February's event will highlight the top sessions from the two-day New York City event last September, plus will feature all new keynote presentations and panel discussions covering key virtualization themes -- from the software licensing implications and impact on existing IT processes, to the skillset and security needed to tame the technology. Sessions will range from big-picture views to day-to-day best practices and are designed for both those evaluating where to begin with the technology and those already implementing virtualization.

Highlights of the Event include:

• Keynote Presentations: Industry analysts and IT veterans outline innovative uses of virtualization, adoption rates and important technology trends
• Case Studies: IT end users address the challenges, pitfalls, results and benefits of their virtualization implementations
• Expert Panel Discussions: Topics will include virtual server security and the energy savings achievable through server virtualization and desktop virtualization
• Networking Breaks & Cocktail Reception: Collaborate with your peers and the leading virtualization vendors and share the wealth of knowledge about technical, organizational and business challenges of implementing virtualization in the real world