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IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, and the Global Grid Forum (GGF), a community of users, developers and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid computing, today announced details of the Enterprise conference program at GridWorld, scheduled to take place October 3-6, 2005 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. Additionally, Oracle has joined industry bellwethers HP, Intel, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and others as a GridWorld sponsor. During this two-day commercially focused conference program, industry experts will give business and technology professionals the information needed to successfully integrate grid solutions within existing enterprise IT environments. The Enterprise Program will take place October 4-5 and will run concurrently with GGF's Community Program and Group Sessions. During the Enterprise Program, industry experts will explore the benefits of grid technologies, focus on how to adopt grids via a pilot project and explain how to deploy grids more broadly in an enterprise. Program speakers, representing some of the most advanced enterprise grid deployments in the world, will share the benefits realized and the challenges faced in their organization's use of grids. Highlights from the 15 conference sessions offered during the Enterprise Program at GridWorld are: -- The Different Faces of IT as a Service, moderated by Ian Foster, University of Chicago, Argonne National Lab, with panelists from EMC, Merrill Lynch and XenSource. -- Case Study: Bank of America Goes Global with Grid, presented by Mike Oltman, Vice President, Advantage Risk Processing Development, Bank of America -- Keynote: The Business Case for Why Leading IT Organizations are Adopting Grids, presented by Gary J. Beach, CIO Magazine -- Selling the Benefits of Grids to Senior Management, moderated by John S. Hurley of Boeing with panelists from Microsoft, IBM, Intel and Univa -- Industry Analysts Sessions, panelists from IDC, Gartner, Forrester Research, Summit Strategies, The 451 Group and the Economic Strategy Institute -- Life Sciences Grids Go Enterprise, panelists from Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R&D, Harvard Medical School and Maat G Knowledge -- Adoption of Grids from Pilot to Production, panelists from Boeing, Corus Automotive -- Keynote: Credit Suisse First Boston, Steve Yatko, Global Head of Research and Development IT, Credit Suisse First Boston GridWorld is a B2B conference focused on the commercial benefits of grid computing for Enterprise IT strategists worldwide. GridWorld also brings together the international grid community for in-depth working sessions on user requirements, best practices and interoperable software standards. For more information or to register for the event, visit its Web site.