Workshops on Key IT Topics
Sunday - Thursday, May 17- 21, 2009
8:30 am-4:30 pm
Attend full-day Workshops to dive deep into key technology areas—including virtualization, mobility, networking, security and much more—or spend a day focused on IT management. BEST VALUE—Register for a Flex Pass to attend the Interop Conference plus your choice of Workshops.
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Workshops
 Developing an Enterprise Network Architecture (Location: Breakers E)Establishing an architectural framework that enables an organization to adapt its IT infrastructure and services in the context of enterprise strategies has never been more critical. This Workshop teaches the skills IT managers need to develop an enterprise network architecture using a decision-making framework and methodology for technology selection based on proven architectural principals, technical positions and template frameworks. Course Outline Who Should Attend This workshop is designed specifically for enterprise network architects and technologists involved with network planning, network designers and consultants, and integrators and VARs. You Will Learn Attendees will learn valuable technical information and understand how to create network plans that support business initiatives. Instructor - Jack Stackhouse, Director Burton Group Consulting, Burton Group
Jack Stackhouse has over 20 years of experience in systems engineering, engineering management, and consulting for large multinational organizations, city, and state governments on network architecture, wireless technology and RFP development for WAN, voice technology and IT outsourcing. As a director of Burton Group Consulting, Jack provides Burton Group's Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 clients strategic advice on network architecture, data center architecture, remote access, wireless technologies, voice services, and WAN Services. Creating Your Enterprise Unified Communications Plan - For Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness (Location: Lagoon L)Unified Communications (UC) offers multiple opportunities for dramatic enhancements for your communications environment. It is possible to save money in both IT and Operating budgets and to improve both customer service levels and business process efficiency. Success requires organizing these opportunities into a coherent and cost-justified plan for your company or institution. This one-day workshop will provide you with the information and tools needed to create that plan for your enterprise. Course Outline Based on the proven two-day BCR Training workshop, "Planning and Implementing VoIP Unified Communications", this InterOp workshop will answer these questions: * What is Unified Communications (UC)? < * What are the new technologies that make UC possible? * What are the personal productivity applications for UC? * What are the business process applications for UC? * How can we find the best UC applications for our enterprise? * What are communications "hot spots" and how do we find them? * How do we design and plan for a UC application? * What are the implications for UC applications for my network? * What are the four main UC Options - IP Telephony, Desktop, Applications, Mobility? * Who are the major suppliers of UC technologies? * What are the UC solution elements from the top suppliers (reference template format)? * What technologies do we need to buy for our UC applications? * How do we determine the ROI of a new UC application? * How can we organize the best applications into a multi-year UC Plan? Who Should Attend This course will support the job responsibilities, leadership requirements and business development goals for the following roles: * IT Director/Supervisor: Communications, Messaging, Applications or Network * Telecom Director/Supervisor: Communications, Applications or Network * IT Strategic Planning Director/Supervisor * Director/Supervisor of Business Analysis (IT or Line of Business/Operating Unit) You Will Learn At the end of the workshop, attendees will have an understanding of: * How to investigate and evaluate UC solutions * How to create a cost-saving and/or benefit-justified plan based on those solutions * How to proceed with the selection and implementation of the appropriate technologies, services and change management programs to produce a high-return sequence of Unified Communications investments. The workshop will include a UC Planning Toolkit in electronic form for all attendees. Instructor - Marty Parker, Principal, UniComm Consulting LLC
Marty Parker provides Unified Communications consulting support to both private and public sector enterprises. As a Principal of UniComm Consulting and as co-founder of UCStrategies.com, Marty is part of a network of talent and ideas to assure clients of the best and latest information about Unified Communications (UC). Marty's focus is on the applications for UC and how those applications optimize business processes to deliver hard-dollar ROI. This focus is the basis for his BCR Training course, "Planning and Implementing VoIP Unified Communications"; for his articles in BCR Magazine and on NoJitter.com (see ?Top UC Applications Now Apparent?, June 2007); and for his UC RFP Templates available at UCStrategies.com. Marty is a regular moderator and presenter at InterOp, VoiceCon and in other UC industry venues. His applications and industry-oriented perspectives on UC are based on his roles in sales, marketing, product management and executive positions with IBM and ATT/Lucent/Avaya as well as with a major Telecom VAR, and as founder and CEO of venture-funded startups in the early phases of the voice messaging industry. Contact Marty at mparker@UniCommConsulting.com. The ABC of Virtualization: A Shortcut Guide to Virtual Technology (Location: Breakers B)Virtualization is taking the IT world by storm as it should. Virtualization of core datacenter services such as server operating systems, storage, networking, desktops and even applications is transforming the way organizations run IT. Virtualization reduces physical server footprints, eliminates complex physical network switching equipment, removes all issues around application operation and transforms the way we look at storage. In addition, it provides the best model ever for business continuity. According to industry analysts, only a handful of organizations around the world have moved to this new datacenter model. It's no wonder since it impacts almost every level of IT operations. But it's no longer a matter of if you move to virtualization, it's a matter of when, and when you do it, you should get it right the first time. This is why you need to attend this session. That's because it will help you demystify the different aspects of virtualization by introducing you to each level of virtualization and how they fit together. It will also focus on the new division between resource pools (RP) and virtual service offerings (VSO) and follow with a detailed plan for the new virtual architecture, its benefits, its rules, its guidelines as well as the new management approaches required for this powerful new force in IT. Course Outline Part A - Architect Virtualization * Virtualization Basics * Use a Five-Step Process * Architectures Part B - Build your Virtual Infrastructure * Server Virtualization * Desktop Virtualization * Applications Virtualization Part C - Convert to the Dynamic Datacenter * Create a Dynamic Datacenter * Update Management Practices Course materials include presentation handouts. 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 select Appropriate Virtualization Solutions * How to build the Green Datacenter * How to work with Resource Pools and Virtual Service Offerings * How to work with Policy-based Workloads * How to work with Virtual Applications and Virtual Desktops * How to blend Virtualization Offerings to create the 21st Century Datacenter Instructor - Nelson Ruest, MCE, MCT, Virtual Architect, Resolutions Enterprises Ltd.
Nelson Ruest is a Virtual Architect with over 25 years experience in infratructure optimization and more than 10 years in virtualization. He is an IT professional focused on technology futures. He is passionate about virtualization and continuous service availability. Together with his partner, Danielle Ruest, they are authors of multiple books, including Virtualization, A Beginner's Guide and Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference for McGraw-Hill Osborne and the MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-238): Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 for MS Press. They are currently writing Exam 70-652: Configuring Windows Server Virtualization with Hyper-V for MS Press. Both Nelson and Danielle work for Resolutions Enteprises Ltd. Resolutions can be reached at www.reso-net.com. Everything You Need to Know About Identity Management (Location: Lagoon F)Identity management (IdM) is a framework of compliance/audit control points, business processes and technologies. When these are implemented correctly, they allow an organization to protect, control and maintain identity information for their employees, contractors, partners and customers. This session is an overview of IdM concepts, business and technology requirements and the Burton Group IdM framework. In-depth areas of discussion will include changes in the marketplace and how they affect current technologies and processes; increasingly important IdM technologies (federation, provisioning and authentication); how to model your business justification, and the initial steps needed to get started in achieving an organization-wide IdM infrastructure. Course Outline * Introduction to IdM *The business case for IdM * Architectural overview of identity and access management * Access management * Provisioning * Directory services, meta and virtual directories * Relevant standards * Integration with other infrastructure *Introduction to IdM products and vendors Afternoon focus: * Federated Identity: Interoperability, deployment, and trust considerations for federating identities across organizational and political boundaries. * User management and provisioning: Life-cycle management of accounts and digital identities; delegated and self-service identity administration; workflow; and provisioning of accounts, access rights, and resources * Authentication techniques: types and uses of authentication, deployment and management of two-factor authentication systems, non-password authentication systems, biometrics and other strong authentication tokens. *Where to begin and best practices * Summary and wrap-up Who Should Attend IT Managers (senior and technical), technology directors, business support analysts, and network, security and application architects. You Will Learn How IdM plays a crucial role in your organization's security infrastructure, components that comprise IdM and best practices for developing the business case and an architecture strategy. Instructor - Doug Simmons, Vice President Consulting Services, Burton Group
Doug Simmons is the Vice President for Burton Group's consulting services. He covers e-business and service provider, identity and access management, application data security, provisioning, workflow, authentication, security and risk management, PKI, messaging and collaboration. Prior to joining Burton Group, Doug performed duties as an OSI and TCP/IP software engineer and implementation consultant for IBM. With 25 years of experience, Doug has assisted in hundreds of medium and large-scale customer architect and design detailed identity management infrastructures that include user management, workflows, access management, federation and multiple authentication services. As an early developer of X.500 and LDAP with IBM in the late 1980's and early 1990's, Doug possesses industry-leading skills in identity management design and deployment, data integration and resource provisioning. Managing and Securing Mobile Devices (Location: Breakers I)Enterprises are depending more and more on mobile applications to increase productivity and responsiveness. However cellular charges are growing faster than any other element in the networking budget, while security concerns continue to multiply. With the growing use of mobile applications, networking departments will have to develop systems and procedures to allow them to manage, maintain, and secure the increasing number of laptops, smartphones, and other mobile devices that are now becoming an important part of their network. While security concerns will inevitably attract management attention, they represent only one aspect of mobile device management. Enterprises need systems to configure and provision mobile devices, maintain and update their software, coordinate device replacement, and address repairs, replacements, and plan for all other scenarios. This workshop is designed to help enterprise IT departments to develop systems to manage the growing assortment of mobile devices users are demanding. The program will feature a discussion of the full range of vulnerabilities inherent in each of the major wireless services and the best practices we have found for addressing them. Course Outline Mobile Device Management * Defining the Task * Importance of a Mobile Policy * Device Provisioning, Configuration, and Delivery * Record Keeping and Administration * Help Desk, Emergency Restoration< * Software Maintenance: O/S, Applications and File Back-up * Security Enforcement * Device Repair and Replacement * Upgrades and Secure Disposal Mobile Security Overview * Major Areas in Network Security * Emerging Security Concerns * Defense in Depth Concepts * Wireless Threat Analysis * Developing Areas In Network Security - Network Access Control - Data Loss Prevention - Biometrics - New Options for Two-Factor Authentication * Building a "Culture of Security" Wi-Fi Security Options * Basic Security Exposures * Emerging Wi-Fi Threats: RF Jamming, Association Floods, Disassociation Attacks, CTS Spoofing, Misconfigured APs * Encryption Options: WEP, IPsec Overlay, WPA, 802.11i/WPA2 * WEP and WPA Security Flaws * Authentication: 802.1x Extensible Authentication Protocol Options * Wireless Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems * Current Best Practices for WLAN Security Cellular 2.5/3G Security Elements * Cellular Security Elements: Authentication, Encryption * Limits and Vulnerabilities in Cellular Security * Extending the Security Profile Security in WiMAX * Basic Network Configuration * Defined Security Options * Threat Analysis and Current Best Practices PDA/Smartphone Security * PDA/Smartphone Threat Analysis - Entrance Vectors - Lost Stolen Devices - Mobile Malware Review * Mobile Device Security Tools and Techniques * Best Practices in Protecting Smartphones and PDAs Developing a Mobile Security Policy Who Should Attend Wireless network managers and security specialists who need a more clear understanding of the challenges involved in managing a network of mobile devices, security threats posed by the various wireless networks, and the current best practices for dealing with them. You Will Learn This session is designed to help managers understand the management and security issues involved in the full range of wireless networks and mobile devices. Instructor - Michael Finneran, Principal, dBrn Associates, Inc
