Conference: Data Center Track
Data centers and the IT professionals that operate them are increasingly challenged to deliver on the business's insatiable demand for reliable, flexible and resilient IT services at an affordable cost. These pressures are only exacerbated by data center out-of-space and power concerns, rising energy prices, new ownership models and heightened expectations for the IT professional of the future. This track is designed to help data center professionals plan for the data center of the future, while optimizing the data center of today.
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 Key Skill Sets for the Data Center Manager of the Future (Location: Breakers B)Data center managers be warned—the business's insatiable demand for IT services, coupled with out-of-space and power concerns, rising energy prices and increased outsourcing, will require skills beyond technical versatility. Forecasting, project management and vendor management will all become necessary skills for future data center managers. To better manage their own career and develop up-and-coming staff, this session will discuss the evolving role of the data center manager, drivers for change, as well identify key skill sets necessary for success into the future. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Paul Clark, Data Center Manager, The Ohio State University Medical Center
Speaker - Tim McLaine, Global Functional Manager - Data Center Services, Perot Systems
Tim McLaine is group director of Data Center Services for Perot Systems. He is responsible for data center facilities, operations, support services, storage, data compliance, capacity planning, disaster recovery and business continuity worldwide. He provides operational support, strategic direction, evaluation of emerging technologies, and strategic technology guidance to customers. Experience Tim is a 30-year veteran leader in the technology services industry, and a 20 year veteran of Perot Systems. He has spent his career in technical and leadership roles, including Director of Infrastructure Solutions supporting individual clients within the Transportation, Telecommunications and Financial Services industries. He also served as the director of North American Operations. Qualifications Prior to joining Perot Systems, Tim worked at EDS for over 10 years. He has earned a BS in Accounting. | |||||
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Forecasting: How to Determine What Your Next-Generation Data Center Requires (Location: Breakers B)There is a lot of buzz—and uncertainty—around the next-generation data center. What will it look like? When will it arrive? Will it even exist? Data center managers should take matters into their own hands by forecasting their future requirements for growth, reliability, flexibility and resiliency. Empowered with this information, data center managers can then make the next generation data center conform to their needs, as opposed to the other way around. This session will identify best practices to accurately forecast future data center requirements that data center managers should employ to effectively plan for the next-generation data center. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Jim Smith, CTO, Digital Realty Trust
Jim Smith is CTO at Digital Realty Trust where he oversees data center development, the company's efficiency & green strategy, and power procurement & energy management. In the past four years, Jim and the Digital Realty Trust team have delivered more than 300MW of UPS capacity on over 60 datacenter projects in North America and Europe. This portfolio includes the industry's first LEED Gold certified data center and the UK's first BREEAM certified Excellent datacenter. Jim has a BSc in Chemistry from Fort Lewis College and an MBA from London Business School. He was named an InfoWorld top 25 CTO of 2008. Speaker - John Bennett, Worldwide Director, Data Center Transformation Solutions, Hewlett Packard
John Bennett is worldwide director for Data Center Transformation solutions for the Technology Solutions Group at HP. Bennett is focused on helping customers transform their data centers into strategic assets that support business growth and innovation. His team helps customers adapt new infrastructure, modernize applications and implement service management practices. Bennett has been with HP for nearly 30 years, with a career ranging from engineering through product management, product marketing and program management. He has a bachelor of science in mathematics and a master of science in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., as well as an MBA from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Speaker - Lennart Jonsson, Vice-President Technology, Eaton
Lennart Jonsson is Vice President Technology for Eaton Corporation, Power Quality Division. He has served in his current position since 2004 and is responsible for the global development of all Power Quality Division products. Early in his career he held several positions as a power electronics design engineer and project manager in Denmark and Sweden before joining Fiskars Power Systems in Helsinki, Finland, in 1987 as Director of Product Development. This position included responsibility for engineering sites in both Finland and Sweden. In 1996, Jonsson moved to the United States to take a position as Vice President Engineering at Deltec Electronics Corporation, San Diego, CA. He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. | |||||
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Green IT Outside Of the Data Center: PCs, Office Peripherals and Beyond (Location: Breakers B)While the data center often receives much of the Green IT spotlight, tremendous value is being left on the table by overlooking PCs and office peripherals. In fact, The Climate Group estimates that PCs and related peripherals consume close to three times the amount of energy and related CO2 emissions as the data center. This does include the green value from collaboration tools such as video conferencing, virtual meeting and work-from-home technologies. To help IT professionals expand their scope of Green IT, this session will introduce greening strategies beyond the data center. Speaker - Greg Kovich, Director of Education Practice, Alcatel Lucent
Greg Kovich brings 20 years of experience in information technology to his position as Senior Account Director at Alcatel-Lucent. In this role, Mr. Kovich serves as a business development specialist for the higher education and K-12 market in North America, working closely with education customers to more closely align Alcatel-Lucent's product portfolio to their needs. Prior to the merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, Mr. Kovich was the Product Marketing Manager in Alcatel's Enterprise Solutions division. Greg Kovich holds a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Indiana University. Wednesday, May 20 | | ||||
