TBC - more details coming soon

TBC - more details coming soon

SmartConnect 2.0, a development tool designed and developed by Fuji Xerox New Zealand Ltd, allows easy integration between Fuji Xerox Multi Function Devices and business software systems and applications.
Such integration facilitates end to end document management solutions, where hard copy documents can be scanned, processed and passed into databases and other business systems.
SmartConnect 2.0 includes a bespoke connector for Microsoft SharePoint, including full support for all of SharePoint’s advanced features (Content Types, Custom Metadata, Advanced Field Types, etc).
This session will include a presentation of the SmartConnect platform and a live demonstration of a number of common business scenarios, including:
• Scanning and processing inbound invoices
• Timesheets – creation and automated processing
• Purchase Order processing
The scenarios referred to above will give a good overview of the features and capabilities of the SmartConnect 2.0 platform and how it can be used to leverage the value of SharePoint.  We will be working with SharePoint 2010, but SmartConnect 2.0 also offers full support for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and MOSS 2007.

Paul Proctor is ITP (Integrated Technology Partner) Programme Manager for Fuji Xerox New Zealand Ltd, responsible for developing and managing the relationship between FX and its complementary technology partners.
Paul has significant document management experience, particularly in relation to Microsoft SharePoint.  Paul ran his own SharePoint practice in the UK prior to emigrating to New Zealand in 2008 and has been working with SharePoint solutions since Team Services in 2001.

SmartConnect 2.0, a development tool designed and developed by Fuji Xerox New Zealand Ltd, allows easy integration between Fuji Xerox Multi Function Devices and business software systems and applications.

Such integration facilitates end to end document management solutions, where hard copy documents can be scanned, processed and passed into databases and other business systems.

SmartConnect 2.0 includes a bespoke connector for Microsoft SharePoint, including full support for all of SharePoint’s advanced features (Content Types, Custom Metadata, Advanced Field Types, etc).

This session will include a presentation of the SmartConnect platform and a live demonstration of a number of common business scenarios, including:

Paul Proctor is ITP (Integrated Technology Partner) Programme Manager for Fuji Xerox New Zealand Ltd, responsible for developing and managing the relationship between FX and its complementary technology partners.

 

Paul has significant document management experience, particularly in relation to Microsoft SharePoint.  Paul ran his own SharePoint practice in the UK prior to emigrating to New Zealand in 2008 and has been working with SharePoint solutions since Team Services in 2001.

This session will cover how to plan for upgrading your SharePoint 2003 and 2007 server farms to SharePoint 2010. We will cover the tools available today and how you can test your existing SharePoint 2007 deployment for upgrade compatibility. We will also cover important planning steps for a successful upgrade project and how to upgrade using the available upgrade paths and provide help for scenarios such as:

With some practical examples and guidance from a real world upgrade project. We will cover the processes and planning required for a successful upgrade/migration project.

Chandima Kulathilake – Director (Knowledge Cue Limited)

 

Chandima aka “Chan” is an Enterprise Solutions Consultant based in New Zealand. He is a Microsoft Certified SharePoint expert who has been working with SharePoint technologies since 2001. He provides solution architecture consulting for SharePoint deployments covering planning information architecture and governance. He is a director of Knowledge Cue Ltd ( http://www.knowledgecue.com ) a company based in New Zealand specialising in SharePoint. He has presented at International and local conferences on deployment and governance best practices for SharePoint. He has been awarded with Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award since 2007 for his contributions to the worldwide SharePoint community. He also coordinates the New Zealand Community SharePoint User Group events. Chan blogs at http://www.chandima.net/Blog/

Managed metadata services is one of the most exciting new features in SharePoint 2010 with the ability to create hierarchical metadata and standardise content types across the whole enterprise can dramatically simplifies your ECM strategy. These new features support the creation of rich business taxonomies and folksonomies and greatly simplifies the management of metadata across a large enterprise. The session demonstrations will step you through the process from end to end; 
• The Hub and Content type Syndication; 
• Site Administration of setting up meaningful Managed Metadata Term sets
• Discovering new Terms through Enterprise Keywords
• Creating Columns and Content Types and consuming these in libraries and lists
• and through to the End Users Perspective of how to use this metadata in navigation and search to find the information later.

