_to_mencapni.htm

Come and talk to Asidua - Northern Ireland's fastest-growing IT company - at Northern Ireland's biggest and best graduate recuitment event. Asidua will be located in the main Assembly Hall at the University of Ulster Jordanstown campus on Thursday, June 12. This major annual recruitment event is organised in association with the Student Guidance Centre at Queen's University Belfast.

For further information please contact: Angela Hamilton tel: 028 9036 6247

Enda Reynolds, Managing Director of Dublin based Asidua Ireland, will deliver a presentation about Asidua - the fast-growth IT company and its enterprise software technology - at Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

Students are welcome to attend this informal presentation in Room 1402, ask questions, and find out more about the range of graduate IT career opportunities with Asidua in Dublin, Belfast, and Birmingham.

Enda Reynolds, Managing Director of Dublin based Asidua Ireland, will deliver a presentation about Asidua - the fast-growth IT company and its enterprise software technology - at the University of Limerick.

Students are welcome to attend this informal presentation in the Charles Parsons lecture theatre, ask questions, and find out more about the range of graduate IT career opportunities with Asidua in Dublin, Belfast, and Birmingham.

Asidua is one of the high-tech industry presenters and employment exhibitors at the IT Employers Fair at the University of Ulster (Jordanstown campus) on Monday, February 18, 2008. Various Northern Ireland based IT companies will exhibit in the 16G Foyer from 1.00pm onwards; there are 30-minute employer presentations scheduled throughout the afternoon. Students are welcome to attend this series of presentations, ask questions and find out more about the range of graduate IT career opportunities with leading software company Asidua in Belfast, Birmingham and Dublin:

• Asidua presentation: 2.45pm - 3.15 pm

note: for other IT company presentations, contact UUJ for details

The Telemanagement Forum facilitates over 80 technical programs and provides extensive training, conferencing and information services to its members. Through its initiatives to help providers move to 21st century "lean" processes, the Forum helps its members automate business processes by deploying operational systems that will work seamlessly across various parts of the service delivery chain. The organization provides industry benchmarks, guidebooks, process and software frameworks and specific "plug-and-play" standards. These give service providers the direction and specific roadmaps to achieve much greater business efficiency and operational flexibility.

Telemanagement Forum World 2008 is the global meeting ground where distinguished speakers, analysts, service providers and technologists from the world of information, communications and entertainment services come together to identify opportunities and the vision for this converging marketplace. With over 3500 attendees from service providers and their suppliers coming from over 70 countries, this major event covers the management of services from from the business drivers to the technology and systems that design, deliver, monitor and bill for them.

The driving principle behind SOA is the ability to dynamically deliver those applications required by end-users in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Many organisations have successfully completed small-scale SOA pilot projects, but these have highlighted a number of business management challenges that must be addressed before wider-scale adoption can be started. Specifically:

• complexities surrounding the ability to map business processes
• where to invest in SOA for maximum ROI
• how to translate the benefits of SOA from technical to business language

The Service Oriented Architecture 2008 UK conference will examine various topics, including:

• using SOA to establish a tighter relationship between business strategy and IT
• managing IT governance and enhancing standardisation through SOA
• modernising infrastructure with SOA

This IDC conference is designed to enable end-users to make informed decisions about where and when to use SOA, and includes end-user case studies and presentations from leading vendors and analysts. If you are responsible for developing and implementing your organisation's IT strategy this conference will provide you with the tools and information you need to implement a companywide SOA solution that deploys agile, manageable and secure technology. Typically, IDC's SOA conferences are attended by: CIOs, COOs, IT directors, IT managers, networking specialists, infrastructure specialists

More information

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8987 7140 
E-mail: cteiro@idc.com

The Computer Science Careers Awareness event is an ideal opportunity for organisations to raise their company profile and promote graduate and placement opportunities to students. Students from 1st year through to postgraduate level will be in attendance from the following degree pathways:

• BSc/BEng/MEng Computer Science

• BSc Business Information Technology

• BSc Computing and Information Technology

• BEng/MEng Electronic Software Engineering

• MEng Computer Games Design and Development

Already the world’s most popular broadband access technology, DSL is set to continue its growth by acquiring more customers and higher bit rates. The evolution of multimedia services has led to the development of higher speeds, optimised QoE and QoS, and improved stability. DSL Summit has been specially researched and designed to be of great benefit to incumbent and alternative operators who are looking to optimise their DSL networks to meet the ever evolving demands of multimedia services.

Asidua presentation :: "Shared Services as a Vehicle for Customer Centricity"

speaker :: Derek Clydesdale, Technical Design Authority, Asidua Ltd

synopsis :: Shared Services are often an effective means to lower costs through technology consolidation. However, there is a growing realisation that the consolidated technology can be leveraged to provide better customer & citizen centric experiences. This session will demonstrate how some, in both corporate & public sectors, have combined consolidated & process improvement in a SOA approach to create substantial sustainable benefits.

stand :: Asidua booth, level 1 concourse, Waterfront Hall

Staged in association with the Northern Ireland Review of Public Administration (RPA), and organised by Public Service Partnership (PSP), Asidua participates in the public sector focused "Reorganisation & Shared Services Northern Ireland" conference and exhibition at Belfast Waterfront Hall on Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

Asidua and invited guests attend the annual CBI Northern Ireland lunch at the Culloden Hotel.

Keynote: Martin Broughton*, President, CBI

*Martin Broughton served as Deputy President of the CBI, succeeding Sir John Sunderland as President in January 2007. He became chairman of British Airways in July 2004, having joined the board of BA in 2000 as a non-executive director and been appointed deputy chairman in October 2003. He was formerly chairman of British American Tobacco plc (BAT), having previously been group chief executive and deputy chairman since 1993. He joined BAT as a travelling auditor in 1971 and held a variety of financial positions before becoming finance adviser for Asia. He moved to the group’s Brazilian subsidiary, Souza Cruz, in 1980, becoming finance director. Martin is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists and serves on the International Advisory Board of the British American Business Council. He is also chairman of the British Horseracing Board. Martin is married with a son and a daughter and enjoys golf, football, horse-racing and the theatre. The CBI's mission is to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the UK can compete and prosper for the benefit of all.

Socitm Annual Conference 2007

Delegates are drawn from the membership of Socitm, the professional association representing senior managers in public sector ICT, particularly in local authorities and other locally delivered public service like the police, fire & rescue services, housing associations and larger voluntary sector organisations. Conference attendees are likely to be directors or heads of ICT and/or senior ICT managers. Non-members are also welcome. Elected members and heads of corporate functions like e-Government, transformation, corporate resources and finance may also attend. This is not a public event, so only delegates to the conference attend the exhibition.