BMC UserWorld 2006 was our largest user event ever.
Between August 29 and September 1, 2006, more than 1,850 professionals from 44 countries came to San Francisco, California, to exchange ideas on the future of IT. The conference featured 16 educational tracks with more than 200 sessions, and well as an extensive Solutions Showcase.

Session Highlights

Below are links to the presentation files of a few of the most popular sessions at BMC UserWorld 2006. Also, look to TalkBMC for a complete list of podcasts and blogs recorded live from the UserWorld conference.

Service Management Track
ITSM V7 Overview
BMC Product management provides an overview of the new ITSM V7 application suite. Topics include what's new, what's changed, and a brief discussion of the migration tools.
Presented by Carol Dirig, BMC Software Track # SMI-104		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
ITSM V7 Migration
ITSM v7.0 offers exciting new features and functionality. In this session we discuss migration strategies. Learn what to expect during the upgrade, including what utilities and services will be available, the estimated effort required, and how to address customization issues.
Presented by Lisa Kapucsinki, BMC Software Track # SMV-105		View the Presentation
Action Request System Track
Building Your Own BMC Remedy AR System v7 Applications
This presentation gives a quick overview of new features and delves into best practices, tools to develop maintainable, high-performance applications on AR System 7.0. Topic(s) discussed: BMC Remedy Action Request System
Presented by Maruthi Dogiparthi, BMC Software Track # ARSI-201		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
Cool Solutions for LDAP and BMC Remedy AR System
In earlier versions of AR system, external authentication required that every LDAP group that a user belonged to have a matching AR System group. This session will discuss the capabilities and enhancements that make external authentication more powerful than ever.
Presented by Doug Reif, BMC Software Track # ARSI-104		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
Distributed Systems / Capacity Management
Creating Cool Reports with BMC Reporting Studio 1.1
You will learn how you to use BMC Reporting Studio 1.1 to create reports on PATROL, Impact Manager, and Enterprise Performance. We will review coding samples, over how to export your data to other formats both in batch and interactively, and examine how to create a customized user interface.
Presented by Michael Rogge, BMC Software Track # DISII-301		View the Presentation
Distributed Systems – Service Availability & Continuity Management Track
BMC Performance Manager Portal and Enterprise Event Integration – Best Practices
Moving event integration from PET or Common Connect to the BMC Performance Manager Portal? Learn event integration best practices whether you are moving events to PEM, BEM, SIM, or a third party enterprise event management tool.
Presented by Todd Brady, BMC Software Track # DISI-104		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
CONTROL-M, CONTROL-D Track
What's New with BMC CONTROL-M 6.3?
In this session you will learn how CONTROL-M 6.3 release can simplify your day-to-day work, reduce the maintenance efforts and improve your customer experience from the state of the art scheduling solution.
Presented by Saar Schwartz, BMC Software Track # CMD-101		View the Presentation
Identity Management Track
Run an Identity Aware Business Automate Your Identity Management Lifecycle Through Business Process Automation (Workflow)
Learn how to best use the Identity Management suite workflow engine for user management, audit and compliance, access request, user registration, employee attestation and recertification, reconciliation and corrective processes. The session will walk you through optimized workflow designs.
Presented by Arnaud Gallut, BMC Software Track # IDMI-203		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
Activate your Microsoft Identity Infrastructure: May I Introduce Web SSO, Federation, and ESSO and How They Can Take Away the Identity Management Woes
This presentation explores Web SSO, Federation, and Enterprise SSO. The business justifications, best practices, standards, and security issues for SSO are also explored. The BMC solutions in these areas are discussed.
Presented by Jeff Bohren, BMC Software Track # IDMII-205		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation
Transaction Management Track
BMC Transaction Management Application Response Time Best Practices, Tips ‘n Tricks
In this session you will learn best practices and tips and tricks to make best use of the TM ART product for monitoring business critical applications including SAP, mainframe 3270, and Web.
Presented by Hal DeVore, BMC Software Track # TM-303		View the Presentation Listen to Presentation