BladeSystems Insight

2008 Panels and Presentations

Tuesday, May 13th

Blade Server Vendor Panel
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/serverpanel.wmv

Moderated by:
Jerald Murphy, Senior VP & Director or Research the Robert Frances Group

Panelists
Raphael Wong, Director, Super Micro Computer , Inc
Kurt Lendor, Blades Marketing Manager, Intel Corp.
Jim Ganthier, Director, ESS Solutions & Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company
Alex Yost, Vice President, IBM BladeCenter, IBM
Glenn Keels, Director Global Commercial Marketing, Dell
Michael McNerney, Director Blade Server Product Line, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Panel:
“Power and Cooling in Today’s Data Center”
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/pandc_panel.wmv

Moderated by:
Jonathan Eunice, Principal IT Advisor, Illuminata

Panelists
Mike Hall, Regional Manager Southwest, APC
Albert Esser, VP, Data Center Infrastructure, Dell
Chris Loeffler, Data Center Applications Manager
Jack Pouchet, Director Marquee Accounts & Energy Initiatives, Emerson Network Power Liebert
John Grisham, Advanced Technology Manager, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS), Hewlett –Packard Company
Scott Tease, World Wide Product Marketing, IBM

Panel:
“The Next Step in Virtualization: Where Do We Go From Here?”
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/virtualization_one.wmv

Moderated by:
Barb Goldworm, President & Chief Analyst, Focus Consulting

Panelists
Vikram Mehta, President and CEO, Blade Network Technologies
Jean-Yves Chevallier, Director Product Marketing, Emulex Corporation
Eric Doyle, Enterprise Marketing Manager, Intel Corp.
Krish Sivakumar, Manager IT, Cisco Systems.
Chris Pettey, COO and CTO, NextIO

Wednesday, May 14th

Panel:
“Recipes for Success: Implementing Major Virtualization Projects”
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/virtualization_2.wmv

Moderated by:
Barb Goldworm, President & Chief Analyst, Focus Consulting

Panelists
Dwight Riley, Director Blade Server Strategy, Hewlett-Packard
Rick Becker, VP Software and Solutions, Dell, Inc.
Doug Balog, VP, Blads & Modular Development, IBM Corporation.
Alan Chhabra, CTO Public Sector, Egenera.
Vince Hill, Blade Systems Architect, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Panel:
“Networking and Infrastructure”
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/network_inf.wmv

Moderated by:
Jerald Murphy, Senior VP & Director or Research the Robert Frances Group

Panelists
Robet Lusinsky, Marketing Director, Broadcom Corporation
Sanjay Dua, Chief Marketing Officer, Teak Technologies
Vikram Mehta, President and CEO, Blade Network Technologies
Vikram Karvat, Senior Director of Marketing, NETXEN
Amit Sanyal, Product Line Manager, Cisco Systems

Panel:
“Green Storage Initiative”
http://www.ppmmedia.com/video/greenstorage.wmv

Moderated by:
Barb Goldworm, President & Chief Analyst, Focus Consulting
Introduction by:
Leo Leger, Executive Director, SNIA

Panelists
Chip Copper, Principal Engineer, Brocade.
Paul Olarig, Principal Hardware Architect, Microsoft Corporation.
Geoff Hough, Director Product Marketing, 3PAR Inc.