It’s nearly the start of the silly season! Kick it off with fellow web industry types, at The Perth Port80 Christmas Soiree

Wednesday 3rd December
6.00pm onwards

Upstairs ABOVE Flying Scotsman
(door is towards intersection from main doors)
639 Beaufort St
Mt Lawley

There will be free nibbles, maybe some free drinks, and merriment all round, as Perth’s web folk get together for our annual Christmas bash!

On top of that, we’ll also be celebrating AWIA’s own Miles Burke’s book being published, The Principles of Successful Freelancing. (You can buy a pre-release copy and get it signed as well).

There will be Adobe and SitePoint giveaways! (We’re keen for more sponsors - please contact richard at webindustry.asn.au for details!)

Proudly sponsored by:

Supporting Groups

• Perth Flash Developers Group
• Perth Twitter Underground Brigade
• Ruby on Rails Oceania (Perth)
• Usability Professionals Association WA
• Perth Bloggers

Organised by:

Software as a Service
Recognising the opportunities and threats of deploying SaaS for your enterprise
Date: 15-16 Dec 2008
Location: Rydges World Square, Sydney NSW
Event Type: Conference

Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing are the new buzz-words in IT and named by experts as the future of computing. Following the trends and demands of the Web 2.0 age, SaaS allows businesses to outsource application management and hosting to third parties on the Web.

SaaS is replacing on-premise software faster then anyone ever imagined. However, many organisations are still unaware of the benefits and downfalls of SaaS, what to use it for and how to deploy and manage SaaS solutions to meet business strategic and operational goals.

This two-day masterclass with provide you with an opportunity to interact with the masterclass leaders and other attendees to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and risks of SaaS and arm you with techniques to:

• Identify what should be on SaaS and what shouldn’t
• Make the best platform choices for your organisation
• Build a business case and calculate the ROI of SaaS
• Overcome change management and operational challenges when deploying SaaS in your organisation
• Deal effectively with customisation, integration, control and security issues of SaaS
• Understand what to look for in a good SaaS vendor and build relationships with them
• Best integrate, manage and maintain multiple applications

Find out more and book online at the Ark Group Australia website.