Annual conference also to feature virtual-reality-based keynotes from CA`s Charles B. Wang and Sanjay Kumar on intelligent information infrastructure for the next millennium
Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has announced that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Intel Chairman Andrew S. Grove and Intel President and CEO Craig R. Barrett will be featured keynote speakers at CA-World 1999 in New Orleans.
Also featured will be virtual reality-based keynotes from CA Chairman and CEO Charles B. Wang and CA President and COO Sanjay Kumar on an intelligent information infrastructure for the next millennium. More than 25,000 IT and business professionals from 80 countries are expected to attend the July 18 - 23 conference at the newly-expanded Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Now in its fifth year, CA-World 1999 will host more than 3,000 education and training sessions, along with specialized programs for chief information officers, chief technology officers, resellers and business partners. To underscore this year`s "Fun of Software" theme, CA-World attendees will be invited to race electric "World Cars"; "drive" a virtual race car; and play Intel-based arcade games and LEGO MINDSTORMS all managed by CA`s Unicenter TNG.
A new track, Services@CA-World, will explore a full range of implementation services, including strategic planning and analysis, business application development and integration, electronic commerce, supply chain management and enterprise resource planning, and project life cycle management. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with leading consultants from CA Global Professional Services to learn how the strategic application of technology can improve their businesses.
"CA-World will once again offer attendees outstanding educational programs as well as hands-on access to cutting-edge technology," says Ed Markowitz, CA vice president of marketing responsible for CA-World. "Attendees will have the opportunity to examine how leading technology can take businesses to levels never thought possible."
CA-World will run concurrently with PLATforum `99, the PLATINIUM technology International, inc. customer conference in New Orleans. PLATforum `99 and CA-World 1999 attendees will each have access to education and training sessions at both conferences. CA recently announced its plans to acquire PLATINUM.
Topics at CA-World 1999 will include:
Exploiting the Internet for business advantage through adaptive, "one-to-one" applications.
Predicting business behaviors and conditions through the application of advanced information technologies.
Managing IT service levels and maximizing return-on-investment through predictive technologies.
Creating new enterprise and information management paradigms through wireless devices.
Driving business results through accelerated delivery of IT solutions.
Building next-generation enterprise applications that exploit 3D and other advanced visualization technologies.
Monitoring the operation of non-IT devices, such as ATMs, trucking fleets, and shop floor machinery, through extensible agent technology.
Planning and managing an e-commerce strategy.
Controlling the renegade desktop.
Securing enterprise-wide distributed networks.
Managing new workloads on OS/390.
CA-World 1999 will also offer specialized programs for a 350,000 square foot World Resource Center (WRC), which will feature, exhibits from more than 300 leading information technology companies. Networked to all major New Orleans hotels, the WRC incorporates over 5,000 workstations and associated servers that provide support for thousands of users at the show and around the city.
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