From the Inside July/August 2011
It is the time of year that I start planning for the next Spectrum conference. If you haven't seen the ad for the 2012 Spectrum, it will be Apr 2nd-5th in West Palm Beach, FL. We are having it at the same venue as the 2011 conference, so if you are a golfer, make sure you bring your clubs.
While it seems like the conference is pretty far away, it really isn't. I have to start planning my sessions so you have something to sell to your bosses. I get great content from the industry experts that provide sessions for me every year, but I would like to know what you as a MultiValue user would like to see. The Spectrum Conference is designed for you, the User, so I want to make sure you get the materials, education, and experiences that are needed to maximize your ability to create efficient enterprise applications.
The demands on your IT department are getting more specific, which leads to specific examples or business solutions that you need to know. I remember those days quite well. And I watch the trends that are coming to see which ones our industry are likely to need to be educated about.
There are a lot of different trends floating around right now. If you are unsure what you would like to see, here are a few that I've noticed:
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Virtualization/Cloud Computing
Everyone is talking Cloud Computing, and Virtualization, and for pretty good reasons. We have talked about virtualization and cloud computing at the conference before, but are you interested in how to integrate MultiValue databases into a cloud API, like Azure or Google App Engine? Or just run a MultiValue server in a Virtual Machine? -
Tablets and Cell Phone Apps
This topic is a pretty sure thing for 2012, but I would like to hear your input. What are your company demands: Native Apps, Web Apps, iPad, Android, BlackBerry? -
Windows 7
If you haven't worked with Windows 7 much yet, it can be a pain. Would you like to see general sessions on how to use Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008? These general sessions would not likely be MultiValue specific, but sometimes we need to know about other software to make our job easier. -
Google Apps
Considered using Google apps in your business lately? Or for that matter Office 365. Documents, Calendars, Email, Spreadsheets… all free, and all can be integrated with your MultiValue data. -
Integration - E-mail, CRM, EMR, LDAP, Active Directory
Do you have other applications within your environment that you need to integrate with. We have been an island all to ourselves for so long, we forget that our business has information other systems can use or need for business functions. What integration options do you need? -
External Programing Languages
MultiValue Basic has served us well, but we need to interact with other system, so that means other programing environments. What languages is your business requiring you to work with? .NET, Java, Python, Javascript, HTML, JSON… there are many others.
These are just a few examples, but I would like to hear from you to see what is most interesting or trends and topics that you would like to have available.
E-mail me: nathan@intl-spectrum.com
