Virtualization Day
Nelson RuestMCE, MCT, MVP,
Senior Enterprise Architect,
Resolutions Enterprises Ltd
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Monday, May 18, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Virtualization is driving a fundamental shift in how we think about data center environments. It is lowering capital and operational costs, enabling IT agility, underlying Green IT initiatives and fueling the cloud. Is your company keeping up with this paradigm shift? Is your company taking full advantage of the benefits of virtualization—from basic consolidation through the advanced benefits of virtualization 2.0 like automation, high availability, disaster recovery, policy-based management, IT optimization and the move beyond servers and out to desktops and applications?
Interop Las Vegas 2009 is proud to offer an extended lineup of Virtualization themed workshops. Choose from two morning and two afternoon half day workshops.
Morning Workshops
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Microsoft Virtualization: Implementing Microsoft Virtual Technology
Instructor: Nelson Ruest, MCE, MCT, MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, Resolutions Enterprises Ltd.
Microsoft has finally released Windows Server Hyper-V, its flagship virtualization hypervisor engine. They're late in the game with VMware having more than 10 years' experience in the field and Citrix running XenServer for more than a year. Is this first version of Hyper-V complete? Will it be able to compete without features such as VMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduling? Will it support the move to a dynamic datacenter, they way its competitors do? The one major advantage Hyper-V has over all of the others is that it is integrated into the Windows Server operating system. This means it can rely on all of the Windows Server technologies to provide complete dynamic datacenter services.
In addition, Microsoft has moved into other aspects of virtualization including application and desktop virtualization. To better control the virtual datacenter, Microsoft has updated its leading edge System Center management products. Together with Hyper-V, these technologies allow organizations of all sizes to implement complete virtualization infrastructures based on Microsoft technologies. Find out how each piece fits together and how you can use them to build out your new, green datacenter.
Course Outline:
Part A — Microsoft Virtualization Offerings
- Server Virtualization
- Desktop Virtualization
- Applications Virtualization
Part B — The Microsoft Dynamic Datacenter
- Create a Microsoft Dynamic Datacenter
- Implement Virtualization Management Practices
Who Should Attend:
- Information Technology Management
- Systems Administrators & Networking Professionals
- Network Operating System Technology Evaluators
- Business Analysts and IT Consultants
You Will Learn:
- About Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
- How Hyper-V supports Server Virtualization
- The Components of Microsoft Application Virtualization
- How Citrix XenDesktop integrates with Hyper-V
- How Microsoft Management Solutions integrate with Virtualization
- How to blend Microsoft Virtualization Offerings to create the 21st Century Datacenter
Advanced Virtualization Management and Automation
Instructors: Barb Goldworm, President and Chief Analyst, FOCUS
Anne Skamarock, Research Director, FOCUS
Once an organization has completed an initial server virtualization/consolidation phase, it becomes clear that a new breed of tools is required to better monitor, manage, troubleshoot and tune this new virtual infrastructure, in order to reap the full benefits of operational efficiency and IT agility. IT managers have to sift through the plethora of virtualization management solutions to identify which products are really ready for prime time, and then how to match their particular needs with available solutions. In addition, many shops with traditional Enterprise Systems Management solutions are wondering how new management tools integrate with/utilize what they already have.
Attendees of this workshop will gain:
- Insight into the impact this new virtual infrastructure has on IT and the challenges it creates
- An understanding of the base management functions that come from virtualization vendors as well as the add-on tools available.
- An understanding of the point solutions available for managing all the aspects of the virtual infrastructure including security, the virtual machine lifecycle, capacity, application performance, data protection, and more.
- An independent analysis of virtualization management point solutions
- An understanding of how traditional enterprise systems management solutions apply to the virtualization management challenge
- Rule-of-Thumb considerations for choosing and implementing management solutions
- A look into the future of virtualization management
Who Should Attend:
This half-day workshop is for IT managers and administrators who are looking to fulfill the promise of virtualization, especially around improving operational efficiencies and reducing costs, through advanced management and automation.
You Will Learn:
During this workshop, industry analyst and virtualization experts from FOCUS will discuss the challenges that come with this new virtual infrastructure, and solutions available for virtualization management and automation.
Afternoon Workshops
1:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Expanding Virtualization to Desktops and Applications
Instructors: Barb Goldworm, President and Chief Analyst, FOCUS
Anne Skamarock, Research Director, FOCUS
Many companies have already implemented server consolidation projects utilizing virtualization technologies. These projects have brought significant cost reductions to both capital and operational expenditures. Companies are now looking to leverage server, desktop and application virtualization technologies to bring order to the long-standing chaos of enterprise desktop management. But what are desktop and application virtualization, and where do they apply in your environment? More importantly, how can your IT organization leverage these technologies to deal with the unrelenting daily demands of provisioning, administering, securing and supporting hundreds and thousands of corporate desktops and applications?
Course Outline:
- Methodology for evaluating your user requirements and determining which technologies and combined approaches are best suited for your users' needs
- A deep understanding of the architectures of the different desktop virtualization and application virtualization and streaming technologies
- An independent analysis of the top desktop and application virtualization solutions
- Practical, rule-of-thumb advice for IT managers and administrators developing strategies for the implementations of these technologies
Who Should Attend:
This half-day workshop is for IT managers and administrators who are interested in developing their knowledge of virtual desktops, application virtualization and streaming technologies to better design and implement a comprehensive centralized desktop initiative within their companies.
You Will Learn:
During this workshop, industry analyst and virtualization experts from FOCUS will detail the technologies and solutions available for desktop virtualization, and application virtualization and streaming.
Securing Virtualization: A Shortcut Guide to Virtual Security
Instructor: Nelson Ruest, MCE, MCT, MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, Resolutions Enterprises Ltd.
Security is an issue that is pervading because it involves almost everything within your network. The object of security is to protect information. Determining the value of the information you need to protect will help you determine which level of security you need to apply to it.
While protecting traditional networks is nothing new, protecting virtual infrastructures presents challenges that you may never have faced before. First, you need to understand which types of challenges will arise in the resource pool, the grouping of your host servers. Second you need to learn if unknown or unforeseen challenges will arise in the infrastructure you create to run your virtual workloads. This division of the infrastructure into physical and virtual machines demands new approaches and a serious reflection on security practices.
Rely on this workshop to help identify new security practices and potential security issues as you move into the virtual datacenter.
Course Outline
Part A — Virtualization Infrastructures
- Virtualization Basics
- Virtualization Architectures
Part B — New Security Strategies
- Host Server Security
- Virtual Service Offering Security
- Virtualization Threats
Part C — Securing the Dynamic Datacenter
- The Dynamic Datacenter
- Update Security Practices
Who Should Attend:
- Information Technology Management
- Systems Administrators & Networking Professionals
- Network Operating System Technology Evaluators
- Business Analysts and IT Consultants
You Will Learn:
- How to secure the resource pool
- How to secure administrative communications in the resource pool
- How to secure virtual workloads
- How to protect virtual workloads
- How to blend security at the host and workload levels
