MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Mercury Interactive Corporation , the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, announced Mercury World 2006, will be held October 8-11 at the Bellagio Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mercury World, the world's largest BTO user conference, is a leading forum for customers to engage in interactive, hands-on discussions about how to optimize the business outcomes of IT using Mercury BTO software.
Mercury World 2006 will feature four days of best-in-class speakers, programs and sessions for Mercury customers and partners. This year's event will include an impressive lineup of industry leaders, including a keynote address from Jared Diamond, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel and best-selling Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Mainstage events include presentations from top industry analysts, Mercury customers and Mercury executive thought leaders.
Mercury World participants can choose from nearly 100 track sessions led by Mercury users, experts, partners and other members of the BTO community. The agenda consists of high-level strategies, tips and techniques spanning a wide range of Mercury products and services. IT executives, leaders and technical staff attending Mercury World 2006 can expect to:
-- Gain knowledge of best practices for SOA governance, testing and management, as well as the cultural, process and organizational changes involved in SOA initiatives; -- Examine advanced techniques for preventing risks associated with implementations, upgrades and changes in major ERP/CRM initiatives from disrupting operations and business results; -- Learn how to immediately leverage IT service management (ITSM) and IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices to align IT with business needs, optimize services levels and increase operational efficiencies; -- Discover the art and science of managing a robust quality process to align the priorities of quality assurance teams with business requirements; -- Learn how to leverage BTO software to implement a sustainable IT governance approach to address the ongoing demands from compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley; and -- See how Mercury customers proactively avoid performance and availability issues and quickly identify and resolve problems to minimize business impact.
In addition, Mercury announced that it has issued a call for papers for Mercury World 2006. This is an invitation to Mercury users, experts, partners and other members of the BTO community to propose topics they would like to present at the conference. The call for papers is open until June 23, 2006 and is available at http://www.mercury.com/mercuryworld/.
Mercury will highlight the Mercury World 2006 BTO Awards, which recognize customers who have demonstrated excellence in their Mercury BTO implementations. Selected entrants from each of four categories will receive a free conference pass and will be spotlighted at the event. Awards will be given in the categories: BTO Teamwork, Running IT Like a Business, BTO for Technology Innovation and BTO Best Practices.
Mercury also announced the extension of Early Bird pricing until June 23, 2006. For more information or to register for Mercury World 2006 in Las Vegas, please visit: http://www.mercury.com/mercuryworld/.
ABOUT MERCURY
Mercury Interactive Corporation, the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, is committed to helping customers optimize the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the largest enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services for IT Governance, Application Delivery, and Application Management. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to govern the priorities, processes and people of IT and test and manage the quality and performance of business-critical applications. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners. For more information, please visit http://www.mercury.com/.
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