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Focusing on the Strategic IT Issues of Global eBusiness-to-eBusiness:Opportunities and Barriers to Growth

Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the MIT media lab, says that the prospectsfor eCommerce are greatly underestimated. He estimated that by the year 2002online revenues will exceed $1 trillion (Yes, that's a trillion with a "T").

eCommerce has been evolving since computers could be interconnected. Theadvent of EDI seemed to be the beginning of strong market uptake, but lack ofstandards restricted its growth. The commercialization of the Internet has now truly enabled this market and eCommerce is everywhere. For every success story thereare still two tales of woe as expectations continue to run ahead of reality. ThisConference will help customers get the best value from the eCommercephenomenon. We will identify the key issues and look for ways to overcome theremaining barriers to adoption. Our particular focus will be eBusiness-to-eBusinesstransactions where customers’ procurement systems are linked right through to thesupply-chain. The special challenges and some of the solutions being adopted byleaders in this field will be revealed.

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Global eBusiness-to-eBusiness25-26 January 1999 (extending to 29 January for Members)

Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, USA

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Plenary Session / /Networking Reception /Open Group Update /Trust and Confidence Track / /Enabling Technology Track / /Demonstrations / / / / . .SPECIAL SESSIONS

Joint Council Business Meeting .

Network Client .

Java .

Members’ Dinner .

Component Software Technology .

Directory . .

License Use Management (LUM) . .PROGRAM GROUPS

Architecture Framework (TOGAF) . . . .

DCE . . . .Management . . . .

Security . . . . . . . .

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Why Attend?

n Gain insights from people withfirst hand experience in the field.

n Identify the key strategic issues

and build the business case toconvince management of thepotential benefits and ITrequirements for successfuleBusiness-to-eBusinescommerce.

n Get an update of ITdevelopments and find out whatis available or in the pipeline.

Gain a unique perspectiveprovided by The Open Group:

n Meet the leaders in the field(both customers and vendorsfrom across the world).

n Be a part of the process whichinfluences policies, direction,

and standards in the industry.

A Special Welcometo non-members of The Open Group.Non-member fee

US$500

Why The Open Group?From an end-user point of view, Open Group Security Program Group meetings provide several benefits: face-to-faceinteraction with leading architects from major vendors, an understanding of latest developments, events and future directionsin the area, and an opportunity to share experiences with other companies and influence open standards.

Chii-Ren Tsai, Vice President, Citicorp Global Communications

The Open Group has contributed to our ability to identify and meet with business peers and IT partners. In an atmospherecentered in business requirements and open discussion, our involvement has provided us with both early warning andstrategic vision to support rational decisions and guide our business.

Ronald Becker Williams, Application and Security Architecture Technology Planning, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

The Open Group provides a forum that addresses the issues that organizations need to hear about. Not only that, we getinformation on approaches that we can take away and apply.

Hal Wilson, Vice President & General Manager, Litton PRC

I was impressed with the activities and energy of the DCE Program Group. The demonstration of Public KeyInfrastructure/DCE showed impressive functionality and excellent vendor cooperation.

Randall Burris, Center for Computational Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Open Group's IT DialTone is going to be THE way to implement global electronic business systems; we find itinvaluable to participate in it's evolution - we know it will give us an edge.

Alan Davies, Technical Director, Gresham Computing plc

The depth of understanding and the willingness to share experience and expertise makes The Open Group meetings a"must go" in my calendar.

Nick Price, Group Technical Architect, The Dairy Farm Group

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Day 1 - Plenary DayThe objectives of our Plenary Day are tohighlight, increase awareness of, and identifythe issues.

Working together for Interoperability

Allen Brown will discuss the objectives of the wholeconference and highlight the benefits from vendors andcustomers working together to identify and resolve theissues that relate to eBusiness-to-eBusiness eCommerce. He will focus specifically on the need for interoperabilitybetween applications from different enterprises that wish to offer a “total systems” approach.

Allen Brown, Chief Operating Officer and Acting President,The Open Group

Electronic Commerce Tornado

In his keynote, Mr. Cohen will addresswhat fuels eCommerce and why business-to-business eCommerce is taking off. Attendees will learn the best tools andbest practices to develop a successful

eCommerce website. Mr. Cohen will review the key drivers of eCommerce and present a case study on the mostsuccessful eCommerce website in the world today. Learnhow Cisco is using networked applications to boost sales toover $21 million per day or $7.2 billion per year on theireCommerce website!

