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Data Exchange - 2 December 2004 - Rolls-Royce plc, Derby

Distance seemed to be no object with over 40 delegates making their way to Derby for one of the best events DAMA UK has had to date. An excellent choice of speakers joined us for the day, please see below for biographies and presentations. Many thanks to Rolls-Royce plc provided us with the perfect venue (all bar a few parking problems!) and Ab Initio/ASG and UKCeB who supported/sponsored the catering for the day. Dave Evans (DAMA Chair) welcomed the speakers and delegates and gave a short presentation as well as Andrew Cameron after lunch, reporting on the results of the follow up Global Data Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The results are available at

Speaker Biographies and Presentations

Richard Durley, Information Architect, is 34 and has worked in IT for the past 12 years. For 11 of those years Richard worked for EDS as an Information Architect for General Motors as part of their Global Integration Factory and Shared Information Services groups. Richard was the Application Architect for EDS for Java and J2EE web application projects as part of the CyberApps development team. Richard has recently joined TESCO and for the past year has been working in the Group Technology and Architecture team as the Information Architect responsible for ETL and ODS Infrastructure Architecture.

Alan Parker – Ab Initio With an academic background in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Alan Parker’s career has focused on the design, development and sales of advanced computer systems.  These systems cover enterprise scale applications in areas such as satellite remote sensing, financial trading, mutual fund administration and data warehousing.  Alan is a Director of Ab Initio Software in the UK, which is part of a successful US company that provides high performance data processing solutions to many of the world’s largest companies. Alan’s presentation will cover how the use of web services and service orientated architectures are being hyped by many commentators and vendors as the answer to all know data exchange and integration challenges.  In this presentation the concepts behind web services are examined to determine their true applicability in real world applications. Both the benefits and current issues with web services are examined with the objective of providing a balanced view of their value to the IT industry today and in the future.

 
Peter Cowley is Director of a Research Consultancy specializing in preparing organizations for emerging and disruptive technology. Clients include an AIM listed Investment House, the Department of Trade and Industry, the National Physical Laboratory and International Engineering and Data Management Companies. Peter also works closely with the UK Research Councils, several leading Universities (including holding visiting chairs at Manchester and Strathclyde) and is Chairman of two DTI advisory committees. Until recently he was a member of the UK e-Science steering committee.
After completing a PhD in solid-state physics at Liverpool University, Peter started his career performing aerospace research for the Ministry of Defence, he moved on to perform project management for the Sea Systems Directorate where he delivered the Trident Reactor Core within budget and on time. He was seconded into Rolls-Royce where he remained for 18 years – initially as Technical Consultant and R&D Project Manager for RR Marine and then setting up a new Research Group in Information Engineering before running the Strategic Research Centre and becoming Chief Scientist-Research and Technology. Peter also spent time attached to a spin out company producing smart sensors and has carried out technology due-diligence investigations for both Rolls-Royce and British Gas.
 
Duncan Painter founded ClarityBlue, formerly known as Sand Technology, in 1997 to offer Customer Intelligence solutions to blue-chip companies. Basing the company proposition on the need for better business applications and consulting to support sophisticated technological solutions, Duncan has driven ClarityBlue to punch above its weight and beat much larger organisations to win impressive clients.
From 1997 until the formation of the ClarityBlue division in 2002, Duncan was the president of Sand Technology's EMEA sales operation. Prior to joining Sand, he worked for 14 years in IT and project implementation, including European Director of Solutions, Sales, and Systems Integration for Hitachi Data Systems, where he increased the division's revenue to more than £26m within three years, and in 1997 he became the youngest-ever board director of Hitachi.

Not all of the presentations from the event are available for public viewing, we are currently awaiting de-sensitised copies to upload on to this site. Our apologies for the delay.

Summary of data movement within TESCO, tools and technology used including a case study on Operational Data Stores and Ab Initio – Richard Durley, Integration Architect, Tesco UK  - NOT AVAILABLE

 Data Interchange using Web Services – Alan Parker, Managing Director, Ab Initio - NOT AVAILABLE

Customer Intelligence – Crucial for Effective Data Management Campaigns at Lloyds TSB – Duncan Painter, CEO, ClarityBlue - NO LONGER AVAILABLE

The Impact of GRID on business computing – Professor Peter Cowley, Quarndon Cognition Ltd

                                                 

 Richard Durley          Alan Parker               Peter Cowley               Duncan Painter