[Update 04-21-2010 – Unfortunately the Linden Lab presenters have had to cancel. We are reconfiguring the session topic and will post an update here.]
We hope you’ll be able to join us on April 26 for our next Virtual World SIG
“A Second Look at Second Life: Enterprise and Viewer 2”
Second Life has emerged as arguably the most important and diverse virtual world online today. The variety of uses and functions spans an astounding array of interests including 3D modeling, education, training and simulation, onboarding, events and meetings, and participation in the in-world economy. Throughout it’s growth, business users in particular noted that to implement a full solution they would require secure on-site hosting of their virtual world assets, and Second Life Enterprise (SLE) is the answer to that need. SLE Beta was released early last year, and has garnered great success with high profile customers ranging from IBM and Cisco, to government organizations such as the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC). With SLE Version 1.0 release on the horizon, SLE will take advantage of Viewer 2.0 and Shared Media, representing a complete rethinking of the user interface and content access.
In this interactive session Dave Kamalsky, Product Manger – Enterprise, and Hamilton Hitchings, Executive Director of Core Engineering – Enterprise, will share a bit about the history of SLE (codenamed “Nebraska”) as it was built to become the product available today, and give a live demo of some of the tools and functions possible with SLE. The release is complimented by a dedicated portal at http://work.secondlife.com. Learn how institutions can create and manage firewall protected grids, use flexible avatar naming and more. We’ll also take a tour of the new features enabled by Viewer 2.0, which allows far greater integration of web content into the world. Join us for this hands-on look at the product of over two years of work in bringing these collaborative tools and abilities to the “serious” world of work.
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Dave Kamalsky bio:
Dave Kamalsky is a Product Manger in the Enterprise group at Linden Lab. Prior to joining Linden in September of 2008, Dave held a diverse career at IBM spanning 18 years working in roles from VM Systems Programer, I/T Architect, Software Engineer, and Program Manager. Notable achievements include co-founding several emerging business units at IBM Research; alphaWorks (1996-1999), ExtremeBlue (2000), Webfountain (2001-2005), and the Virtual Worlds EBO (2006-2008). At Linden Lab, Dave has been part of the unit focusing on bringing Second Life Enterprise (SLE) to fruition, helping the company better meet the needs of corporate customers that want secure behind-the-firewall operations, as well as better services on the main public SL grid.
Hamilton Hitchings bio:
Coming soon.
Location:
Pillsbury Winthrop Office Silicon Valley
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1114
Agenda:
6:30 PM Registration and Networking
7:00 PM -8:40 PM Presentations
Price:
$15 at the door for non-SDForum members
No charge for SDForum members
No registration required