Michael is an independent consultant, industry analyst, and writer who focuses on wireless technologies, mobile UC, and fixed-mobile convergence. He wrote the book Voice Over Wireless LANs- The Complete Guide (Elsevier, 2008), though his expertise spans the full range of wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMAX, and RFID. A lively and informative speaker, Michael has made frequent appearances at trade shows and conferences including VoiceCon and InterOp, and he now serves as the program chair for Wireless and Mobility at VoiceCon. In the consulting area, Mr. Finneran has provided assistance to a carriers, equipment vendors, end users, investment firms, and a number of government agencies. A prolific writer, for twenty-three years he wrote the Networking Intelligence column for "Business Communications Review". He now contributes on wireless and mobility to NoJitter as well as UC Strategies.com. He has published numerous white papers and has contributed to Computerworld, Data Communications, The Ticker, and The ACUTA Journal. Well respected as an educator, he has conducted over 2000 seminars on networking topics in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He taught in the Graduate Telecommunications program at Pace University, and conducted programs at the Center for the Study of Data Processing at Washington University in St. Louis. His courses are now offered through Telecom + UC Training. A long-time member of the IEEE, Mr. Finneran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Manhattan College and a Masters Degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Monday, May 18 | | ||||
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NAC Day
NAC Day (Location: Mandalay L)Network Access Control takes "defense in depth" all the way to the desktop. With NAC on your network, every connection can be authenticated and controlled, helping to reduce the risk of malware or malicious people taking hold on the network. Because NAC is the hot buzzword right now, the products can be confusing and the vendors contentious. However, NAC represents the most significant change in the way that networks are secured since the invention of the firewall. Network managers are now being given the tools to create a strong link between users, end systems, desktop workstations, laptops, and access to network resources. With components of end-point security, authentication and access control, these emerging NAC architectures and products offer almost endless options. Your job is to select the right components and pieces to match your own requirements. This full-day seminar will cover the concepts behind NAC, giving you the tools to understand both single-vendor solutions and multi-vendor NAC architectures from Cisco, Microsoft and the Trusted Computing Group. We'll discuss specific issues in deploying NAC in enterprise networks, and cover key strategies you can use to ensure successful NAC planning and deployment. During the day, a panel of leading NAC experts will the debate issues and take your questions. Course Agenda NAC Architecture and End Point Security NAC Panel Who Should Attend What You Will Learn Instructor - Joel Snyder, Senior Partner, Opus One
Joel Snyder is a senior partner with Opus One, a consulting firm in Tucson, Arizona. He spends most of his time on the road helping people build larger, faster, safer, and more reliable networks. His professional travels have taken him to San Francisco, St. Petersburg, Singapore, Sydney, Santiago, Slough and other cities with names not starting with S. Joel has been working with networks and information security since 1981, when he started consulting on X.25 and public key cryptography, and he's been very busy ever since. He has been a member of the ISO and ITU committees which write network standards, has authored several books and hundreds of articles. He was the conference director for VPNCON, and has advised and trained thousands of people privately and at conferences around the world on networking, security, messaging, and VPNs. His home network has run almost every protocol, firewall, and VPN device you can think of, and he regularly changes his password. As an author and speaker, he's received numerous awards, recognizing his work to improve enterprise IT. He's helped over 200 private and public organizations (many of which you've heard of) with their networking, email, and security problems. He is a fierce believer in the value of empowering people, and knows that you can serve a red wine with fish. Snyder's baccaulureate degree is in Latin, and his PhD is in Management Information Systems. His dissertation is on computer networks in the former Soviet Union. Almost everything he wrote in graduate school is now classified and he's not allowed to read it anymore, which is good because it wasn't very interesting to begin with. His favorite color Crayola crayon is Burnt Sienna. Joel lives and works in Tucson with Jan Trumbo and their cats, Wanda Rutkiewicz and Oliver Mellors. Speaker - Alok Agrawal, MANAGER, Product Marketing, Cisco
Alok Agrawal is Manager of Product Marketing for the Cisco NAC Appliance product line. Alok has deep NAC product knowledge with years of hands-on experience working with customer NAC deployments. In his current position, Alok leads the team to deliver the Cisco NAC solution to customers and to develop future technology and products. Alok previously led the Cisco NAC Technical Marketing team developing technical solutions and driving product architecture and features. He has a strong background in routing, switching, host security design and implementation. Alok holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Speaker - Denzil Wessels, Technical Marketing Manager, Juniper Networks
Denzil Wessels, technical marketing manager at Juniper Networks, is responsible for evaluating competitive technologies to provide Juniper's sales and marketing teams with the right sales tools and knowledge. In addition to extensive customer interaction at the evaluation and deployment levels, Wessels manages key business development partners, working with partners on interoperability tests or integration to develop leading, joint security solutions from Juniper and its partners. Prior to joining Juniper, Wessels was the systems engineer at uRoam/F5, responsible for architecture design and implementing customer solutions. Subsequently, Wessels was a consultant for Infinisys, designing and implementing comprehensive customer networking solutions. Speaker - Mike Votaw, Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterasys
Michael Votaw is currently a member of the Professional Services Solutions Engineering and Security team at Enterasys. In this capacity, he is responsible for the design, deployment, and measurement of end-to-end enterprise security solutions to support global commercial, education and government clients. He has worked in computer security, information assurance, and information risk management since 1996. Votaw is experienced in cryptographic and communication technology including leadership roles as Advanced Network Security consultant on the US Air Force B2 Bomber program; and Network Management and Information Assurance consultant with the US Army European Theatre. Mr. Votaw served in the United States Air Force Reserves and has studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. Speaker - Pat Fetty, Principal Program Manager, Windows Customer Engineering Team, Microsoft
Pat Fetty, Principal Program Manager for the Windows Customer Engineering Team at Microsoft, is a leader on Design, Architecture and Planning for Network Security Solutions. Pat serves as an expert on conducting customer proof concepts and deployment scenarios. In his 12+ year career, Pat has worked on a variety of Enterprise Networking Solutions that have shipped as part of the Microsoft Windows Server product line, which include RADIUS Server, DHCP Server and RRAS Server. Pat also served as QA Manager for the Windows Firewall and IPSec Technologies. Pat brings to us a wealth of knowledge in regards to Network Access Protection and the Microsoft Customer Experience. Speaker - Trent Fitz, VP, Product Management, Trustwave
Trustwave Vice President of Product Management Trent Fitz has over 13 years of experience with security-focused solutions in networking and desktop computing. He was a leading network architect for a large information technology and security company, designing secure networks from the ground up across multiple industries including educational and financial services institutions. He also designed global network security architectures for several banks and large utility companies. Trent also architected secure desktop computing solutions for the federal government including the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and military hospitals across the United States. Workshops
Storage Network Technologies: The Hype-Free Guide to Fibre Channel & iSCSI SANs (Location: Lagoon F)SANs are no more than "virtual SCSI Cables". SAN plumbing! Yet, we spend heavily on this plumbing; our storage network infrastructures. This workshop examines why organizations implement NASs and SANs. It provides a comprehensive technical examination of fibre channel, iSCSI and various IP Storage technologies. The workshop also examines the practical problems faced in the heterogeneous world where the "any-to-any" connectivity provided by SANs can present more problems than it solves. You will learn the best way to continue to gain asset utilization in a mixed technology world. Techniques used to overcome issues through the use of zoning, persistent binding and virtual fabrics. The workshop identifies components and products that make up a NAS or SAN, examines the design and performance aspects of a SAN and finally explores where storage networks are headed over the next few years. Course Outline Who Should Attend Anyone who designs, implements, manages, specifies or selects storage networking technologies. IS/IT technical staff and managers, product developers, systems integrators, systems engineers and technical marketing personnel. Anyone who wants to understand more about storage networking solutions and technologies You Will Learn How to separate the myth from reality of the various storage networking technologies and give you a better understanding what storage networks can and cannot do for you. Instructor - Howard Goldstein, President, HGAI
Howard Goldstein has over 30 years' experience in storage, data and telecommunications networking. His background includes positions in technology, management and education with practical technical experience in architecture, design, planning, implementation and operations. His technical focus ranges across various storage network architectures and products including IP storage, iSCSI, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA, Fibre Channel, TCP/IP, Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband, PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express and others. Goldstein holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and an M.S. in Telecommunications from Pace University. He is a frequent speaker at Interop and Storage Networking World. He founded Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. an Education & Technology Company offering instructor led training. Visit www.hgai.com. He provides in-depth skills with his technology-specific classes. His job task approach in his Storage Networking Planning, Design, Performance and Troubleshooting classes provides the skill level required to perform specific job roles in the Storage Networking industry today. Howard Goldstein has expertise in many aspects of the human side of technology offering innovative consulting and education services on Professional Vitality and Career Development, Adult Learning, and Presentation Development & Delivery Techniques. Howard believes that content and context delivery is as important as content development and is a master of both. Goldstein is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association and serves on the SNIA Education Committee. He has helped develop the SNIA Certification Program as well as other SNIA Education initiatives. He has been active in the publications world as technical editor of Building Storage Networks and Resilient Storage Networks. Understanding Voice Over IP (Location: Lagoon L)This workshop provides a technology overview of Voice over IP (VoIP), including the protocols, technologies and architectures at the core of VoIP products and systems. These include media transport like the real time transport protocol, quality of service technologies such as differentiated services and the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), signaling through the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), security, as well as firewall and NAT traversal using techniques like the Simple Traversal of UDP Through NAT (STUN) and Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE). The course does not provide a review of products on the markets or network design guidelines. Course Outline Who Should Attend Technologists or technology managers that want to understand how VoIP works "under the hood". You Will Learn After this Workshop, students will be able to identify the key technologies used within VoIP systems, understand how they fit together, and appreciate some of the complexities in developing VoIP networks. Instructor - Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg, Cisco Fellow, Cisco Systems
Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg is a Cisco Fellow in the Voice Technology Group (VTG) of Cisco. There, he is responsible for technology strategy for Unified Communications Manager. Jonathan is active in the IETF; he is the lead author of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), the inventor of SIP for presence and IM, known as SIMPLE, in addition to other Internet technologies, such as STUN and ICE. Jonathan received his PhD from Columbia University, and his Bachelors and Masters from MIT. Jonathan has been awarded the Voice on the Net Pioneer Award by pulver.com, and was named one of the one hundred most innovative young technologists in the world by Technology Review Magazine. Virtualization Day
Virtualization Day (Location: Breakers E)Choice of Morning and Afternoon Workshops Microsoft Virtualization Expanding Virtualization to Desktops and Applications Advanced Virtualization Management and Automation Securing Virtualization: A Shortcut Guide to Virtual Security Morning Sessions 9:00 AM-12:15 PM Session A: Microsoft Virtualization: Implementing Microsoft Virtual Technology Instructor: Nelson Ruest Microsoft has finally released Windows Server Hyper-V, its flagship virtualization hypervisor engine. Is this first version of Hyper-V complete? 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.Find out how each piece fits together and how you can use them to build out your new, green datacenter. Session B: Advanced Virtualization Management and Automation Instructors: Barb Goldworm and Anne Skamarock 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. 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. Learn how to fulfill the promise of virtualization, especially around improving operational efficiencies and reducing costs, through advanced management and automation. Afternoon Sessions 1:15 PM -4:30 PM Session A: Securing Virtualization: A Shortcut Guide to Virtual Security Instructor: Nelson Ruest 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. 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. Rely on this workshop to help identify new security practices and potential security issues as you move into the virtual datacenter. Session B: Expanding Virtualization to Desktops and Applications Instructors: Barb Goldworm and Anne Skamarock 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? 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? During this workshop, industry analysts and virtualization experts will detail the technologies and solutions available for desktop virtualization, and application virtualization and streaming. Instructor - Anne Skamarock, Research Director, FOCUS
Anne Skamarock has spent nearly 30 years in software engineering, consulting and technical marketing, as an end-user/administrator, vendor, industry analyst, and author, with Sun, Solbourne, StorageTek, SRI, and Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). For the past 10 years, she has focused on virtualization, systems, and storage management and the intersection points between them. Anne's expertise encompasses systems architecture; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection; and tape and disk storage. A frequent speaker at conferences, she co-chairs the Interop Virtualization Tracks, and previously chaired Interop's Network Storage Track. In addition to regular TechTarget and Network World columns, Anne also co-authored "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Instructor - Barb Goldworm, President and Chief Analyst, FOCUS
Barb Goldworm is president and chief analyst of FOCUS (www.focusonsystems.com), a research, analyst and consulting firm focused on systems, software and storage, with an emphasis on virtualization and improving IT agility, TCO and ROI. A frequent keynote speaker, columnist, and author, Barb has spent thirty years in the computer industry, in various technical, marketing, sales, senior management, and industry analyst positions with IBM, Novell, StorageTek, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and multiple successful startups. In addition to the current virtualization tracks at Interop, Barb also created and chaired Interop's Network Storage Track. She has been one of the top ranked expert speakers at SNW and Data Center Decisions and has been a regular speaker for TechTarget, Ziff-Davis and hundreds of other virtualization events and webcasts. She is also virtualization chair for Blade Systems Insight, and chaired the 2007 Server Blade Summit. Barb also has been a regular expert columnist since the 1990s for publications including Network World, ComputerWorld, TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization and others. She serves on multiple advisory boards and is a frequent judge for awards such as Best of VMworld, and Product of the Year. She has published hundreds of articles, business and technical white papers and market research reports on virtualization, systems, software, storage networking and systems management. She recently published the book, "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" (Wiley & Sons), available on Amazon.com. Barb started her career with virtualization in the 1970s with IBM's VM/370, and spent a decade in technical roles as a software developer, systems architect, systems engineer, and software development manager. After another decade in product management, marketing and sales, up through VP of marketing and sales, Barb has spent the last ten years as an analyst, consultant, author and speaker. Instructor - Nelson Ruest, MCE, MCT, Virtual Architect, Resolutions Enterprises Ltd.
Nelson Ruest is a Virtual Architect with over 25 years experience in infratructure optimization and more than 10 years in virtualization. He is an IT professional focused on technology futures. He is passionate about virtualization and continuous service availability. Together with his partner, Danielle Ruest, they are authors of multiple books, including Virtualization, A Beginner's Guide and Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference for McGraw-Hill Osborne and the MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-238): Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 for MS Press. They are currently writing Exam 70-652: Configuring Windows Server Virtualization with Hyper-V for MS Press. Both Nelson and Danielle work for Resolutions Enteprises Ltd. Resolutions can be reached at www.reso-net.com. Workshops
Wireless Workshop Day (Location: Lagoon J)Choice of Morning and Afternoon Workshops Mobile Application Deployment Strategies Infrastructure Planning and Security for Wireless LANs Fundamentals of Mobile Broadband: Technologies, Systems, Devices Voice over Wireless LAN and Fixed Mobile Convergence Morning Sessions 8:30 AM -11:45 AM Session A: Mobile Application Deployment Strategies Instructor: Nathan Clevenger Now that everyone in your company has mobile access to their email, how can that investment be taken to the next level by enabling new capabilities and extending additional functionality to their mobile devices? From sales force automation and mobile business intelligence to knowledge management and workflow automation, what are the mobile applications that could increase workforce productivity and efficiencies within your organization? This workshop will give you the information and tools you need to develop a strategy for mobility that can provide tangible and often dramatic benefits for your business. Session B: Infrastructure Planning and Security for Wireless LANs Instructor: Michael Finneran Enterprise wireless LANs (WLANs) are in the midst of a major upgrade as networks of stand alone access points are being replaced with centrally controlled wireless LAN switching systems. While virtually all large-scale deployments are being built on centrally-controlled WLAN switching systems, users must now choose among centralized, distributed, and collaborative architectures. That WLAN infrastructure will also need to address the new higher-capacity 802.11n radio link, which introduces a number of complications regarding network design, testing, spectrum planning, and access point powering. This workshop is designed to bring you up to speed on the major developments in WLANs. While it features a brief overview of WLAN technologies, the program assumes a fundamental understanding of the basic concepts and addresses the developing areas in WLAN technology. Afternoon Sessions 1:15 PM -4:30 PM Session A: Fundamentals of Mobile Broadband: Technologies, Systems, Devices Instructor: Craig Mathias It is now very clear that mobile computing and wireless networking are becoming the default vehicles for professionals needing access to enterprise IT resources. This workshop will cover all major and emerging broadband wireless technologies and systems, including advances in the IEEE 802.11 wireless-LAN standard and both today's 3G and tomorrow's 4G wide-area wireless services. Session B: Voice over Wireless LAN and Fixed Mobile Convergence Instructor: Michael Finneran Research indicates that over 70% of large enterprise organizations either use voice over WLAN technology or plan to add it within the next 12 months. Up until now, WLAN voice has been deployed on a small scale in a few industry vertical markets like health care, retail, and materials handling. That capability is now being extended to the general office population where it can be used to reduce cellular costs, increase productivity, and improve accessibility for key personnel. However, to deliver enterprise quality voice service, the WLAN must support the required handoff, quality of service, and battery conservation features along with providing the necessary capacity and management capabilities. This workshop is designed to bring you up to speed on the latest developments in WLAN voice, provide the background you will need to assess you current infrastructure, and understand the various options for implementing fixed mobile convergence and mobile unified communications. Instructor - Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group
Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. The company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, program management, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York) and Mobile Internet World conferences. He is also the program chair for the Mobile Business Expo (MBX) conferences. He serves as a monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com and Computerworld.com, and ardent blogger ("Nearpoints") for networkworld.com. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. Instructor - Michael Finneran, Principal, dBrn Associates, Inc
Michael is an independent consultant, industry analyst, and writer who focuses on wireless technologies, mobile UC, and fixed-mobile convergence. He wrote the book Voice Over Wireless LANs- The Complete Guide (Elsevier, 2008), though his expertise spans the full range of wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMAX, and RFID. A lively and informative speaker, Michael has made frequent appearances at trade shows and conferences including VoiceCon and InterOp, and he now serves as the program chair for Wireless and Mobility at VoiceCon. In the consulting area, Mr. Finneran has provided assistance to a carriers, equipment vendors, end users, investment firms, and a number of government agencies. A prolific writer, for twenty-three years he wrote the Networking Intelligence column for "Business Communications Review". He now contributes on wireless and mobility to NoJitter as well as UC Strategies.com. He has published numerous white papers and has contributed to Computerworld, Data Communications, The Ticker, and The ACUTA Journal. Well respected as an educator, he has conducted over 2000 seminars on networking topics in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He taught in the Graduate Telecommunications program at Pace University, and conducted programs at the Center for the Study of Data Processing at Washington University in St. Louis. His courses are now offered through Telecom + UC Training. A long-time member of the IEEE, Mr. Finneran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Manhattan College and a Masters Degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Instructor - Nathan Clevenger, Enterprise Editor, Smartphone Magazine