Debbie Ireland is a SharePoint MVP (Microsoft Most Valued Professional) and SharePoint trainer.
Debbie has worked with SharePoint since 2007 and realised its benefits in work as a Project Manager. Debbie is also one of the organisers of SharePoint Conferences in New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia.

Alan will be talking about supporting business processes with with content types, SharePoint forms, and workflow.

 

He will also be highlighting some of the improvements that SharePoint 2010 is bringing to the table.

Alan Marshall

Gen-I

SQL Server is at the core of many infrastructure systems in a modern enterprise.  This session will discuss performance, maintenance, high-availability/disaster recovery and day to day operations for those environments where you don’t have a dedicated database administrator.  We’ll cover looking after SharePoint, Dynamics/xRM, BizTalk and other systems.

Dave Dustin

Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Dave Dustin is a popular community leader and presenter, offering one on one mentoring and support, as well as training to larger audiences. He is comfortable delivering information in a webinar or face to face environment, tapping into his twenty years of experience to provide solutions that have been tested and work.
He has worked for a number of start ups and provided consultancy for several SME's. Using this experience he founded the AucklandSQL Users Group, which has over three hundred registered members.
As a result of his involvement with the Microsoft technical community, he was awarded Microsoft MVP status.
Dave still participates heavily in the community alongside his current position as a SQL Server Administrator / Developer for Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions.

Brent will speak to us about Erwin and Powerdesigner data modelling tools and their use at Kiwibank.

Brent McCracken

He is a senior Database Administrator at Kiwibank using these tools to develop  and enhance their database enbironment.

Managed metadata services is one of the most exciting new features in SharePoint 2010 with the ability to create hierarchical metadata and standardise content types across the whole enterprise can dramatically simplifies your ECM strategy. These new features support the creation of rich business taxonomies and folksonomies and greatly simplifies the management of metadata across a large enterprise. The session demonstrations will step you through the process from end to end; 
• The Hub and Content type Syndication; 
• Site Administration of setting up meaningful Managed Metadata Term sets
• Discovering new Terms through Enterprise Keywords
• Creating Columns and Content Types and consuming these in libraries and lists
• and through to the End Users Perspective of how to use this metadata in navigation and search to find the information later.

Debbie Ireland is a SharePoint MVP (Microsoft Most Valued Professional) and SharePoint trainer.

Debbie has worked with SharePoint since 2007 and realised its benefits in work as a Project Manager. Debbie is also one of the organisers of SharePoint Conferences in New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia.

Managed metadata services is one of the most exciting new features in SharePoint 2010 with the ability to create hierarchical metadata and standardise content types across the whole enterprise can dramatically simplifies your ECM strategy. These new features support the creation of rich business taxonomies and folksonomies and greatly simplifies the management of metadata across a large enterprise. The session demonstrations will step you through the process from end to end; 
• The Hub and Content type Syndication; 
• Site Administration of setting up meaningful Managed Metadata Term sets
• Discovering new Terms through Enterprise Keywords
• Creating Columns and Content Types and consuming these in libraries and lists
• and through to the End Users Perspective of how to use this metadata in navigation and search to find the information later.

Debbie Ireland is a SharePoint MVP (Microsoft Most Valued Professional) and SharePoint trainer.

 

Debbie has worked with SharePoint since 2007 and realised its benefits in work as a Project Manager. Debbie is also one of the organisers of SharePoint Conferences in New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia.

 

This session is for the wannabe software business owner - how can you get started, what sort of things can you expect and what are some lessons to learn from? Join John-Daniel Trask as he shares stories and experiences from starting Mindscape and growing it through selling software products around the world. He will cover practical steps that will aid you in developing your own ideas into cash flow generating products and hopefully provide some laughs on the way. John-Daniel is a co-founder of Mindscape and Pervasive Group, a director of Valuecruncher Limited and an investor in several New Zealand technology businesses. He won the 2009 New Zealand Hi-Tech Young Achiever award.

John-Daniel Trask from Mindscape

User Adoption Strategies for SharePoint

Michael Sampson

Contributing Author at EndUserSharePoint.com
President at The Michael Sampson Company Limited

This session will showcase how to successfully move your 2007 (and 2003!) SharePoint deployment to SharePoint 2010. If you are planning for this upgrade process for the future, are ready to upgrade your farm now , or are interested in learning about the tools and techniques involved, make sure to add this to your calendar!

Chandima Kulathilake – CTO - Knowledge Cue