Highlighting Integration Best Practices, Emerging Trends, and Strategies
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba – May 27, 2005 – Online Business Systems, an international provider of business and technology consulting and enterprise integration solutions, today announced it will be hosting a series of Integration forums in four North American cities. “Integration Forum 2005: Highlights from the Global Integration Summit” will provide an overview of best practices, emerging trends, and integration strategies resulting from the Global Integration Summit held in Banff, Canada earlier this week (May 23-25).
The Global Integration Summit is a non-vending platform that fosters collaboration between all integration stakeholders and is sponsored by the Integration Consortium (IC). The IC is a global, member-driven, non-profit, leading industry body responsible for influencing the direction of the integration industry. Members champion integration acumen by establishing standards, guidelines, best practices, research, and the articulation of strategic and measurable business benefits.
The Integration Forum 2005, led by integration experts from the IC and Online Business Systems will include presentations from speakers such as: Michael Kuhbock, Founder and Co-Chairman of the Integration Consortium; John Schmidt, SVP of Integration at Bank of America; Mike Sheehy, Strategies, Processes and Competencies Manager at Guidant Corporation; and David Linthicum, Chairman of the 2005 Global Integration Summit and CTO of Grand Central Communications. Kuhbock states, “The forums will offer individuals an opportunity to hear highlights from presentations and case studies that were featured at the Global Integration Summit. As proactive members of the Integration Consortium and Endowment Partners of the Summit, Online recognizes the value that the IC – and in turn the Summit – brings to organizations in any stage of integration maturity.”
These half-day events will also provide an opportunity for individuals to collaborate with experts and peers on how to accomplish integration in practice as well as theory. Other IC members such as Sonic Software and 5by5 Software, as well as regional industry organizations, are strong supporters of the forums and will be participating.
Integration Forum 2005 dates and locations:
June 10 - Minneapolis
June 14 - Boston
June 15 - Toronto
June 23 - Winnipeg
For more information on Integration Forum 2005, visit www.obsglobal.com or www.integrationconsortium.org.
About Online Business Systems
Online is a private North American business and technology integration company providing services and solutions in the areas of Enterprise Integration, Planning Services, Technology Services, Business Intelligence, IT Delivery, Application Management Services, and Education and Training. For more information about Online, please visit www.obsglobal.com, call 1-800-668-7722, or email info@obsglobal.com.
About The Integration Consortium
The Integration Consortium is a non-profit, leading industry body responsible for influencing the direction of the integration industry. Our members champion Integration Acumen by establishing standards, guidelines, best practices, research and the articulation of strategic and measurable business benefits. The Integration Consortium’s motto is “Forging Integration Value.”
The mission of the member-driven Integration Consortium is to establish universal seamless integration which engages industry stakeholders from the business & technology community.
Among the sectors represented in the Integration Consortium membership are end user corporations, independent software vendors (ISVs), hardware vendors, system integrators, academic institutions, non-profit institutions and individual members, as well as various industry leaders. Information on the Integration Consortium is available at www.integrationconsortium.org or by sending an e-mail to information@integrationconsortium.org.
For more information:
Laurie Reimer
Online Business Systems
Telephone: 204-982-7833
Email: media@obsglobal.com
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