Alan Cohen, Managing Director for the Internet BusinessSolutions Group, Cisco Systems Inc.

The Electronic Commerce Crossroads:Charting the Future of the Business-to-Business eCommerce Market

Business-to-business eCommerce is at amajor crossroads. Its development overthe next 12 months will fundamentallyguide the market's direction for the next 5 years, and beyond. This session providesan overview of the market for business-

to-business software and services, highlighting theopportunities, challenges and obstacles facing adopters,software vendors and service providers. Topics fordiscussion include: trends in business-to-businesseCommerce: from EDI to process integration, innovatorswho are changing the rules and the followers that helpmake it happen, new applications and services for selling,procurement, and transaction support, open interfaces andclosed trading communities, and the market structure.

Beth Barling, Consultant, Ovum

Coffee BreakPlug and Play Commerce - A Strategic Visionfor Electronic Business

Today's Internet provides people withunprecedented access to onlineinformation and services. However,because the information is unstructured,

computers cannot readily understand it. This limitationhelps explain why mail filters, search engines and automated shopping agents aren't very effective.

Tomorrow's Internet will provide information and servicesin a structured form that is readily accessible to both people and computers. Companies will use standardizeddocuments for describing things like products, airlineschedules, stock reports, and bank statements, andcorresponding forms for placing orders, bookingreservations, and making transactions. Thousands ofcompanies will use such documents to publish informationabout themselves and their services directly on the Webwhere they'll be available to anyone -- or any computer --with the proper authorization. FedEx and UPS for examplewill offer shipping services, Citibank and Bank Americapayment services, and so forth.

These developments will streamline corporate procurementand supply chains by eliminating the need for custominterfaces with every customer and supplier. This, in turn,will stimulate many new value-added services, such as realtime order tracking, inventory management, productionscheduling, and demand forecasting. Most importantly,businesses will be able to build on each other's services,using them as components to create innovative virtualcompanies, markets, and trading communities.

Dr. Tenenbaum will explain the strategic significance ofthese developments to the Telecom industry from both abusiness and policy perspective.

Dr. Jay M. Tenenbaum, Chairman, CommerceNet

Commerce for Defense

A session explaining the significance of eCommerce withinthe Defense Sector.

Speaker to be confirmed

Electronic Business

The exploding popularity of the Internetis driving demand for a new generation of applications - eBusiness - that hascaptured imaginations in boardroomseverywhere and transformed entire

industries. These applications use Internet technologies totransform core business and help businesses create newrelationships with current customers. Internet enablede-Business applications reach out to new customers,without the expense of bricks, mortar and storefrontpersonnel. This makes it easier to connect employees andsuppliers to each other in ways that make them moreproductive, responsive and innovative. Richard Lechnerwill discuss IBM's approach to building eBusinessapplications.

Rich Lechner, Director, Network Computing TechnologyIBM

Lunch

The impact of Electronic Commerce on theworkplace in 21st century

The growing pressure on business tooperate efficiently on a global scale is onlymatched by the pace of change incomputing and networking. When theonly constant factor is change we must be

aware of how business needs to adapt to stay competitive. In this presentation, Bob Barone, Chairman of theElectronic Funds Transfer Association, will describe hisvision of the workplace of the future and consider some ofthe issues that need to be addressed to get there. Bob willalso touch on the challenges of integration with businesspartners' systems with special reference to EDI andElectronic Funds Transfer.

Robert P. Barone, Chairman, Electronic Funds TransferAssociation

Internet Commerce and Global Trade

Behind the scenes of the eCommerceexplosion is a revolution in the way thatgoods get to market. Effective fulfilmentand shipping either to the consumer orbusiness-to-business requires a wide range

of expertise as trade rapidly goes global. Alan Boehme willdiscuss the key challenges in areas such as customs andregulatory issues that must be addressed withininternational eCommerce applications. He will explainsome examples of successful solutions that the marketleaders are adopting.