Mr. Clevenger is currently the Enterprise Editor for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and runs the Enterprise Mobility Solutions practice at ITR Group. He was previously the Chief Software Architect for Mobiliam, a leading provider of enterprise-class mobile/wireless software products, and has been developing mobile software for more than 9 years. He is regarded as one of the industry's foremost experts in enterprise mobility, and tirelessly educates the marketplace about the true potential for mobile technology within business. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Mobile Development Association, he was the founder of Clevrware, a mobile software development and consulting firm acquired by Mobiliam in 2003 . An avid evangelist of mobile computing, he is dedicated to raising awareness of the potential for this technology in business. He writes for a variety of technical and business publications, and speaks at industry events. Enterprise Cloud Summit
Enterprise Cloud Summit - Day One (Location: Mandalay D )Cloud computing is big news, promising unlimited capacity and pay-as-you-go economics, plus connections to an always-on world. Enterprises are excited about cloud computing but little of it is ready to use yet. Clouds present security risks, and many enterprise applications have to be completely rewritten to run on scalable clouds. Licensing is complicated, and privacy's a concern. Enterprise Cloud Summit at Interop is the industry's only event focused on how traditional enterprises can adopt cloud computing models. Featuring panels of thought leaders, candid conversations with industry luminaries and hands-on real-world demonstrations that showcase the promise—and risk—of on-demand computing, Cloud Summit is a no-holds-barred reality check to help CIOs and senior IT management better understand enterprise cloud computing. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, Bitcurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Moderator - Daniel Koffler, CTO, Syntenic
Daniel Koffler is a veteran technology consultant, writer and political wonk. With over 20 years of experience in the enterprise computing space, he has a strong background in monitoring, security and distributed application design. Dan is currently president of RSM Experts, a consulting and services company specializing in remote systems management and technology implementations. Daniel has several years experience as an industry analyst writing for publications such as Network Computing and the GigaOm Network, as well as performing due diligence assessments for several large Canadian V.C. firms. Prior to RSM Experts, Dan led the server management team for Coradiant's MSP business which was responsible for managing hundreds of customer servers distributed in datacenters across North America and Europe. Moderator - Greg Ness, Marketing Executive, Infoblox
Greg Ness is a marketing executive at Infoblox. He's been a marketing executive at Blue Lane Technologies, Juniper Networks, Redline Networks, IntruVert and ShoreTel. He blogs, mostly about networking, security and virtualization, at The Archimedius Report Speaker - Bill McGee, Vice President, Products and Technology, Third Brigade
Bill McGee, VP Products & Technology, and founder of Third Brigade, leads product strategy and product development within the company. Bill identifies trends and technologies to accelerate deployment of Third Brigade security software on critical systems around the world and has led the effort to extend Third Brigade protection from physical servers to the virtualization and cloud computing platforms being adopted in dynamic datacenters. Previously Bill was SVP Product Development at Entrust, 1996-2002. As a member of the cryptographic systems group at Nortel Networks, Bill did pioneering work applying public-key technologies to communication systems. Bill McGee has a B.A.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) from Queen's University and has completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Growing Companies. Speaker - David Bernstein, VP/GM Cloud Computing, Office of the CTO, Cisco
David Bernstein is a VP/GM in Cisco's Office of the CTO, working on Cloud Computing His team runs Cisco's Cloud Lab, is responsible for Cisco's Cloud Gateway products, and heads development for Cisco's Cloud Security, Interoperability and Standards initiatives. David's experience includes executive positions in AT&T, Siebel Systems, Pluris, and Santa Cruz Operation. David holds nearly a dozen patents in software and communications, publishes research regularly in IEEE, ACM, and IARIA conferences, and is a member of the IEEE Advanced Technology Executive Forum. He was a key author/contributor to many industry standards such as OpenSOA.org, OASIS SCA, WS-I, JCP/J2EE, and IEEE POSIX. David holds degrees in Physics and Mathematics from University of California where he was awarded the UC Regents Scholar designation for his work for the Office of Naval Research. Speaker - Drew Bartkiewicz, Vice President of Cyber Risk and New Media Markets, The Hartford
Drew has 18 years in the Software, Social Marketing, and Business Risk fields with companies such as BroadVision, salesforce.com, The Hartford, and United Technologies. Drew has written and lectured extensively on Internet and technology business trends over the past decade. He was a participating author in the Brookings Institution book on technology and economics, Unseen Wealth (published in 2001). He is currently a board member of the Online Reputation Management Association and has also worked extensively with Europe's OECD on the During the Web 1.0 and Personalization decade of the Internet, Drew worked extensively with the following organizations' e-commerce initiatives: GE Capital, Home Depot, UBS, Barclays, Walmart, Bank of America, Blue Cross, Nike, Maidenform, Time Warner, Fox, MTV, Telecom Italia, Primedia, GE Supply, Citigroup, e-Trade, Bear Stearns, and Credit Suisse. During the Web 2.0 evolution Drew has already underwritten the risks of emerging models such as social networks, video advertising, and data privacy liability. Drew is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is currently working on the book, Unseen Liability, The New Economics of Technology Risk, due in 2009. Speaker - Dwight Merriman, CEO and Co-Founder, 10Gen
Dwight is responsible for driving the strategic vision of 10gen, a cloud computing database company. In 1995, Dwight co-founded DoubleClick and served as its CTO for ten years. Dwight was the architect of the DoubleClick ad serving infrastructure, DART, which serves tens of billions of ads per day. Dwight is co-founder, Chairman, and the original architect of Panther Express, a content distribution network (CDN) which serves hundreds of thousands of objects per second. He is also a board member of the web photo/video sharing company Phanfare. Dwight received a B.S. with honors in Systems Analysis from Miami University of Ohio. Speaker - Geva Perry
Geva Perry has 15 years of experience as an executive in the enterprise software industry. His blog on cloud computing is widely read and he is a frequent speaker on the topic at corporations and industry events. He is an advisor to a number of companies, small and large, on cloud computing related strategy. Until recently Geva spent 5 years at GigaSpaces Technologies where he played a variety of executive roles. His latest position was General Manager Cloud Computing. In this role, Geva was responsible for all global go-to-market activities at GigaSpaces related to cloud computing, including strategy and positioning, product marketing and strategic alliances. Prior to this role Geva was Chief Marketing Officer, EVP U.S. Operations, and EVP Business Development. Prior to joining GigaSpaces, Geva was Chief Operating Officer at SeeRun, a developer of real-time business activity monitoring software. In 1999, Geva co-founded and became General Partner of Synergy Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund focused on enterprise software start-ups. Prior to founding Synergy, Geva worked at Earthweb, an online publisher of content for the developer community, before, during and after its highly successful IPO in 1998. Early in his career, Geva was a technology and business journalist. Geva received a Bachelor's degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He holds an MS from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Speaker - James Staten, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
James advises IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals as a leading expert on IT infrastructure consolidation, x86 servers and server infrastructure, data center futures, cloud computing, and application-specific infrastructure trends and technologies. Speaker - Jinesh Varia, Web Services Evangelist, Amazon
As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, Jinesh Varia helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications, and the way businesses compete in the new web world. Jinesh has spoken at more than 50 conferences/UserGroups. He is focused on furthering awareness of web services and often helps developers on 1:1 basis in implementing their own ideas using Amazon's innovative services. Jinesh has over 7 years experience in XML and Web services and has worked with standards-based working groups in XBRL. Prior to joining Amazon as an evangelist, he held several positions in UBmatrix including Solutions Architect, Enterprise Team Lead and Software engineer, working on various financial services projects including Call Modernization Project at FDIC. He was also lead developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. Jinesh's publications have been published in ACM and IEEE. Jinesh is originally from India and holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from Penn State University. He plays tennis and loves to trek. Speaker - Mike Repass, Product Manager, Google
Mike Repass is a product manager on the developer team at Google, where he focuses on App Engine. He has also worked on Google Checkout, supporting the developer APIs used for e-commerce. Prior to joining Google, Mike worked in the server and developer divisions at Microsoft. Mike has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Kentucky. Speaker - Peter Coffee, Director, Platform Research, salesforce.com
Peter Coffee, former Technology Editor of enterprise IT journals PC Week and eWEEK, works with corporate and commercial application developers to build a community based on Force.com: the salesforce.com cloud computing platform. He has 26 years' experience in guiding the adoption and management of innovative information technologies and practices as a developer, consultant, educator, and internationally published author; he has been a keynote speaker, moderator or presenter at IT events throughout the U.S. as well as in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico and Singapore. Peter was previously the first manager of PC planning at The Aerospace Corporation, and before that was a Senior Engineer in arctic project management and chemical facility construction for several divisions of Exxon Corporation; he holds an engineering degree from MIT and an MBA from Pepperdine University, and has been a faculty member at Pepperdine and also at UCLA (computer science) and Chapman College (business analytics). He is the author of two books, How to Program Java and Peter Coffee Teaches PCs. Speaker - Peter Laird, Platform Architect, Tendril Networks
Peter Laird is the Platform Architect for Tendril's Smart Energy Grid platform. Tendril offers Smart Grid technology in a SaaS model. Peter previously worked for Oracle/BEA Systems, recently as Chief Architect of the BEA SaaS Platform and for many years with the WebLogic Portal product. Speaker - Randy Rowland, General Manager, Managed Hosting & Cloud Computing Services, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Randy Rowland is responsible for the managed hosting business unit for Terremark. As part of his role, Mr. Rowland oversees the development, delivery and operation of Terremark's Infinistructure and Enterprise Cloud utility computing product offerings, as well as the company's hosting services. Mr. Rowland has more than 14 years of experience in the IT services industry, including eight years with Data Return, where he was most recently responsible for product development. Prior to that, Mr. Rowland previously held senior positions in sales engineering and IT consulting for Data Return and CompuCom. Born in Brawley, California, Mr. Rowland received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University. He lives in the Dallas area with his wife and children. Speaker - Robert Holcomb, Director of Product Management, SOASTA
Robert Holcomb, Director of Product Management, has over 10 years experience in enterprise software with expertise in software business intelligence, technical sales consulting, and performance engineering. At SOASTA, Rob is responsible for product management, performance engineering, and customer support. Prior to SOASTA, Rob was a Product Strategy Manager for Analytic Dashboards at Oracle. Before the PeopleSoft (Oracle) acquisition, Rob was Product Manager and led the sales engineering team at Istante Software. Previous to Istante, Rob held positions at Sagent Technology in sales engineering and consulting. Rob graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. in Finance, with honors, and an MBA from Santa Clara University, with honors. Speaker - Robert Parisi, the Senior Vice-President & National Technology, Network Risk & Telecommunications Practice Leader, FINPRO, Marsh USA