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Technologies that Data Center Managers Can't Live Without (Location: Breakers B)The business demands reliable, flexible and resilient IT services. Data center managers rely on a combination of technologies - from blade servers, thermal modeling and intelligent protocol data units (PDU), to data center monitoring, automation and capacity planning tools - to meet these expectations. So what technologies are essential to managing your data center? This interactive session will reveal hardware, software and facilities technologies that data center managers can't live without. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Jim Simmonelli, CTO, APC by Schneider Electric
Jim Simonelli is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of APC. Jim is responsible for technology direction, product platform roadmaps and system architectures devoted to Power, Cooling, Rack and infrastructure management software. Prior to his role as CTO, Jim held multiple executive engineering positions with APC including Vice President, System and Platform Architecture and Vice President Solutions Delivery Group. Jim is a frequent speaker at power electronics and information technology conferences. Jim received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and holds 8 US patents. Speaker - Stephen Elliot, Vice President of Strategy, CA
Stephen Elliot is Vice President of Business Unit (BU) Strategy for CA in the Infrastructure Management BU, focused currently on virtualization and data center automation. Previously, Mr. Elliot was a noted software industry analyst at IDC, Hurwitz Group, Gartner, Instat, and Forrester. Mr. Elliot also was a Product Marketing Manager at Inteq, a venture-backed start-up. Additionally, Mr. Elliot holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California with graduate work at American University. He has also completed Harvard Business School's Executive Education course on Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Valuation. Speaker - Tim McLaine, Global Functional Manager - Data Center Services, Perot Systems
Tim McLaine is group director of Data Center Services for Perot Systems. He is responsible for data center facilities, operations, support services, storage, data compliance, capacity planning, disaster recovery and business continuity worldwide. He provides operational support, strategic direction, evaluation of emerging technologies, and strategic technology guidance to customers. Experience Tim is a 30-year veteran leader in the technology services industry, and a 20 year veteran of Perot Systems. He has spent his career in technical and leadership roles, including Director of Infrastructure Solutions supporting individual clients within the Transportation, Telecommunications and Financial Services industries. He also served as the director of North American Operations. Qualifications Prior to joining Perot Systems, Tim worked at EDS for over 10 years. He has earned a BS in Accounting. | |||||
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The Green Data Center: Your Playbook of Eco-Strategies for Today and Tomorrow (Location: Breakers B)The green data center strategy is to maximize current facility, infrastructure and IT investments, coupled with energy conservation tactics. Unfortunately, data centers are not static and the business's insatiable demand for IT services will eventually force you to buy new - whether it be it a new server or storage array, or a new chiller or entire facility. To maximize the green data center's value, this session will present data center managers with strategies to generate both eco and economic benefits today and into the future. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Brad Minnis, CPP, Director of Environmental, Health, Safety & Security, Juniper Networks, Inc.
Brad Minnis is responsible for the development, implementation, operation and management of Juniper's worldwide EHS programs. His leadership emphasizes prevention and early intervention and programs under his guidance have received recognition and awards from organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency. Minnis has been with Juniper since 2001; his 25 years of international security and EHS experience includes similar senior positions at 3Com and National Semiconductor. Before becoming an EHS professional, Minnis served 10 years in the U.S. Navy. He holds certificates in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health from University of Connecticut, and continues studies in these areas. Speaker - John Engates, CTO, Rackspace
John Engates joined Rackspace in August of 2000 and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer . As Chief Technology Officer, John Engates brings deep technology expertise to the company working closely with customers to develop customized hosting solutions to optimize their applications. Engates also collaborates with the R&D teams to evaluate new technologies and develop industry leading service level agreements to better serve Rackspace's customers. Engates has worked in several areas of Rackspace including Operations, Professional Services and Customer Care. Most recently, Engates has been responsible for managing the ongoing development of Rackspace's Intensive segment. Engates was one of the leading forces behind Rackspace's Microsoft Gold Certification. Engates joined Rackspace in 2000. In 2002, Engates led the launch of Rackspace's highest service level division, serving customers such as Hershey's, Miller Brewing and Hawaiian Airlines. In 1995, Engates co-founded Internet Direct, one of the oldest and largest Internet service providers in Texas and one of the first companies to bring the Internet to the public. Engates is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting. Speaker - Tom Raftery, Lead Analyst, Green Monk
Tom Raftery is lead analyst of GreenMonk, the Energy and Sustainability practice of industry analyst firm RedMonk. As such, Tom leads the research into all aspects of energy, Green IT and Sustainability. Tom is also director and co-founder of Cork Internet eXchange, a hyper energy-efficient data center based in Cork, Ireland. Having co-founded and risen to CTO in a number of IT companies, Tom has a very strong tech background. Having helped design and build out Cork Internet eXchange - a hyper energy-efficient data center, Tom has demonstrated his commitment to and expertise in energy efficiency. Tom speaks regularly at international conferences on Energy and Sustainability, blogs at GreenMonk.net and is on Twitter at twitter.com/tomraftery. Speaker - William Kosik, Principal, Green Business Technology Director, HP Critical Facilities Services, delivered by EYP