Alan Boehme, Director of Planning, DHL WorldwideExpress

We are pleased, in Santa Clara, to welcome thesupport of Ovum, a leading firm of analysts who have offered presentations and an attendeediscount of 10% on the price of their recentreport entitled Business-to-Business ElectronicCommerce: Opening the Market. For furtherinformation contact Owen Barfield(Tel. +44 (0) 171 255 2670Email. [email protected]. Http://www.ovum.com)

Our next Conference will be on the subject ofMobile Network Computing and the convergence of phonenetworks with the Internet in Copenhagen, Denmarkfrom 26-30 April 1999.

Please note that the Agenda for this and other days is subjectto change. Agenda updates, further information, speakerbiographies, etc., can be found on our web site.

Demonstrations will be scheduled throughout the day. Details will beposted on our web site.

Monday 25th

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Day 1 - Plenary Day(continued)Electronic Procurement andBusiness Trade 2009

Worldwide adoption of the Internet as amedium to conduct business trade ishaving a profound effect on thetraditional models of buying and selling,resulting in a major paradigm shift in the

way businesses acquire direct materials and operatingresources. A new generation of electronic procurementmodels and products are emerging in 1999 that willcompletely redefine how enterprises operate in the year2009.

In 1999, procurement is rapidly moving from a tactical, task driven function to one heavily engaged in strategic planning. Why is this happening? Because today most of the oldapproaches to competitiveness improvements are yieldingdiminishing returns.

Fast forward to the year 2009. Technology advances innetwork bandwidth, security and reliability along with thedevelopment of business trade standards has resulted in a"Global Common Market" characterized by dynamic trade.Dynamic trade in 2009 has evolved to provide the ability tosatisfy current demand with customized response. Tradebarriers that have existed for decades have fallen ascountries rush to provide product and services over aninterglobal network that encourages market reach anddiscourages protectionism.

Topics to be discussed are: Commerce Portals andCommunities, Dynamic Trade in the Net Economy, Bid,Quotation and Payment Processes 2009, Enablingtechnologies (XML, OTP, etc.), Standards, KnowledgeAssisted Business Trade (KABUT), and Best Practices inBusiness Trade 2009. (A fuller synopsis is available on our Web site).

Greg King, Vice-President of Marketing, Elcom Systems Inc.

Coffee BreakTrading Communities - the future of efficientbusiness

The Automobile Industry Action Group(AIAG) brings together the leading North American players in the vehiclemanufacturing business. The group,headed by Ford, General Motors and

DaimlerChrysler, includes over 1400 other members fromwithin the industry. It operates the Automotive NetworkeXchange (ANX), providing a network for business-to-business services on which a series of applications willaddress the need to improve design, production and orderfulfilment. Don Hedeen will discuss the motivation for thegroup and recent progress, and give insights into some ofthe issues that will be encountered in building tradingcommunities such as AIAG. This should be especiallyvaluable to those considering trading communities in otherbusiness sectors.

Don Hedeen, Director-Automotive Network eXchange,Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

Interactive Session

(Audience participation)

The Rest of the Meeting

Paul will provide an overview and explanation of thesessions for the remainder of the Conference.

Paul Tanner, Director for Membership Services, The OpenGroup

Security Infrastructure and Services foreCommerce

Dean Adams will discuss the Security infrastructure andstandards required for eComnmerce, relating these to theexisting and planned work of The Open Group.

Dean Adams, Director for Programs, The Open Group

Post Conference Reception: meet the speakersand network with your fellow delegates

Day 2 - Open Group UpdateThe Latest News from The Open Group

In this session, Mike Lambert, Chief Technical Officer willbring up-to-date news about the whole range of OpenGroup activities and will introduce expert Open Groupspeakers to look in more detail at major areas. The topicsto be addressed will be selected just before the start of theconference to ensure topicality. Potential topics include:The Open Source movement and the role of The OpenGroup, Mobile Computing and IT DialTone, New initiative in Security, and Moving DCE forward.

