Updated October 9, 2000

Special joint meeting of the Open Group, PCCA and Wireless Data Forum

Mobile Management

This meeting will be jointly sponsored by the Open Group's Mobile Management
Forum, the Standards and Architecture Committee of the Portable Computing and
Communications Association and the Industry Infrastructure Committee of the
Wireless Data Forum.

CONTENTS

Background
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Location
Registration
Hotel Information

There are considerable issues in managing mobile computing devices. Management
issues fall into a number of areas:

• Management of functions and performance at the device
• Configuration management
• Inventory management
• Centralized network management
• Integration with existing network systems

Proposed topics include:

• Presentations by sponsoring organizations on their efforts and views
• Web based enterprise management
• Windows Management Instrumentation
• Session management
• Data synchronization issues
• Authentication, authorization and accounting (enterprise requirements)
• Corporate user requirements
• Perspectives of system integrators
• Approaches being used by wireless application service providers
• etc.

9:00 AM to  4:00 PM - MOBILE MANAGEMENT

OPENING

• Introductions
• Statement and discussion of objectives
• Overview of Open Group Mobile Management Forum - Gregory Gorman

(Director of Wireless Programs) and Roger Mizumori (Technical Director, Compaq)
• Overview of PCCA technical activities - Peter Rysavy (PCCA) and

Ronald M. Smith (Technical Marketing Manager for Mobile Communications Architecture, Intel)
• Overview of WDF technical activities - Joe Jasin (Wireless Data Forum)

• End User Perspective on Mobile Management - Richard Paine (Wireless

Architect, Boeing)
• Sessions Management Architecture for Wireless Applications and Devices -

Martin Kendrick (Managing Director, Brand Communications)
• Using PCCA STD-201 (wireless NDIS extensions) to Manage Wireless Network Interfaces -

Emil Sturniolo (WRQ)
• Windows Management Instrumentation - Sasha Nosov, Microsoft
• other presentations may be added

• Questions and answers
• Panel and general discussion
• Development of recommendations and action items
• Meeting summary

The meeting will be held in a meeting room at the Marriot Hotel in
Santa Clara. This hotel is very close to the Santa Clara Convention
Center.

REGISTRATION

If you are interested in participating in this meeting, you will need to
register for the meeting. Please register by sending e-mail to
pcca@pcca.org. Please include your name, company name, e-mail
address and phone number.

This meeting is open to members of the Open Group, PCCA and
Wireless Data Forum. Other companies may attend by special
invitation.

HOTEL INFORMATION

Please use hotel recommendations and services provided by the
Wireless IT Conference. Call 800-334-6147 or go to
http://www.wirelessit.com for details.

Santa Clara Marriot
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Phone: 408-988-1500
Fax: 408-727-4353

Directions from San Jose:

Take highway 101 North  to Great America Parkway. Turn right onto
Great America Pkwy and right again onto Mission College Blvd.
Hotel is on right.

Directions from San Francisco:

Take highway 101 South to Great America Parkway. Turn left onto
Great America Pkwy and right again onto Mission College Blvd.
Hotel is on right.