Bill is a Principal and the Green Business Technology (BT) Director for HP's Critical Facilities Services. Kosik is a licensed professional engineer, LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Energy Manager. As the Green BT Director, he is responsible for research, development, and implementation of sustainable, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible design strategies for data centers, specifically focusing on the integration of power/cooling, ICT systems, and operations and control software. Also an expert on high-performance computing, Kosik is also collaborating with multiple Super Computing 500 clients, developing innovative design strategies for scalable, energy efficient cooling in ultra- high density environments. Among Kosik's 50+ articles and speaking engagements are presentations to AFCOM, the American Institute of Architects, ASHRAE, Data Center Dynamics, Hollywood Goes Green, IFMA, Labs21, NeoCon, ULI and 7x24, as well as articles in the ASHRAE Journal, Energy & Power Management magazine, Building Operations Management, Engineered Systems, Consulting Specifying Engineer, Pure Power, R&D Magazine, and Zero Downtime magazine. Kosik has presented at multiple USGBC conferences, as well as at the World Forum for Building Innovation in the UK and the Sustainable Buildings Conference in Finland. He also worked with the city of Chicago in developing city-specific environmental criteria. Kosik is on the editorial advisory board for Consulting Specifying Engineer magazine and is currently consulting on a new program sponsored by the California Energy Commission defining environmental performance criteria for data centers. He is also the co-developer of the upcoming ASHRAE publication, Green Tips for Data Centers. His most current initiative is with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new program for certifying data center energy specialists, where he sits on the steering committee. | |||||
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Should You Own Your Next Data Center? (Location: Breakers B)When your current data center facility has reached its capacity, will you maintain ownership—or turn the reigns over to someone else? How will you make this decision? From collocation to cloud computing, it is no longer necessary for IT shops to own and operate data center facilities to offer critical data center services. This session will evaluate the various forms of data center ownership to help data center managers determine their ownership strategy into the future. Speaker - Ric Telford, VP, Cloud Services, IBM
Ric Telford's professional business career highlights 25 years of product and service development experience and is noted for bringing innovative approaches to the design and development of key technologies. During his tenure at IBM, Telford has played a number of key roles in various software and service initiatives for IBM, including e-mail and document management, networking, security software, systems management, and IT infrastructure services. Ric tends to be at the forefront of emerging technologies at IBM. He served as Director of Technology for the IBM CIO, responsible for the development, implementation and adoption of technologies that hastened the transformation of IBM into an e-business. Ric was the Director of Technology for Intelligent Infrastructure, the precursor in IBM to "e-business on demand." Ric went on to become VP of Autonomic Computing, where he was responsible for defining and driving the Autonomic Computing initiative for IBM. In this capacity, Ric worked across IBM, as well as the industry and academia, to promote the adoption of open-standards based self-managing technologies. In his prior role as VP of IT Optimization, Ric was responsible for defining complete IBM solutions for customers looking to transform their IT infrastructure. Leveraging IBM's vast software, hardware and services assets, the IT Optimization business unit provides offerings focused on such transformation topics such as Cloud Computing, Consolidation/Virtualization, Energy Efficient Data Center and Service Management. In his current position, Ric is responsible for defining and coordinating delivery of IBM's broad portfolio of Cloud services. IBM has a clear vision for what is required to make Cloud Computing accessible and valuable to the enterprise, and provides Cloud consulting, Cloud implementation and Cloud-delivered services to deliver on this vision. | |||||
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Retrofitting Today's Data Center for Better Capacity and Efficiency (Location: Breakers B)While data centers are expected to last approximately 25 to 30 years, you need to periodically refresh your environmental gear for better capacity. Why? Modern hardware, such as blade servers, is continually demanding more power and cooling capacity—likely beyond your current capabilities. But before you start making capital improvements, have you squeezed all the efficiency out of your existing equipment? This session will identify efficiency tactics that data center managers can employ today to defer major data center facility investments. Speaker - Jack Pouchet, Director, Energy Initiatives, Emerson Power Network
Jack Pouchet, BA, MBA Business Administration, Director Energy Initiatives for Emerson Network Power / Liebert is based in Southern California and works closely with major OEMs in the server market, large data center users, and leading mission critical engineering firms to help define, architect, and create opportunities for advanced power and cooling technologies that improve day-to-day operational efficiencies. Jack brings over twenty years of related OEM power supply, power generation, distribution, and power product sales and marketing experience to Emerson Network Power giving him a unique end-to-end perspective of the entire AC and DC power path. An active member of several industry and sustainability associations including The Green Grid and the Union of Concerned Scientists, Jack is frequently engaged with Federal and State agencies in research and legislation centered on alternative / renewable energy as well as energy efficiency including support of the EPA in their report to Congress on data center operations under H.R. 5646. As a scientist/inventor Jack has corporate IP and patents pending for alternative/renewable energy components, systems, and architectures specifically addressing the IT, networking, data center, and electric utility markets. | |||||