Mike Lambert, Chief Technical Officer, The Open Group

Coffee

Day 2 - Trust and ConfidenceTrackElectronic Trading Protocols - How toNegotiate on the Net

Traditional transactions normally go through several stages:finding a supplier, reviewing thedescription of the goods, deciding how topay, and agreeing on details of delivery.All of these stages need to be reflected inthe electronic world and this means we

need agreement on protocols that provide merchants andconsumers with a means of automating the negotiation. For some years this need has been satisfied to some degreethrough the medium of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), but with the rise of the Internet there has been a demandfor a more flexible approach. Two of the main contendersare the Open Trading Protocol (OTP) which was originallybacked by AT&T, HP, MasterCard, Mondex and OpenMarket, and Open Buying on the Internet (OBI) which issupported by American Express and many other majortraders. The success of OTP or OBI (or both) depends onfactors such as how well they integrate with existingtechnologies, how flexible they are with regard to paymentsystems and, perhaps fundamentally, how much the users

can trust the results. The presentation will review theelectronic commerce market with specific emphasis onthese factors.

Feisal Mosleh, Hewlett-Packard

XML in Electronic Commerce - Through theRearview Mirror and Crystal Ball

XML is barely two years old, but hasrapidly emerged as the standard for self-describing data exchange in Internetapplications. As XML enables the web foragents and other automated processes, itwill fundamentally transform the nature of

electronic commerce. XML makes it easy to createspecialized markup languages that identify and describebuyers and sellers, the goods or services that they want tobuy or sell, and the numerous other document types ofcommerce. But if every business invented its own XMLdefinitions, the web would be scarcely more usable as aplatform for automated commerce processes than it istoday. Fortunately, the power of XML to enableinteroperability and simplify the sharing and reuse ofinformation between business domains has encouragedmany companies to work together to develop XML-basedspecifications for the information they most often need toexchange. To enable specifications like these to interoperate and to encourage the development of similar XMLcommerce initiatives, Veo Systems developed the CommonBusiness Library (CBL), a set of XML building blocks. CBL supports the creation of shared definitions of electronicdocuments and business services. Shared documentdefinitions allow businesses to build on each other'sservices to create virtual companies, markets, and tradingcommunities.

Dr. Robert J. Glushko, Director, Information Engineering,Veo Systems

LunchThe Balance of Power: Uncertainty andOpportunity in the SmartCard Market

This session provides an overview of"The New SmartCard Market" where thebalance of power is shifting from cardmanufacturers to application developers.Topics for discussion include trends in

platform standards (including Microsoft's Windows Card),the changing market dynamics: winners and losers, whichapplications are likely to be most successful, and what thefuture holds for smart cards.

Duncan Brown, Director of Research, North America,Ovum

Demonstrations will be scheduled throughout the day. Details will beposted on our Web site.

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Day 2 - Trust and ConfidenceTrack (continued)Biometrics for Authentication

In the electronic world how do you knowwho is on the other end of the wire? Even worse, how does the computerknow who is giving it instructions? In the past these problems have been addressed

using a simple combination of username and password butthis is hardly sufficient to inspire confidence in electroniccommerce. Many characteristics of human beings are easily measurable and these features ("biometrics") are now beingdeployed both as a means of restricting access to computersystems and for authenticating the identity of the user.Examples of biometrics include signatures, finger prints, voice profiles and hand sizes and each of these is capable of delivering a range of confidence levels. The presentationwill review some of the features of biometric systems andconsider how they can be used to provide a flexible solution to "single sign-on" and authentication.

Steve Park, Chairman, BioAPI Consortium

Coffee Break

The Impact of Conflicting Legislation onGlobal Trading

Speaker to be confirmedUS Department of Commerce

Directory and its role in Electronic Commerce

The issues that surround eCommerce,CA, evolution from X.500 to LDAP, andthe new area of joining directoriesdynamically (meta directories) will all becovered.

Ian Goldsmith, Product Marketing Manager, Isocor

Day 2 - EnablingTechnologies Track

Strategic Procurement

Business-to-Business eCommercedemands a solution incorporating a widerange of technology for ProcurementAnalysis, Internet Procurement, ProcessAutomation and Supply Chain

Collaboration. Vance Checketts will outline the issues andtalk about multiple aspects of eCommerce inluding EDI,workflow, supplier extranets, XML, etc. This will beillustrated with some examples of customer success.

