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Day 1

Morning Keynote – Top Ten Trends in Enterprise IT

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

What are the primary issues that currently affect IT professionals and what industry developments can we expect to see in 2012? The morning keynote address kicks off the 2011 BladeSystems Insight Summit by reviewing the latest trends, ideas, and best practices that are driving current innovations in data center technologies.

Case Studies Presentation A

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Speaker: Raritan

Case Studies Presentation B

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Speaker: Server Technology

Case Studies Presentation C

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Speaker: IBM

Executive Panel – Data Center Issues: Design and Power Management Discussion

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Moderator: Eric lundquist, Editor of eWeek

  • Kamran Amini - Director, IBM BladeCenter
  • Jon Inaba - Director of Power Management Solutions – Raritan
  • Mark Harris - VP of Marketing, Server Technology Inc.

Case Studies Presentation D

1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Speaker: DestructData

Case Studies Presentation E

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Speakers: APC by Schneider

Green Data Center Solutions Power Panel

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

As energy demands increase, a movement is growing to find green solutions to the impact of energy use on data centers and our environment.  In this expert panel, our speakers will discuss  “green data” movement and explain what energy efficient solutions can help drive down the financial and environmental costs of server technology.   As attendees, you will have the opportunity to learn from the best and brightest in the industry and engage in a dialogue with those on the cutting edge of “green” technology.

Moderator: Carol Baroudi, Sustainability Practice Advisor for Redemtech

  • Kamran Amini - Director, IBM BladeCenter
  • Kevin Kosko - Sr. Product Manager, Data Center Solutions, Services and
    Software, APC by Schneider Electric
  • Mark Harris - VP of Marketing, Server Technology Inc.
  • Chris Loeffler – Product Manager, Distributed Power Quality – Americas, Eaton Corporation

Day 2

Morning Keynote – Data Center Storage Trends
with Cloud Computing, Green IT, Capacity Optimization, and Solid State

9:00 AM  – 9:45 AM

Recently available storage industry standards and specifications enable data center storage infrastructures to evolve forward to handle more data, transform to a services business model, and better manage energy costs. Protecting past investments is still very important in today’s economic climate while phasing in
new storage technologies, further conserving capital for new projects that may leverage hybrid cloud computing, increased security measures, and optimized storage per storage tier. If you have not consolidated your data center and virtualized your infrastructure, you are not alone, however you are most likely spending your most of IT budget on maintenance instead of advancing and aligning your company IT operations to business objectives.

Speaker: Wayne Adams, Chairman, SNIA board of Directors

Case Studies Presentation F

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Presenter: IBM

Best practices for Planning the Design and Management of Cloud Resources

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Recent technology developments in cloud computing are changing the corporate world. Executives and workers are demanding 7×24 connectivity, applications are being sold by subscription rather than the box and cloud computing is changing the very nature of the corporate information technology infrastructure.In this fast-paced, informative keynote presentation Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies will focus on how all this technology development will impact the data center industry and tech sector at large.

Moderator: Jeff Kaplan, Founder, THINKstrategies

  • Benjamin S. Woo, Vice President Storage Systems, IDC Research

The Future of Data Centers: Analyzing the Coming Trends that will dominate Data Center technology and Management in the Next 5 Years

11:30 AM – 12:15 AM

Moderator: Eric Lundquist, Editor of eWeek

Case Studies Presentation G

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Case Study Presentations provide a unique forum for decision makers to exchange information and dialogue with vendors. These are not product pitches but qualitative presentations that demonstrate the successful real-world implementation of the latest data center research and innovations.

Presenter: Eaton Corporation

 

Cloud Storage – Peer Discussion on Data
Management, Security, Compliance

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

The panel of IT industry veterans will cover many important facets overlooked with data storage as part of cloud computing as it pertains to data management, governance and compliance, security, enterprise big data, data recovery, and data portability. Conveyed viewpoints to include cloud hosting service provider, cloud solution storage vendor, security solution vendor and legal counsel that will include best practices and shared experiences. Discussion points will translate into deeper solution planning and service considerations for your own cloud plans, whether they be public, private, and or hybrid.

Moderator: Wayne Adams, Chairman, SNIA board of Directors

  • 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