Tuesday, December 20, 2005

NetPro Announces Directory Experts Conference 2006 Speaker Lineup

NetPro Announces Directory Experts Conference 2006 Speaker Lineup
Call for Papers Draws Proposals From Top Active Directory and MIIS Experts; Leading Industry Analysts and Microsoft AD and MIIS Product Groups to Share Compelling Technology Sessions

PHOENIX, AZ -- -- 12/15/2005 -- NetPro Computing, Inc., a leading provider of distributed services management software, today announced the speaker lineup for the Fifth Annual Directory Experts Conference (DEC) 2006. Presented by NetPro, and sponsored in part by Microsoft and Centrify, DEC 2006 is the only international event focused on advancing the skills of the most experienced Active Directory and MIIS administrators.

New speakers were identified through a call for papers process, which drew submissions from around the world. All sessions were chosen for their appropriateness to the conference theme, "Achieving Secure Enterprise Identity Management and Access Control with Microsoft IAM Technologies." DEC 2006 will be held March 26-29, 2006, at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will provide advanced education on key Microsoft Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies. For the first time ever, the conference will also include dedicated "Masters" tracks for highly experienced users.

DEC 2006 presenters identified through the call for papers process include:

-- Paul Sims and Jason Heyes -- Senior Consultants, Microsoft UK, Active
Directory Disaster Recovery
-- Brian Puhl -- Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft, Managing Active
Directory in Microsoft IT
-- Jorge de Almeida Pinto -- Infrastructure Consultant, LogicaCMG,
Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan
-- Mark Lawrence -- Lead Program Manager, Microsoft, Microsoft's Insight
into Group Policy
-- Darren Mar-Elia -- Chief Technology Officer, Quest Software, Group
Policy Guts
-- Ulf B. Simon-Weidner -- Senior Consultant, Computacenter AG & Co., A
Directory Services Geek's View
-- Anthony Morgante -- Technical Solutions Professional, Microsoft,
Implementing a Meta Directory
-- Jeremy Palenchar -- Infrastructure Architect, Avanade Inc., Under the
Hood of MAStats
-- Brad Turner -- Technical Architect, Ensynch Inc., Using MIIS for
Active Directory Migrations
-- Pamela Dingle -- Consultant, Nulli Secundus, Microsoft Identity
Metasystem
-- Jeff Bohren -- Software Architect, BMC, The Role of MIIS in Compliance
-- Keith McCall -- Chief Technology Officer, Azaleos Corporation,
Identity Access Mechanisms in Exchange
-- Danny Kim -- Chief Technology Officer, FullArmor Corp., Details of GPO
in Vista

In addition to the new speakers, many of the conference's top rated speakers will return to the event again this year. Further, two leading analysts, John Enck of Gartner and Nick Nikols of Burton, as well as key members of Microsoft's Active Directory and MIIS product teams, will fill key timeslots. The veteran speakers slated to present include:
-- Stuart Kwan -- Microsoft's Director of Program Management for Identity
& Access, IAM Futures
-- Andreas Luther -- Program Manager, Microsoft, MIIS Drilldown
-- James Booth and Craig Martin -- Directors, Oxford Computer Group, MIIS
Competitive Overview
-- Jan De Clercq -- Senior Member Technical Staff, HP Security Office,
Identity Federation Challenges
-- Wook Lee -- Directory Service Architect, HP
-- Paul Rich -- Senior Architectural Engineer, Microsoft, The Directory
Architect's Career Path
-- Guido Grillenmeier -- Senior Consultant, MS Services, HP, Hiding
(Confidential) Data in Active Directory
-- Paul Moore -- CTO, Centrify, Getting Down to Business: ADFS Deployment
Best Practices
-- coming in second and third. To view the survey results, please visit http://www.netpro.com/forum/today.cfm.

Conference Logistics

DEC 2006 also features a full-day, pre-conference class, The Masters of Disaster Workshop, led by HP's Guido Grillenmeier and NetPro's Gil Kirkpatrick. The cost to attend the full-day, pre-conference workshop is $300 USD and includes all training materials, continental breakfast, and lunch. DEC 2006 is offered on a tiered pricing schedule that includes all food, beverages and conference materials. The early bird registration fee for delegates who register by Jan. 6, 2006, is $1395 USD per person. Delegates who register after Jan. 6 and before Feb. 24, 2006, will pay $1595 USD. The late registration fee for those delegates who register after Feb. 24, 2006, is $1695 USD. To register for DEC and the pre-conference training, visit: www.dec2006.com To maintain the conference focus on advanced directory issues, NetPro requires that all DEC delegates have a minimum of six months of experience running Active Directory or MIIS in production.

About NetPro

NetPro sets the Gold Standard for distributed infrastructure management. We incorporate decades of experience into every enterprise solution, ensuring that our customers can manage the health, security and control of their Active Directory, DNS, MIIS, and eDirectory environments with total, unparalleled confidence. Our solutions enable organizations to increase access availability, stability and performance, prevent costly disruptions, improve security and policy compliance, and enhance management productivity and efficiencies. We exceed expectations in the quality and depth of our solutions and deliver exceptional customer support and ROI every time. Our industry partners include Microsoft Corp., Novell, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard, and our customer list features such respected organizations as Coors Brewing, the U.S. Army and General Motors. For more information about NetPro, please visit our website at www.netpro.com or call 602.346.3600.

Editors Note: NetPro names used in this document are trademarks, which may be registered in one or more jurisdictions, of NetPro. Microsoft is a registered trademark, and Active Directory is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries.



SOURCE: NetPro


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