| July 26, 2012 | |||
 7:15 am - 8:15 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Andrea D'Amato, Publisher, Network World | ||
| 8:30 am - 9:15 am | Embracing the Mobile Imperative Joanie Wexler, Contributing Writer, Network World Challenge Series; Technology Analyst and Editorial Director, Webtorials TechNotes Mobility in the enterprise -- and our daily lives -- is here to stay, and its footprint and influence is expanding. What does the broader mobile environment look like? What are the drivers, benefits and challenges of the BYOD/COPE craze? There are numerous enterprise mobility management approaches available (and still emerging!) for handling BYOD, COPE and other challenges. All, of course, have their advantages and tradeoffs. Generally, how do they stack up against one another? Join us for this session to gain insight into proactive steps you can take to embrace the mobile future, secure your environment and adapt to future growth.  | ||
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Simplifying Enterprise Mobility: BYOD Style Kevin Kiley, Director of Enterprise Sales, AirWatch According to a recent study conducted by an AirWatch partner, 40 percent of workers use personal devices to access business content. For companies considering implementing a BYOD policy, they must consider their options carefully. Join us as we explore what to look for in flexible models for asset management, policy enforcement, and distribution of profiles and apps based on device ownership. | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshments and Networking Break | ||
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Managing and Securing the New World of Mobile Devices Hadi Nahari, Chief Security Architect, NVIDIA What was once relatively simple – managing a closely sanctioned set of corporate-owned devices – has become disrupted by employee-owned devices that serve today’s blended professional and personal lives. As such, users are pushing hard to attach their devices to corporate networks and apps. In this session, hear how one Bay Area technology company – NVIDIA – has successfully charted its own mobile initiative, and learn from Hadi Nahira, Chief Security Architect with NVIDIA, the practical solutions and facilities that companies can employ now to bolster the security and management of their BYOD efforts. | ||
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | BYOD and Enabling Mobility for All Bryan Whitmarsh, Senior Director, Mobile Solutions, SAP Organizations are permitting, and even encouraging employees to bring their own mobile devices into the workplace to be used for work purposes. This trend is shifting how devices are procured, paid for, managed and supported. While many organization may look to BYOD as a way to lower the cost of enterprise mobility, the true value should be placed on bringing productivity and communications advantages to a much broader group of employees, thereby enabling ‘mobility for all’. Join us for this session to learn how SAP, a global company with over 40,000 mobile devices in use, has realized significant business benefit from mobilizing employees around the globe and embracing BYOD policies in over 10 countries. Driven by the consumerization of IT and the company’s mobile-solution focus, SAP offers all employees the option to use either a corporate-owned or personally owned mobile device for work. Learn from SAP’s firsthand expertise, and explore the importance of mobile applications when defining your BYOD strategy. | ||
| 11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Enterprise Mobility Management Done Right: A Panel Discussion Bruce Vincent, Chief IT Architect and Strategist, Stanford University Kelly Napoli-Floto, Director, Enterprise Customer Support , Robert Half International, Inc. Donald OGrady, Vice President, Property Technology, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Chris Webb, CEO, ChowNow Joanie Wexler, Contributing Writer, Network World Challenge Series; Technology Analyst and Editorial Director, Webtorials TechNotes Sometimes the best enterprise advice comes from those who’ve aggressively adopted diverse mobile device management policies, or those who haven’t for important reasons, or those who’ve bumped into a few walls along the way — and especially those who can share what went right and wrong that can benefit others. Don’t miss this revealing discussion chock full of inside stories and critical tips. | ||
| 12:20 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch with Hosted Table Discussions
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| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | How You Can Achieve BYOD Without Compromise Sujai Hajela, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Networking Business Unit Network Services Group, Cisco As smartphones become smarter, tablets become the norm, and wireless Internet access becomes ubiquitous, the practice of BYOD is gaining traction. Companies big and small across many different industries are turning to these technologies to create innovative new business offerings to attract customers and enable greater flexibility and productivity in the workforce. These innovations used to come with compromise, often forcing IT to relinquish control or loosen security standards. But today, new wireless technologies enable IT to truly embrace BYOD without compromise. Join us for this session as we explore mobility and security advancements that will dramatically shape the enterprise and drive further growth and innovation. | ||
| 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Best Practices with MDM in a BYOD World Tim Williams, Director of Product Management , Absolute Software When organizations choose client management tools for desktops and laptops, they don't typically need to re-evaluate them for three or four years. So why is it that the MDM solution you chose six months ago already seems outdated? Is it even possible to choose a tool that can keep up with all the changes? Join us for this session as we explore best practices in this fast-moving area. | BYOD Ate My Network, But My Next Generation Firewall Saved it Eric Crutchlow, Senior Product Manager, Dell SonicWALL Allowing or even requiring users to choose their own network access devices has become an irreversible trend. While BYOD offers cost benefits and potential productivity enhancements, IT is painfully aware of the security, bandwidth and support challenges that come with it. To embrace the challenge, companies are turning to next-generation firewalls to enable and secure this trend. Join us for this session to hear how mid-market organizations have successfully taken on BYOD with next-generation firewalls. | Birth of Mobile IT Sean Ginevan, Product Manager, MobileIron Mobile technologies are a catalyst for fundamental change in the skills, mindset, and approach of enterprise IT. New platforms, advanced security, requisite policy updates, BYOD, and the drive to both corporate and individually-owned apps are quickly overwhelming many IT organizations. This session will discuss what IT organizations need |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Refreshments and Networking Break | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Prep Your Network for BYOD AJ Goldman, Chief Evangelist , Meraki, Inc New devices on the network present security and bandwidth challenges. During this session, you'll learn how to support BYOD initiatives without additional cost or complexity. We'll include a live demo showing how you can see devices on the network, apply policies by device type, and measure the impact of these devices across your network. | An Inside View on Establishing Mobile Device Policies Bernard C. Soriano Ph.D., CIO, California Department of Motor Vehicles Every organization’s mobile requirements are different. How do you determine the right set of mobile policies for your situation? Are BYOD programs worth the trouble, and how can IT incorporate them while still maintaining control?
In this session, you’ll learn how one large organization planned and executed on its mobile device initiative, developing policy that not only meets the organization’s needs today, but is flexible enough to meet its needs in the future. | |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Corporate Policies on Mobile Devices: A Legal Perspective Jonathan Rubens, Partner, JAVID RUBENS LLP Many companies are still in the early stages of determining their mobile device strategies. Crucial to a successful implementation is understanding how mobile devices will impact day-to-day operations, external and internal communications, privacy, access and more – and then establishing policies that provide the right balance of governance and flexibility to establish a successful mobile initiative. In this session, learn about the legal precedents and ramifications of BYOD, and learn how you can implement a framework to identify the right policies for your organization. | ||
| 4:15 pm | Closing Remarks and Conference Concludes Andrea D'Amato, Publisher, Network World | ||
