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ISA @ Work



Last Saturday I attended the LogicaCMG ISA@WORK conference.

Once a year, the whole Infrastructure, Security and Architecture (ISA) community of LogicaCMG in The Netherlands (about 500 people) is invited to this event. Although it was on a Saturday, and it was not paid for, more than 120 people showed up.

The opening was done by Paul Schuyt, Chief Executive LogicaCMG in The Netherlands.

There were several parallel tracks about various subjects. The presentations I attended were:

Publishing can be learned. A presentation from Rini van Solingen about the experiences of a writers class he organised at LogicaCMG. LogicaCMG wants more consultants to publish articles, and Rini is an experienced author (see for instance here). His presentation (without using Powerpoint!) was very inspiring. In the writers class, 12 people wrote an publishable article in 8 weeks.

RES  presented their products PowerFuse and Wisdom. Powerfuse can be used to implement user settings on any Windows-based PC or laptop the user is working on. It is a robust solution for Microsoft roaming profiles. Wisdom is a product to roll-out software in a standardized way, which makes it possible to setup several machines in exactly the same way.

After a lunch, Lex Boeré (Lead Technical Architect SOA technology) presented "SOA within ISA". His message was that the massive implementations of SOA in the IT world will also have impact on infrastructures. Especially the WS-* standards have great impact on the way infrastructures and security are implemented. His presentation was very clear and inspiring.

The day was ended with a short performance from stand-up comedian Harry Glotzbach and drinks and snacks.



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About Sjaak Laan

Sjaak Laan

I am 45 years old and married with Angelina. We have 3 children of 12, 7 and 5 years old. We live in The Netherlands, in a place called Drachten

I work for Logica as Principal IT Architect. I have 20 years IT experience.

I own the following certificates:

ITAC Master Certified IT Architect

CISSP_logo CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)


TOGAF8_Certified_web TOGAF Certified Architect



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