Transport Webinar: Opportunities, challenges and risks of PC COTS

Captec, in collaboration with Microsoft and Intel, will be delivering an information packed Webinar on the opportunities, challenges and risks of adopting PC based COTS hardware and software technologies in the transport sector. COTS offers tremendous cost down, speed to market and innovation opportunities but requires intelligent and careful selection, introduction and management, particularly of the associated risks.

When: Thursday, 18^th March at 09:00-10:00 GMT

Where: Register at http://www.microsoftembeddedseminars.com/about.aspx?seminarid=314

Webinar attendees will have the chance to win an HTC Touch 2 Smart Phone!

This information packed webinar will help you to understand the issues related to using PC based COTS hardware and software. The webinar will cover:

• Benefits and risks in using COTS based PC component.

• Strategies and methods for de-risking component selection for hardware and software

• Strategies and methods for managing hardware and software change control and obsolescence

• Protection against the hostilities of the operating environments in transport

• The strategic importance and consequences of the Operating System choice

• Connectivity, fixed and wireless, with transport enterprise infrastructures and associated security issues

• Remote management and maintenance of transport equipment to maximise uptime

• Overview of Microsoft’s complete value stack from Embedded Operating System, through servers to remote equipment management.

The transport sector has seen rapid change in recent years with ever increasing numbers of users demanding transport to be safer, more frequent, with over crowding reduced, whilst simultaneously offering services that are more reliable than ever before. Another change in the sector has been driven by the general public’s growing interest in reducing their CO2 footprint. None of these changes would be possible without technology to support the transport sector’s infrastructure, which is why the PC architecture is increasingly the platform of choice, offering a versatile, cost effective and quick to market solution compared to previous proprietary based computer hardware and operating software design. 

But in today's marketplace, PC based COTS components are driven by consumer applications which are notorious for having short product life cycles and inconsistent reliability in order to meet consumer demand for faster, cheaper, and forever smaller footprints. This information packed webinar will help you to understand the issues related to using PC based COTS hardware and software in demanding environments, and foster continuous improvements to the transport infrastructure

Who Should Attend

• Engineering/Innovation Managers responsible for development projects involving the integration of computing platforms.

• Engineers, software developers, specifiers and buyers involved in specifying and selecting computer hardware and software.

• Product Managers and Project Managers involved in defining transport roadmaps.

• Service managers responsible for servicing and maximising uptime in transport networks.

What will be Learned

• An understanding of the issues, opportunities and risks in leveraging COTS based PC components.

• Strategies and methods on how to intelligently select and manage the technologies.

• Stretagies and methods to de-risk obsolescence and change.

• The value stack offering of a Microsoft based COTS platform selection from OS to Enterprise integration.

Webinar Details:

Event Date: Thursday, 18^th March at 09:00-10:00 GMT

Register at: http://www.microsoftembeddedseminars.com/about.aspx?seminarid=314

About the Presenter -

Max Toti is the Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Captec, a computer technology company based in Fareham, UK and  Kitchener, Canada. 

Max is an electronic engineering graduate from Southampton University.  He has worked for IBM UK’s R&D Laboratories in the design of storage products and for Hewlett Packard with stints in California, Scotland and England.    He founded Captec Ltd in 1985 to leverage the growing popularity of the PC based computing architecture into industrial, engineering and scientific applications.

Amongst his multitude of activities, Max is an active member of the IOD (Institute of Directors) and IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology).  He is a visiting lecturer for UK technology universities on Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Wealth Creation.  He is a Steering committee member of the Electronics KTN and is a member of Southampton University’s Industrial Liaison Committee.  He is a published author on  technical and Management Articles in Technology & Business/Management related topics.  He is involved in community outreach as the Director of a residents association for the elderly & disabled as well as schools outreach as a STEM Ambassador.

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