Enterprise IT Trends and Outlook

Thursday May 1st, 2003
Hamerschlag Hall D-210
2:00 pm

Dr. Dalibor Vrsalovic
Intel Corporation

Large enterprises are becoming increasingly dependent upon their information technology systems both for internal efficiency and external agility. Business requirements demand these systems link together, which has dramatically increased complexity and personnel requirements. At the same time, IT budgets are growing very slowly, if at all.

Please join Dr. Dalibor Vrsalovic, Vice President of Enterprise Platforms Group, President of Intel Online Services, Intel Corporation, as he discusses these issues and what can be done about them. Based upon his real-world experience, Dr. Vrsalovic will give a business outlook on worldwide IT and hosting trends, discuss emerging technologies and describe application growth areas.

He will also introduce a new view of unified system computing that incorporates system-of-systems abstraction, standardization, and automation for increased productivity and error-free execution. By addressing enterprise IT problems at the service level instead of component-by-component, new solutions will operate much more efficiently than today’s implementations.

His revolutionary vision will have a dramatic affect on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for IT systems and the allocation of budgets.

Dalibor F. Vrsalovic is Vice President of the Enterprise Platforms Group and Director, Advanced Systems Development Group. Dr. Vrsalovic was also named President of Intel Online Services, Inc. in 2001.

Dr. Vrsalovic joined Intel Corporation in 1999 as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the New Business Group where he was responsible for the long-range development of the architecture for Internet services and systems.

Prior to joining Intel, Dr. Vrsalovic was Vice President of Internet Technology at AT&T. He also served as Vice President of Advanced Technology at AT&T Labs. Dr. Vrsalovic was Chief Scientist at Sun Microsystems/SunSoft, where he managed the Advanced Technology Group. He was also the Vice President of Engineering at Ready Systems.

Dr. Vrsalovic was a member of the faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Zagreb. He has consulted to various governments and companies worldwide, and helped design several formative data networks. He serves as a member of various boards, including Tripwire Security, Inc. and Embrace Networks, Inc.

Dr. Vrsalovic holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, a master’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, all from the University of Zagreb. During his studies, Dr. Vrsalovic was also an accomplished athlete as a member of the national water polo team and the European Water Polo Cup winning club.