Tracks
11 Tracks
| Track A: Servers and Operating Systems | Servers remain at the heart of the data center, but the "heart rate" is steadily increasing due to new and changing technologies. The broad adoption of server virtualization technology is changing the way data centers and server vendors do business. This track examines the competitive landscape of the complex server marketplace, including the Windows, UNIX, Linux, and z/OS markets, and the latest server developments and technologies addressing these concerns. | A |
| Track B: IT Operations | CIOs and senior IT leaders are increasingly focusing on infrastructure and operations management, partly because it is the largest component of the IT budget, but also because IT is so integral to business processes. Customers require near 100% availability of their mission-critical business systems. This here-and-now focus on IT operations management trends and disruptions provides practical advice on achieving excellence and contributing to business value now. | B |
| Track C: Storage | For those who have the charter to manage the storage environment, managing storage growth is an extremely challenging issue. As demand for storage continues to explode, organizations must wrestle with the very real issues of data security, archiving, retrieval, sharing, and cost management. We will provide insight and advice into managing the storage explosion and provide best practices in procuring, deploying and managing storage across the enterprise. We will assess the practicality and timing of emerging storage architectures. | C |
| Case Study | CS | |
| Track D: Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery | Higher level management visibility of the operational impact of business disruptions is driving a more intense focus on business continuity management. Yet despite the fact that the demand for recovery and operational resiliency is growing in most enterprises, the budget to do it is not growing commensurately. For those with responsibility for business continuity and disaster recovery plans, we provide insight into the best practices for BCM governance, hone an effective BCM program, and select the right BCM and IT disaster recovery technologies and services. We will also analyze technologies and provide best practices for delivering high availability. | D |
| Track E: Virtualization | Virtualization is having a dramatic impact on infrastructure and operations - and to date we've only seen the tip of the iceberg. It will affect how enterprises plan, procure, deploy, manage and charge for data center resources. We will assess the risks and rewards of these next-generation virtualization technologies and the new management challenges these technologies introduce. | E |
| Track F: The Infrastructure Challenges of the 21st Century Data Center | During the past five years, the power demands of equipment have grown significantly, imposing enormous pressures on the capacity of data centers that were built five or more years ago. Data center managers are grappling with cost, technology, environmental, people and location issues, and are constantly looking for ways to deliver a highly available, secure, flexible server infrastructure as the foundation for the business's mission-critical applications. On top of this is the building pressure to create a green environment. This track provides new insights into power and cooling solutions, greening the data center, and facilities considerations. | F |
| Track G: Best Practices | This “all-encompassing track” delivers a well-rounded assortment of best-practice presentations on a diverse set of topics, which are of critical importance to data center and IT operations executives. | G |
| Keynotes | K | |
| Solution Provider Sessions | SPS | |
| Tutorials | T | |
