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Delivering the 21st Century Campus with Oracle Solutions

One Event – Three Oracle Expert Partners

Wednesday 25th June 2008 09:00 to 15:30 (including buffet lunch reception)

Oracle Reading Offices, Oracle Parkway, Thames Valley Park (TVP), Reading, Berkshire. RG6 1RA

EVENT OVERVIEW

Gain an understanding of the key benefits of Oracle's Technology Portfolio to the Higher Education Marketplace.

You don't need telling how UK Universities today operate in an increasingly competitive environment: the rapid growth in UK student numbers, competition for foreign students, and the focus on academic research all posing challenges and opportunities.

At this free event you'll discover how Oracle's complete technology portfolio help HE organisations to build and deliver the systems and solutions for the 21st Century Campus. You'll come away with an understanding of what can be achieved with powerful technologies, such as SOA and Business Intelligence, and what they can really do for you.

Plus, we'll show you how you can lower costs through the effective use of Managed Services and how to optimise the Oracle estate, as well as how to stay on top with you licence administration.

There will also be ample opportunity for you to discuss with the experts all aspects of the future of Educational IT systems at Universities and Colleges within the UK.

Institutions that innovate in both their student offering and their business processes will prosper in this fast-changing market. Those that build more agile IT systems and architectures will be in the best position to take advantages of the growth opportunities that will occur

This seminar is FREE when you register in advance. But please note – places are limited so register TODAY.

Who should attend?

This seminar is attracting senior Operations and IT Executives from Universities and Colleges in the UK – people who are in charge of supporting university growth and IT systems.

Why should you attend?

• Gain an understanding of the key benefits of Oracle's Technology Portfolio to the Higher Education Marketplace
• Great opportunity to pose questions to experienced keynote speakers
• Senior networking with Higher Education industry peers
• Compare steps taken by other universities and colleges against your own strategies

AGENDA

9:30	Registration & Coffee
10:00	Welcome & Introduction
10:10	Delivering the 21st Century Campus with Oracle Solutions Steve Burke – Oracle Opening the day, Oracle explain their continued commitment to the Higher Education market.  The complete Oracle Technology portfolio aims to help build the 21st Century Campus
10:30	Maximise your Oracle Environment and legacy system investments Don Kavanagh – Chief Architect of Griffiths Waite – SOA experts “Starters & Leavers” is a top challenge for Educational Institutions, often being costly, inefficient and error-prone. Using Oracle BPA Suite and Oracle SOA Suite, Griffiths Waite will show how SOA offers an ideal platform to integrate HR, payroll, IT, security, facilities and other functions into a cohesive business process, leveraging legacy systems without the costs of a full-scale rip and replace.
11:30	Break - Tea Coffee Biscuits
11:30	Business Intelligence and EPM, Data Control, identifying trends and predict patterns Mark Rittman – Director of Rittman Mead – BI Specialists A look at the Higher Education market and the opportunities for innovation through analytics, and shows how Oracle's business intelligence and enterprise performance management tools can be rapidly deployed to provide significant competitive advantage for your institution.
12:15	Oracle Estate Optimisation Dev Nayak, Technical Director at DSP Global The Oracle estate is growing and organisations need to ensure that the technology that is deployed meets with the requirements of the working environment. As more demands are placed on the system, new processes, procedures and management techniques have to be applied. This session explains the system monitoring and management techniques that match specific requirements for optimisation of Oracle technology including, efficiency, availability, security, speed, storage and the importance of preventative maintenance. This allows the operational environment to manage and support 24*7, enabling services to be delivered at anytime of day.  .
13:00	Panel Session and Q&A
13:15	Buffet Lunch & Networking with Peers
13:55	Combined Processing Platform for Foreign Student Registration and On boarding Integrated Solution offering from the three Oracle Expert Partners. Find out how BI, SOA and Managed Services can improve Foreign Student Applications, business processes, compliance and reporting data.
14:35	Marketing Research from UKOUG Findings of IT survey conducted by the Oracle User Group. Is the Higher Education Sector aware of the new benefits and what they include? Which top business drivers is the Education Sector focusing on in the coming year and how they are going to achieve this? What are the competitive aspects of what other Universities/Colleges are doing to improve their educational IT systems?
15:00	Panel Session and Q&A - Break
15:15	Summary of the day
15:30	Goodbye & Thank you

* Agenda may be subject to change without notice

For further information or to register for this event please reply marketing@dsp-global.com or call. This seminar is free to attend.