Vance Checketts, Group Manager Product Managementand Quality Assurance, Oracle

With Instant Personalization, the Future ofElectronic Commerce is the Customer

The future of eCommerce is InstantPersonalization, the most effective way to attract, retain, and market directly tocustomers. Personalization can showcustomers what they want with greater

ease, by "flattening" web sites, thus saving customers timewhile establishing valuable customer relationships. InstantPersonalization marks a shift from internal focusedeCommerce to customer or external focused webcommerce and creates ways for businesses to differentiatefrom competition by creating user-sensitive marketing andsales strategies with automated marketing analysis that offer customers what they really need. (A fuller abstract is availableon our web site.)

Sandra Vaughan,Vice-President of Marketing,BroadVision Inc.

How To Achieve A Huge Return OnInvestment Through Internet Procurement

Within the rapidly growing eCommercemarket, no segment is hotter than Internet and Extranet-based solutions supportingprocurement and purchasing processes.These solutions are web-enabling

enterprises to improve margins, develop competitiveadvantages, and provide knowledge and access to thedesktop of every employee. Intranet and Extranetprocurement solutions enable enterprises to purchasegoods and services from a supplier via the Internet whilealso providing approval workflow and user purchasingprofiles. There are three critical elements to the InternetProcurement solution: the web-based desktop application;the management of transactive supplier content; and theestablishment of trading partner interoperability. Whenthese three critical elements are successfully implemented,enterprises are experiencing a 5-20% reduction in the costof goods and services purchased, a 70% reduction in theprocurement process cost, and a 50-70% reduction in thesupply chain cycle time. Carl Falk's presentation will focuson how to implement these three critical solution elementsand the resulting return-on-investment that an enterprisewill receive.

Carl Falk, CommerceOne

LunchOperating Resource Management: A NeweProcurement Paradigm to Complement ERP

Through real-world examples fromGlobal 2000 corporations, learn abouthow enterprises can decrease operatingresource costs, rationalize their supplychain, improve management control, and

decrease cycle time by implementing an ORM solution. Attendees will learn how Operating Resource ManagementSystems can complement ERP systems to deliver significant additional cost benefits, that even companies that haveinstalled ERP systems have no automated system formanaging operating resources and how implementing anORMS can deliver a 30 percent increase to a company'sbottom line, and that through implementing ORM yourcompany can finally obtain a high ROI from your intranet.(A fuller abstract is available on our web site.)

Dave Rome, VP Marketing, Ariba Technologies Inc.

Electronic Commerce for the Competitive Edge

Zach Zettler is responsible for establishing and executing marketing strategies forSterling Commerce's GENTRAN familyof business-to-business eCommercesoftware products and services. During his

tenure at Sterling Commerce, Zach has been responsiblefor developing strategic relationships with technology andservice providers, for creating a consistent message aboutSterling Commerce, and for leading product direction. Prior to taking his current post in 1997, Zach served in severalmarketing and sales management positions for thecompany. Zach has been marketing software solutions tocorporate buyers for over 15 years.

While the technologies and business strategies thatcomprise eCommerce are evolving rapidly, the fundamental challenge remains the same today as it was yesterday: Howto streamline internal business processes while openingthem up to external business partners to reduce costs,improve service quality, and increase global marketcompetitiveness. This session will explore the evolution ofeCommerce from traditional EDI to eBusiness and the mix of technologies and strategies today's market leaders aredeploying to meet the challenge.

Zach Zettler, Vice-President, Marketing InterchangeSoftware Group, Sterling Commerce

Component-based development for CommerceSolutions

As the sophistication and diversity ofservices required of commerce serversincrease there is an ever-greater need toimprove productivity and re-use. Erik

Frieberg will discuss the practical use of today's component technology, including Enterprise JavaBeans, in constructing high-end solutions and illustrate this with some caseexamples.

Eric Frieberg, Persistence

Coffee BreakSun's Application Servers - ThePower Behind Your EnterprisePortal

Today, we are experiencing the emergence of "enterprise" portals. These portalsaggregate not only information such asportals Yahoo! and Excite, but businessprocesses to enable organizations to link

customers, partners, suppliers, and employees. Companiessuch as Citibank Mortgage, Day-Timers, GetSmart.com,and Southern California Gas have recognized the benefit of enterprise portals and how application servers, such asSun's NetDynamics, can help them gain competitiveadvantage in the networked economy. Several customerexamples will be provided.

