Our Agenda provides a unique opportunity for peer collaboration and engagement. For each of the four topic areas, we focus on providing engagement and the sharing of ideas and best practices. Each topic area agenda items includes a Brief from and Industry Thought Leader, Case Studies from peers in the field, and Peer Deep Dives where we conduct a “town hall” session to engage in conversation about best practices and shared experiences.
- Day One
- Breakfast @ Harvard Club
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Morning Keynote – Top Ten Trends in Enterprise IT
Kamran Amini, Director, IBM BladeCenter- 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
- Break
- 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Case Studies Session A
Presenter: Raritan- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Case Studies Session B
Presenter: Server Technology- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
- Break
- 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Case Studies Session C
Presenter: IBM- 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Executive Panel – Data Center Issues: Design and Power Management Discussion
Moderator: Gary Murphy, Principal, Integrated Design Group, Inc
Panelists: *Kamran Amini, Director, IBM BladeCenter
*Keith Jackson, Sales Director, Eastern Region and Canada
*Mark Harris, VP of Marketing, Server Technology Inc.- 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
- Lunch @ Harvard Club
- 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Case Studies Session D
Presenter: DestructData- 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
- Break
- 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Case Studies Session E
Presenter: APC by Schneider Electric- 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
- Break
- 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Green Data Center Solutions Power Panel
Moderator: Carol Baroudi, Sustainability Practice Advisor for Redemtech
Panelists: *Mark Harris, VP of Marketing, Server Technology Inc.
*Kevin M. Kosko, Sr. Product Manager, Data Center Solutions, Services and Software, APC by Schneider Electric
*Chris Loeffler, Product Manager, Distributed Power Quality – Americas, Eaton Corporation
*Michael Cheslock, VP of Technology & Sales, DestructData
- 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
- Day Two
- Breakfast @ Harvard Club
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Morning Keynote – Data Center Storage Trends with Cloud Computing, Green IT, Capacity Optimization, and Solid State
Wayne Adams, Senior Technologist within the Office of the CTO, EMC- 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Case Studies Session F
Presenter: IBM- 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
- Break
- 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Best practices for Planning the Design and Management of Cloud Resources
Moderator:Jeff Kaplan, Founder, THINKstrategies
*Panelists: *Benjamin S. Woo, Vice President Storage Systems, IDC Research
* *Eric lundquist, Editor of eWeek
*Ed Beauvais, Senior Manager, Product Management, Cloud Infrastructure Group, EMC Corporation- 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
The Future of Data Centers: Analyzing the Coming Trends that will dominate Data Center technology and Management in the Next 5 Years
Moderator: Eric lundquist, Editor of eWeek
Panelists:*Michael Cheslock, VP of Technology & Sales, DestructData
*Kevin M. Kosko, Sr. Product Manager, Data Center Solutions, Services and Software, APC by Schneider Electric
*Carl CottuliVice President of Products and Services
- 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
- Lunch @ Harvard Club
- 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Case Studies Session G
Presenter: Eaton Corporation- 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
- Break
- 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Cloud Storage – Peer Discussion on Data Management, Security, Compliance
Moderator: Wayne Adams, Senior Technologist within the Office of the CTO, EMC
Panelists: *Benjamin S. Woo, Vice President Storage Systems, IDC Research
*John Linn, Senior Technologist, Office of the CTO, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
*Peter Moldave, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
*Ed Beauvais, Senior Manager, Product Management, Cloud Infrastructure Group, EMC Corporation- 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Meetup with members of SNIA
- 3:00 – 5:00 PM
