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CALL FOR PAPERS

The CMDB and CMS - the Powerhouse of Service Management
Olympia Conference Centre, London

8 & 9 July 2008

The Conference, jointly run by the British Computer Society Configuration Management Specialist Group (BCS CMSG) and the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) will be held on 8 & 9 July 2008 at Olympia, London.

The main Conference objectives are to gain knowledge on the way successful organisations are implementing their CMDB/CMS (Configuration Management Database / Configuration Management System) and understand the benefits that can be achieved. The Conference will bring managers and practitioners working across the service lifecycle (which incorporates the application lifecycle) together in an open forum.

We are looking for presentations by world leaders in this field, vendors and practitioners to cover a wide variety of topics and encourage the cross fertilisation of ideas between practitioners, vendors and users of the CMDB/CMS solutions and tools.

Interactive sessions

The Conference will contain workshops using Decision Support tools that guarantee dynamic interaction, rich brainstorming and better discussion between users, practitioners and the vendor community. The knowledge gained from the workshops will create a shared understanding of today's challenges, industry and vendor strategies to cope with these challenges and future needs. These sessions should cover these topics:-

What exactly are the requirements for a CMDB/CMS?

What do IT organisations and users need from a CMDB/CMS?

Where next? - vendor and user perspectives

Vendor's visions and strategies in developing CMS solutions

Improving the requirements definition and Invitation to tenders when selecting a CMDB/CMS solution?

Organisation and cultural challenges in sharing information and collaborating across the world - how does this impact the requirements and implementation?

Benefits for organisations, practitioners and users of the CMDB/CMS

For users and practitioners the Conference and workshops should provide a unique opportunity to get the inside track on how to approach your CMDB/CMS implementation and develop your existing solution.

Benefits for Vendors

The Conference will provide a unique opportunity for vendors to truly understand what practitioners and users want in an independent, interactive forum. To help you to improve your focus and ultimately market share.


Conference themes

Global trends and the CMDB/CMS

ITIL and the CMDB/CMS

Collaborative development and working with partners

Open source strategies and options

  • CMDB/CMS vendor strategies - where next?
  • The impact of
    • Service Oriented Architectures
    • Virtualisation
    • Web services 2.0

    Future proofing the CMDB/CMS

    Configuration Management across the Lifecycle

    ITIL managing service assets and configurations across the service lifecycle

    Portfolio management

    Application and information lifecycle management

    Infrastructure lifecycle management

    Managing software

    • Managing old and new environments - applications, test, databases

    Evolution of the CMDB/CMS

    What do users need?

    • Closing the gap between what CMDB/CMS users want and what vendors offer

    Managing disparate configuration management sources and tools

    Incorporating open standards and open source solutions

    Configuration structures and models for services

    Configuration management of different technologies

    Can CMS technology really bring it all together?

    CMDB/CMS Implementation

    • What do IT organisations and users need from a CMDB/CMS?

    Developing an implementation strategy

    Organisation and cultural challenges - how does this impact the requirements?

    Building the business case

    Demonstrating a Return on Investment- vendor and user perspectives

    Improving the requirements definition and Invitation to tenders when selecting a CMDB/CMS solution

    Selecting, designing and implementing a CMDB and CMS - real world examples

    Discovering the truth - implementing discovery tools within the CMS

    Venue

    Olympia Conference Centre, London.

    Conference Programme
    The Conference programme will consist of plenary, parallel and interactive workshop sessions, panel discussions, vendor exhibition, and networking opportunities.

    Submissions should be relevant to the Conference themes. Particularly interest will be shown to potential speakers sharing their own experiences.

    Submitting papers for the Conference - by 29th February 2008

    If you are interested please submit a proposal for a paper and include sufficient detail to make the audience, meaning and value of the session clear. Please complete a speaker form and one of the proposal forms.

Template for proposal for interactive session
Template for proposal for presentation
Template for Speaker form

 

All works submitted will be assigned to three committee members for peer review. The results of this review will determine whether a work will be accepted for presentation.

  • Notifications of acceptance will be sent by mid March, 2008. Authors retain the copyright to all submitted work and, by submitting, grant permission for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

    Materials should be submitted electronically to conference@bcs-cmsg.org.uk