Steve Zocchi, Director of NetDynamics Marketing,Sun/NetDynamics

Tuesday26th

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The Open Group Conference includes a number ofsessions which are for Members Only. Full agendaswill be found on the Web site as the details arefinalized. Members may find it useful to review thePost Meeting Documentation from the SingaporeConference on our Web Site athttp://www.opengroup.org/mem_only/postdocs/q498/.

Items on this page are for members only. However,the Thursday sessions on Directory and the Fridaysession on License Use Management are open to non-members by invitation. Please [email protected] or [email protected] appropriate for further information. Invitees whoare non-members will be registered as guests.

Joint Council BusinessMeeting (Wed a.m.)

Network Client(Special Session Wed a.m.)

The Network Client Program was initiated in April 1998and is still in the formative stage. This short session willprovide an opportunity to review the requirements gathered so far and determine an appropriate plan of action. Session objectives include: continue the process of kick-starting this new Program, inform participants on latest developmentsin the field, particularly current industry activities in the area of mobile clients, review customer requirements fromavailable sources, and determine what should be in the planfor Network Client in 1999.

Contact: Paul Tanner, The Open Group

Java (Special Session Wed p.m.)

Without question Java is a crucially important newtechnology and will play a pivotal role within the ITDialTone. The purpose of this session is to help customers who are deciding when and how to adopt Java-basedtechnologies and to alert them to any issues that should beconsidered in their planning. The question of what is anappropriate process for standardization was raised at thelast meeting. It appears that the key requirements for Open Group participants are: to understand what's what in theJava technology space, to gain an appreciation of theappropriate timing for adoption of the various elements ofthe Java family, and to appreciate the approach that isevolving for Java standardization. This session will covereach of these areas so as to further increase awareness ofthe issues. In addition the session will consider whatshould be the Open Group plan for supporting Javaadoption through 1999. (A fuller abstract is on our web site.)

Contact: Paul Tanner, The Open Group

Component SoftwareTechnology (Special Session Thu a.m.)

Over the last six months, there have been many newdevelopments in the evolution of the market for tools todevelop component software. Initiatives andannouncements promise newer and better features daily.

But are these initiatives providing a common or a diversefuture? Is there interoperability between thesetechnologies? Which technology would best suit the needsof the user?

The aim of the Component Software Technology session is to discuss these questions in some detail. In addition wewill examine the Components RFP Submission beingdevloped at OMG, and Ed Cobb of BEA - the editor of the proposal - will present some of the rationale, features andcapabilities. Some further analysis of the relateddevelopments of EJB and Microsoft's DNA will becovered. (A fuller abstract is on our web site.)

Contact: Howard Greenwell, The Open Group

Directory (Special Session Thu) The aim of this session is to to explore customerrequirements for LDAP and Directory. This will becoupled with a Security Program Group session onDirectory services for Security, to make the Thursday a"Directory Day" that everyone using or implementingdirectory products must attend.

Contact: Chris Harding, The Open Group

Licence Use Management(LUM) Project (Special Session Fri)

The License Use Management (LUM) project, led by theGUIDE User Group and in conjuction with the SystemManagement Program at The Open Group is movingrapidly to create industry awareness and build support forthe XSLM specification and for a standard LUM tool thatwill enable users of software to manage software licensesacquired from multiple vendors and on multiple platformswith one tool. A presentation will be made by members ofthe project team. (A fuller abstract is on our web site..)

Contact: Sally Long, The Open Group

Architecture Framework(TOGAF) (Program Group Wed & Thu)

There will be a brief introduction to TOGAF and the 1998work program, including an update on TOGAF Version 4. The group will be invited to formally endorse the 1999Program Plan, and to contribute to the prioritization,programming and resourcing of the individual 1999 workitems. Thursday will be a full-day workshop, in which thegroup will kick off the development of the 1999 programdeliverables. This will include initial work on furtherevolving the Architecture Development Method. (A fullerabstract is on our web site.)

Contact: John Spencer, The Open Group

DCE (Program Group Wed & Thu)

There will be four major themes: (i) a comparison ofdistributed file systems, including AFS, DFS, and NFS asleading examples, (ii) in joint session with the SecurityProgram Group, we will continue our work onstandardization of authorization APIs and services, (iii) thefuture of the DCE directory services, and (iv) issues of

migration from CDS to LDAP. Other subjects include thepreservation of the security and replication characteristicsof CDS while making the functional migration to LDAP.

