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CSC'S FALL CLIENT CONFERENCE - Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center - Dallas, Texas

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Accelerator Development Meeting

Agenda

Exclusively for nbAccelerator, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

7:00 a.m.
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5:00 p.m.
   CSC Registration Desk Open
7:30 a.m.
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8:30 a.m.
   Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
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8:45 a.m.
   Welcome and Introductions
8:45 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
   Accelerator Direction Overview
This session will provide an overview of CSC’s Blueprint architecture. In addition, the direction of the Accelerator software, common architecture strategies and open source will be discussed.
9:30 a.m.
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10:15 a.m.
   Accelerator Application Architecture and Technical Direction
In this session Accelerator architecture will be covered in more detail, specifically:
  • Service-oriented business applications
  • Components: composition and technical details
  • Delivery channels, interaction channels and interaction/domain/processing contexts
  • Customization approaches
10:15 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
   Break
10:30 a.m.
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11:15 a.m.
   Accelerator Development Strategies
This session will provide an overview of the development strategies that you can adopt for implementing and customizing nbAccelerator, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator.
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.   Open Source in the Enterprise
Open source software provides many opportunities to advance and grow the business/technical objectives of an organization. Some of the benefits include tremendous ROI and the benefit of not being locked into a single vendor. We’ll discuss business procedures and controls that help large organizations take advantage of open source.
12:00 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.
   Lunch
1:00 p.m.
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2:00 p.m.
   Preparing for Installations
This session will provide an in-depth explanation of the hardware and software requirements. The following topics will be covered:
  • Minimum hardware requirements
  • Minimum software requirements
  • Use of open source components
  • Readiness checklist
  • Preparing for an upgrade
2:00 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
   Implementing Accelerator Business Services and User Interface
This session will provide an in-depth explanation and demonstration of business services development within nbAccelerator, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator.
3:30 p.m.
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3:45 p.m.
   Break
3:45 p.m.
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5:00 p.m.
   Integrating Accelerator Applications
Learn to integrate with external services and applications. This session will enable you to configure adapters and message mapping metadata. Topics will include:
  • Developing interaction maps
  • Integration with external systems (CyberLife, VANTAGE-ONE,wmA, etc.)
  • Metadata andJava class approaches
  • Standards and guidelines
6:00 p.m.
  
  Dinner

Thursday, November 13, 2008

7:00 a.m.
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12:00 p.m.
   CSC Registration Desk Open
7:30 a.m.
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8:30 a.m.
   Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
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10:00 a.m.
   DeliveringPerformance and Scalability
This session will focus on CSC’s approach to delivering performance and scalability in its next generation of products. Performance techniques, testing, production and the customers’ role will be discussed. We will review performance improvements, discuss lessons learned and share insights that will help you deliver more value.
10:00 a.m.
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10:15 a.m.
   Break
10:15 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
   Tele-App
In this session, we will explore industry trends, along with the challenges and issues of tele-interviewing and tele-underwriting. We'll review nbAccelerator features that address these trends and discuss the modification that may be required.
11:00 a.m.
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11:45 a.m.
   Open Discussion Roundtable
During this roundtable session, we will collect attendee suggestions and ideas to continue to align nbAccelerator, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator with customer requirements. Staff will be available to address any questions.
11:45 a.m.
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12:00 p.m.
   Meeting Wrap-up
12:00 p.m.
  
  Adjourn