Info for New Attendees

From ITArch

The IT Architecture SIG started in May 2006 under the auspices of the ACS, and meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5:30pm. The guest speaker's presentation is from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. The venue is Excom Education, Ground Floor, 191 Pulteney Street, Adelaide (NW corner of Pulteney and Flinders). To find out about our presentations, past, present and future, please go to
http://sa.acs.org.au/it_arch/index.php/Presentations_Archive.

The aims of our group are to (a) provide a means of sharing IT Architecture information and experiences, (b) raise the profile and awareness of IT Architects so that they may be better utilised in IT projects, and (c) assist in building relationships between software vendors, service providers and end-user organisations at the IT Architecture level to facilitate better understanding and decision making.

We currently have over 150 people on our mailing list, made up of IT Architects, Project Managers and Software Developers. In the presentations to date we have averaged seventeen attendees with a maximum of around forty.

We are trying to complement rather than compete against other groups such as AUSOUG and OAUG (both Oracle), AJUG (Java), ADNUG (.Net), etc, so are trying to keep the presentations one level above the technology. On the other hand however, there is absolutely no reason that a particular technology cannot be used to demonstrate IT Architectural concepts presented. Furthermore, if there is a technology that specifically assists IT Architects, for instance a toolset or methodology-based IDE, we are certainly keen to have a presentation on that.

The mood of the meetings is very relaxed, friendly and informal. The objective is to make the events attractive, to both the presenter and the attendees, in both content and atmosphere. Everybody is welcome, there is no entry fee charged, pizza and drinks are available and the location of, and the facilities and hospitality provided by, Excom Education are excellent.

If further information is sought, please don't hesitate to contact Daniel Brown on
0419-804-099 or at daniel.brown@internode.on.net