Beginning a session on Open Sourcing, the current stateand future of the LINUX port of DCE will be used as anexample of what Open Sourcing could mean to DCE. (Afuller abstract is on our web site.)

Contact: Deborah May, The Open Group

Management(Program Group - Wed & Thu)

A major theme of the first day will be an examination of the role of Agents in constructing the enterprise managementinfrastructure. Following up on the theme of the plenarysessions, we will be examining the issues and problemsarising from trying to create and maintain a mission-criticaleCommerce environment. We will also be looking at twomajor emerging technologies: Sun Microsystems JavaManagement API (JMAPI), and the Application ResponseManagement (ARM) standard. By attending this meeting of the Management Program Group, you will be gainingcritical information on new, emerging technologies, and you will be able to contribute to a vital discussion exploring thepossible futures for common agent technology. (A fullerabstract is on our web site.)

Contact: Sally Long, The Open Group

Security (Program Group Tue through Fri)

A full program linked with the theme of the Conferencewill include presentations and discussion on electronicmessaging, S/MIME interoperability issues, PKI, CDSA,biometrics, advanced authorization, information labellingand the Java Securiy Environment. A joint session with “Directory” will feature LDAP, SSO and RADIUS, whilst a joint session with the DCE Group will tackle advancedautentication and undertake a comparison of various APIs.

Contact: Ian Robertson, The Open Group

Please note that the Agenda for this and other days issubject to change. Agenda updates, further information,speaker biographies etc., can be found on our web site.

Members’ Dinner (Wed evening)

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o Please invoice the Company. I enclose our formal order quoting a Purchase Order Number. I understand that payment of the invoice must be made and cleared through the Bankby 22 January 1999.

Cancellation Policy: Substitution of delegates may be made at any time. All cancellations must be made in writing (email or fax) to the

appropriate Open Group office listed overleaf. Cancellations received on or before 14 January 1999 are subject to a cancellation service charge

of US$50.00. Cancellations received after 14 January 1999, and non-attendees, are liable for the full attendance fee.

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More information can be found on our Web site at www.opengroup.org


Open Group Contacts:

North America Europe Japan Rest of Asia-PacificPeggy CunninghamMenlo Park, CA, USATel: +1 650 323 7992Fax: +1 650 323 8204Email: [email protected]

Lynne CanalReading, UKTel: +44 118 950 8311Fax: +44 118 950 0110Email: [email protected]

Yoshiyuki SuzukiKawasaki, JapanTel: +81 44 221 2180Fax: +81 44 221 2181Email: [email protected]

Tammy Chan Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2851 9280Fax: +852 2851 9313Email: [email protected]

Accommodation

A limited number of hotel rooms are available at the conference venue at special Open Group rates. These rooms areavailable on a 'first-reserved' basis until the allocation is filled. The special rate is available only to bookings made prior to11 January 1999, applies only to those hotel bookings made via The Open Group, and is subject to availability.

All reservations require a credit card guarantee. Guests who do not cancel their reservation or fail to check in will be chargedone night at the room rate. Please provide your credit card details overleaf.

o Please make the following reservation on my behalf at the special rate below (if available):

Arrival date: ............................ Late arrival time: ............................ Departure date: ............................

o Single Occupancy US$179.00 o Double Occupancy US$179.00

o Smoking Room required

o Marriott Hotel Privilege Cardholder Number ...........................................

o Special Requirements. Please indicate any ADA, dietary or special conference requirements.

.................................................................................................................................................... (You will be contacted to review these.)

The room rates are subject to an 8.25% California State Tax and a 9.5% Hotel Room Tax.When the Open Group room allocation is filled, or reservation is made after 11 January 1999, room rates are at the prevailing rates and subject toavailability. If you have asked us to reserve a room within our deadline, we will email hotel room confirmation numbers within 7 days. After 11January please contact the hotel directly if you wish to make or change your room reservation mentioning this Conference.

Conference Venue

The Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95052-8181, USATel: +1 408-986-6808 or 1-800-228-9290 within USA Fax: +1-408-748-9529 Guest Fax: +1-408-727-4353




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