Robert A. Parisi, Jr. is the Senior Vice-President & National Technology, Network Risk & Telecommunications Practice Leader for the FINPRO unit of Marsh USA. Mr. Parisi has spoken at various business, technology, legal and insurance forums throughout the world, as well as writing, on issues effecting professional liability, privacy, technology, telecommunications, media, intellectual property, computer security and insurance. In 2002, Mr. Parisi was honored by Business Insurance magazine as one of the Rising Stars of Insurance. Prior to joining Marsh, Mr. Parisi was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Underwriting Officer of eBusiness Risk Solutions as well as Chief Underwriting Officer for Professional Liability & Technology. While at AIG, Mr. Parisi oversaw the creation and drafting of underwriting guidelines and policies for all lines of professional liability, including what has come to be known as cyber insurance. Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Parisi had been in private practice, principally as legal counsel to various Lloyds of London syndicates handling a variety of professional liability lines. Mr. Parisi graduated cum laude from Fordham College with a B.A. in Economics and received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New York and the US District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of NY. Speaker - Thorsten von Eicken, CTO and Founder, Rightscale
Before joining RightScale Inc., Thorsten was Chief Architect at Expertcity.com and Citrix Online, makers of GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToAssist. He was responsible for the overall architecture of these online services and also managed the 24/7 datacenter operations which allowed him to acquire deep knowledge in deploying and running secure scalable online services. Thorsten received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and was a professor of computer science at Cornell University. Speaker - Werner Vogels, CTO and Vice President, Amazon.com
WERNER VOGELS, CTO, AMAZON.COM Dr. Vogels is Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company's technology vision, which is to continuously enhance the innovation on behalf of Amazon's customers at a global scale. Prior to joining Amazon, he worked as a researcher at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems. He has held positions of VP of Technology and CTO in companies that handled the transition of academic technology into industry. Vogels holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing. He was named the 2008 CTO of the Year by Information Week for his contributions to making Cloud Computing a reality. Track Chair - Alex Bowyer, Research Analyst, Bitcurrent
Track Chair - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, Bitcurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Tuesday, May 19 | | ||||
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Enterprise Cloud Summit
Enterprise Cloud Summit - Day Two (Location: Mandalay D )Cloud computing is big news, promising unlimited capacity and pay-as-you-go economics, plus connections to an always-on world. Enterprises are excited about cloud computing but little of it is ready to use yet. Clouds present security risks, and many enterprise applications have to be completely rewritten to run on scalable clouds. Licensing is complicated, and privacy's a concern. Enterprise Cloud Summit at Interop is the industry's only event focused on how traditional enterprises can adopt cloud computing models. Featuring panels of thought leaders, candid conversations with industry luminaries and hands-on real-world demonstrations that showcase the promise—and risk—of on-demand computing, Cloud Summit is a no-holds-barred reality check to help CIOs and senior IT management better understand enterprise cloud computing. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, Bitcurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Moderator - Allan Leinwand, Venture Parnter, Panorama Capital
Mr. Leinwand is a venture partner in the firm and focuses on technology investments. Prior to this role, he joined JPMorgan Partners as an operating partner in 2004. From 2001 to 2004, he was President and Co-founder of Proficient Networks, Inc. From 2000 to 2001, he was Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering at Telegis Networks, Inc. In 1997 Mr. Leinwand joined Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLD) at inception and served as their Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer through the company's IPO and secondary offering. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Leinwand served as Manager of Consulting Engineering and Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc. helping to build and engineer service provider and enterprise networks worldwide. He co-authored "Cisco Router Configuration" and "Network Management: A Practical Perspective" and has been granted a patent in the field of data routing. He currently is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he teaches the subjects of computer networks, network management, and network design. Mr. Leinwand holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He presently serves on the board of directors of GridNetworks and Vyatta, Inc. He is also a board observer to Belair Networks, Cedar Point Communications and Sylantro Systems. Moderator - Daniel Koffler, CTO, Syntenic
Daniel Koffler is a veteran technology consultant, writer and political wonk. With over 20 years of experience in the enterprise computing space, he has a strong background in monitoring, security and distributed application design. Dan is currently president of RSM Experts, a consulting and services company specializing in remote systems management and technology implementations. Daniel has several years experience as an industry analyst writing for publications such as Network Computing and the GigaOm Network, as well as performing due diligence assessments for several large Canadian V.C. firms. Prior to RSM Experts, Dan led the server management team for Coradiant's MSP business which was responsible for managing hundreds of customer servers distributed in datacenters across North America and Europe. Moderator - Ian Rae, CEO, Syntenic
Ian is the founder of Syntenic, an application infrastructure consulting and MSP focused on the optimization of performance, uptime and costs associated with running 24×7 applications over the internet. Syntenic designs private cloud infrastructure and helps customers take advantage of public cloud services. Syntenic's customers range from e-commerce and SaaS vendors to startups and large enterprises re-engineering their application delivery with elastic computing approaches. At Coradiant, Ian ran the engineering team which designed a fully virtualized application delivery infrastructure for application hosting, long before we used the word virtualization. Previously, Ian was the CIO of Canderel Investments, and consults to investors and startups in the application delivery market. Moderator - John Willis, Owner, Zabovo
John Willis has been working in the IT management industry for 30 years. He actually started as a tape operator on an IBM mainframe while working for his high school computer club. He started his professional career at Exxon as an IT infrastructure analyst. He is the founder of four successful startups over the last 20 years and is currently working as the CEO of his latest self-funded Zabovo corporation. John is know internationally for his "IT Management and Cloud" blog. He also has two well know podcast series on clouds called "Cloud Cafe" and "Cloud Droplets". John is also the co-host on the Redmonk "IT Management Guys" podcast series. Speaker - Amitabh Srivastava, Senior VP, Windows Azure, Microsoft
Amitabh Srivastava is a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft with responsiblity for Windows Azure, the company's new operating system for the cloud. He began working on the Microsoft's services platform in November 2006, after playing a pivotal role in shipping Windows Vista. Srivastava joined Microsoft in 1997 as a Senior Researcher and led the Advanced Development Tools group in Microsoft Research that investigated new techniques to build innovative tools and technologies to improve performance and quality of Microsoft software. His vision and energy led to the creation of the Programmer Productivity Research Center (PPRC) in March 1999, which he has led since its inception. Srivastava's PPRC group, now known as Center for Software Excellence (CSE), has produced several tools and technologies that are critical to Microsoft product groups. Srivastava and his team's work was highlighted in the Forbes magazine in May, 2003. In January 2001, Srivastava became one of a select few to be named a Distinguished Engineer, now known as Technical Fellow. Srivastava joined Windows in December 2003 as Vice President of the Windows Core OS development to redefine the engineering process for Windows Vista. He was responsible for the development of core operating system components such as the kernel, operating system architecture, definition of development processes, and development of advanced tools to automate the development processes. Srivastava's work in defining the Windows engineering process was discussed in the Wall Street Journal in September, 2005. In late 2006, with Dave Cutler he started 'project Red Dog' to build the operating system for the cloud. Project Red Dog was announced as 'Windows Azure' at PDC 2008. Before working for Microsoft, Srivastava was the chief technical officer and vice president of engineering at TracePoint Technology Inc., a spin-off company from Digital Equipment Corp. Speaker - Chad Swartz, Senior Manager, IT Operations, Preferred Hotel Group
Chad joined Preferred Hotel Group™ in 2008 as Senior Manager, IT Operations. Based in Chicago, Chad manages the computer operations for 16 global offices. During his tenure, he has developed the infrastructure in three new regional offices, coordinated phone system upgrades and expansion, implemented Tandberg video conferencing, and supervises the technical support team. Chad recently converted the company's entire infrastructure over to Terremark's Enterprise cloud. With more than 15 years IT experience, prior to joining Preferred Hotel Group, Chad worked for Dell Computers, Stromberg, Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH, and implemented the digital x-ray program for the Chicago White Sox following a seven year naval career in submarines. Outside of the office, Chad is the proud father of two girls and somehow finds time to pursue his twin passions for music and cooking. Speaker - Dave Nielsen, Co-Founder, CloudCamp
Dave Nielsen is a Web Services industry professional with over 6 years of experience guiding high profile developer programs for companies such as PayPal, Strikeiron and many others. As a seasoned developer, entreprenuer, technical evangelist and director of partner programs, Dave's experience gives him the experience and credibility to help guide your product strategy and develop a developer marketing plan to help you succeed. Dave is the founder of CloudCamp and author of the book PayPal Hacks. Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business (Marketing) from Cal Poly State University: San Luis Obispo (aka Cal Poly: SLO). Speaker - Geir Magnusson, Consulting Architect, Platform, Gilt
With a diverse background as both a technical executive and an internationally known leader in open source software, Geir comes to us from cloud technology provider 10gen, where he was the VP of Engineering. Prior to 10gen, Geir ran software development for Joost, where he had responsibility for platform architecture, implementation and delivery. Prior to Joost, he held positions as Director of Middleware Architecture and Open Source Technology at Intel, and Vice President of Products and Strategy at Gluecode, an open source application server startup that was acquired by IBM. He was VP, Engineering and Chief Architect of Adeptra, an innovating communications service provider, and as CTO, guided technology FitLinxx during its rapid growth years. Geir began his commercial career as an architectural and product lead at Bloomberg Financial Markets where he developed the company's real-time, multi-platform financial data delivery and presentation system. He is also a member of the board of advisors for WSO2, an open source SOA middleware vendor. In addition to his commercial software experience, Geir is a Director of the Apache Software Foundation, currently represents the ASF on the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process, the organization that governs the evolution of the Java platform, and helped found major open source projects, including Apache Geronimo and Apache Harmony, and has been recognized for his work in the Java ecosystem through a Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award. Speaker - Grace Kim, Sr. Manager, Marketing, Cisco
As Senior Manager of Enterprise Marketing for Cisco's WebEx Technology Group, Grace is responsible for strategic communications and product marketing for mobile applications. In her four year tenure initially with WebEx and now with Cisco, Grace managed marketing for on demand applications for sales, marketing, support and training. In addition to her experience at Cisco, Grace has extensive marketing background in CRM and Business Analytics. Grace holds a bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University and a masters in business administration from Hass School of Business, UC Berkeley. Speaker - Ian Knox, Sr. Director of Product Management, Skytap, Inc.
