Executive Leadership Briefing (Featuring Forrester)
It's time to rethink your datacenter strategy. Why? Because two opposing forces require a far more efficient, optimized approach to datacenter infrastructure and operations. On one end, your users have changed dramatically. Consumer hardware and software, mobility, and self-provisioning have dramatically changed what services are run out of datacenters. On the other end, virtualization, automation, and cloud technologies have dramatically changed the economics of running datacenter infrastructure. It's time to take a step back and determine if you're running the most efficient datacenter and meeting changing business requirements. To do so, this session will help you:
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Learn which technologies and capabilities to embrace so that you can realign your datacenter strategy to meet changing user and business requirements.
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Identify the importance of four evolving datacenter trends: 1) Converged infrastructure; 2) Private, public, and hybrid cloud technologies; 3) Power and cooling management; and 4) Advanced virtualization and automation tools.
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Determine next steps in optimizing your datacenter based on your particular user, application, and business environments.
Agenda
9:00 - 9:40 AM: General Session - Hear from one of Forrester's leaders on the latest IT trends and specifically how you can Embrace Four New Capabilities to Optimize Your Datacenter.
9:40 - 10:00 AM: Q&A Session - A unique opportunity to get your toughest questions answered by an expert in IT Services.
Speaker Details:
Robert Whiteley Robert serves Infrastructure & Operations professionals. He manages a team of analysts responsible for delivering research and advisory solutions for clients' server, desktop, storage, network, and IT service management challenges. This includes coordinating the team's solutions for larger infrastructure initiatives like data center transforamtion, organizational redesign, cloud computing, client virtualization, green IT, and IT service automation. Prior to joining the Infrastructure & Operations team, Robert was a research director on the security and risk team. He led Forrester's research efforts on IT security frameworks; governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); identity and access management (IAM); application security; data security; and IT infrastructure security. He also provided Forrester's coverage of specific security topics that includes network access control (NAC), network segmentation, and branch office security. Robert has been widely quoted in the press, including business media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and industry media outlets such as Network World. Robert regularly speaks at Forrester events, on behalf of clients, and at industry events like Interop. Robert received his B.S. degree in computer engineering from Tufts University.
Date: | May 19 2011 9:00am - 10:00am |
Location Name: | Qwest |
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Address: | 6000 Parkwood Pl |
City: | Dublin |
State: | Ohio |
Zip: | 43016 |
Phone: | 704-837-7610 |
Event Sponsor: | Qwest Communications |
Registration Fee: | $0.00 |
Deadline Date: | 05/19/2011 |
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