CSAF 2008 - Day 2 Videos
Day 2`s Session Videos
You can check my notes on the sessions that I've attended here
Keynote (Day 2) - Enterprise Architecture at the Government of Canada
The Government of Canada has started to apply EA in innovative ways and they are getting results in ways (and places) you will not expect. Come learn how Canada's Chief Architect and his team are pushing the EA envelop and driving towards Coherent Government by Design.
Malware Landscape Update
Almost all malware is criminally motivated today. Two or three cyber criminals are responsible for 60% of all the Internet malware. Their bots are self-updating, fast-fluxing, and can exploit dozens of vulnerabilities to break into end-user machines. Perhaps the biggest surprise is how many legitimate web sites are spreading this malware. Attend this session and learn about malware’s latest tricks and exploits.
Internet Service Bus
An Internet Service Bus provides a platform for creating and deploying composite applications that integrate services from various sites. As Web Services and Web 2.0 technologies become popular, the need for providing internet service bus is increasing. Join us and your peers to discuss the key ideas behind this important architectural concept and its potential applicability in your enterprise.
Designing the Optimized Desktop in the Enterprise
The desktop is the most unpredictable and uncontrollable part of you infrastructure and like it or not it is part of your infrastructure. During this session we will discuss how you can use innovative technologies to help reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the Windows desktop. This session will discuss how you can accelerate operating system and application management and enhance IT responsiveness and user uptime. We will also discuss how to better control the desktop, accelerate and simplify desktop deployments. Also how to improve management and create a more dynamic infrastructure.
SQL Server 2008 Data Platform
Attend this session to learn about the breadth of new features in SQL Server 2008. In this session, we will walk through the new developer functionality from SQL Server and .NET Framework enabling you to build the next generation of data applications leveraging the new data types and programmability features. We will also walk through the business intelligence capabilities, from reporting, analysis to data integration, enabling you to reach more users with relevant information. Finally we provide a brief overview of core enterprise platform capabilities, covering security, scalability, availability and manageability features. This session will be a mix of demos and slides covering the different aspects of the product.
Security Defence Trends
Get rid of the DMZ! There is no perimeter. Is IPSec finally taking off or is SSL winning out? Is anti-virus scanners finally dying? Attend this session to find out the latest security defense trends.
The Importance of User Experience in Today's Applications
With the advent of increasingly more robust user interface and communications technologies, there has been an unprecedented focus on user experience factors in application design and development. With greater demand for workforce productivity, understanding how to use technology to make the end user experience better has become a critical component to many application architecture decisions. This session will provide you with an overview of what user experience means in the context of application architecture and how you can leverage Microsoft’s technology platform to build a strong connection between the user and your applications.
Keynote (Day 2) - Dynamic IT at Microsoft
This discussion will explore some of the key initiatives inside of Microsoft’s own IT organization. Barry will be discussing some of the important challenges and opportunities facing Microsoft IT such as Software + Services and how Microsoft uses our own software to satisfy the needs of one of the world’s largest enterprises.
Enterprise Ready Data Platform
Attend this session to learn how SQL Server 2008 provides a trusted data platform for you mission critical applications. We will cover the new security and compliance features enabling you to protect your data. We will also cover new scalability and high availability features enabling you to make your data always available. We will end with the new manageability features that enable you to manage this platform more easily while extending your reach, enterprise wide to all databases within organization.
Decreasing the Number of Admins
Everyone knows that decreasing the number of active administrators is one of the best ways to defeat current malware and hackers, yet over 90% of businesses allow all their end-users to run as local administrators. Contrary to popular belief, Windows Vista doesn’t really bring much to the game that wasn’t available in XP Pro. Attend this session and learn the 20 ways customers can use to reduce the number of administrators in their environment. This session will cover the methodology to use and spreadsheets and templates that you can share with your customers to help with this security journey.
Architecting Solutions Using the Windows Live Platform
This session will provide an overview of the architectural elements of the Windows Live Platform. The Windows Live Platform provides APIs for core services such as Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Messenger, Live ID, Search, and Virtual Earth. These APIs can be used to create dynamic and interactive applications that include mapping, streaming media, instant messaging, storage, presence, contacts, authentication, and more.
Accessing Data on the MS Platform
The .NET Framework is now at version 3.5 and there are many different ways the framework provides access to your data. This session will deliver an introduction to some of the different data access technologies like LINQ, Entity Framework, ADO.Net Data Services and other future improvements being made to the .Net Framework. This session will provide an introduction to these technologies through demos and slides and will provide resources where deeper knowledge can be gained.