As Senior Director of Product Management, Ian Knox is responsible for all aspects of Skytap's product management and go-to-market strategy. Ian joined Skytap from Microsoft Corporation where he was group product manager for Microsoft Visual Studio®. Prior to Microsoft, Ian was a principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers where for seven years he worked on global software delivery projects for Fortune 500 clients. Speaker - Jesse Robbins, CEO, Opscode
Jesse Robbins is CEO of Opscode and a recognized expert in Infrastructure, Web Operations, and Emergency Management. He serves as co-chair of the Velocity Web Performance & Operations Conference and contributes to the O'Reilly Radar. Prior to co-founding Opscode, he worked at Amazon.com with a title of "Master of Disaster" where he was responsible for Website Availability for every property bearing the Amazon brand. Robbins is a volunteer Firefighter/EMT and Emergency Manager, and led a task force deployed in Operation Hurricane Katrina. His experiences in the fire service profoundly influence his efforts in technology, and he strives to distill his knowledge from these two worlds and apply it in service of both. Speaker - Joe Weinman, Strategic Solution Sales, AT&T Signature Client Group
As Strategy and Business Development Vice President, AT&T Business Solutions, Joe Weinman helps assess, create, and solution strategic emerging technologies and next generation business models into AT&T's offer portfolio; develop alliances; and evaluate firms for possible investment. A 28-year veteran of the company, a prolific inventor and author, and frequent global keynote speaker, he has held a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility spanning research and development at AT&T Bell Laboratories, marketing, sales, product management, engineering and operations, and corporate strategy and business development. He has a BS and MS in Computer Science from Cornell University and UW - Madison respectively, and has completed Executive Education at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne.. He has been awarded 11 U.S. and international patents in areas such as line coding, simulation and workflow, consumer goods, wireless technologies, and telecommunications. He is also a recipient of the AT&T Architecture Award, the AT&T Patent Achievement Award, and the AT&T Distinguished Speaker Award. He is currently or has been a member of a well known Silicon Valley Venture Capital Technology Advisory Board, the IBM Advanced eBusiness Council, the Veritas (now Symantec) Utility Computing Advisory Board, the Hitachi Technology Advisory Council, the EMC Customer Advisory Council, the Technology Manager's Forum Corporate Advisory Board, and the Technology Advisory Board of a Silicon Valley start-up. He is a past Chairman of the joint National Science Foundation / Industry Advisory Board of the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE, and serves on the program planning committees of a number of cloud computing conferences. Speaker - Jon Beck, SVP Sales and Client Services, OpSource, Inc.
Since 2006, Mr. Beck has managed the sales and client services organization at OpSource leading triple digit growth and a three fold growth in customer base that includes leading SaaS companies Adobe, Business Objects/SAP, Xactly, Cast Iron, Boomi and Symplified. An industry veteran of fifteen years, he brings experience shaping the growth of IP infrastructure and communications industry. Mr. Beck has held positions of increasing responsibility with leading infrastructure companies such as Critical Path, Netcom (acquired by EarthLink), Global Center (acquired by Exodus), Genuity (acquired by Level 3 Communications) and as Chief Operating Officer at Pandora Networks, a leading VoIP messaging company where he managed marketing, sales and field support in the U.S. and U.K. Mr. Beck has managed zero to multi-million dollar growth, multi-national product launches and field operations across North America, Central-Latin America, Asia-Pacific and European regions. He frequently lectures to corporations and business schools on ethics and integrity in the workplace. He was recently selected by the SIIA as the Council Chair for the SIIA Software Division Sales & Services group. Mr. Beck earned his BA in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He has served on several non-profit boards and is an active volunteer for the National Multiple Sclerosis and is a working member of the Screen Actors Guild. Speaker - Josh Litwin, President and CEO, Memento Press
Josh Litwin founded Memento Press in 2004, the world's first photobook store. Memento pioneered "do it for me" custom designed, higher quality photobooks. Before Memento, Josh served as Chief Operating Officer for Ofoto, now Kodak Gallery. From 1998 to 2000, Josh was a key executive for Babycenter, then a startup, now the largest baby-related website in the world, and a division of Johnson & Johnson. During his tenure, Babycenter won top industry awards including the 2000 Webby Commerce award, ending Amazon's three-year run. Before online, Josh helped turn around Davis Wire Corp, a heavy manufacturer then in bankruptcy. Davis is now the most successful steel wire maker in America. As general manager of the Teamster-unionized steel mill, Josh is credited with conceiving and building the world's fastest steel wire machine. He also holds two e-commerce patents. Josh earned an MBA from Stanford University and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University. Josh is director for Surfline, the company that pioneered surf prediction, changing the sport. A national award-winning photographer, Josh routinely irritates his wife, young son and daughter with the camera. Speaker - Lew Moorman, President, Cloud and Chief Strategy Officer, Rackspace
Lew lead Rackspace's move into cloud hosting and cloud applications in 2006 by spearheading the launch of Mosso, now The Rackspace Cloud, and driving the acquisition of webmail.us, now the backbone of Rackspace's Cloud Applications offer. As the hosting and cloud computing market evolves, Lew is responsible for leading Rackspace's efforts into new models to meet customer needs and maintain market leadership. Along with talented teams, Lew has built the cloud offers into the fastest growing piece of the business and home to more than 40,000 customers. He joined the company in April of 200 and has served a variety of strategy, product and marketing roles throughout the company's growth. Before joining Rackspace, Lew held several positions at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, advising a variety of high technology clients on critical strategic issues. Lew received a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Speaker - Mike Repass, Product Manager, Google
Mike Repass is a product manager on the developer team at Google, where he focuses on App Engine. He has also worked on Google Checkout, supporting the developer APIs used for e-commerce. Prior to joining Google, Mike worked in the server and developer divisions at Microsoft. Mike has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Kentucky. Speaker - Neil Cohen, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai
Neil Cohen is the Director of Product Marketing for Akamai's Application Performance Services, an evolving line of Web and IP-based application delivery services. In his role, he sets the go-to-market strategy for positioning this line of managed services towards strategic IT initiatives within the enterprise such as web-enabled business processes, software-as-a-service, cloud computing, virtualization and service oriented architectures. Prior to joining Akamai, Neil worked at Mindspeed Technologies where he was the Director of Marketing specializing in internet infrastructure chipsets and software. Neil has also held a variety of senior marketing and engineering positions at Conexant Systems, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and Bachelor and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Speaker - Paul Mockapetris, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Nominium, Inc.
Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS), is Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board at Nominum, Inc. His mission is to help guide DNS and IP addressing to the next stage. Paul created DNS in the 1980s at USC's Information Sciences Institute where he was later the Director of ISI's High Performance Computing and Communications Division. Throughout his career, Paul has contributed to the computing research community and to the evolution of the Internet. His earliest work at UC Irvine on distributed systems and LAN technology preceded the commercial Ethernet and Token Ring designs. At ISI, after working on the design of the SMTP protocol for email and its first implementation as part of the birth of the Internet in 1983, Paul took on the challenge of designing DNS, and then operated the original "root servers" for all Internet names. After the formal creation of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 1986, DNS became one of the original Internet Standards; the IETF continues to be the focus of new applications and extensions to DNS. Paul has been associated with the IETF since its creation, chaired several DNS and non-DNS working groups, and was Chair of the IETF from 1994 to 1996. Paul was program manager for networking at ARPA in the early 1990s, supervising efforts such as gigabit and optical networking. From 1995 on, Paul held leadership roles at several Silicon Valley networking startups, including @Home, Software.com (now OpenWave), Fiberlane (now Cisco), and Siara (now Redback Networks). Paul's mission at Nominum is to help guide DNS and IP addressing to the next stage. Paul has dual BS degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT, and a PhD in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. Paul continues to believe that the future of the Internet is ahead of it. Speaker - Richard Dym, Chief Marketing Officer, OpSource
Mr. Dym brings to OpSource 25 years of successful marketing, business development, and technical operations experience gained from the senior executive positions he has held at fast-paced technology companies ranging from venture backed start-ups to global public enterprises. His broad experience includes active involvement in successful liquidity events including IPO, acquisitions, and sale. Prior to re-joining OpSource, where he previously served as Chief Marketing Officer, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AXS-One Inc., a leader in the records compliance management space. At AXS-One, Mr. Dym was responsible for Marketing, Technical Support, Documentation, QA, Training and IT. He has also served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Metromedia Fiber Networks (now Abovenet); Senior Vice President of Marketing and Vice president of International Operations at ParcPlace; General Manager of the Multimedia Division at Autodesk; and Director, Graphics and Decision Support products for Ashton-Tate. Prior to working with technology and technology-related services companies, Mr. Dym was a Senior Economist and regional manger with Chase Econometrics, Inc. (a subsidiary of Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.), as well as a cofounder of Dym, Frank & Company, a quantitative money management firm. Mr. Dym holds a B.A. in Economics from the Franklin & Marshall College and a M.A. in Economics from American University. Speaker - Rod Fontecilla, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
Dr. Fontecilla, a Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, has over 25 years of professional experience in the design, development, implementation, and management of Large Information Management Systems. He is an expert in the field of Computer Science within the federal government and private sectors. Dr. Fontecilla has Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and previously served as a Professor at the University of Maryland Computer Science Department before entering the consulting industry. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the University of Maryland Computer Science Department. He has also been invited to several universities and government agencies for presentation. Furthermore, Dr. Fontecilla wrote numerous publications for Computer Science and Applied Math Journals in the University of Maryland. Speaker - Scott Clark, Director of Engineering Infrastructure, Broadcom
Scott Clark - Director Engineering Infrastructure, Broadcom Corporation Scott Clark has been designing, building, managing, and supporting high performance computing environments for more than 18 years. His experience has been primarily focused on semiconductor design environments, encompassing all facets of infrastructure, system, network, security, and process management. Mr Clark currently serves as the Director of Engineering Infrastructure for Broadcom Corporation. Prior to Broadcom, Mr. Clark served similar roles for Conexant Systems, and Western Digital Corporation. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from California State University at San Diego. Speaker - Stuart Charlton, Software Architect, Elastra
Stuart Charlton is a Software Architect with Elastra, provider of Cloud Computing software infrastructure. Stuart specializes in the areas of architecture, SOA, data warehousing, and is an avid student of lean & agile approaches to business processes and product development. Prior to joining Elastra, he was an Enterprise Architect with BEA Systems Worldwide Consulting, was the lead integration architect for a major Canadian telecommunications company, and has been a consultant and trainer for over a dozen organizations in the United States, Canada, and Japan. He is the co-author of CodeNotes for J2EE, published by Random House in 2002, and has written for leading online publications. Stuart resides in San Francisco, California. Speaker - Thorsten von Eicken, CTO and Founder, Rightscale
Before joining RightScale Inc., Thorsten was Chief Architect at Expertcity.com and Citrix Online, makers of GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToAssist. He was responsible for the overall architecture of these online services and also managed the 24/7 datacenter operations which allowed him to acquire deep knowledge in deploying and running secure scalable online services. Thorsten received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and was a professor of computer science at Cornell University. Track Chair - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, Bitcurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall. Wednesday, May 20 | | ||||
