Agenda Overview*

View all available presentations from Summit 2008 by clicking on the appropriate tracks. Please note that only those presentations approved for public posting by the presenter are avaialable for download.

General Session
View CEO Gerald Cohen’s State of Information Builders presentation, covering today’s market, customer successes, and our latest technologies.

IT Leaders
This two-day executive track – specifically designed for managers – features presentations by analysts, industry leaders, and CIOs. It also includes strategy sessions, best practices presentations, and panel discussions. This powerful combination of sessions will arm business and IT technology leaders with today's most important and insightful information on business intelligence and integration.

Case Studies
See Information Builders technology in action at companies worldwide in user-led sessions, geared specifically for managers that will look at specific applications, their benefits, strategies, challenges, and solutions.

Performance Efficiencies
Optimize your infrastructure and applications for improved efficiency and scalability with this vital track.

WebFOCUS
Take an in-depth look at WebFOCUS and BI from a business and technical perspective. Expected topics include strategies for the development and deployment of WebFOCUS solutions.

FOCUS
Get inside information on what’s new, productivity tips, and expert techniques for using Information Builders FOCUS as well as its use in WebFOCUS.

iWay Software
Get the details on how iWay Software can reduce the time, cost, skill level, and risk of integration projects by up to 80 percent.

Product Innovations and Leading Features
Be the first to hear from Information Builders executives about what's coming and view new product enhancements that will benefit your applications and solutions.

Labs
Product experts lead these guided, hands-on labs on the latest releases and features of WebFOCUS and iWay Software solutions. Topics include application development, analytics, performance management, Web-enabling legacy applications, security, and integrating with Web services. Hands-on labs require online preregistration in the spring and seating is limited. Our most popular labs will also be repeated as sessions called View Labs.

Get more information on the Lab registration process.

View Labs
Gain in-depth knowledge of our products through practical product demonstrations that cover the same topics available in our Hands-on Labs, but in a seminar format.

Special Sunday and Thursday Sessions!

Education
This track builds on the most requested topics from our educational curriculum. Collectively they are designed to ensure you have a strong foundation for application development in FOCUS, WebFOCUS, and iWay Software.

Complementary Solutions
Information Builders’ technology integrates with a variety of partners to ensure complete solutions. This track highlights WebFOCUS and iWay Software’s ability to provide predictive data analytics (SPSS), warranty tracking (BearingPoint), and fully leverage the capabilities of any hardware (IBM).

* All track descriptions are subject to change.