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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Chris Wolf
Senior Analyst, Burton Group
Monday, September 24th (Day 1)
8:45 am to 9:30 am
 
Toby Ford
CTO, USinternetworking, an AT&T Company
Tuesday, September 25th (Day 2)
8:45 am to 9:30 am
Industry Analyst Keynote:
Virtualization Today and Tomorrow

Pointing the way to new heights in efficiency, flexibility, isolation and control, virtualization technologies are remaking the enterprise IT infrastructure. Our analyst keynote will bring you up to speed on the latest virtualization technologies and trends, with key insights into how enterprises are incorporating virtualization technologies while working around current architectural and performance limitations. Special focus will also be brought to today's current application and OS licensing and support challenges. Forthcoming performance, security, storage, data protection, automation, and management technologies will also be highlighted, all of which may impact planned virtualization hardware and software purchasing decisions.
  Industry Keynote:
Winning the War on Dedicated Environments:
Battle Scars from Pushing Virtualization Technology to the Limit

Learn how USi developed a utility computing architecture based on a highly virtualized server and storage implementation for critical database, messaging and ERP applications, resulting in ease and flexibility for provisioning, higher utilization and cost-effective consolidation. Working with multiple vendors and pushing the limits of technology, CTO Toby Ford explains lessons learned and potential pitfalls of converting an entire organization to a virtualized infrastructure.