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Troubleshooting Ethernet and Switched Networks (Location: Breakers H)Getting blamed for performance problems? Don't let the foundation of your network be the bottleneck! This workshop covers how to troubleshoot Ethernet and switched networks. In most cases, networks are designed and installed, but never thoroughly tested to make sure they are performing as they were designed. The instructor will review the operation of Ethernet and the types of errors that typically occur. Ethernet topics include Ethernet Signaling, Fast Link Pulse, CRC/Alignment Errors, Collisions and Fragments. The switching portion of the course examines the basics of switch and spanning tree operation. This overview provides the basis for covering troubleshooting techniques in the switched environment. Plan to leave this course with the skills necessary to successfully test and troubleshoot the physical and data link layers of today's Ethernet networks. Course Outline Who Should Attend This course is intended for network administrators, designers, and analysts that are responsible for Ethernet networks. You Will Learn Students will be prepared to test existing Ethernet networks to determine if they are operating properly and how to quickly isolate and resolve problems - should they exist. Instructor - Chris Greer, Senior Network Analyst, Network Protocol Specialists
Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst for Network Protocol Specialists, a Seattle based Network Consulting company. Chris has 10 years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting networks. He regularly assists companies in tracking down the source of network and application performance problems using a variety of protocol analysis and monitoring tools including Wireshark. When he isn't hunting down problems at the packet level, he can be found teaching various analysis workshops at Interop and other industry trade shows. Chris has also served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the Interop event network for 5 years. Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists
Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks. Principles of Effective IT Management (Location: Mandalay D)This tutorial focuses on specific steps you can take to improve your IT organization, business model, tools, staffing and skill levels, as well as your policies and operational procedures. In an environment of constant change, IT accountability has taken on new levels of urgency. IT departments regularly struggle with staffing levels, turnover, burnout, lack of credibility, or end-user and managerial dissatisfaction. If you're questioning how to satisfy the end user, control or cut costs, and still offer a balanced and fulfilling career progression to IT professional staff, we have answers for you. Course Outline Who Should Attend You Will Learn Principles that can develop or enhance your own IT policies, processes, organization, and practices, thus creating a more effective IT business unit. Instructor - Thomas Randall, Director, BT Americas
Tom Randall is a Director for BT Americas. Having been both a CIO as well as running a data center on Wall Street, he understands what it takes to make IT successful in supporting enterprise business objectives. CSI Workshops
Computer Forensics Kickstart (Location: Jasmine C)**This is a hands-on workshop, please be sure to bring your laptops.** This fast-paced hands-on workshop will provide you with exposure to all the major components of computer forensics-identification, preservation, analysis, and reporting. Instructor Mark Spencer will draw upon his extensive experience in both the public and private sectors to lead the class through applying the proper tools to a "seized" hard drive in a case involving employee wrongdoing. Commercial and open-source tools designed to forensically tackle different types of electronic data will be applied during the investigation. Computer Forensics Kickstart has been designed to prepare you to select and implement computer forensics tools that will be critical to successful investigations. Course Outline Who Should Attend Anyone curious about computer forensics as well as experienced practitioners looking for a refresher course. You Will Learn Learn which tools are necessary to conduct successful computer forensics investigations and be exposed to how experienced computer forensics practitioners implement them. Instructor - Mark Spencer, Vice President of Electronic Evidence, First Advantage Litigation Consulting
Mark Spencer is Director of the Northeast Region with First Advantage Litigation Consulting. In addition to his case related responsibilities, Mr. Spencer remains active in beta testing of computer forensics software and assists with client development and marketing. His professional engagements have included cases involving evidence elimination, computer intrusion, intellectual-property theft,online undercover operations, employment disputes, and large-scale electronic discovery projects. Before First Advantage Litigation Consulting, Mr. Spencer worked for EvidentData, Inc. and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office performing computer forensics investigations. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, successfully completed the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council's Basic Course of Training for Reserve Police Officers, and holds numerous industry certifications. He has also been a regular presenter on computer forensics related topics at numerous industry events and on television. Your First 90 Days: How to Hit the Ground Running in Information Security (Location: Jasmine E)You have just been named to head up the information security program for your organization. As first impressions are lasting impressions, what are your first tasks in this new role? Based on the survey results of over 40 industry-recognized information security experts, we'll help you create your checklist. Learn what these industry experts identified as the key issues you need to address to be successful. We will then examine how to use short-term objectives to develop a long-term plan and how to adjust the plan after each incremental objective is met to ensure the greatest possibility of success. Course Outline Who Should Attend You Will Learn Instructor - Thomas Peltier, President, Thomas R. Peltier Associates, LLC
Tom Peltier has been an information security professional for over twenty-five years. During this time he has shared his experiences with follow professionals and because of his work has been given the 1993 Computer Security Institute's (CSI) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999 the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) bestowed its Individual Contribution to the Profession Award and in 2001 he was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame. Tom was also awarded the CSI Lifetime Emeritus Membership Award. Over the past decade, Tom has averaged 4 articles published a year on various computer and information security issues, including developing policies and procedures, disaster recovery planning, copyright compliance, virus management and security controls. He has had four books published: Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures: Information Security Risk Analysis: Information System Security Policies and Procedures: A Practitioners' Reference; The Complete Manual of Policies and Procedures for Data Security and is the co-editor and contributing author The Total CISSP Exam Prep; and a contributing author for the Computer Security Handbook, Third and Fifth Edition and Data Security Management. Tom and his son Justin have co-authored How to Manage a Network Vulnerability Assessment. Get the Jump on Security: Vista (Win 7) (Location: Jasmine H)**This is a demonstration-driven workshop, please be sure to bring your laptops.** Understand Microsoft's new security model and how to make it work for you. You'll be dazzled by over 300 diagnostic tools built in Vista (Win 7) and how simple they are to use. You'll gain the knowledge of the hidden folder, where your files and programs are installed and where the registry virtualizes your settings. (Hint they never existed before Vista!) You'll also learn unique optional security setting to really secure Vista (Win 7) so you comply with Federal security regulations. None of these settings are on by default, most are deep screen hidden and all increase your security for free. Finish by constructing a self booting USB copy of Vista (Win7) that can be used for roll out, diagnostic or just a great OS on a stick. Using information gathered from multiple sources--including private discussions with developers, beta testers, inside MS sources and personal investigation--this workshop will help you master the next generation of Microsoft client now! Course outline Who should attend You Will Learn Instructor - Brad Smith, Director, Computer Institute of the Rockies
Brad Smith, RN, MCNPS, CISSP, NSA-IAM became fascinated with computers in 1972 and hasn't burned out yet! He has been beta testing Microsoft products since Windows NT and every OS since then, including Win 7. Brad prides himself as an equal opportunity OS hater and finds problems with all OS's, regardless of age, platform or kernel. His collection of OS's contains many examples of how not to write an OS. Some day he hopes to find an OS that he can take long stable walks together, while being green and having great security that doesn't need readjusting. He can only hope. Workshops
Assessing Portal, Search and SharePoint Technologies for the Enterprise (Location: Banyon A)Morning Session 8:30 AM -11:45 AM Accessing Enterprise Information via Portals and Search Technology With immense document volumes coursing through organizations, traditional data access approaches cannot cope. This leaves critical business knowledge untapped, unmanaged, and idle. Hence the rise of Enterprise Portal and Enterprise Search technologies. However, most customers of these tools fail to realize the full potential of the technologies. This workshop offers a fast-paced primer on Enterprise Portal and Enterprise Search technologies. We will look at how to manage and exploit maximum value from better access to "unstructured content," including how to marry this information with your current "structured data" activities. The workshop will remain strictly vendor neutral and will aim to give real-world examples and methods, suitable for both technical and more business-oriented attendees alike. Course Outline * Introduction to Enterprise Portals * Portal Architectures and Features * Portal Marketplace and Implementation Pitfalls * Introduction to Enterprise Search * Technology, Features, and Tuning * Search & Information Access Marketplace and Implementation Pitfalls Afternoon Session 1:15 PM -4:30 PM Evaluating SharePoint in the Enterprise This intensive workshop offers a critical evaluation, detailing SharePoint's strengths and weaknesses culled from customer experiences and hands-on testing. Through presentations and discussion, the workshop helps you figure out how, where, when, and why to use SharePoint and reviews how well SharePoint "fits" into different types and sizes of enterprises with different business objectives. Course Outline * What is SharePoint 2007 -- what is it not * Introduction to SharePoint Architectures * Evaluating SharePoint's core "Six Pillars" * Assessing SharePoint as an application development platform Instructor - Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch
Tony Byrne is Founder of CMS Watch, a vendor-neutral analyst firm that publishes comparative evaluations of content technologies. At CMS Watch, Tony leads of team of analysts covering various technology marketplaces on behalf of solutions buyers. Prior to founding CMS Watch in 2001, Tony led the developer team a systems integrator, following previous stints as a programmer, journalist, and international educator. He is also the author of the CMS Report and publisher of the Enterprise Portals Report, the Enterprise Search Report and the ECM Suites Report, and an avid Green BayPackers fan. CSI Workshops
Creating an Integrated Compliance Framework (Location: Palm A)Are you inundated by standards, regulations, and governance and compliance requirements? The reality is that in the current environment the burden can only get heavier. But if you have to change your security framework every time a new standard or approach comes along then that framework has failed you. The whole point in a framework is to seamlessly integrate your complete set of requirements, standards and approaches, whatever they might be and whatever they might become tomorrow. This class will show you how to design, deliver and support an overarching framework to manage your way through the abundance of diverse standards, legislation, regulation and security requirements and that integrates fully and seamlessly with your existing IT and business practices. Course Outline Who Should Attend You will Learn Instructor - David Lynas, Founder, David Lynas Consulting Group
David Lynas is enjoying his twenty-fourth year of experience in Information Security during which he has provided strategic advice to major finance sector, government, and industry clients on every continent. He received the prestigious Computer Security Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 and was awarded honorary lifetime Fellowship of the British Computer Society (FBCS) in the same year for "exceptional leadership, eminence and seniority in the field of information security". David is the founder and chair of the prestigious COSAC event (www.cosac.net) and the founder of the SABSA Institute for Security Architects (www.sabsa-institute.org). David has delivered major presentations and key notes on more than forty different aspects of Information Security, Strategy, and Architecture globally. In 1996 he was the first non-American to be invited to deliver the general session at the Annual CSI Conference and has been a CSI faculty member since 1998. David is the co-author of ?Enterprise Security Architecture: A Business-Driven Approach' (www.cmpbooks.com/product/1461) commissioned to be one of the most comprehensive architecture references ever published. He regularly publishes articles in the trade press and has been extensively quoted by the media including Irish Times, BBC, ITN, The Sydney Morning Herald, wired.com, and CIO Magazine. Thursday, May 21 | | ||||
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Network Troubleshooting Using Open Source Tools (Location: Lagoon L)Packet capture and analysis, network utilization and error monitoring, throughput measurement - these can all be done using free Open Source tools available today on the Internet! This workshop focuses on a handful of tools that can be used for troubleshooting a wide variety of network and application problems. The instructors will take attendees through a series of trace files from real networks to show how protocols should and should not work. How and where to capture packets will be covered. Filter examples for Wireshark and configuration examples for MRTG will be provided as part of this course. The attendees will leave the class with the tools and skills necessary to begin troubleshooting problems upon returning to work. A CD containing each of the tools will be provided, along with same trace files. Course Outline Who Should Attend This course is intended for network administrators, designers and analysts that are responsible for determining why network and applications are not running as fast as they should. You Will Learn Attendees will learn how to capture and analyze packets, measure network throughput and monitor network utilization all using Open Source tools. Instructor - Chris Greer, Senior Network Analyst, Network Protocol Specialists
Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst for Network Protocol Specialists, a Seattle based Network Consulting company. Chris has 10 years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting networks. He regularly assists companies in tracking down the source of network and application performance problems using a variety of protocol analysis and monitoring tools including Wireshark. When he isn't hunting down problems at the packet level, he can be found teaching various analysis workshops at Interop and other industry trade shows. Chris has also served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the Interop event network for 5 years. Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists
Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks. Building Magnificent Technical Presentations (Location: Breakers L)Soft Skills Development for the technical professional is often overlooked and underestimated. Like a computer system requiring both hardware and software to provide system benefits, technical professionals need hard skills and soft skills in their Professional Development. This Workshop provides an entertaining and informative set of practical tips and tricks that technical presenters can incorporate and addresses traps that they can fall prey to. This is a practical approach to integrating commonly used tools and improving both the presentation creation and delivery of technical topics. The ability to build clear technical messages and to communicate those messages is as important as the message itself. You will build magnificent technical presentations from now on! Course Outline Who Should Attend IS/IT technical staff and managers, integrators, systems engineers and technical marketing personnel. Anyone who wants to understand more about how one can create and present technical topics effectively from someone who has learned making every mistake in the book yet maintains a successful storage networking education business. You Will Learn Improved presentation creation and delivery skills using real world, personal examples of "what to do" and "what not to do". Instructor - Howard Goldstein, President, HGAI
Howard Goldstein has over 30 years' experience in storage, data and telecommunications networking. His background includes positions in technology, management and education with practical technical experience in architecture, design, planning, implementation and operations. His technical focus ranges across various storage network architectures and products including IP storage, iSCSI, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA, Fibre Channel, TCP/IP, Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband, PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express and others. Goldstein holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and an M.S. in Telecommunications from Pace University. He is a frequent speaker at Interop and Storage Networking World. He founded Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. an Education & Technology Company offering instructor led training. Visit www.hgai.com. He provides in-depth skills with his technology-specific classes. His job task approach in his Storage Networking Planning, Design, Performance and Troubleshooting classes provides the skill level required to perform specific job roles in the Storage Networking industry today. Howard Goldstein has expertise in many aspects of the human side of technology offering innovative consulting and education services on Professional Vitality and Career Development, Adult Learning, and Presentation Development & Delivery Techniques. Howard believes that content and context delivery is as important as content development and is a master of both. Goldstein is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association and serves on the SNIA Education Committee. He has helped develop the SNIA Certification Program as well as other SNIA Education initiatives. He has been active in the publications world as technical editor of Building Storage Networks and Resilient Storage Networks. Building the Social Enterprise (Location: Breakers I)This workshop provides an overview of the Web 2.0 tools and the changes these social tools and user focused ease of use tools, play for the enterprise. Great changes have been made to tools and services provided on the web in the last 5 years or so as the layers and use of the tools on top of the web browser have changed for the better. This change has value to the organizations using the web and not just the people using sites. The workshop focuses on conceptual models which highlight important components for success using social web tools and services to augment their organizations, and engage better with customers and employees. The workshops covers advantages, lessons learned, and gaps around deciding how to make first steps, how to select tools, and how to increase the chances for success with these Web 2.0 tools. Course Outline * What are social tools * How are they changing things * How is Web 2.0 Different from Enterprise 2.0 * How to focus on values * The organization * The customer * Enterprise Social Tool: Components for Success (4 rings of understanding) * Elements of social software and build order * Community * Engagement * Inside, Outside & Through * The various models for tools w/ case studies * Filling the gaps in ERP * Build, Host, Software as a Service Who Should Attend Managers, project leads, and strategists looking to sort out how to best think about approaching or improving the implementation and adoption of these new social tools in the enterprise. You Will Learn * How Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 differ & why it is important to understand it * Foundations for social interaction for best results * To understand the core elements that are needed in social tools * The advantages and disadvantages of building your own, hosting in-house, and Software as a Service * Where these new tools fill in the gaps in existing enterprise tools * How these tools can be a cost effective way to augment existing tools Instructor - Thomas Vander Wal, Principal & Senior Consultant, InfoCloud Solutions, Inc.
Thomas Vander Wal is an information architect best known for coining the term "folksonomy". He is also known for initiating the term "infocloud". His work has primarily been to do with the Web and with information design and structure. He has worked for the INDUS Corporation in Bethesda, Maryland, is a member of the Founding Leadership Council for The Information Architecture Institute, and the Steering Committee for the Web Standards Project (WaSP). He is also the Alumni Tech Lead for Boxes and Arrows magazine. He spoke at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Web convention in January 2008. CSI Workshops
How to Complete a Risk Assessment in a Week or Less (Location: Jasmine H)Learn the tools and skill set needed to complete a successful risk assessment in 5 days, or less. Using the Facilitated Risk Analysis and Assessment Process (FRAAP) methodology, this workshop will examine different ways to improve the risk assessment process so that it will work best for you and your organization. FRAAP, a world-wide qualitative risk assessment process, was developed for those with limited time and budgets. Leave with all of the materials needed to successfully conduct a risk assessment when you return to your work place. Course Outline Who Should Attend You Will Learn Learn real world examples of the tools and methodology to successfully complete a risk assessment within a week. Instructor - Thomas Peltier, President, Thomas R. Peltier Associates, LLC
Tom Peltier has been an information security professional for over twenty-five years. During this time he has shared his experiences with follow professionals and because of his work has been given the 1993 Computer Security Institute's (CSI) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999 the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) bestowed its Individual Contribution to the Profession Award and in 2001 he was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame. Tom was also awarded the CSI Lifetime Emeritus Membership Award. Over the past decade, Tom has averaged 4 articles published a year on various computer and information security issues, including developing policies and procedures, disaster recovery planning, copyright compliance, virus management and security controls. He has had four books published: Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures: Information Security Risk Analysis: Information System Security Policies and Procedures: A Practitioners' Reference; The Complete Manual of Policies and Procedures for Data Security and is the co-editor and contributing author The Total CISSP Exam Prep; and a contributing author for the Computer Security Handbook, Third and Fifth Edition and Data Security Management. Tom and his son Justin have co-authored How to Manage a Network Vulnerability Assessment. Building An Information Security Program: Soup To Nuts (Location: Jasmine E)Building an effective information security program today requires the right blend of leadership, managerial and technical skills that are much different from even as little as 5 years ago. Organizations are merging, reorganizing, requiring that more be done with fewer resources, and reacting to government regulations at a faster pace. Meanwhile, the threats to the organizational information assets are increasing as information is no longer contained solely within the corporate brick and mortar walls. This comprehensive workshop will provide the roadmap for the security officer to define their role, establish a strategic vision, develop the necessary security functions, and turn the vision into reality through security projects and actions. Course Outline Who Should Attend New security officers establishing security programs, as well as experienced security officers desiring to enhance their capabilities learning from the experiences of others (successes and failures). You Will Learn The key components necessary to build an effective, cost-conscious information security program that is right for your organization to adequately protect the critical information assets. Instructor - Todd Fitzgerald, Systems Security Officer, National Government Services
Todd Fitzgerald, CISSP, CISA, CISM serves as a Medicare Systems Security Officer for National Government Services, LLC (NGS), Milwaukee, WI which is the nation's largest processor of Medicare claims, and subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) the nation's largest health insurer. Todd has 29 years of Information Technology experience, including 20 years of management. Prior to joining NGS, Todd held various broad-based senior Information Technology management positions for Fortune 500 organizations such as American Airlines, IMS Health, Zeneca (subsidiary of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals), Syngenta, as well as prior positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin. Enterprise Security Architecture: A Business-Driven Strategy (Location: Jasmine C)Using the world's most successful free-use and open-source methodology and framework for creating Security Architecture, this acclaimed class delivers immediate benefit and value. Find out how to use the most proven security architecture design and management processes and how to develop a comprehensive strategy for the creation of a security architecture that genuinely meets the needs of your organization. Through a series of innovative presentations and workshops understand how to deliver successful security strategy and architecture. Ensure that the security needs of your business are met completely and are designed, delivered and supported as an integral part of your IT management infrastructure. Course Outline Who Should Attend You will Learn Instructor - David Lynas, Founder, David Lynas Consulting Group
David Lynas is enjoying his twenty-fourth year of experience in Information Security during which he has provided strategic advice to major finance sector, government, and industry clients on every continent. He received the prestigious Computer Security Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 and was awarded honorary lifetime Fellowship of the British Computer Society (FBCS) in the same year for "exceptional leadership, eminence and seniority in the field of information security". David is the founder and chair of the prestigious COSAC event (www.cosac.net) and the founder of the SABSA Institute for Security Architects (www.sabsa-institute.org). David has delivered major presentations and key notes on more than forty different aspects of Information Security, Strategy, and Architecture globally. In 1996 he was the first non-American to be invited to deliver the general session at the Annual CSI Conference and has been a CSI faculty member since 1998. David is the co-author of ?Enterprise Security Architecture: A Business-Driven Approach' (www.cmpbooks.com/product/1461) commissioned to be one of the most comprehensive architecture references ever published. He regularly publishes articles in the trade press and has been extensively quoted by the media including Irish Times, BBC, ITN, The Sydney Morning Herald, wired.com, and CIO Magazine. | |||||
